3rd Annual "Meet and Eat" at Dennys in Clearfield, PA (Sunday, April 20)

[FJRski!]

I was about to say "Wow--nobody got caught in the rain???" Then I saw your report Scratch! I was sorry I couldn't be there Saturday...but glad yesterday! It rained HARD and NONSTOP...ALL DAY here in Harpers Ferry.

Scott

I washed my bike yesterday, almost all the way home, now it is extrodinarily filthy.  May have to use soap next time; excessive amounts of road spray just don't do it.  The rain must have been moving southeast from Denny's; we kept running into showers and occasional downpours.  Fortunately, it was dry along the twisty section of 504, and it dried out again on 125.  Arrived home around 7:15 damp but dry and still smiling.  Saturday, though, was Be-U-T-Ful.  

[nnjhawk02]

See ride report here

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,24686.msg571661.html#msg571661

Garry sorry missed U - I owed U a brew for WVa mapping

[chiltech500]

As a first-timer at an STN gathering, I had a terrific time. Will be making more because I need to get more names and faces down - early stage alzheimers setting in

BigBen and I met for the first time and rode from 209 near Bushkill Falls PA rode the heinous I80 slab. Mercifully we exited at Lock Haven and 120 to Hyner view where we met ST2Sam, Robert and Chris (whose STN names I've already forgotten).

Robert and his FJR led a tour of the north Country 144,872, 155, into Emporium, 120 to Wykoff run and other places I don't remeber a couple hundred miles of relaxing riding.

The parking lot scene at the Days Inn was a blur of names and faces and awesome bikes. I was impressed with the guys hailing from Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey making it to central PA.

Thanks to Gary for organizing and leading a partly moist Sunday morning ride before lunch with Ben, Rick from Ohio - and I tagged along.

Great to meet you all and hope I'm not working the weekend of the WV gathering.

keep the rubber down, Bernie

[ZZR Rob]

Great to meet some new faces! Saturday was great, nice roads getting there and then the northern loop was sweet. Sunday was ok until the wet stuff set in. Started drizzling around 9:00 am when we took off for another northern loop then got better around Rt 120 for a while then it got steady on the way back to Denny's. I think the door prize drawings were rigged, that Chicago group walked away with all the good stuff. Left Denny's and it wasn't to bad for about an hour then it came down steady and got progressively worse the closer we got to home, the last hour it was coming down in buckets. Found out this morning we got 4.5 inches of rain in our area. Definitely need better wet weather gear.

[nnjhawk02]

Got home around 3pm.  Burger-less trip though   Waited an hour Sat night at Denny's...and decided to leave for dinner elsewhere. Arrived Friday evening around 8pm. All twisties on the way to Clearfield. Saturday was a day ride North on some great roads. Sunday morning we left around 9am and took all slab with a few breaks on the way home.

Fri  85 degrees and sunny
Sat 80 degrees and mostly sunny
Sun 60 and cloudy with light rain in spots.

HOLY BUGS , Batman !!!




-Mike

Mike what is that system on the back of dat R1 - it looks like a sideways T - Bag system?

[BigBen]

All,

This was a great event as a first-timer at an STN event. I expect to be back at the next one and many more to come over the years. Special thank to Garry and his team for putting the event together, and to Danny's and Days Inn for hosting us.

My ride back home was great, including the 60 miles segment in hard rain from around Lock Haven to Mansfield, PA. After that it cleared up and it nice and sunny til sunset.

I split from Chiltech500 at the intersection of i80 and rt150 and continued to rt220-15-6-11-i84-rt209 and arriving home at 8:30pm. In total I did 921 miles from the start on Saturday to the end on sunday.

I hope everybody got home save and sound.

See you on the road, ride safe and ride often.

Ben

[Fav]

Mike what is that system on the back of dat R1 - it looks like a sideways T - Bag system?

Luggage locker bag on passenger seat, Givi T-418 bag on Cycle guy rack and Rentec rack made for 04-06 R1

http://www.luggagelocker.com/  I have the tank and tail bag
On rack to increase surface area > http://www.thecycleguys.com/
http://www.solomotoparts.com/product.php?productid=19416 < Givi bag  > option > http://www.thecycleguys.com/default.aspx?PageID=120&CategoryID=5&ProductID=43
http://www.renntec.co.uk/products/sports.htm > I can't find the US delaer

[VIVID1]

Good times!   This was my third time doing the burger run. Thanks Garry for the road suggestions, they were all super sweet!  

I rolled back in to Chicago last night with an extra 1,600 miles on the odometer  

[FJRski!]

Awesome web site, sure beats that piece of cr@p I call a home page.

[kendenton]

Awesome web site, sure beats that piece of cr@p I call a home page.

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[garry]

??

I bet he means VIVID's site:

BLOG:excessivelocity.blogspot.com

WEBSITE:excessivelocity.com

[FJRski!]

VIVID's web site is awesome. And she has some nice bikes, er, motorcycles. And she can ride them. COOL

[VIVID1]

VIVID's web site is awesome. And she has some nice bikes, er, motorcycles. And she can ride them. COOL

thanks  

[Fast Beemer]

VIVID's web site is awesome. And she has some nice bikes, er, motorcycles. And she can ride them. COOL

She can't ride them!!  She has us ride it for her till about a 1/4 mile to the meet, and then hops on like she rode.. She can't even touch the ground!!! LOL  

[FJRski!]

I guess you had to spray her suit down with water too, Huh?  

[kendenton]

Two questions:

1 - Where's the '08 badge?  
2 - For those of you who were in the lounge Sat night, what was that song the local kids "danced" to twice?  Not my type of music, but I was trying to describe the scene to my wife.

[VIVID1]

She can't ride them!!  She has us ride it for her till about a 1/4 mile to the meet, and then hops on like she rode.. She can't even touch the ground!!! LOL  

  yep I can barely touch the ground, watching me try to park/backup the bike is painfull for all that have to witness the event   once I get the bike moving I'm OK  

[ZZR Rob]

Two questions:

1 - Where's the '08 badge?  
2 - For those of you who were in the lounge Sat night, what was that song the local kids "danced" to twice?  Not my type of music, but I was trying to describe the scene to my wife.

I don't know, some kinda weird electric slide/rap where the guys dance with guys and girls dance with girls, kinda scary for someone my age. I asked one of our younger riders and he wasn't sure either, thought it might be some kinda local thing. I gotta get out more.

[chornbe]

I'll be glad to reprise the '07 badge I did, or do we want a whole new design?

I'll do something up this evening. Not sure I can do it today at work.

[garry]

I'll be glad to reprise the '07 badge I did, or do we want a whole new design?

I'll do something up this evening. Not sure I can do it today at work.

I think a different design would be nice. Perhaps an ugly thunderstorm cloud with lightning and such on a bun?