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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 27, 2010 - 10:25am PT
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These guys can ride:
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Dec 27, 2010 - 12:59pm PT
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My 2003 Road King Clasic my 40th Birthday Gift to me, for my 50th I want to restore a 1960 BSA
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Dec 27, 2010 - 02:13pm PT
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No bueno!!!
Anyone seen a pipe crack like this? I didn’t even hit a rock. Talk about a 500cc Japanese vibrator...
Chester can fix it!
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 27, 2010 - 02:26pm PT
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Locker met the nicest person on a Honda.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Dec 27, 2010 - 02:55pm PT
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So I dug out my old "proof I really did that s@#t pictures":
305 Yamaha ready for Salt Lake to Tetons ride. Cotton sleeping bag? check. Plastic tarp tent? check. Plastic rain suit? check. Cotton shirt and Levis? check. Canteen? check. Camera? check. Cowboy boots? check.
Hot chick? hopefully in the Cowboy Bar.
750 Honda ready for Salt Lake to Aspen ride. Hot chick? Definitely!
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Gene
Social climber
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Dec 27, 2010 - 03:10pm PT
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Catherine playing
Work in progress
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 27, 2010 - 06:45pm PT
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Minerals, ah Reno area, I still haven't ridden up there but have heard about the awesome single tracks and the many mountain ranges to explore. If I can get up there I will contact you for a tour.
I guess that 500cc 2 stroke hits pretty hard!
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 27, 2010 - 09:53pm PT
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 31, 2010 - 03:08am PT
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Name your first three bikes?
-50cc Suzuki, too young to remember exact model.
-yamaha QT 70 (?)
-1978 Suzuki GS 400
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davidji
Social climber
CA
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Dec 31, 2010 - 04:55pm PT
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Lots of nice looking bikes here. Scole, your Girlie looks like it could be the best approach tool of the bunch. And it looks great in roulette green.
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Scole
Trad climber
San Diego
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Dec 31, 2010 - 08:46pm PT
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The Tiger is the best bike I have ever owned. Its the perfect Brit bike, no Lucas electronics!
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Dec 31, 2010 - 08:46pm PT
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Nate and Eli, 7 & 8 yrs old, catch 'Big Air' in 30 degree temps in the open desert today.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 31, 2010 - 08:55pm PT
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How do I put up X rays of my fractured spine?
I won't ride on the street any more (but make up for it with a bitchin ragtop sports car.
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Nostrodomas
Trad climber
Visalia, Ca.
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Dec 31, 2010 - 09:08pm PT
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Me and my mistress.....lol
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Scole
Trad climber
San Diego
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I rode the Tiger to the Supertopo "Batholith Bash" in Montana two years ago!
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2011 - 10:44pm PT
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OK, I posted this on another thread. But it is motorcycle related, so I am putting it here too...
Wierd day. I did not sleep well last night. All day a persistent fatigue has consumed me. I am on edge from new pain and growths I feel in my neck and groin.
So I made chocolate chip cookies to cope. And breakfast, bucher bacon and eggs, organic blueberry pancakes, coffe and OJ. Then this afternoon, just as I started pasta and meat sauce, the phone rang.
Actually, Ruth's phone rang. She had just left for the store, and left her cell.
It kept ringing, then my phone too. "What the hell?" It was our boss at the yoga studio. THe web schedule said Ruth was off. But the board at work said she was on. The owner was in San Fran and could not make it. Everyone else was not answering. "Crap!"
I tried to start the Harley, my only availible ride. No go. I run back inside and stir the pasta. Maybe the bike flooded.
I run out and try again. It fires. But the choke is broke. I wedge a pebble in to hold it open and run back to the stove. As I stir I call the boss.
"You find anyone?"
"NO, Damn, what now?"
"I'll go start the class and leave a note for Ruth."
"Really?"
"Well, f*#k, someone has to get there." I hung up and tested the pasta. Two more minutes. THe gloves were in the truck and I forgot my warm jacket as I puled on my leathers, Drained the pasta and stirred it into the sauce. "Good enough."
Helmet, glasses, out to the bike.I flick the stone out of the choke and blast off coughing. THe cold engine makes me cringe. 'yah, boy!" On the freeway and up past the limit. It feels good to do something silly and dangerous again. It is cold!
I roar in front of the studio and rush in in a shiver. Suprise greets me. "Let's do this thing!" I shout as my helmet comes off. I grab a towell, the mike and some water. Off to the room.
It is full. Good grief. I strip right there out of my leathers down to the shorts I had put on at home to save time. "You get the full Humphrey tonight, I guess." I launch into an impromto act, yoga, stand-up, corrections and philosophy spew from my mouth for 90 minutes in the 100+ degree room. 'It's Showtime!'
I end with a gasp. Ruth arived but I had continued. Talk about jumping into the pool. I have not taught for months and was afraid I could not. I forgot a few things. Just laughed it off and went on.
I am tired!
Ruth is still there. She is coaching for the demonstration / comp in Stockton next week.
Whew!
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Nice DM !
I was out in full leathers for a couple hours yesterday and it was coooooold !
Now that it's warming up, maybe you'll get more Saddle time on that big V-Twin?
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dogtown
Trad climber
JackAssVille, Wyoming
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I just finished it. Did all the work myself. All the sheet metal, Paint, electrical and assemble it. It is 125hp and 125 foot pounds of torque. Six speed trans. 110 cubic inch. Super f*#king fast!!!!
It is 4-Sale.
DT.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 19, 2011 - 06:37pm PT
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That’s a piece of work, Dogtown! Nice!
Pud, looks like your kids are having lots of fun.
Hey Dee, cool pics there! Riding to granite-climbing in So Cal? Looks like fun. Does the volcanic-looking crater in your second pic have a name? Mojave area, right? Rocky!
I think it was vibration that cracked the pipe on my 500. Got it welded up and it seems fine. Went out on Friday and again yesterday. Oh, what fun! I love that bike. I had an absolute blast yesterday and rode lots and lots of single-track. You should come on out, if you ever get the chance. The conditions were so good yesterday, but a little slippery on Friday (snow and mud).
Yesterday:
Still buzzin’ from yesterday’s ride. Dirt bikes are so much freakin’ FUN!!!
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