Chris' Ramblings

Posted By cablebandit on April 28, 2010

Nothing really to report from this ride.  We met in Frederick, MD Saturday night after a day of riding all over PA to pickup everyone.  I’ll just post some pics below since my on bike camera rig is now defunct.

Arriving at Jerry’s Place

Time to head out and pick up a few more at Jack’s place

Arriving at Jacks place.  Luckily he has a decent sized driveway.

     Then it was down to Russell’s place to say “Hi” on the way to Frederick

David’s custom painted Concours  

Then we headed into Frederick, cleaned up and headed out for some grub at the Barley and Hops.

Jerry and Liesa (our leaders this time around)

After a great dinner we settled in for the night and awoke the next morning ready to meet everyone else at the Country Buffet down the street.

   Jack and Missy

Shane and Andrea

The ladies (Andrea, Missy, Liesa)

Gorgeous 2010 Concours

From this point we rode the route out of MD and into VA and WV.  We finished up in Waynesboro, PA for a late lunch.  After that we took 233 up through the forest and I split off from the group at 34.  They were heading east and I needed to head northwest.

It was an uneventful (albeit spirited) ride home via the usual suspects. 30 to Carlisle, 74 out of Carlisle to 75 to 333, over Jacks Mountain Road to 655, to 305, to 26 and back home from there.

It was only about 675 miles for the two days but the weather and company was fantastic.

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Posted By cablebandit on March 10, 2010

Well the weather Sunday was supposed to hit the mid forties to maybe low fifties.  A perfect day for a Sunday ride.  But where to go?  The STN tag had been picked up on Saturday but not yet dropped at a new location.  I figured since one of the regulars from the Philly / Reading area would drop it off somewhere close to where it was.  After all they only move the thing less than 30 miles as the crow flies each time. With that in mind I decided to head in a easterly direction and scout out a location for the local State College tag game.  I found a decent spot to put that tag and headed over to Lewisberry for some lunch.  While noshing on my cheap lunch I grabbed some free wi-fi and saw that the the STN tag had been dropped about 70 miles south of where I was.  It seemed like a no brainer to take a run at it.

I headed down 11/15 and there was a BMW R1150 RT in front of me.  Could I be getting “bruced”?  I guess we’ll see.  I followed this guy to within 6 miles of the tag location before I turned off.  On the road that led to the tag I must have seen over a dozen bikes coming the other way.  Surely one of these guys must have grabbed it by now.

I got to the tag location and snapped my pic. There was also a strong open wi-fi connection right there so I whipped out the laptop und check the website.  It was mine.  I’d successfully snatched the tag from under the noses of the SE PA guys.

Now where shall I put it?  Well it needs to head west and I might as well take it as far north as possible while I’m at it.  Behold the new tag.

Yup…the Zippo museum in Bradford PA.  I wonder how long it will sit here? 

If you’re ever in Bradford be sure to stop by the McDonald’s downtown.  Not for the food but to see the oldest working oil well in Bradford.  It sits in the drive-thru of the McDonald’s.

So by now I had moved the STN tag.  I may a well move the State College tag as well since people were complaining about not being able to get the tag due to their lack of a smart phone to post the picture.  Well I had just rode 270 miles BEFORE grabbing the tag below and then rode home to upload the pic. How hard was that?

I moved the tag to the lake below.  I predict it will sit for a while because

• it’s more than a 15 minute ride to get there.
• there appears to be some gravel to negotiate
• it’s not yet 75° and sunny

Walker Lake

All together a great two days of riding.

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Posted By cablebandit on February 26, 2010

Well we finally got a good cold snap so it’s time to strip down the bike and take a look inside.  I’m going to check the valve clearances and adjust them if needed, as well as take care of anything else that needs attention while I have the bike stripped down to the frame.

I’ll be taping the process and will get the videos up over the next few days.

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