Northern Va Ride II

[hovmaven]

Duck began this thread in April '05 with a simple post, "Does anyone want to ride?" Eighteen months later this thread had over 3,000 posts.
 
Picking up where we left off:
 
Duck said goodbye to Bubba in favor of a new dual sport that he's ridden the heck out of. Unfortunately, Duck hasn't yet learned that a dark visor and dark nights don't mix. He has scored electrics. Electrics are good;
 
Mrs. Duck doesn't have electrics and isn't about to ride in the cold;
 
Sling introduced Mr. RC-51, his new trick race ride;
 
Peter traded his DC United replica for a new, shiny black, BMW bike, cracked a ton and is now a confirmed squid;
 
Dot is ramping, strafing cloverleafs throughout the Northern Virginia area with Sadie, her bike;
 
Dave scored a GPS, is yearning for electrics and has sucked in some new riders;
 
Joey is still Joey, although he is now a Yammieless Joey;
 
Maximus cameoed at a Dave D sponsored ride;
 
Blue remains on hiatus;
 
Captain Kurt may still be in the area;
 
Ezra has decided to take a break, generously spreading his gear among myself, Duck and others; and
 
Sunny is still for sale.
 
On the non-rider front, my daughter Katie had an emergency appendectomy, received great thoughts and beautiful flowers from the Ducks and others, but was recently readmitted with a post-operative infection. She's out now, but has a rigorous regimen of at home i.v. antibiotics ahead of her.
 
Witih all that, I think we need pie. Anyone around this weekend?

[ItMustBeJames]

I was hoping someone would start this up again!

[hovmaven]

Our group needs to decide where to post.  The NoVa thread had a good run, but we lost it all overnight.  I think we'll reach consensus over pie.  
 
Pie.  

[DNA]

[hovmaven]

Duck needs a heat troller. . ..

[ERR]

Duck needs a heat troller. . ..

[MacGyver]

Duck needs a heat troller. . ..

I can fix that.   Give me a cup of diesel no. 2 and a handful of high nitride organic fertilizer.

[VAbikeguy]

Although I only rode with your group once (actually, I rode with Joey....well, really I watched Joey's exhaust trail, but I digress), I truly missed keeping up with this thread and your adventures.  

I'm glad this site is back!

[hovmaven]

Stay tuned.  Duck got a Dual-Sport and electrics!
 
He's a riding machine.

[twist]

You forgot to mention that riding behind DNA (Dave) is still dangerous, but you can easily find him by following the oil trail.

[hovmaven]

So true.  The Dave D Valdeez does leave a slick wake. . ..

[MarcS]

Is that what I was smelling on Sunday?

[nnjhawk02]

Is that what I was smelling on Sunday?

No that smell was the NY Giants crashing and burning:lol:

sorry I could not resist

[hovmaven]

Is that what I was smelling on Sunday?

 
Coulda been.  I can't keep up with him either.  

[MarcS]

Hehe, how did his bike get to be the Valdeez?

The exhaust is quite fragrant, though.

[hovmaven]

Hehe, how did his bike get to be the Valdeez?

Some where around 1100 posts his bike starting puking oil.  
 
Never stopped. . ..

[DNA]

Hehe, how did his bike get to be the Valdeez?
 
The exhaust is quite fragrant, though.

 
I have been told it is running quite rich - but the mechanics say it is "normal".  The milage is good so
I guess if I get an expensive off road can that might help - but why bother.
 
The oil usage has slowed considerable once I properly installed that little oil seal... it seems leaving it out was not a good idea after all.  Now it is hardly using any at all.
 
Aren't you all glad I don't design and maintain airplanes?

[hovmaven]

Aren't you all glad I don't design and maintain airplanes?

As I just got off a bird in Miami, yes, I am glad.  
 
Thanks for reminding me never to fly British Airways. . ..  

[TWI]

On some other forum, in some alternate interverse, there was a thread which included posts about riding on Sunday.  Was that just a dream?

[twist]

Everyone is changing their names to 3-letter capitalized acronyms.  Do I have to do that too?