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Well it's been a good trip so far.

We left Niagra falls Saturday morning, almost 500 miles to the Boston area on the turnpike on afterburner, and had a nice little party there.

Then down to Harrisburg with a little run through pocano, unfortunately with a 8 mile traffic jam at the end.

From Harrisburg we ran down the Delaware penninsula, through amish country, down across the chesapeake bay bridge/tunnel, and stayed at Virginia Beach and met up with a few folks there.

Next day we ran down the outer banks and caught the 2 hour ferry to Cedar Island, and stayed at a little hotel right at the ferry terminal. Had some great fresh seafood.

Yesterday we did 530 miles, starting with a great coast run from Cedar Island, hitting the interstate and burning 90mph over to Greenville, NC and an awesome climb up to Brevard NC on highway 276. The 500 miler had us a bit burned out but when we hit the mountains it dropped to 65 degrees which was quite refreshing, and the miles of tight switchbacks climbing up was great, then it rained.

So we're in Brevard now, about 40 miles south of deal's gap. The rain caught us, both a front and the troical storm coming in. So we holed up for a day and hopefully the weather will clear up tommorrow.

I may get some pics up later, but I'm on my laptop on a toll free dailup from my hotel at 10cents per minute so I can't spend too much time online.

Tommorrow is the river gorge on Hwy 64, deals gap, maybe the skyway and down to Atlanta to meet up with more friends.

Haven't taken as many pics as I would have liked, but we'll have few when we get back.
 
Hey, waitaminnit...

You're doing this on the Dyna? Don't you know you're supposed to be trailering or just riding down to the corner bar? How DARE you go against the cruiser stereotype...

;-)

Sounds like a great ride. Keep your powder dry... :chug:
 
Oh yeah, he's doing it on the Dyna, it's actually pretty sweet and set up to ride for real ... when I took the Trumpy 900SS up that switchback laden climb to the peak from Greenville to Brevard, he was right there the whole way.

Neither of us was fangs out because we were laden with 80 pounds or so on the back seat (luggage) and it was starting to rain ... but we weren't hanging around rubber necking either.

Tomorrow the hills, Dragons Tail, Deals Gap and the Skyway beckon.

Gonna be a lot of fun. The replacement 900SS I picked up in Buffalo NY is shaping up to be a nice ride so far ... bit of work to do to get it like the one I had stolen 6 weeks ago but it's proving very nice and capable ... it will come up fine after I get it back to Texas and start work on it.
 
Howdy,

:tab You need to hit Hwy 151. It runs down off the BRP near the Pisgah Inn on the North side of the ride. Go back up 276 and head towards Asheville. A mile or two past the Pisgah Inn (also a gas station), you will see 151 on the left. Just run it down off the ridge until it levels out and then turn around and run it back up. BE CAREFUL, it is one of the twistiest, tightest, and steepest roads in the area, literally! It is worth the time to get there and do it.

Adios,
 
Got a few pics up...

First at the cargo terminal unpacking my bike, and a customer's springer who rode to niagra and as far as syracuse with us. Linking because they are rather large.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0627.JPG

Doc with a thumbs up at Niagra with one of our customers.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0634.JPG

Working Doc's new bike over and setting up for the start at a customers house in Buffalo NY.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0630.JPG

Bikes packed and ready to roll in Boston after a hard night of partying.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0639.JPG

Coming into a curve in the poconos in PA on the way to Harrisburg on Hwy 209 I believe.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0645.JPG

One of our more enthusiastic customers girlfriends after last call.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0651.JPG

On the 2 hour ferry to cedar point after riding the outer banks

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0666.JPG

Rainy day comfort in Brevard, a day off after about 2000 miles in 5 days.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0678.JPG

This is a bit more of a party trip than I like, but the customers seem to be intent on wiping us out and have turned it into a cmpetition of sorts. :)
 
Okay, I'll ask... what is with the WWII online thing? :scratch

Adios,
 
Ohh thats simple, it's the game we make for a living, those are for the benefit of folks on our other forums over at the game's web site.

It's a half scale of europe virtual reality simulation of world war two.
 
I'm hoping it clears that area without too much damage before we head out there at the end of next week :-| But do those guys know what is coming? I sure hope so :eek:
 
The storm missed us, we're in Meridian Mississippi tonight, Alexandria Louisiana tommorrow.

After holing up for a day in Brevard the weather cleared and was downright awesome on Friday. The front pushed the rain east and the storm went east as well.

We took 64 out of Brevard, 28 all the way up to Deal's gap. 28 is a rocking ride, took about an 1/8" of steel off my footpegs, and found I can lean in to about 1/4 inch of chicken strip before the pegs hit. :) The calajusa? river gorge was awesome as it was last time and 28 from Franklin up to deals gap has some excellent sections.

I may have set a new time record for a big twin harley through deals gap, red lined most of the way.

Folks were a little freaked about a harley jamming through the gap like that with fangs totally out and actually staying on the road. :twisted: my back brake was a bit toasty afterward, glad I put kevlar racing pads on it.

Doc on his Triumph and a friend who showed up on a gsxr 600 all running a pretty quick pace.

Then we looped around and went up the skyway back over to 129 south of the gap and on down to Atlanta.

We got about 20 minutes of rain between Buffalo and Boston, and about 15 minutes more coming into Brevard from Greenville, and other than the rain day in Brevard that we holed up for the whole trip has been as a good weather as you can ask for.

And finally a high speed internet conection in Meridian mississippi of all places.
 
Home sweet home! :chug:

We ended up just shy of 3500 miles, made it in to Dallas yesterday about 1-2 o'clock.

All in all a good fun ride for 9 days. Way too much interstate though. :)

The Dyna performed better than I had expected on all counts. The only issue I had was that it puked up a little oil through the breather, the crankcase ventilation tube feeds into it.

That was only from about 300 miles of thrashing it at high RPM through tight twisty mountain roads though so I can forgive it. :)

In fact I could have gone on for another week. It was real strange to hop off the bike and jump in the SUV to run Doc to the airport to get his truck.

He's leaving the triumph in my garage till he can get a better place to live with a garage of his own. 6 bikes and a trailer, I'm running out of garage room. :)

Now when is that next Arkansas trip? I gotta get all the maintenance done, it's been about 4500 miles since I've done any. Then I'll ready for more.
 
Scott - I can't believe you saw that picture and all you asked about was the title of the magazine...

I never noticed the magazine, or the bike for that matter. Sha-winng!
:angel:
Dave.
 
I never noticed the magazine, or the bike for that matter.

I had to think about this for a minute because I wasn't sure what you were referring to :scratch So I went back through the pics and realized that the girlie on the bike was holding a copy of the WWII thing :lol: I did not catch that the first time around. I just noticed it in several of the other pics.
 
Actually there weren't more than one but there are now :twisted: . That was Cindy, her boyfriend is the thin long haired guy in the pool playing shots. You'll have to know how to get the directory listing and you can see em all.

She's got an identical twin sister I heard as well. Really liked the sheepsking seat covers. :)

Here's one of me, taking a smoke break in N.C. on a bridge on a straight section of hwy 28 in N.C.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0680.JPG

The game box is kinda weird, but the customers over on the company forums like it.

Now I have to just get better at taking pics, and take more when actually riding. :)

Rain rain rain in N.C. on Thursday.
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0676.JPG

Then came Friday :-D

Overlook by Fontana Dam I believe.
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0686.JPG

Here's Doc rounding a curve on his triumph
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0687.JPG

One he took of me.
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0689.JPG

Here's the bike shop at deals gap, a customer and Doc just before we rolled off through the gap.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0690.JPG
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0691.JPG

We ran deals gap and shot down to the skyway cherehola or something like that.

View from the top of the skyway at about 5000 feet altitude, my ears popped a few times on the way up.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0692.JPG

Somewhere north of Atlanta, working on my pic taking while riding skills.
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0694.JPG

Sunrise at a friends 2-3000 acre farm outside Alexandria Louisiana just before starting our last leg home yesterday. Doc took these.

http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0703.JPG
http://killer.playnet.com/pics/trip/KIF_0700.JPG

Now I have fork oil to replace, oild and plugs to change, breather to clean, several places to lube, primary chain to adjust, clutch to adjust, steering head to adjust and the list goes on...... :-|
 
Tourmeister said:
Ark. Sept. 16-19th in Eureka Springs.

Scott, have many folks signed up yet? Still rooms open?

It's 400 miles from here so if I go I'll probably ride up.
 
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