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 This didn't quit fit in trip reports and wasn't sure if I could just add it to our Vermont trip But thought I would post some pictures that aren't from My phone. Yesterday My wife Rochele,my friend Rashad(or Sorry I'm late and I'm hungry and need Gas), and myself decided to ride down to Allentown to check out a motorcycle gear store.

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  Rashad, taken from outside ,he just happened to look up from his glove search

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  And here are a couple pictures from my last ride up to Welesboro Pa

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Hey! I wasn't THAT late, or hungry or needing gas.... :D The busa drinks fuel man.... I have some pics.. Ill see if I can post them up here in a few. Great trip!

How was the food as that looks like a nice stop to take a break?

ill be posting pics of the food... it was delicious!! :inlove:

nevermind... if the photo has to be under 256k i cant post anything bigger than an avatar... :thumbsdown:

Use an hosting site like photobucket, and copy them in. We would love to see them.

PA 287 south from Wellsboro to US 220...SQUEEEE!!!   :inlove:  

Great pics...thanks for sharing!  I think you may have just given me inspiration for our ride for tomorrow!

PA 287 south from Wellsboro to US 220...SQUEEEE!!!   :inlove:  

Great pics...thanks for sharing!  I think you may have just given me inspiration for our ride for tomorrow!
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  At the end of that ride going back down 287 almost to 220 I saw this big black bear running across the field and had to come to a complete stop and wait for him to run right across in front of the one car that was between me and him.

 Not sure if its ok to just add to a "riding around home" type thread, so I guess I will until I'm scolded and corrected  :)
 But here are a few more pictures.

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  the camels on rt 54 just outside Turbotville, can't wait to see how they like snow.

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   And this one only makes sense if "the Darth Peach" means anything to you. :headscratch:

Hey Spence,

     Thanks for posting up the pics, you take some pretty cool ones. I liked the ones on wellsboro, I was there on vacation, it's such a neat town. Take care,

Berry nice! We do have some pretty places in PA. It's not all potholes and shithole dried up coal towns.

I've been to most of the places you show here. Thanks for sharing those. I didn't know there was a restaurant in the Tamaqua trainstation.

Mostly, but not all. :D

Just think 20 years from now we can add a bunch of dried up Natural Gas towns as well.

After the Marcellus shale is tapped out, there's the Utica shale beneath it.   :D

Ok I think I got the picture thing sorted... here are some pics to add.. taken with Droid x

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I was getting all excited thinking Triumph had released a RED Tiger.  :inlove:
Then I saw the second set of shots and realized the color is just off in the first set.  :lol:

Nice pics...looks like a fun day.   I realize it was not the primary focus of the trip but you mentioned the Cycle Gear store...I noticed recently there was one in my area now.   About 20 minutes away, so I stopped in last week when I was out for a ride.   What a disappointment.   90% Bilt merch.  I was kinda intersted in new Tourmaster Luggage.  Not there.   Checked a couple helmets.   Everything else was cheesy/cheap "leather".  Quite depressing.

Lol, me too. I do love that Tiger though. Thanks for posting.

@shotist. I had the same reaction to the store. On there website they have all the brands I like and wanted to try a few things on for size 90-95% of the store Bilt.
   On another note I wasn't sure of the orange either but since learned to embrace the orange  :inlove:

Rashad the food looks as good as I remember it. Lol I would definitely eat there again. By the way just don't try to park your bikes on the brick out by the tables if you want to eat here. Somebody tried to get us kickedout BEFORE we ate. :) :eek:

That's the Cycle Gear I shop at. Funny thing is Cycle Gear started out selling many different brands, now they are pushing their Bilt brand, which is crap. :thumbsdown: It's a shame since I really liked the place until they started pushing cheap low quality merchandise.

Nice pics BTW. :thumbsup:

Thanks on the pictures. I hope to add some this weekend and take the time to take more when I ride and post them here.

Where exactly in Central PA are you?  Truly "central" like Centre County?  

I tell people Williamsport area because Turbotville means nothing to most people. We still don't have our first red light. :)

Yeah...I typically say State College since Stormstown is a mere "village."  Cablebandit's uncle is in Montgomery.  

We sure are lucky to have some really great roads here in Central PA.  If you ever get over this way, you *must* check out Marengo Road...it's a lovely little stretch practically in our backyard.

I've enjoyed your pics...thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing and the food looked good! What was the name of that place?

We get down to state college to take our bikes to Kissels. About a month ago we went and rode into college Ave for a couple hours while they were working on my bike. Will have to look for that road next time.

Thanks for sharing and the food looked good! What was the name of that place?
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   Its an old railroad station in Tamaqua. I drive by it in the truck and didn't realize they had food until we were down there on the bikes. It's on rt 309, on your right going south, between rts 81 and 78.

 This is another little ride I took about a month ago out on 118 around Ricketts Glen. They have what they call the Falls Trail which I didn't hike up this day but just wondered around a little.  True story; last time I hiked up there I had asked my 50-60 year old mom if she wanted to go for a little ride and hike on a nice day. We made it clear to the top then it just poured down rain for the whole walk back. Me back at the bike looking at my drenched mom "well mom do you want to wait for it to stop raining or ride back home" She chose to ride.  :D

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  Not the Tiger this time but my other ride 07 zx14 now with 30000 miles on it.

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Rickett's is about a 40 minute drive. Great place to spend a day.

Nice pics and nice bike! Thanks for sharing them,

Took another "ride about" Today on the tiger :) Started out just a few miles from home while taking this picture a guy pulled in on his dr650 to ask a few questions about the Tiger. Turned out to be a nice 57 year old guy who lives about 5 miles from me. both he and his wife ride mostly dual sports, His dr had over 40000 miles on. Is it just me or do you meet more cool people riding a motorcylce.

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     and yes I do always ride at this speed....almost always....ok sometimes.

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   rode up rt 42 into Eagles Mere

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  Then across 154 over to Worlds End State Park in Forksville, this is one of our weekend rides we do often but I haven't been up since all the flooding you may have heard about.

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  I was surprised to see the damage and debris on this bridge

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  This is a section of 154 between the park and 87 would be quite the surprise at night if you didn't know.

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  up 87 to Dushore then back down 87 which really got hit hard with the flood and just destroyed some of the road. Still has road closed signs but you can ride down to 180.
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 And ended with our Saturday night biker hangout in Williamsport. Mostly a sportbike group but others show to Sat nights about sunset, we have had as many as 20 bikes, sometimes only a couple but its nice to hang out with friends and talk bikes and riding. stop in if you find yourself in the area. lol

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Can't believe the damage on 154  :eek: Glad the covered bridge remains!

Looks like the weather has been perfect for riding - hoping it holds out for my next regularly scheduled work trip to NYC (and the Saturday I have free  :bigok:).

  This week-end looks pretty bad around here, rainy and lucky to get into the low 50s for the next 2 days. :(  Today I got out just for a short ride to try out my new windshield. Tigers are known to have alot of wind noise, many have tried many different windshields with not much help so when I saw good reviews on this one I thought I would try it. It was way bigger then i pictured but works as advertised. Now I can hear more sweet triple engine noise and less air, but the only question is it to big and ugly. hmmmm

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   A couple on the move shoots on rt 554,our mini local deals gap. lol


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   just seemed right on such a gloomy day.

That does seem like a big windscreen, but Hey!, it works. That's what's important. Thanks for sharing the pics,

  Back home for a beautiful weekend. Just Rode a 120 miles fairly close to home today. Started by roaming around Williamsport a little.

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    meet the wife and another friend for an outdoor lunch at panera. Rochele has been buying some goodies for her 696.

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 Then I made a stop at Bob Logue's Honda shop. If you like some older bikes especially hondas this is worth a stop to check out his little collection, free and in the back of the dealership. here are just a couple pictures from here.

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After Bobs I rode north on 973 and 44

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  and bonus points if anyone knows where this is. :)

  Just perfect Oct weather in Pa this weekend. Yesterday four of us took a nice ride between Williamsport and Carisle, which ended up being a 235 mile ride for me start to finish. Some of the roads we too were 45 out of Lewisburg to 235 south ,which is a nice road,35, 333, 74-another really nice road for motorcyles. across 944 to 34. Back up 15 to 104, and then worked our way back up to williamsport for our saturday night hang out. Only took a couple pictures mostly enjoyed the riding.

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 Today started out pretty foggy but then  :bigok: beautiful. Another ride with some friends before going back to work.

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   the meet.

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   Kevin I think they became friends , if you loved your zx10 you would take one home. ;)

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   some point and shoots from the ride

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   Kevin turned up 22000 miles on this bike this weekend

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   our fearless leader for the day Eric

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     And that's it till next weekend. If only this weather would stay till Christmas :D

That's too funny.  When the wind gets in that jacket, it makes me look like the Stay Puff guy.  lol  But hey, I was warm.  :)  And that's a negative about taking a scooter home for my 10.  hahah

 That's a good thing for me when you puff up, hanging out with all you skinny fit guys begs the question," do these friends make my butt look big?" :D

  Rainy and windy so far since I've been home but may still get out some later.

  Until then thought I would share a gear break.... I've always wanted to try a pair of these but could never get over the cost. In a moment of weakness I finally hit the buy it now button.

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     Kangaroo, kevlar,stingray....

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    I may never take them off again.  :lol: Wonder how Rochele's going to feel about me wearing them to bed :headscratch:

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   Looked like this here this morning so went out for what would end up being over 180 mile ride.

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  The rain we had this week did seem to do some damage on the nice fall colors but still some nice areas.

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some  from relatively close to home on 44 toward Buckhorn Pa

  I decided on a loop consisting of 339s to 924 to 93 to 239 and 118 , with some small side trips.  A few from the windmill chasing portion of the ride.

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  And time to get back to work. Next weekend looks promising yet Hopefully there will be some color left in the trees but I always enjoyed riding when the leaves our dancing around in the road from the bike in front of me.

  From friday, Spence's Anger Management Class
   
      I know  I know. Sounds totally unrelated but I am looking at a new monitor now. :)

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  Ok back to some riding that I did get in. Sat evening/night my family had a hayride social event on my uncles farm and we got to gather with a small group,about 20 of us, of our riding friends and there kids and had a blast. But before that I got out for a little ride so when I saw this sitting along side the road I thought......

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   decided it would be best to stick with the tractor

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   Today it was a beautiful day in PA for late Oct. Decided to Just go ride around on random roads for awhile,
 
  even tried some gravel, and dirt roads with the big Triumph.

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 made new friends.

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  Not a big VW bug fan But... the new 200hp turbo bug in this color  :thumbsup:

Very cool pics, thanks for sharing them. How about VW calls that beetle a "lightn :lol:   Have a good week,

 The lightn bug would be cool but I believe it would have to come with amber colored neon lights on the underbelly. :-)

  Took the Tiger out today on an errand run. With the forecast of 10 inches of snow for tomorrow  :eek: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: I decided on taking some more locale pictures.


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  First stop truck parts from the cousin.

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 This place has about 30 different pizzas on the menu , rt 405 just outside Lewisburg.

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 Also some nice outdoor seating. Makes for a nice place to ride in the summer.

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 These pictures were all around Lewisburg ,Pa killing time waiting for......

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 " Can I take off what helmet Dr."

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  For about 10 minutes there was what looked to be a 60 year old guy on his hands and knees looking at the Tiger,
   scared me a little looked like he was praying to it for awhile.  :headscratch:

  Looks like we will escape the 6-10 inches but still way way to early for this.

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  The day after the "big" storm.

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          Next weekend looks promising.....so far.

Thanks for sharing you pics Spence.  
I ride most of the same roads...  :thumbsup:    I'm in the Scranton area.
Do you use a point and shoot camera?
 

   Scranton, we will have to get some new roads to try from you up there. We make a trip up to warhorse now and then.  We have a good canon rebel camera with several lender, but to be honest I don't know enough to make good use of it. After reading the darth peach' s thread on advrider I was impressed with what she was doing with the point and shoot so I bought an almost new canon powershot a590 on ebay for $90. That's what I've been using so far. I like the idea of cheap in case I through it down the road. Since then I bought another canon powershot is150. Which is a 14 megpix. 12 x zoom verse my 4 x zoom 8 megpix for less then 200$. Didn't even get it yet but for less then $300 will have a backup camera too. I'm hoping over time to get better and learn a little more. I have enjojed some other peoples threads so decided to try a running one for awhile and see how it develops. Lol

I'm sure I can show you a few nice twisties you never rode, northeast of here.
Yep, it's amazing what she does with a point and shoot, she's got a good eye, natural talent...

  Went out for my first November ride of the year. The zx was being neglected lately and looked a little angry so I thought it was time to take it out for a ride. Sunny 46 and a little breezy but not bad for Nov.

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IMG_0004 (2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313684060/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0005 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313655054/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0007 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313656670/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313140099/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0010 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313137259/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0014 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313664596/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0016 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313667476/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0018 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313670386/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0019 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313673160/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr

      Just checking if I can make timer work on new camera. :)


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IMG_0020 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313153747/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0021 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313156061/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0027 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313679808/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313159631/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0030 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313682678/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0034 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313126755/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0042 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313128845/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0043 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313130155/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0047 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313652608/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr


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IMG_0048 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69429092@N03/6313131661/) by turbospence (http://www.flickr.com/people/69429092@N03/), on Flickr

     And ended todays little ride with a visit with the Turbotville Camels.

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    Today I took the Tiger down 125 as part of my ride. 125 is well known in the Pa sportbike crowd. If you like curves some elevation changes and even a place or two to get some air
 if you so choose. The section used for the sunday morning sportbike rides is between rt 61 and 81. There are some places that can catch you out if you are unfamiliar with the road. Last
year 4 out of my first 5 trips down someone crashed.

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   In the summer I've been here in the Ravine truck stop  with 20-30 other bikes and bikes coming and going the whole time we hung out there.


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  Not sure if I even capture how much fun this road can be but its worth a trip if your close.

   And just a few from the last part of the ride and closer to home.

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   Todays or yesterdays 180 mile ride now ended with the Saturday night starbucks meet and 37 degrees for the 25 mile ride home.  :)

  Meet some of the crew for a drink but had to bail on the ride. Not a bad turn out for a 50 degree november ride. But work is calling again. Must make money for more bike stuff. :thumbsup:


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    Zx10's represented.

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  Another nice November riding day in Pa :thumbsup:  Made a 180 mile loop up to the Pa grand canyon mostly taking 287 north then across 6 and down 15 on the way back.

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    The yes this bike is moving shots.


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caught my friend Kevin in the parking lot

 And my other friend who I can't mention because she is never to be seen in a photo. lol


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 everywhere should have motorcycle only parking


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And the Saturday night visit with friends, wife Rochele, friend Christina who trust me enough to ride on the back and i'm sure will be appearing more in the spring, and Kevin 2 who as
you can see is just so fast he almost can't be photographed.

  Today 5 of us got to gather for another 120+ mile ride. 300 miles on a November weekend feels pretty good. How long will it continue?

 From wilmspt. we rode back to 87 to 864 to 220 and across 154 to the forksville store for lunch and back down 87. Note repairs are being made on

both 87 and 154( see pictures earlier on thread) still road closed signs up on 154 but you can ride across between 87 and 220. Just use caution around the signs and

in the one lane sections.

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     and our girl Jessica(#2) on her cbr 6000rr just to keep the kawasaki boys honest
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 spent half the ride chasing these two.

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 All I want for Christmas is 60 degrees and sunshine.

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 Passed our friend John going the other way, nice of him to come back and say hi :)

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  Finally a picture of Eric on his zx6

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 rt 154

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  After driving in snow last night just 4 hours from here I had to get out under this blue sky for awhile.  :)

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  And its suppose to be nice all weekend here again, up to 60 on Sunday but off course I have to go to work earlier then normal. :(

Thanks for sharing the pics fellas, good stuff!  :) I am in agreement with the Christmas forecast, if we could make it happen for all of December, that would be great.  :bigok:  Where's that global warming Al Gore was talking about?  ;)

 I thought the Tiger looked a little hungry today so I decided to take it Duck hunting.

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  The prey in sight.


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  gotcha!


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  I know ages are off limits but........your soooo not 12. lol


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  Fun outing with the wife overall  :inlove:

   Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.

    Lucky for me my in-laws live about 2 miles off of rt 125, and my wife already took some friends down in the pick-up yesterday,and its sunny in the
high 30's headed for high 50's.  :thumbsup: So a getting geared up for a quick lap before thanksgiving dinner. In the mean time here is a pick of me
 at 5ish on "my" first bike. lol

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  And Thanksgiving with the family.

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     Just kidding but I couldn't help to wonder if they would notice an orange Tiger with the buggies. I bet they had great food too.

  Today I had one of those rare days with no obligations all day. So I decided to ride to Indiana for a Latte.


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       Caffe Amadeus  628 Philadelphia St. Indiana, Pa


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   So good.


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  Had to buy this book and see if it would lead to other good rides. Thought it was odd because basically what I did to get here was pick out
an area that I haven't ridden in much and search for an interesting cafe.


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And one late day sun picture. I didn't really take many pictures today, just felt like riding. And I did for 423 miles.

Took 80 to get away from home then tried 879  219  286 to Indiana. some 422 to 53. Liked 53 especially north of 80.

  Today I took my first Dec ride which consisted of taking my Tiger to Kissell's in State College and dropping it off for its 12000 mile service, and finally springing for some suspension improvements. Can't wait to get it back with the Penske shock and fork work .  :)

   First a couple sunrise pictures off the back deck.

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  And Rochele my ride home.

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 For the ride out we will give Rochele the camera and see how she does with some Tiger in motion shots.

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   Baby's got back.  


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  meant in the kindness most caring way, yes you are my number 1.  :D


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   The destination.


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  Think she looks the part?


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   Liked the looks of this street fighter.

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 Thanks for the ride and another fun afternoon.

I saw you coming down 99 around Bellefonte.  Hopefully you get the bike back in one piece from Kissells.

  Thanks. I have had good luck so far. But I also have friends that have not been pleased there.

Thanks for the pics Ray, you got a good lookin' woman there! Plus she has cool riding boots... and  she likes motorcycles, double bonus!  ;) Have a good weekend,

   Rochele says thanks.  And yes I kinda like her....she has grown on me in the last 24 years. lol

  Everything required for a relaxing sunny December day.   :thumbsup:


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Those Ken Hull books are a great way to plan a day trip that includes some good eats!

   Yes. I'm only about 50 pages in and have at least 8 or 9 new places marked that I would like to ride to and try. A couple in state college area sound really good.

  I did manage to get out for about 50 miles today. Nothing to exciting but then again the weekly riding streak continues into December, And we all know

winter doesn't really start until you can't get your bike out the driveway any more.

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  Meet Rochele for a hot drink. And this is her Duck dressed for Christmas.

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  And another gear break. I am sorta a gear whore. But in recent years I have been trying to buy Quality pieces that I really like and that will last a long time.

 I bought these awhile back to up the level of protection on my feet after reading a few crash stories and seeing pictures. I really like them and they are working out

great for cooler weather with warm socks.

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   Sidi Cobra Rain Boots.

  If you are married I trust that I don't have to explain the "what are you thinking" shake of the head accompanied by the quick eye roll. :lol:


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   Busy weekend and questionable weather, not sure if I'll get out.  Looks like next Friday we will be trying to get back out to Kissells to pick up the Tiger with new suspension
 
upgrades.  ;) Hope the weather holds out.

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   Took longer then I hoped but decided to swing by and pick up the Tiger on the way home from a couple day trip. Since it was snow flurrying and I had no gear along

this is how it went home. Still hoping to try out new suspension before the snow really settles in.

   Well I could not help myself. I had to go out and test my new suspension.

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   I was alright with this

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  But then it started to snow flurry

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  At the top of this hill on 554 the roads were more white then um  road colored.

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 so I did get a 50 mile ride in but more testing will need to be done.  ;)

   In 2011 I rode 11501 miles and 7527 of those were on the Tiger.  My wife Rochele rode around 5700 miles also.

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   And the 2012 riding season starts today with a 75 mile outing. ;)

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   felt so good to get out today. I think it made it into the 50s for a couple hours and after dark the moon and stars were out.

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   Some remains of the Holidays.

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    This is the January sun.

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  Looks like another ride tomorrow afternoon with some friends maybe.  :thumbsup:

   Another great January ride this afternoon and evening. Left Williamsport area and did some 44 up to little pine state park across to 287 n to 414 over to 14 and 15 for

a little over 160 mile ride with a couple friends.


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   a short stop at Little Pine State Park

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  as sooon as we got on 414 we caught a gas company caravan and had to follow them to 15, the jobs are nice

but they sure are messing up the riding around here.  Roads were still in better shap then I expected for as far

north as we were. 414 between 15 and 14 had the most cinders on. About dark we went by a bank that said it was still

53 out if it was right.  :thumbsup:

 Well last weekend we had winter around here, now that that's over with time to ride again. :)


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   a couple from the I live in farm country series.

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  anyone know there cars? What year is this thing?


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Spence, most of your pics are familiar to me. Especially the Sullivan County (we have a house on 87 at the East end of Hillsgrove before you cross over the steel bridge. I'm originally from Mt. Carmel so I'm very familiar with 125 from Shamokin to Ravine. Used to ride all of those rodes from Ashland thru Lavelle, Weishample, Valley View (pronounced Walley Woo) Higgins, thru Cower Tity....er Tower City, and so forth.

Have done the Geisinger Childrens Miracle Mile Tour every year since I'm 18.

Love the pics! Can't believe I never saw this thread until now. I gotta stop in Region VI forum more often.

Across from Huffsmith stone?

close, same side of 87, 2nd to the last house (white ranch) before the bridge. I know Huffsmith, he'S HUGE into trials bikes. he hosts a national meet every year.

Cool, we rent the Martin place across the street.  :thumbsup:

no shit!! HA!

Bradleyras. Thanks for jumping in. We use 87 a lot. Trips to worlds end are a go to ride when we don't know what else to do. If you find yourself around Williamsport starbucks on a Saturday night stop in and say hi. We kinda made that the office last week there was 11 of us. Also if your that local we post up on pasportbikes.com with plans and rides also.my wides family live in the heggins area so she is real familiar with all those towns.lol

Oh my you married a 'Skook'!  Good for you Spence. She has probably gutted more deer than most of the men on this site!

Ask your wife this:

Q. Ya know where duh trees are in Schuylkill County, doncha?

(Post her answer)


Thanks for the invite!

Lol. She is actually a Milton girl. Some how her mom and sisters all ended up down there later. But we do have a friend who lives down on 125 that is just known as Skook. :lol:

A.  da trees are between da twos and da fours  :lol:


My sister just sold her farm on Shakespere Road, Milton.

 Took a very enjoyable 160 mile ride today with Rochele. Phil stupid rodent  :twofinger:

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   we decided to ride up to Mansfield Pa and check out night and day coffee cafe which we read about in the Going Local book pictured earlier in this thread.

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   always considerate Rochele trying to feed the animals.


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Saturday night we had a good group of friends out for our starbucks Saturday night bike hang out. There was 16 of us. They need more seating. Can't wait till it gets a little wamer and we can use the outdoor seating again.
  Out for a little 50 mile ride today before another work week starts.

  Turned out to be a really nice riding day today. Didn't get out as early as I would have liked but still enjoyed an almost 100 mile ride.  :)

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Hey Spence,

      Thanks for posting the pics. I vacationed the other year up there in Mansfield and that coffee place was right around the corner. That was a cool place to get some good food and drink. Thanks again for the post, it brought back memories,  :)

   That was a neat little place. I don't know what got into me but I have a list and am planning on discovering some more different places around here that I never tried before. I guess I'm tired of seeing the same 10 chain places off every exit in the truck. lol

  Nothing to exciting but I did manage to find a 2 hour block to go for a little ride before another work week begins. Took a little side trip on the usual coffee run. I know some of you know where this is :)



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  Just a couple pictures from today's 140 mile ride, including the last 25 miles in 30 degrees under a stary sky.

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      my friends wishing they could goo too. (some of my wife's creations)

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   coolest car of the day.


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  And ended with our normal Saturday night gathering of biker friends.

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 It's been awhile since I had the zx14 out. Forgot how much I like the sound of it over 7000 rpm.

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       It matches my bike perfectly.  :lol:

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    Rode down to Ravine pa and 125 and meet Rochele on the way home. 125 still some cinders but better then I thought it would be.

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  and the lunch shoots from Sellingsgrove RedRobin

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   Looks like some nice weather this week....I will watch for you as I drive my TRUCK  :(

Had a great day today. Went by one bank that said 80 degrees.  :)  Meet up with my friend Vince for some riding that included 125 and other roads.

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    Vince's Honda nice clean bike with around 4000 miles on it.


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   signs of spring!

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   wildlife.

 After riding with Vince we separated so he could meet the family for supper and I had a text from my friend Christina (we call her our grown daughter that we will never have, lol) wanting her first ride of the season, so before we rode up to starbucks bike night we had just enough daylight to take some pictures which I promised to do about a year ago. Christina is a teacher and we thought it would give her some "cool "points with the class.  :lol:

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   showing off her matching blue phone.


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   and then we decided that her eyes match the zx14, so I'm thinking at some point she will just have to buy my zx14. lol

  At tonight's starbucks bike gathering must have been 15-20 of us and nice enough to set out side again.  :thumbsup:

  Chased some Pasportbike guys around Rose Valley Lake some today.
   
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    The meet at the office.


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   some of my pasportbike.com friends


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   Rose Valley Lake  first time there and not sure how I got there, watching road surface for cinders still.

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   "How many zip straps did you use again?" lol


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   my favorite accidental shot.

   Truck issues resulted in us coming home early this week, so I decided to ride down to Harrisburg DMV to get my Truck registration. It was pretty nice being there on a Thursday
 It only took them about 3.5 minutes to take my $1673 and give me my card and little sticker.

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    Tiger versus Dragon


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  a little hazey down by the river on 15


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  Another great March day in Pa.  Started by going to visit my Truck issues that brought me home early.

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  Then off for some two wheeled therapy


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  then met up with the wife

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  And ended the day with some friend time.  :lol: Had to keep reminding myself it was March, I should not be riding in a t shirt with no heated gear under my jacket and be warm,

           But I Like It!!

Cool pics Spence, thanks for posting them. I didn't like the look of those truck repair pics,  :crazy: that looked expensive. Sorry to see that. Your wife's gear looks neat, I especially think the whole skull thing gets some cool points when you see that one side of her helmet is scuffed.  :thumbsup: Take it easy and enjoy the weather,

  Lol scraperman, I had a transmission problem so came home to my cousins garage then discovered both rears that have 1.4 million miles on were finally on there way out.  Then yesterday I also met with accountant to do 2011 taxes :(. all in all a financially brutal 4 days!!  Could put I guy in a really bad mood, but I'm trying to look at the positive: I drove it home with out needing an expensive wrecker, get the work done at home, and it was nice and 75 degrees for 2 days in march.  :bigok:

  and yea Rochelle thought she was really cool when we gave her a head start down 87 from worlds end and told her we would catch her. I told my friend John that she would ride a lot faster just because she knew we were chasing her. Knowing her for awhile, about half way down I started to think she did the park and hide thing,about 5 miles before 180 we finally caught her behind a line of traffic. She was so proud of herself........and a little bit annoying.   :lol:

  Tiger ready to go with 2 fresh pilot road 3 tires (last set lasted 8000 miles) and a new chain and sprockets to match my other bike.

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    And I couple more signs of spring.

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Yesterday afternoon went for a ride with some friends. Started about 2 gathering up everyone from 4 meeting locations giving us a total of 9. We then played on 125 for awhile and separated and headed north in varies ways in smaller groups. Made a stop at home to give a friend a ride up to our usual Saturday night starbucks hangout with 10-15 people. It was a fun day.


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   There must have been 5 gopros on the ride. below hopefully will be an example of part of 125 with camera aimed back.

Another fun afternoon of riding down in the 125 area. meet some new guys, saw some neat bikes, and only had 3 miles of light sprinkles getting back home. :)

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 Vine

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  maybe 12-15 bikes at ravine today.

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  Just sharing some spring fever pictures with my wife's Duck. This is a 2011 696 and it's about ready for its 7500 mile service. Out of the 6 bikes she has owned I would say she's more excited about this bike then anyone before.

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 a couple more short rides for today'

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  And then in the afternoon met Wife and her sister Angie to take Angie for a ride. It may take one or two more rides to convince her to go bike shopping.  :D

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 Looks like Rochele and I will be riding to Kissels in state college tomorrow, probably late morning or early afternoon, to drop off her 696 for its 7500 mile service. Back again the next Friday to pick it up. Will be on the tiger just in case anyone else is out that way.

Wave as you go by CPI.  They'll be a dozen of us there getting MSF ARC certification.

   What and where is CPI? is that an advanced or instructor course of some kind?

CPI is the school off 99 at Harrison road.

ARC is the new MSF advanced rider course. We'll be getting certified to teach it this weekend.

  Cablebandit, hope you guys did well and had fun today.  It was a pretty windy ride out today.

  Here are just a couple pictures of some of my favorite things at Kisssels.

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Back to Kissels to pick up the Duck. Much nicer ride today.

    This was not there last week.

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 Lunch at a local spot Foxes is off the Halls Pensdale exit of 180 around Muncy pa and is known for there good food and bakery .

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 Decided to ride to Mexico today. :lol: Ended up riding about 260 miles down 235 and 333 from rt 45. I should spend more time down that direction, there are some nice curves. Here are some pictures from today.


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   It was a very nice afternoon of riding ending with a stop to visit friends at the saturday night starbucks bike gathering.

 Another great afternoon for a ride. Ended up leaving the house around 2:30 and still had a enjoyable 261 mile ride. Started out by going out 42 to 118 and 415 up to Harveys Lake.

If you've never been to Harveys Lake yet there is a road that goes all the way around the lake, you can just keep doing laps with the water andboats on one side and some really nice

houses on the other.

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  After riding around the lake I went north toward Tunkhannock and tryed 292 and circled back around to 92 and back up to 6 and then over to 87

 for the ride back down to Forksville. 92 was a nice road, 192 wasn't bad but the road surface was rough in places.

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  When I got to forksville I decided to ride some on 154. I went west first the 11-12 miles to Shunk and turned around. It's been awhile since I was on that section of 154,

I had forgotten how curvey it is out that way. Again the road is a little rough in places but not bad on the Tiger. After that I went past Worlds end park and took 154 out to 220 and turned around

back to the park, then down 87 to meet friends at the Saturday night Starbucks thing. Fun afternoon!

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  Went for one of the most layed back relaxed rides I have been on for awhile today with My friend John.

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  and stopped to meet my wife who joined us for the second half of the ride.

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  And then about 25 miles from home I went into a ramp that I know to be a decreasing radius ramp but I looked behind me to double check the lane beside me

and looked back to see I went wide and let all the loose stuff on the road spook me decided instead of leaning harder would use the lane that I knew was clear

but straightened up to long and got on the ouside edge of that one and just plain messed up. :(

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 for as bad as I threw it away I'm surprised at the little damage. I have a spare set of bags given to me with the bike when I bought it. I need to find a orange bag skin

and learn how to switch the locks. Get a new hand guard or live with the scuffs and a new foot peg.

  Good to have a back up bike. Rode home and regrouped and rode to bike night with 15 plus or minus tonight.

  New look until I find a blazing orange infill panel.

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 First time I rode the bike without the bags on since I bought it. Maybe the look will grow on me.

  Repair process started.  ;) Since I messed up the right foot peg I decided to order a pair of SW-MOTECH convertible on-road/off-road footpegs for the Tiger.

installed them today. They can be lowered by15mm and are wider as you can see in pictures.

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    Motech.

 I also took bike to a friends to check out why brake light was sticking on, Turn out to be rear brake light switch, disconnected and ordered switch.

 I also took my extra saddlebag and my smashed bag to a local locksmith to have lock switched out. He said the good/extra bag looked like someone had drilled out the lock before, and he was having a hard time

removing the lock from smashed bag. Solution, since the back half of smashed bag(where lock is) didn't have a mark on it remove front half of good bag and switch now I have a perfect bag without removing and

reinstalling lock. all I need to do now is buy an orange infill panel and replace the silver one that was on spare bag and it will be close to as good as pre-crash.  :thumbsup:

Great pics and commentary.  I did not realize that there are camels in Pa.  I have seen Bison but that was the most exotic animal so far.  I will have to take a trip upto Turbotville to see the camels.

I will also have to check out Ken Hull's book.

  I have tried a couple places from Kens book now and have some others marked that I would like to try this summer. We finally went to the filling station in Benton for thai food. turned out it was the ladies last week

that makes it. lol   If you come up to see the camels on a fri-sat let me know, they only live about 3 miles from my house. I think they must have 10 or 12 now. They still look out of place to me. thanks for the comments and feel free to drop in and chime in. lol

Stopped by to see the camels today and got a special treat.  Momma and a calf.

  we drove by today too. It seems like they keep multiplying. ;)  Some times you catch them out by the road but usually they're in the back 40.

  Did get to ride to a family picnic today. Lucky for me my wife's family lives down toward Hegins right off 125. My wife's bikes down with some brake issues so she was on the back.

 She hates being on the back since she has been riding her own bikes now. :lol:

 I did get a chance to take my luggage rack off and try some new looks on the Tiger, still a rideable work in progress.

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Hey Spence,

       Thanks for posting up pics and telling us of your adventures. Sorry to hear you went down, but I'm glad it was only bike parts and not body parts that got broken. Keep that shiny side up!  :)

    Scraperman, crashing is never fun so if I can possibly keep someone from making the same kind of mistake, by sharing, that's a good thing. I didn't realize my body actually hit the wall until the next day when we drove around there in the truck and my wife was pointing out  :thumbsup:my marks and where I hit. That explained a lot why both sides of my body hurt.lol I also like to encourage anyone I can to wear some gear.I had armoured jacket, gloves, helmet,and kevlar lined riding jeans. The only mark. Was on my knee from the kevlar, outer layer of pants ripped. But not the inner. I love gear.

  My wife, Rochele is still waiting for brake parts for her Ducati so this makes two weekends in a row with no Bike for her............

               Is this normal behaviour ?

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  Peace like a river.  Spent some time at one of my Quiet spots today to gather myself up from an 11:30 friday night call that my 51 year old uncle had died.

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Photos look like Worlds End State Park.
Great place to reflect on things.

Sorry for your loss.

    Thanks mpb.  Good eye on the worlds end, one of our default go to rides. 50 miles each way from our house. It works for quiet time and tears. All part of life I guess.

   Yesterday I went to my 51 year old Uncle Roger's funeral. He had his first heart attack when he was 36 and the fifth one killed him last friday night while

he was racing his race car. I just thought I would share a motorcycle related Roger story here before i continue.

   Years ago we decided to ride to the hughsville fair from his house in muncy. We followed his wife and two girls ,in the car, Roger on his brand new bike and me on my cbr1100xx. We come up on a real slow vehicle

and started passing one at a time. I seeing his 2 girls waving out the back window went up to the corner of the car and was just about to wave back to them. This wasn't Roger and my first ride togather, so

I'm sure based on previous experiences, In his mind I had decided to get sporty and he was going to follow. lol The problem he did a quick over the shoulder check of the pickup and turned around and there I

was entertaining his kids. lol well they got quite the show when we went sliding and rolling down the road. The first responders came and took our vital signs they commented on how calm and relaxed we were,

Roger response "all the excitement is over now" lol. We shared an ambulance ride. Rogers bike was totaled and he never got around to getting another one, but a couple years back I gave him one of mine and

we went riding to gather for 180 miles or so just to prove that we could do it with out taking each other out.  ;)

   Following is a picture of us at a church picnic a couple weeks after it happened. (me on the far left Rog in the middle) I'm sure I don't have to tell this group the amount of "have you learned your lesson are you

going to stop riding motorcycle now" comments and questions that we endured the next couple months. lol It made such an impression on one of our mutual friends that shortly after when he had an event on his

bike, he decided not to share it with the group.

  as Roger was only 7 years older then I he filled the fun older brother role in my life. He will be missed.

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Thanks for sharing that Spence. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. May God grant you peace at this time of sorrow...

Sorry for your loss, Spence.  Sounds like you have great memories of your uncle  :thumbsup:.  Those are the ones that really matter.  My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

  Thanks for the thoughts guys. After ending up in ER early Thursday morning with my leg swelled up from knee to toes and red with infection, I spent

the rest of the weekend pretty close to home. Today Did ride around with Rochele and stopped at Shikellamy loolout for awhile.

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Hey Spence,

      I'm glad to see you're well enough to ride. Thanks for posting up pics of your ride, very cool.  :thumbsup:

  Before the ride, a couple picks of some new protection for the Triumph. Although the saddlebags make pretty effective frame sliders I may start riding it some with out them

now that I looked at it awhile. Still waiting for the back ordered infill panel. lol

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  Today"s 200+ mile ride started by looking for Hyner View. I've been close to it and friends ride there but I never went.  I found the way that consist of 6-8 miles of dirt road. I stopped at the top of a hill

because the road looked so bad two guys came up on dirt bikes and told me I missed my turn and that it would get serious if I kept going. I watched them go down the hill stones flying and within 100 yards they

were getting air. :lol:  

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      wild life...I didn't have my camera ready when the deer jumped of the bank into my lane looked at my blazing orange tiger and dove back in the woods.


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   seems to be a popular riding stop.  There is a nice paved road which I used when I left. :)


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   I set around awhile hoping this guy would jump but the wind was blowing the wrong way and his other buddies had already packed up to look for another launch point.


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  After Hyner view I just went looking for random roads in the Sproul state forest area.  With a name like this I'm thinking curvey, subject to change direction often, unpredictable, maybe even challenging :lol:

Turned out to be a fun road the turned to gravel then hard pack dirt with weeds in the middle and had me wondering if it would ever intersect with a real road again.


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   and if you ride 414 these last 3 will look familiar


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  It has become tradition now for the Pasportbike group to go to the Williamsport Fireworks. The Starbucks that we go to on Saturday nights is a great place to watch them.

Just a couple blocks away they set up all kinds of vendors and even some live music, so we start getting up there around 5 or 6 to claim our corner. lol Then just hang out and make an evening of it

also make it a family event for those of us who have little one. A few pictures from this years event which also had a little rain and some cool lightning behind the fireworks for a really neat effect.


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   A fun evening with 30 of our closest friends...... :cool:

Great photos, Spence :thumbsup:

Lumber Jack Sparrow?  "Timb-arrrr!"  :lol:


Cool pics, Spence.  :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. Coho, were you following me. lol

Now that is a nice bike.  :thumbsup:

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   Thanks, that's my wife's. She really likes it. If you go back in the thread you will see it changes colors and has many looks. lol

Nice! :thumbsup:

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    Todays little ride was just to the family truck show for something a little different. Walked around with my friend Kevin and his two kids. Some neat stuff this year.
 
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  Today was the first Wednesday , I think, that we were home all summer. So we had a chance to meet up with some friends and  ride to the local

Quaker Steak and Lube Bike night. As usual I'll let the pictures tell most of the story.  :)

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   And that was our bike night with a stop at panera on the way home for a bite to eat.

   Another fun ride with my wife, friend Stephen, and one of the best Barista agreed to ride along. She said she had a good time and will ride again.

Yes, another convert. :bigok: For an added Bonus our other friend John and entire family showed up for a swim.  

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   Today I took what I will call a working ride. :headscratch:       For the last two weeks I've been in the process of selling a truck and buying a truck,

and to solve some paper work issues learned I needed to make a visit to Eau Claire, Pa. The only good part, No they did not need me to bring the truck,

so a motorcycle ride it is, mostly out 80 and back, but still a motorcycle ride. Left at 5:45 am, a little light rain some fog and a Quick gas stop, and done in Eau Claire by 9.

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   not much in Eau Claire...passed a guy on a neat Ural sidecar on way home but all three pictures I took on the move were junk. :(

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    And a stop at sheetz for fuel and some fine dinning.   Home by 12:30 for a total of 382 miles.

Buckhorn exit on 80?

Yes Conpilot 1,  that is right, up by the mall, it's every Weds all summer. Last year I think I made it a couple times and they said there

were over 700 bikes there. Mostly cruisers but some other interesting bikes show up too.

    Went riding some with friends Vince and Stephen. From Turbotville we went out 54-44-154-42-118-487 to Dushore and then down 87

to forksville. After all the years I've been riding up to Forksville my friend Stephen who has only been living in Pa for a year and a half took us up to High Knob Overlook,

for the first time that I was there. another friend John met us in Forksville for a spirited ride home. 140 mile ride in perfect temps. :thumbsup:

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  Finally got out for a decent ride today. Ended up riding around 280 miles, and it was even comfortable temps for the most part.

Just picked a couple towns off the map and made a ride out of it. Thought it would be fun to ride to Dallas and Moscow in the same day.

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  The I live in farm land pictures on rt 254 toward Benton Then out 239 to Shickshinny

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   Stopped to take some pictures of this nice bridge, while doing so noticed there was what looked to be a prison at the other end, a car slowed way down when they
saw me with my camera...time to move on.

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   Dallas was nothing like what I imagined. lol

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  took a side trip to check out Francis Slocum State Park.  Nice little stop ball fields, swimming pool, kayaks ......

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  also tried using my phone mount from the truck to use my gps navigation, worked pretty good might have to buy another one for the bike.

 After Moscow rode up 435 to 81 to 6 over to 87 to maybe catch my wife at worlds end. missed her there but caught everyone at Starbucks bike night to end the day.

  And just a couple of pictures of Rochele going to the dark side.

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  What a perfect day for a motorcycle ride! No rain, sunshine and 70's. Got to gather with some friends for a 2 pm departure time.

Left Turbotville over to 15 s to Col John Kelly Rd to 192 which we took clear to 445 down to 45 and back to 235 south.  then to 333

almost to Lewistown were we picked up 522. back to Mcclure were we took some side roads before jumping on 235n back up through the fun curvey

section to 45, east into Mifflinburg then crossed back over to John Kelly again to 15 north to Willamsport were we meet more friends for bike night and

back home after 245 miles. Didn't take as many pictures as normal but here's a couple from today.

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  Luis Sarah Vince Paul

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  Paul on the Buell

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  and evening at starbucks.

 A little local riding by myself today and a few very random pictures.

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      visited my old church that I grew up in this morning,

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  another old truck

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   came across this little cemetery out in the middle of no where. looked like mostly the same family name.

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 A couple additions from the poser and posy collection.

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That is a very nice monster  :thumbsup:

 Another 125 ride today with some of the usual characters. also had a new passenger today for her first bike ride, by the end of the ride Dasha was leaning into the curves with me like a pro.

 Also crashed Rochele's younger sister Angie's picnic (who made an appearance a few pages back on this thread) All added up to a fun day with good people.

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  the start

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 little worried about my friends after seeing this one. lol

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   Dasha in gear

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  Sunny and Dasha

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   Tim doing a whellie....well this is the before picture.

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  another view of Dasha and Sunny lol

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  Ravine, only one other bike came in while we were there today.

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  My young friend knows his chips

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  Our host Angie left, and friend Lyuda right after her son told her that he wanted a sportbike instead of a harley when he got big. lol

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 and our friend Christina making another appearance.

 Sorta rainy ugly day here so no riding but did the next best thing... hung out with 20-30 of our riding friends and family and ate.

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  I had hoped to ride to more places from the "Going Local 2" book this summer but didn't ever get it done. So Today we made it out to a local to us place featured, Cherry Alley Cafe

in Lewisburg. We met our friend Christina for breakfast.here.

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  left my camera laying on the table at home so just a couple phone pictures this time. Hoping to get out for some longer rides yet this fall. I also love fall riding when the leaves are flying around

as you follow your friends and wifey.  ;)

Great pictures.  

I will have to look for Ken Hulls books.

  Was out a little yesterday doing some errands and saw this at the bike shop when I stopped. I don't think I heard of these before.

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  Today I ended up going out exploring/ wandering around by myself just enjoying the fall type weather. Started out by going across skyline drive betwwen 554 and 15,

this road is closed most of the year and they open it up for hunting season.

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  came across this old building up on the mountain.

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   the road even had a couple small water crossings.  :)


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  Hit a small milestone for the Tiger, today.

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  Circled around a little and found myself going up 15 to 14 to fields station and taking the road towards calvert and on to proctor.

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  crossed over to Hillsgrove south to Ogdonia then made a left on this dirt road that I've never been on.

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  out here I found Hunters lake, a nice relaxing place to hang out...unless your being hunted I guess.

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  I noticed this sign after walking around on the edge of the rocking dock, with nobody else in sight and thought in my mind of how cold the ride home would be if

I lost my balance and took a dip.

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    Just a gentle reminder for all you dirty riders. :D

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   One more old truck thats seen it's better days. Over to 42 and down toward home. One more ride up to visit friends at the Saturday Night Starbucks Biker hangout thing.

Hoping for some more good fall riding, leaves are changing and a few were even dancing in the road behind me as I passed. Fun.

  This afternoon I decided to make another ride out of a page in Ken Hull's book. lol Made a 145 mile ride out of going to the intersection of 104 and 35

In Mount Pleasant Mills to visit this little 50"s style cafe.

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    From the Going local book. "...Cruiser's had the best fresh-cut fries ever-so good that he rides two to three hours from Bethlehem,Pa for them"

  Not sure about the best ever.....but they were pretty good.

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   The young lady behind the counter did make a mean Dusty Road Sunday!

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   A couple in motion shots :)

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   Today I just really felt like setting in the seat and riding for awhile. I usually like smaller roads but 15 north isn't to bad to cover some quick miles

and get to a different area.

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  Where the heat comes from. :) It was still in the 40's which was comfortable until it started to rain, thankfully it only lasted a few miles.

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  I left my house and didn't stop until I saw this.

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  It's nice that Pa welcomes me with a sign that matches my bike.

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   I set here and imagined the thoughts that would pop in my head if this came into my view at about 120 mph.  :headscratch:

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   went west on 49 and spent some time around Cowanesque Lake.

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  lots of parking on the beach side.

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   One picture that I liked.

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   Help Help...where are my friends when I need them.

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   This cost me 2 U-turns.....but I like it. :lol:

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   On the north side of the lake off  of Bliss road.

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  After hanging around the lake I turned south off of 49 on Cummins Creek rd and took that down to 249 to 287 then to 6 west to 362

and back to 660 and out to the Pa Grand Canyon.

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   I was a little surprised at the amount of naked trees up north already.  After leaving PGC I decided to try taking Kelsey Street south instead of going down 287

I remembered seeing it on the map but forgot exactly were it ended up. Kinda nice little road and several miles down the road there was a To 287 sign turn Left, but the road was

so interesting I kept going thinking it had to take me somewhere south that I would recognize. It did. About 40 minutes after I left PGC park it dropped me back on 660.....4 miles from the park. :lol:

Back to 287 south to Williamsport for bike night, a little more riding to end a 275 mile day.

   Didn't quit get there yesterday , so I took a little ride on the ZX14 with Rochele today to see this.

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   I wanted to get here before I started mostly riding the Tiger for the cold season. or someone actually buys it.  :) I told a couple people it's for sale for $5000 then I just spent

another $400 on 2 new Pilot Road 2 tires And EBC front brake pads. Let me know if interested in a very clean heated garage kept zx14 with a few miles on.

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   Off to work again....

Always enjoy your posts, Spence.  Got my riding career started in Central PA when I went to PSU so lots of familiar roads.  Surprised there are still so many leaves on the trees.

   Thanks Nevinfs. We have some PSU folks in our local starbucks/ Pasportbike forum group. The leaves still look like they have a couple weeks around our area, but i was places that the trees were pretty bare already. What area do you live and riße in now?

Live in San Francisco  and ride Norcal these days :D

 Sweet. I have been following the Darth Peach thread on ADVrider for over a year now. looks like a fun area to ride in.

   I had most of today with nothing that had to be done and was looking forward to get out for some leaf peeping but wet roads and light drizzle hear so far.

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  clean bikes, for now , but getting cabin fever.

   So here are a few shots of the leaves in my very very local area for anyone thinking of riding this way this week end.

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   Today is a perfect day for a long long fall ride in central Pennsylvania, unfortunately I only had time for one last short ride before another work week starts.....

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   I think he said this was a 66, feel free to correct me  :) If so I year older then me.

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     Only 12 feet and 42 years apart.

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   Triumph then and now.

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Hey Spence, any idea if the bridge at 973 and 87 is done yet?

Last i knew it was not done, but it's been awhile since i looked. There is a little detour around it I've been on from 973 that just dumps you on 87 a more mile or so north of the bridge.

   My friend Vince had the day off and I was home so we got to gather for a "most of the day" ride before the Monster Storm gets here.

Decided on a destination ride, made a trip to Eurosports in Coopersburg. I've been on there website but never there before. Vince met me in Turbotville then out 80-81-309.

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   attempt at some fall picks before we get started.

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   Vince on the move.

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  partner in crime for the day.

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  setting outside in front of Eurosports when we got there. Most of today's pictures are from here. They have a lot of cool stuff to look at. :)

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  They had this one under glass.

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   RSVR4'S in white or factory. $22,000 for this one.

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  another one of my personal favorites for a short twisty ride bike.

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   The showroom.

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  some more overhead


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  including one of these.

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  then we walked through another door and found this.  ;)


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  The Brammo people just happened to be there on tour, trying to set up a dealer network. They had 4 of there electric bikes there for the employees to

test ride. Vince did try to get a ride out of them but no go. We did get to hear them come and go...well sorta.. if no one was talking and the wind wasn't

blowing....    Talked to the one sales guy that rode one and he said he had it up to 80-90mph and they claim to be able to go 80 mph for 80 miles on a charge.

Can be yours for around $11,000.

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  skinny suckers. The other model they had there had more of a sportbike seat on it and you could see the batteries on the side.

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  after we were done sight seeing we went just done the street and ate in this diner, Good food. looked like really good desserts as I watched Vince eat his, being to

full to try my own.

 After we left there we just rode. Went up 378 -22 Then started to try to follow 191 north. Somehow we lost 191 and found ourselves circleing a high school just as school left out

and kids walking all over the place. Yep as Vince put it This dosen't look good  :lol:

Ended up on 33-209-80  Then up 115-209 and made our way up to 118 for some "spirited riding toward home". A little over 300 mile ride. Nice day even though we never saw the sun.

   I'm guessing that there is some poker run type version of this, but today I combined riding and shooting. :)

My sister-in-law and wife asked me if I could shoot sister's new gun, and the sun was out for a nice riding day so packed up target and all, off to a family farm

then a nice 90 mile ride.

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   Nov days don't get much better in Pa then this. :) :) :)

    Had a couple hour window before getting ready for another work week so I met my friend John for a little dirt riding. Rode out 44 to Elimsport then went straight at the stop sign instead

of turning right toward 554, Went a few more miles then started following random dirt roads.

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   The meet.

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   our surroundings>

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  met some guys dragging trees out of the road.

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   Were I reached the end of my comfort zone with the Tiger and street tires. lol slimy mud under the leaves had me sliding around.

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   lucky I stopped because this is John coming back to tell me just down the hill around the corner there's a gate across the road.

It would have been ugly trying to get this back up the hill.

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    Just a little more gas John and it will come right out. haha

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  my "off road tires" after the ride.

    Another nice riding day here and I couple free hours to take the tiger out and see what happens. :)

Started by going back to Elimsport and riding out Gap road and fourth gap road. I just kept going straight past where John and I turned off last week and ended up

on 880 out around Ravensburg state park.

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   These things are pretty active right now. A couple years ago I had one pull out of a field around a blind curve. They look really big and hard while taking up both lanes.

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  I went down 880 to E valley rd and white deer creek rd. and somehow ended up over aroun Raymond B Winter Park on 192.


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    What to do on Thanksgiving Day when the in-laws live 2 miles off rt 125, one of the best motorcycle roads in central Pa??

 Step one, invite a friend to dinner. :)

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  well, at least we got him to wear gear...even trying out a tourmaster synergy heated liner today.

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   Step two, introduce Tim to dinner. lol

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   As it turned out there was plenty of food so all these critters enjoyed the day in the sun also. Took a ride up 81 to 901 from raven, then up 42 toward home.

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   The Turbotville camels were all right out by the road when we left, but no such luck on the way back when I had the camera ready.

  Looks like a couple of us might ride down to Hermys tomorrow to check out there black friday sales. So if you see a orange Tiger introduce yourself.  :)

    Well my friends ended up with some surprise obligations, so I would go on this ride alone.  I have often gone by Hermy's in the truck

and have at least one friend that bought a bike there but today was the first I was ever in the place. Cool bikes to look at and a lot of nice gear.

My main objective was to see if they had any Gerbing pants liners to try on for size. They did and with there black friday %25 off sale I should be able to ride in single

digits this winter. lol

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   heard two guys discussing the need to buy a Triumph motorcycle as a reason to wear the cool Triumph clothes. ;)

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   The more I look at these Triumph Scramblers the more I think I need to try one.

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   The "other room" full of bikes that I would have missed if It wasn't for overhearing a salesman tell someone else about it.

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  Still like the looks of this bike but after setting on it I'm wondering if I'm...ummm...to old for it now.

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  this big place was out on 895 which I took back to 501 then up 125 toward home, not sure what it was. One sign did say temple something.

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  A little relaxing spot in Pine Grove

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  and todays old truck pic. 4000 miles in this would make a long long week.

  Time to put the big ugly winter shield on. Doesn't look pretty but sure makes a difference in the cold.

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   And a look at how much bigger this thing is then my summer shield.


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  Nothing to exciting, but I am amazed how enjoyable and comfortable Nov-Dec rides can be when your riding with Gerbing. :inlove:

Friday evening went out and rode around for over 100 miles mostly after dark and today was out for about 150. Can't wait to try this set up

when it gets colder.  Haven't been up toward Eagles Mere and Worlds End for awhile so went that way today.  some time ago someone asked if the bridge on 973

was open yet at 87. Probably old news now but I did notice that it is open now.

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  The Turbotville camel on the way out of town...Looks like we could come up with three camels I bet three wise men would be harder to come by here.

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  my big ugly windshield from the seat.

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   looks fast anyway.

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  did go north enough to see a little of this. with Tue calling for close to 60 should be gone soon. :)

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  Forksville general store ready for Christmas.

All good....till the snow flies.

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  An unexpected short week left me with another riding day. Made a 200 mile ride out of going out to Kissells in State College and wonder around after dark looking at some

Christmas lights.

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  A sidecar to match the Tiger?

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  Never got into dirt bikes but I never heard of the Italian company Beta which makes $9-$10,000 off road bikes.

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   848 Street fighter


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 The controversial speed triple headlights

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Spence I just rolled thru ur whole post, great pics

Some answers for ur questions

Ur ride to Coopersburg - that HS that U got stuck at was Nazareth HS - (U should have made a left 2 stop signs before the school :D)

Temple on 895 is a Indian temple - I'm pretty sure.

125 is a great road, I need to swing further NW from Shamokin to get to ur roads.  (as my friend Blanco says - there's no reason to go to Shamokin)


Stay safe

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

    Thanks for your input and info. :thumbsup:  We did manage to get back on the right road after the HS with out getting Questioned.  ;)

The temple had some signs with words I couldn't read.  And I can't argue with Blsnco's statement on Shamokin. lol

  I would have liked to get out today it was so nice here, but work got in the way so just another brief gear break. ;)

   I recently learned that there are some options for buying gloves that are designed to work well with heated grips, winter type gloves but with a thinner palm for better

feel and more heat getting through. Since I love my Held gloves I decided to try Helds Warm and Dry gloves on sale at motorcyclegear but still pricy enough that you have to

want them.  ;)  Hope to get out tomorrow and try these things out.

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Let us know how they work out.

  I only got out for 70 miles today in low 40 temps but I think I am going to really like these gloves. They definitely let the heat from the heated grips get to your hands,

and the backs of your hands stay warm, and there still thin enough I can work the buttons on my camera. My other held gloves pictured below have some perforated holes between

the fingers and aren't to bad as long as you keep your hands wrapped around the grips at all times. The Warm and Dry Gloves will keep hands much warmer even off the grips.  My only

complaint, for a cold weather glove . I wish the gauntlets were bigger to go over layers. I think I can work around it. They may have to go inside one of my jackets.

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  Just a couple from today"s ride.  Started out toward Benton on 254 and then just started taking random roads for awhile until I ended up on 442.

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   I did find today's old truck equipped with chain for Christmas tree duty.

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   still practicing the point and shoot.  :)

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   Whats with all the ice on the ponds???

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   "And you think I'm funny looking"

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  I did end up on one dirt road that turned into this wet red slime  It was slippery and I was glad to get off of it in one piece.


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  We are taking some time off for Christmas and this looked like the best day to get out for a half a day ride so I went and had a great ride.

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  Picked this place out from the computer some time ago but didn't ever go find it. So off to Northern Light Espresso bar, 536 Spruce St. Scranton.

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   will go explore this building across the street after lunch and a drink.

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  several pre-made salads to pick from, pretty good though.

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   Spent some time walking around the grounds here , it was really enjoyable, they had Christmas Music playing over the whole block.

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      Today's old truck sighting

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   after I was done in Scranton I went north up to 6, then over to 92 and 292 , ended up on 29 over around Harveys Lake and

back across 118 towards home. Ended up being out for 5 1/2 hours and close to 230 miles in mid to low 30"s.

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  After I put all my gear back on and got plugged in again I looked down and saw this just out of reach. I know my wife would have got back off to get it.  :)

  After taking the Rc51 out yesterday and realizing that there was a lot of snow and the driveway will not allow another ride in 2012,

I decided to close out the year and prepare for the new 2013 riding season. Which will hopefully start next weekend.  My wife thinks it's strange  

to care or keep track, but I find numbers interesting.  :) So here goes for 2012 Rochele rode her 696 4641 miles. I rode the ZX14 3650 miles and the Tiger 7793 miles

for a 2012 total of 11,443 miles. I noticed as I was writing this in the little black book that my 2011 numbers were zx14 3712, Tiger 7527, for a 2011 total of 11,239.   ;)

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    Even our birds decided winter was going to be so short, they would just wait it out.

  After some snow and some sickness I finally got the chance to kick off the 2013 riding season.  :) :)

The zx14 has not moved for over a month so took that for a ride up 220, 42, 154, and 87 for a January look at Eagles Mere, Worlds end area.

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  nice sunshine on the way up even though I didn't get started till 3

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  pretty proud of this shot only because I ride by it a lot and never remember it, picture could be better but for a drive by on a curve on a dirty road...

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   Anyone want to play the "My Wife has more helmets then Your Wife" game? lol

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              3 of these are mine.  :facepalm:

Makings of a reality show?

Spence, you must have balls the size of grapefruits riding that bike to Eagles Mere at this time of year.  :p

It looks mighty cold and slippery. The cold I can handle but frozen icy pavement. :eek:

I've had breakfast in The Sweet Shop, highly recommended.  :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing your ride....

  I will have to try to get in the sweet shop sometime when it's open then.  

The roads weren't as bad as it looks, only a patch or two of melting ice were I questioned my sanity.  :)

I remember riding out a couple years ago to grab a tag in south Canaan up over moosic  mountain. There were 4 tracks of dry pavement down a 2 lane road and the rest was snow. I won't do that again

Sent from Earthbase-1. Bogey at 10:00 high.
Bogey. B-B-B-B-B-B-B-Bogey.

Spence, I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to post all your adventures. I look forward to each installment.

Eric

   Thanks Eric, Feel free to post a picture up of your Moto Guzzi Grisco SE. I don't know why but that"s one bike I really want to ride and maybe buy some day even though I have never

rode a Moto Guzzi of any kind. I even had it as my wall paper on computer for a year, just like that green.  :)

  Since there has been a break in my riding due to some winter and sickness I thought I would share my bike history here,

   My first  1992 Katana 750.
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  Next was my 1993 GSXR1100.  I've noticed a couple of my bikes I only have pictures of with my wife on them, so with permission I will use those... She was a lot younger then. lol

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Then I went to my Suzuki RF900  almost the power of GSXR but more comfortable.

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In 94 I decided that maybe two bikes would be better then one and I added this 1994 Honda Shadow 1100 which I bought used with just a couple hundred miles on it.

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My real honest sport-tourer came in 1996 with this 96 Triumph Trophy 1200

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     This was the first bike that I put over 10,000 miles on and got to know a friend that actually put miles on his bikes. :)

Then moved to the 1997 honda CBR1100XX, fastest production bike that year, also but over 10,000 miles on this one.

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   My cbr1100xx was also the first one I crash tested, didn't crash very well, about $4000 worth if I remember correctly.

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My short time with a duel sport, I ended up getting bored because I didn't know anyone who rode them and didn't know where to take it, now I have other friends getting into

this so may try again.  1998 DR650 sold with less then 1600 miles on it.
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Number 311 of the first year they came out,  2000 RC51, fun bike for 100 miles, only put 8,000 miles on it in the 8 years I owned it. May be the best sounding bike I ever owned with
the Erion Racing Exhaust I had on it.

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And my 2001 Roadking Classic. This is the bike I did most of my trips on, rode from Pa to Key West Fl, and from Pa to Nova Scotia. Put over 65,000 miles on this one. The bad part was when you went on a trip and found some cool curvey roads, you were still on a big heavy cruiser. Triumph Tiger works way better. :)

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   And to share my wife Rochele's rides.....

Her first bike I bought for her without telling her.

      1988 Honda VTR250
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her second bike, 1999 Suzuki Salvage 650 single.

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    But then she decided to "personalize" it.   Who does this to a SALVAGE????

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Then we added a 2001 Yamaha 650 Vstar, this was her ride for a lot of our longer trips. She put over 20,000 miles on this one.

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And her first big bike Honda VTX1300
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and her Kawasaki ninja250 , She sold both her ninja and Vtx to go to her present ride Ducati 696 which she likes better then anything else so far.

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   Finally got a chance to get the Tiger out for it's first 100 miles of 2013.

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    something else I've developed an interest in lately. :)

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Very sharp :thumbsup:

   It was so nice to get out for almost a 200 mile ride today on a 50 degree sunny day.  Rode up 287 to the Grand canyon to see what that looked like

this time of year. :)

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 A couple on the way shots.

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  Looks like I was the only one to find the motorcycle parking today.

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   What is this???

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    ICE FISHING right in the middle of motorcycle riding season.....what makes people act like that?

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   And another little milestone for the Triumph...about worn out now. :)

   Today was really nice here for a change but I was unsure about riding for awhile. lol

Short story This week I hit my 6th deer with my 8 month old truck. Just for reference My last truck we drove for 1.5 million miles and hit 2 deer.

We have been averaging one every 20,000 miles so far with this one.  Now when I get on my motorcycle I'm a little gun-shy since I realize that any one of those

could be a life changing/ending event on two wheels. Problem #2 This deer took out air lines on trailer on the way under which had me out on a dark two lane road

trying to make my truck mobile again. In my haste to solve the problem I messed up my back and could barely tie my shoes the rest of the week. Made it to chiropractor which

helped but still sore......back to biking , after setting on both bikes I found that setting on my zx14 was about the most comfortable thing I could do.  Perfect angle and stretch for my back

I guess so met up with my friend Luis and went for a nice 120 mile ride today.

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  Look enough sunshine to make a shadow!!!!  Spring! ;)  

Easter weekend I rode down to south eastern part of NC. I had a beautiful ride down but coming home I hit torrential downpours for 4 hours. Looking forward to more pics Spence!

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  Nice. I really like the looks of that bike in that color. :thumbsup:

     I have been sidetracked a little lately. I did manage to get out on a couple rides with friends in the last month but didn't do

much with the camera. Hope to get things back under control and get back out there. This weekend is suppose to be perfect.  :)

  Just a little ride to "This Old House". Took some pictures and did a little shooting made for a nice afternoon.

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  Rode around with this guy again today, a little dull but he had no trouble keeping up.

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  After this I rode back to Saturday night Starbucks Bike night and visited with friends. Feels good to be back out in some nice weather.  :) :)

   Looked like rain all day but decided to ride with Vince, Doug , and Paul today anyway. Turned out to be a good decision, only a couple

miles of sprinkles, and a small shower that we waited out at Ravine on our 125 ride. Ended up being a nice 5 hour outing. lol  And a few pictures from today.

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    Went out riding for around 200 miles today. Some of the same roads you've seen before, 87 up toward Dushore. Then on some of Vince's "super secret roads"

Back down to Turbotville and Then up to Bike night. You will also see some of the familiar characters, Vince Luis Paul Tim. Todays ride became Bike swop day though.

I got to try out and R1 for the first time and get another ride on both a Kawasaki 636 and a GSXR750. Was a fun day of riding.

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   The meet

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  I'm sure some of you have been here.

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  a couple action shots

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  and a place to cool off mid ride. :-)

  Took the Triumph out for a little local riding. Nothing to exciting today, just some visiting and then up to the usual Saturday night hang out with friends.

I did catch Dad at home today. ;)

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  My riding miles of been way down this year. We'll call it a transition year I guess.  :)

Did manage to get out late Saturday after a very nice family wedding involving horses.  :)

   Friday was taken up by selling my 2007 ZX14 which a bought new and put 34,800+ miles on, it was a very good and fun bike, just time to look for

something different.  If you live in the Pittsburgh area you may see this somewhere.

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   Let the shopping begin....

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

  Looking at the pictures to gather I guess I should have talked Dad into buying it. It would have looked cool setting on the front of his trailer behind his bunk.

   This will be a what I did with my bike today story , and a short bike story from the past, But a small warning , it does involve words like camp meeting and a preacher.  :)

Took a ride down to Hamburg pa this morning to visit our once a year state wide camp meeting.  The ride was perfect this morning mostly using 54 and 61.  Coming home I went west on 78 to catch 501

and 125 for some curves and to make about 160 mile circle. Just a couple pictures and short story...

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   Free food with some friends  always good on a ride. lol

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   And my story about the speaker John Bradshaw who travels around the world and does some TV. Around 15 years ago he spent some time in our area and my wife and I would show up at some of his

meetings on our "motorbikes" (from New Zealand) after several comments I finally asked him if he would like to take one for a ride. I will never forget what John looked like in white shirt and tie and helmet

taking off on my wife's bike. And thinking how unpopular I would be if something went wrong and I "killed the traveling evangelist" on a motorbike. lol    Proved to me once again the love of motorcycle

riding does run through all walks of life.

   Closed out the weekend with a small group ride of 160 miles today.  Back to work we go....

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   Yesterday had off for the Holiday so after some home work took another ride up to worlds end to try to catch a family of friends but didn't see them.

some fun on 554 and 44 then off to our yearly 4th of July fireworks starbucks biker meet. lol

On the way up 87 the sky looked like this all around me and it still rained on me.

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   the group shot...still had a nice crowd but way down from the last couple years. There has been times when our riding friends bring there families all to hang out for hours, like a big picnic. lol

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  My wife's 696 back to white with my friends new edition in the back ground Aprilia RSV4

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   I like it. :-)

  And today made a 160 mile circle to go down to Hermey's BMW Triumph dealer to do some more research on what's the next bike.  Took a BMW S1000RR

out for a ride. First bike I ever rode with shift assist...Nice. hold steady throttle tap clutch peddle and the gear indicator changes :-) with out much else happening .

And a couple notes from our ride back on 501 and 125......Had a nice ride with Sarah Maria and Luis Kay Hot hot and some strange things for our biker friends to consider. Big snake on road...not much of a problem. On 501 tour bus trying to make a 140 degree left around corner had bus suspended across road up to guard rail with passengers standing everywhere...small problem was following traffic. On 125 truck /53 ft trailer realized he was on wrong road found a gravel pull off to back into to turn around not to far past corner, come around corner truck ditch to ditch with vehicles waiting both ways....could be huge problem if first in line on a spirited ride....  

   A nice day and still more questions on what direction to go with next bike.

  Enjoyed meeting and riding with two new friends from the north  :)

 Our day started out wet but once we got started ....dry roads, sunshine, and even got hot out at times.

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  The sky did not look like this all morning.    Look at that corn grow.  

  Safe travels home guys maybe we can ride again some day.

  Today I got the chance to spend the day riding with my hot little wife :)  We decided to go check out a couple bike shops and a gun shop.

It was a perfect riding day. It felt a little cool at 7:30 am after all the 90's of last week. Basically stayed on big roads but the ride down 15 next to the river

this morning was still nice.  So here it is in some pictures.....

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    The corn around here looks great so far.

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    Didn't get far before this happened. One lane road on 147 going toward Northumberland

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   First stop Koups Ducati, 189 N Harrisburg St, Swatara Pa.  These guys are nice to talk to and this is where Rochele's 696 came from.

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    I scored a test ride on the 848 streetfighter, They also sent me out on a Monster 1100 EVO..It would be a tuff choice between those two.

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   A different look for Rochele

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  another look at the 848

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    second stop  Trops Gun Shop, 709 Cloverleaf Rd, Elizabethtown Pa...lots to look at here.

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   left the cool pricey stuff here but did take a little ammo home.

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   Third stop B& B  343 Champ Blvd Manheim, Pa....Drive by this place in the truck all the time but had no idea how many bikes they had here.

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  KTM Yamaha and now Triumph

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   not the best picture but I liked this Bonnie in person

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  The used section.

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  Lunch Not sure we ever ate in one of these, but not bad.

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   The river looked so nice today.. A little over 200 mile ride, a couple test rides on bikes I've never ridden before and time with my little hot wife, not a bad day. :)

  A couple of our friends just bought bikes and got back into riding again and today was the first we ever rode with them.

So a simple very relaxed ride was planed to worlds end for myself, Rochele and two couples,one on a 02 BMW K1200 and the other on this.

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Knowing this was going to be a more relaxed pace I thought it was a good time to invite MOM for a ride. ;)

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   Last time my mom rode with me was a few years back when I had my Harley RoadKing Classic...One Saturday afternoon I called her and asked her if
she would like to go for a ride and a hike out at Ricketts Glen on the Falls Trail for those familiar with it.  We went, we hiked clear to the top, and then it rained and rained and lightning all the way
back down.  Me at the bike "well mom would you like to wait till it stops or ride home in the rain?"   Mom ,as the water rain down her face and dripped off her nose lol, "I'm already wet lets ride home"

At a young 66 she did pretty good on the back of the Tiger and we had fun.

Then there was the wife.....Who for some odd reason felt the need to wear this and break into some cycle version of the chicken dance at every stop sign or red light.

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  Rochele and I went for about a 200 mile ride today. I rode over to Scranton and roamed around Spruce St. and surrounding area some time ago

and thought she might like it. Ended up getting a later start then we wanted so we took the direct 80 & 81 route over. Then on the way out we wandered around a lttle

then ended up on 92 north up to 6 over to 29 and back across on 118. Perfect day for a ride .....and here are a few pictures.

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   The view from lunch at the corner Deli Spruce and Penn I think.

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  This was on rt 92 which runs by the river part way and the other part has nice rock walls beside you.  :)

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  My friend Vince on his GSXR....As of about 4 weeks ago this bike no longer exist.  Vince came up to a 4 wheeler(ATV) setting on the right hand edge of the road. Right as he got there the rider decided to
make a left into a driveway or road with out ever looking behind him. A 30mph impact sent the GSXR flipping over the ATV and destroying itself. Vince in full gear including armored racing boots still broke
a heel bone in his foot. Broken collar bone for the ATV rider.

 Today was the first ride with Vince on his new DR650 duel sport.    :)

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   Still a fun little ride even in relaxed Duel sport mode.

  Ok I finally picked a direction for my number two bike.....

To replace my ZX14 I decided to go with this.  :)

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   Still not sure about the graphite color, I usually go for more color then that but it's growing on me some. I expect this to be a long term scrambler build so I thought

this might give me a nice blank slate to start with. Also hope to do some light duel sporting on this with my friends on there DR's and such. Will see how it goes , A little different direction for me. I am officially between sport bikes for awhile. lol

  Just a couple more from today's little ride with the wife.

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  Went out on the Scrambler today to do some dirt road testing. Stayed fairly close to home and still was in places I've never been before.

I did start the Scrambler project with it's very first accessory that showed up this week.

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   before.

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  and with it's new skid plate.

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   For mostly a sport bike guy with no dirt experience to speak of I had a good time. I noticed I didn't keep getting stuck behind slow cars because I was out far enough I didn't see many cars.

And oh yea I was slow...very relaxed. A different kind of riding. Looking forward to seeing where the Scrambler takes me. About a week and Rochelle and I finally get to take a multi-day bike  trip.

Be riding the Tiger for that. :)

  Just a couple pictures from todays little ride with Vince around the Rose Valley Lake area.

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    Vince on his DR650..

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   Just a couple more pieces for the scrambler project...I've read some bad things about the rear caliber location.

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 There are a couple company's that make a fix for it to make it look like this just in case your duel sport friends take you places scramblers shouldn't go. :)

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   and thought I might try this little bit of bling.  It looks really big in the picture for some reason.

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         Finally get to go on a real bike trip.  I think this will be the first multi day bike trip for Rochelle and I since I started this thread.    We left the house Saturday afternoon about 2 with perfect weather.

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          The bikes all loaded up in touring mode.
Didn't take many pictures close to home.  Today was a get out a town day, but we decided to pick some back roads.  We left the house and went down 147 south to 225 south.  Rochele and I enjoyed 225!  Which dumped us on 322, 81, 83, 283 to go around Harrisburg area.  Then we jumped on 441.


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                  We think we were looking at three mile island off of 441 here?!


Here's a couple random shots while riding.  Continued following 441 to 999 and ended up on 272.

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Took a couple pictures of this wall in Columbia PA.......

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To be continued..............time to ride some more :-)!!!!!!!

    We only rode around 150 miles Saturday and stopped before dark and found a room.  We ended up in the little town

Of Nottingham on 272 across from Herrs potato chip plant. We use to haul potatoes in here years ago. Gene Herris a real nice

guy. They do give tours here too if your interested.

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     The room was clean but pretty basic for $92.
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      The resteraunt next door serves good food. And the ice-cream....... :)

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    I'm finding my tablet that I use on vacation to be frustrating and very time consuming to use. Lost a whole post last night after 30 minutes. So I will fall behind and have to catch up at home, but will keep trying, maybe in smaller bites.  :)

    Sunday morning we were up, out of the motel, and on the bikes by 7AM. Already 64 degrees out so still pretty comfortable. Continued down 272 into Maryland then across 273 to 213 south. 213 was a nice country rode, a lot of farmland, and we followed that clear down to 662 into Easton and took a break ther.

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        This may be one of my best over the shoulder shots ever. :-)

  After are break in Easton we took a side trip out 33 clear to the end....water. St.Michael's is a walk around town with a bunch of shops and bistros. Since we just stopped we rode on through to Fairbank.

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     Waited for this drawbridge both directions.

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    What Rochelle looks like while waiting for bridge on vacation. :)
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    Not a very good picture but fun to watch yourself on the GPS with nothing but water on the screen. :-)

      After we worked our way back off Tighman Island and back to 50, we noticed that we had only gone around 120 miles

In the first 5 hours so we had to just ride on some bigger roads to get down across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and back up

To our room/villa that we already had booked in Williamsburg, VA. So down 50 and 13 we went...

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   This guy was riding around us for a few miles on 50.

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     I think it was about 24 miles across the bridge. We have been across in a truck before but this was the first time on

Motorcycle. Much more fun. But it did cost $24 for the 2 of us to ride across.


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    Then down to 64N and back up to Williamsburg. Traffic up 64 was crazy. We were going 73 or so and had traffic flying by us on all sides.

      When we were trying to come up with an idea for somewhere to ride to with only a week off we decided it might

Be fun to visit Williamsburg. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this year and that's where we went on our honeymoon.  I found this villa on Expedia and booked it a couple months ago for four nights. You pay in advance and get one day to cancel for a huge savings.

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  As we came back Fords Colony road there were million dollar houses and golf courses everywhere. Thought for sure there had been a mistake and they would kick us out.:-)

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  Our kitchen dishes toaster microwave dishwasher...

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  One of the two bedrooms with the most comfortable kingsized beds in the world.

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  Living area with one of the 3 flatscreens. Lol


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   Independane Manor the building our villa is in.


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  Chess or checkers basketball court three tennis courts....


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   After we got settled in we decided to just send out for food. Eggplant rollatini. Good!!!


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  One of the three pools.

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The indoor pool

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   While we were parked here Rochelle told me her check engine light came on and she smelled gas. We had just stopped for gas so I thought smothing was happening because we filled it to full and it was hot and expanding-.  So we popped the cap and moved it over to the room. Light went out, all is well...........

.............we thought.......

  Monday morning we got up fairly early with plans to go to Richmond. Rochele had found a couple places with shops and food that she wanted to walk around.

My cousin Bill and his wife Deb were also on there way down to stay in the other Bed room in our villa for a couple days. We got all geared up and ready to go.

Rochele backed her 696 out and started it, as I was putting my helmet on I looked out to see a steady stream of gas coming out between the pipes under the back part

of the gas tank  :( :(   could not see or touch the source, shut the bike off and just turned the key, same thing happened before engine started, as soon as pump primed.

Not enough tools to pull tank and look for loose fitting or hose. Spent next couple hours coming up with game plan. Called home dealer where we bought it and talked to them

at first thought it was a line, but when I told them exactly where it was coming from suggested fuel pump problem and suggested the nearest Ducati dealer. Which was Redline Performance,

7331 George Washington Memorial Hwy, Yorktown, about 25 miles away. Which we already had there info in our notes as a possible stop just to look around. Great, called them to see if they

had any ideas for getting it there.  Closed on Mondays. Called AMA which I've been a member of for three years and never used. Didn't know if the road side assistance included motel parking lot.

It does, "call back in morning and we will try to have it there around 9 when they open." Have a plan but still don't know whats wrong and if anyone will have parts and be able to fix it in time. The

400 mile ride we had planed for Tues down through Nags Head out by the water...gone.

   Soo about 11 we set out for Richmond Two up on the Tiger. Still a bright side...have one running bike and the Duck broke at the room and not half way across the 24 mile bridge.

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   There is a route 5 that goes out the back of Williamsburg all the way to Richmond. Very nice road with little traffic. Compared to 64 it was a nice relaxing ride past plantations, trees, and more trees.

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   Gave Rochele  the camera for part of the ride.

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   Had lunch at The Blue Goat, This Salmon burger was delicious.  :)

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  We ended up going through some interesting places in Richmond following GPS off of 5. Some downtown cobble stone.

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  Did end up at a dead end back here though.

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 Our surroundings on Ford's Colony Drive.
 

    And after a couple phone calls and about 45 minutes, this is how vacation Tuesday started out.

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   Big fan of AMA membership now that I actually used it now. Free tow up to 35 miles.  :)

I did tell this tow truck driver that I would follow him to the dealer but not to get concerned if he lost me because I did have GPS.  I think he took that as a personal challenge. He was

half way out the lane with my wife before I got my helmet and gloves on, and he didn't waste any time over the next 25 miles. The guys at Redline were very friendly but busy. They said they hoped to look at

it late morning early afternoon. We decided to stay close and go spend some time in Yorktown with our other guest until we knew what we were up against. Already checking for u-haul truck or do we

get it fixed and have it shipped home later if it's a fuel pump that only exist in Italy?  

   We left the bike shop on the Tiger. They told us Yorktown was just a few minutes away on 17 north, watch for signs..Started seeing signs for Yorktown also signs for toll ahead.

Missed the turn for the Yorktown visitors center pulled off in an overlook area just before the toll bridge and discovered we missed our road and you could only go north across the bridge

from there.  Unless we rode across 2 lanes of traffic across a low concrete curb about 10 feet wide unto the 2 south bound lanes. lol I waited for a long time for all 4 lanes to be clear, even waited to make sure the

black car in the turning lane wasn't going anywhere. did a very nice job 2 up and then looked directly at the cop that was setting in the plain black car as he just shook his head....stupid tourist.

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   Talked to these Coast Guard guys and girls to ask them why there were 5-6 boat loads of them hanging around. They were all smiles...."training day...this is just fun for us."

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  Had a really good lunch in Yorktown, but we all ate to much and couldn't have sex on the beach........but it sounded really good!
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   Yorktown also has a couple Schooners that you can take 2 hour rides on. There is a morning  departure a 2PM and a sunset cruise. We had planned on a sunset cruise on the Alliance

the bigger of the two schooners, but since we were still waiting for word on the duck we decided the 2-4 would work better so we could still pick the bike up before they closed before

we left town.

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  the other smaller one.

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  our other guest...Bill and Deb

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   They do encourage you to help raise the sails.

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  our captain who has been pretty much living on boats since he was 15

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  a crew of 3 and only 10-15 passengers had fun talking to everyone, even the crazy lady.

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Emily lives on the boat and something I didn't think of...If she gets a day off her house leaves the boat works 7 days a week.

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    While in Yorktown we finally got the phone call we had been waiting for.  :thumbsup:  Your bike is fixed and ready to go! Thank You Redline.  The problem.......

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   don't know what would make this do this after 12,000 miles but Tuesday 5PM and we are back to 2 bikes, cancel the U-haul truck, we are riding home.

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   Redline had some cool bikes setting around. They told us they just added Triumph to there line-up in the last couple weeks. They had the exact Scrambler I just bought and the 675R that I was considering.

and ......

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   And best of all  One 2011 Ducati 696 Monster that's not spewing gas everywhere.

  Missed the day of riding we had planned but Wednesday we went ahead with our plans of roaming around Jamestown area.

Something just seemed right about looking at some history of the nation on 911.

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   walking around the settlement and watching the films just made us realize how much we take for granted in everyday life.

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    Three of a kind.  :)

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  After the settlement area we walked down another path that leads down to the water where they have recreations of three of the boats including Godspeed.

I thought these where just for tourist to walk through but they are actual size working and functioning and they do take them out and sail them around. I'm guessing not clear across the ocean

but I didn't ask.

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  It was about 94 out today. I kinda felt bad for these actors in full period dress.


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  This guy was moving around so much talking to Bill and Deb he came out a little ghost like,  hmmmm

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   off to the left is one of the sleeping bunks. I don't think you would want to be 6' plus

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   the bottom deck.


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  after the boats we wondered around the Jamestown fort....

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    Be like defending the pool fence we had years ago.

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 Read on one of the displays that church attendance was required twice a day. lol

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   The Governors Mansion...plush.  :)

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  Out in the parking area they had this. All the state flags and a plaque for each state in order.

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   Thursday was go home day. Thankful to be able to ride and have both bikes with us. Considering it was suppose to be hot again, low 90s. And that they were calling for up to 90 percent chance of rain

in the early afternoon we decided to get an early start. Up by 5 ,shower, light breakfast, packed and on the bikes just a little after 6.  The early start also gave us a jump on 64 traffic so we just took the direct

route home. 64-295-95-17 to 81 around Winchester. We had made one gas stop and stopped her for a break and a latte. When we came off the ramp onto 81 north another guy on a Harley fell in formation behind  

us which put my wife in a nice little pocket all the way up 322.  We made some time going up 81 for about 100 miles then Mr. Harley exited behind us with out ever getting to meet him.  One more gas stop at Clarks

Ferry Pa. The skies started looking a lot darker here, up to this point we had not had a drop of rain since we left the house. We ended up making it home just after 2 PM with 380 miles in for the ride home. It also

made our trip almost exactly 5 days long. Turned the radio on in the garage while we were unloading and cleaning things up. Nothing but strong storm and severe weather warnings. Still in garage when the wind

started blowing and sheets of rain hit our tiny town. lol

   Would have liked some more riding but we had some fun and some unexpected adventure, I guess that's what a motorcycle trip is suppose to be. :bigok:

 :clap:  Great report Spence, and thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

Very nice. Love the tall ship pics.

  I did forget to mention that  the left fork seal on the Tiger was leaking oil over everything by the time we got home. Dropped that off to get fixed and get a little heavier oil.

Also Friday I had the Scrambler in for it's first service and Arrow exhaust so was ready to go try that out. So a change of pace today. Joined my friends Vince Levi and John for some

duel sport light.  :)

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  sounds soo much better then stock.


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   the meet.

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   couldn't get my camera out fast enough to catch John picking up his bike here.

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    Just a short 2 minute video. My first attempts at capturing "the voice of Triumph"    lol

http://youtu.be/YZeYpeHomt4

   It was a beautiful day here in Pa today. Spent some time with our local suspension friend setting up the Tiger. Came home from our trip with a leaky fork seal so decided it was

a good time to replace seals and also replace the 7.5 weight fork oil with 15 weight as suggested by a couple other Tiger owners.  After that I did take a little back road ride on the

Scrambler and found Beaver Lake.  and here's a couple pictures.

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  Today got to gather with some of the usual friends and just road around on random roads, half of which were dirt.  Vince and Levi talked me into

getting a Sena smh10d-11 bluetooth intercom which we used today on this ride. They work great. spent a little time testing on a short ride with Rochele

and one by myself were I tried the Gps. I also listened to Pandora radio through it. Today 3 of us could talk. Really clear and easy to hear was really nice

for the kind of riding we did.  We did end up back at Beaver Lake again. Nice area to ride if dirt roads are part of your plan.


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   looks like Vince is getting sick trying to keep up to the scrambler :p :p :)


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   The old red beast. lol

there will be stones flying next time smartie pants!

Spence,

I'm late to check this thread but welcome to VA! I wish i had know you were passing through, I would have put you up and had a thick steak ready for ya. Thanks again for posting your adventures.

Eric

  Thanks Eric, always like to meet other riders and would have loved to check out the Moto Guzzi.  :)  

maybe you could have fixed the Ducati even. lol

   Today's goal was to try the Tiger out on a proper curvy road. After our trip I replaced the fork oil with a heavier weight and then my friend Shawn set it up for me

again. So back down to 125. 125 in the Fall never disappoints. a couple pictures of course.

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   and a picture of the Sena bluetooth. made my first call on it today to check on the wife. lol  The more I use this thing the more I like it.

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   Looking forward to another Scrambler day with Vince tomorrow.
.

  A little back story for today.....Thursday I found out I would not have to leave for work as early as usual on Sunday so I messaged Vince and let him know I had all

afternoon free for a ride if they were going. Vince "cool I'll plan something" Vince sometime later "How do you feel about a water crossing?"  I'm still easing into this off road thing

still getting comfortable with a new scrambler so I tell him I would rather not yet. Vince "no problem I'll plan something else, I'll have routes, maps, charts...."


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   Off to meet Vince Levi and John for a 1 pm meet.

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  John shows up first.

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   and Vince and Levi, all ready.  This is when Vince informs us that he conveniently left all the maps charts routes at home, but I think I know where I'm going.

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   after riding around back and forth to between "no outlet" and gated roads for 40 minutes. I hear Vince in my helmet "are you sure you can't do a water crossing, thats the only way I know how to get to where

we're trying to get from here?"  Why do I get the feeling I was set up....hmmm. lol  So I successfully did my first water crossing with the Scrambler. It wasn't that big, but it still counts. :)

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   but then we stopped...sitting dead still I decided to take this picture behind me. Lost my footing, you would be surprised how heavy the little scrambler feels once it's on it's way over.

Avery gentle lay down, but down with 1200 miles on it. rode my ZX14 35000 miles without that hitting the ground. Watch Vince's DR thread because before the bike even stopped moving I hear Vince

in my helmet again. "Levi got that on Video"  

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  got lucky the only mark on the whole bike.

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   Maybe two minutes later Levi, feeling bad since I just dumped my new scrambler decided he would take it upon himself to make me feel better. Took his DR up this hill hit a log which kicked the back tire out

from under him and launched himself int the bank. lol   Thoughtful kid, he must get that from his mothers side. :D

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   We finally made it to here after the "water crossing"  Maybe Vince will post some roads and where we we're at. it was a really nice area.

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   We ended up around forksville and up to this lookout where we meet and visited with a couple other bikers.

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We also found a nice loop dirt road on the way to the overlook.  Somehow I ended up in front which was ok, fairly nice road with some gentle curves until the one right that I went in hot, chased it across

the whole road, luckily there was a run off area with high weeds and stones.  Then I looked in my mirror all my friends were right over there with me. :D   What were they thinking letting the street bike

guy in front?

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    All clean again and ready for the next ride.  Maybe this winter I'll just haul it around in the pickup because it looks so cool.   :lol: :lol: :lol:  

   Well got another part for project scrambler. This Triumph flyscreen was actually made for the earlier Scramblers that just had one gauge, but after inquiring I found guys that were

using them on the two gauge ones. It does require making a couple bracket extensions which I did with my very limited mechanical skills. So some testing was in order. It will come back off for either

paint or a vinyl wrap of some kind to get rid of the white. So only out for about 50 miles today with the camera.  Love fall riding!

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   My first older gentlemen encounter since I had the scrambler while here. Really enjoyed visiting with him and hearing about the 3 or 4 Triumphs him and his wife had starting in 1960's. lol

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   huge moon on the ride home right around sunset and that sweet scrambler sound to go with it.....very relaxing.  

 :thumbsup:

  Spent a little time out in the garage yesterday with my bikes.  For the Tiger I thought it was time to change this...

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 to this.....the big ugly screen but so much better in the cold.

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  And the UPS truck was good to me this week and brought a couple more pieces for project Scrambler.

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  Quick release bolts to remove the seat, The stock ones were hid but kinda a pain to get to.

   Then today I made it out for about an hour ride to test my parts an ummm my work.  It only took about a mile to know something was wrong.  Clutch was slipping crazy bad in

3,4,5 gears especially. Tried to adjust the cable a couple times didn't help so back home in the garage to get a better look. Thought I might have the clutch lever to tight , then I noticed if I

loosened it up it had all kinds of free play. Walked over and looked at stock lever and yes it still had a bushing in the pivot pin hole. Amazing how much better it works with all the pieces.

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Love the new jewelry for the Scrambler.  :cool:

   I think we made it to 70 degrees today. Not bad for the first day of November.  :)

Last night they were calling for 60mph winds with the rain, but I don't think we ever got that much wind here. Maybe 15-20mph winds a good part of the day.

But the sun came out and everything dried off enough to go for a little ride and meet up with Rochele for a hot drink.

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  still some color out the back door.

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  Getting ready to take the Tiger out for a much needed ride. It's been starting hard from setting to much I guess.

On project Scrambler , a couple pictures of the newly mounted flyscreen with the white removed.  :)

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  Not much to report...Just a nice hundred mile ride on the Tiger and a stop here for lunch.

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How was the food?

   I just discovered this place about a year ago, Both my wife and I really like it. It has become our go to place for BBQ. On market St in Wiliamsport .

  Still getting use to looking through the big ugly screen on the Tiger.

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  But it is nice keeping the cold air off of me.

Spent some time here taking pictures...Then after I left I noticed that the settings dial on my point and shoot camera got moved, so just a couple not great pictures. lol

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   did see some snow on the edge of the road up in the Eagles Mere, Forksville area.

  Not much riding for me lately..already tired of trucking in winter. In snow three times this week and saw 9 degrees last night. So a little update on project scrambler.

  Decided to try Bitubo's suspension on both ends shocks on back and there fork kits adjustable for preload on the front. With some help from my friend Chris last week

everything is on the bike. Can't wait to try it and get my other friend Shawn to set it up.

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  old shocks.

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  Bitubo shocks

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   front fork kits

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It's been a while since I have been on this forum. Spence it's nice to see you are still posting up awesome pics. I like the new shocks and flyscreen for your Triumph, very cool.  :thumbsup:

  Thanks Scraperman, I thought it's been awhile since I saw your name. I hope all is well with you. I haven't been getting out near as much this winter as normal..will be needing

some kind of a ride soon.

Yeah I hear ya, I am "jonesing" to be riding soon. If only the weather would cooperate!  :lol:

 Finally took a little ride today. First one since November and it was a short one. Maybe 23 miles on the Scrambler to see how the new suspension feels.

Big improvement over stock, took a lot of the harshness out of the sharp bumps. Still is a Scrambler with not much suspension travel but can't wait to see what it's

like after my suspension guy fine tunes it.  Only thing that bothers me is the front fork kits make noise. Can't hear it riding until down to parking lot speeds, but if you hold the

front brake and rock it back and forth you can make its sound like a cheap motel bed when your.....well you know. :)

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  It's bin a long hard winter but things are finally looking up. ;) ;) ;)

  Took the Tiger out of it's nice warm box for the first time since November. Nothing to exciting but enjoyed a 83 mile ride in the 50 degree sunshine.


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Nice job on the suspension. Looking forward to your updates Spence.

Eric

  Yesterday was the first really nice day that we had when we were home. Didn't get to go out and wonder around and take many pictures.

But Rochele and I had a great ride to a friends birthday party and a stop at starbucks bike night on the way home. About 100 miles. Felt great!!

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    Just had a couple hour window today so just took the Scrambler out to do a little visiting.  Someday soon I hope to have a half a day to go on a real ride.

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   Just a couple pictures from today's wanderings on the Scrambler. About 90 miles, some dirt and gravel.

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     Even found another old truck.

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   Well I got word that my girl Christina was really really ready for another motorcycle ride. So we arranged for her to come early for the picnic

we were having at our place today so we could go out on a little ride.  We made it a couple miles from home and it started to rain. Knowing we were going to

be outside later and she probably didn't bring another change of clothes, I asked her if she wanted to turn around.   "I want to ride" was her answer. lol Following are a

few pictures from our only photo stop of the day.

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Let's see: cool bike, neat mural, pretty girl, yup that's a win!  :bigok:  Thanks for sharing the shots, finding a girl that likes to ride is a true gift from God, enjoy!

  My friend Kevin mounted my new TKC80s that I bought for the Scrambler. I'm told that they will feel better in the dirt and gravel so I

thought I would give them a try.  Added bonus I think they make the bike look meaner. lol Took a ride to try them out and didn't know quite what to do when

I came around a corner and saw this. So I stopped and took pictures.


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 After this encounter I circled around and took some more pictures of the new mural on the Warrior Run school.

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very cool pics. Every ride is an adventure, even when you come across peacocks.  :lol:

Lol. Last thing I expected to see  less then 10 miles from my house. At least I was going slow enough to stop , unlike when my friend scared a bunch of chickens that were bouncing off both feet when I went through.

   A perfect day to get the Tiger out for a ride.  Even better sharing the ride with TWO lovely ladies, my wife Rochele and our friend Jessica.

What follows is a few pictures, mostly of the girls, but they did get my camera so I appear in a couple. Just a ride to the old basic Worlds End and

Starbucks stop home, but a fun day.

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  one from earlier in the day.

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   Back to riding with the guys in the dirt some today.  John and Rashad...not near as pretty as yesterdays company but there alright.  ;)

If look at the begining of this thread it all started with a ride with Rochele Rashad and I.  He's between bikes right now and borrowed one of

Johns to join us. Still trying to get my dirt legs under me. Felt like I was in over my head a couple times today in the big loose rocks, but me and the scrambler came home unharmed.

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     At my level of off road abilities this sign was barely true.

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