Who rode today?

[RedCBRRider]

I rode today.  Delafeild, and West Bend in the morning.  Then in the afternoon I had to go to my son's rugby game in Mcfarland.  I checked the radar before I left and all was clear.  The sun was out.  While at the game the weather started closing in from the west.  I left the game early to get away from it.  I got away from that one, but caught up to a thunderstorm in Jefferson county.  It was poring when I pulled over under a bridge on I94 to put on the rain gear.  The rest of the way home was wet, but uneventful.  I was wearing a pair of gloves that I have had for twenty years.  They have some built in rain mittens.  It's the first time I have ever used them.  I'm here to tell you, they don't work.  The gloves are soaked.

[CLAY]

I rode again in the rain this AM- I'm still waiting for the new pro-oiler nozzle for the B12 that the chain ate last week.  New chain and sprockets Saturday, but still waiting on the nozzle.  I guess it's coming from Belgium, so Ishould be patient.  Still, oiling by hand with oil sucks.  I don't want to wax the new chain, since that will be messy and inhibit the pro-oiler...  

Still, I ride.  

[matkal]

Rode to work today, rained the whole way. And I've got a soaked sock to prove it.

[rockinjc]

Not a drop hit me, it's all about the timing.  

[mxvet57]

Tuesday morning i rode to mendota ill. to have a front tire changed. my intention was to head home and do some work on the house but as all of you know plans are subject to change. so i decided to scrub the tire in.

i came across some of these


who says FJR's cant do dirt


found this guy working on one


then i went and checked out this place in amboy ill. it is an abandoned ammunition's factory from the 1940's. found out about it from another member but can't remember his name.



these mounds are the ammunition storage huts. there all over the area.






view from the top






found a place to park the bike
















found some soft ground


then it was off to lunch




then i rode to the Byron nuclear power plant.




then it was home.

[aceclown]

180 miles before work this morning and I still got here early.  I love watching the sun come up while riding.

Ed, The photo with your bike at the base of the windmill is nice.

[mxvet57]

Ed, The photo with your bike at the base of the windmill is nice.

ya, it really gives a prospective of how big those things are.

[CLAY]

Tuesday morning i rode to mendota ill. to have a front tire changed. my intention was to head home and do some work on the house but as all of you know plans are subject to change. so i decided to scrub the tire in.

then i went and checked out this place in amboy ill. it is an abandoned ammunition's factory from the 1940's. found out about it from another member but can't remember his name.



these mounds are the ammunition storage huts. there all over the area.

Map?  Coordinates?  Those look like a *sweet* excuse to ride.  I love abandoned industrial sites.  Cool photog opportunity and neat history...

[CBRXXBLACKBIRD]

*** ping *** paging Ed I would also like to know where this is at. Do I hear a Sunday ride post coming for this place??  

[RedCBRRider]

Ed was a little busy today.  He and I knocked out about 300 miles out in the driftless area today.  It was a good day for a ride.  He'll post something soon.

[sleazy rider]

Nice work, Ed.   

I covered just over 950 miles today collecting National Park stamps in Illinois and Iowa.  The camera got left at home.     I forgot how much covering that many miles hurts my knees.  It's time for some Advils and a beer.  The new tire gets installed tomorrow in preparation for next weekend's journey east.     New York, New Hampshire and Vermont this go round.

[mxvet57]

Ed was a little busy today.  He and I knocked out about 300 miles out in the driftless area today.  It was a good day for a ride.  He'll post something soon.

ya Ben said it was going to be a flower sniffing ride but he never stopped to sniff the flowers   so the only pic's i have are breakfast at perkins, coffee at cross roads, and a stop for fuel.

got home with 430 on the ODO

[Breadman]

Aaron, check your PMs.

[Squidbuzz]

I have rode the past week if not more.  That's cool to say.

I rode to Hal's HD & Buell for the bike show.  Was doing volunteer work for the HOG Chapter that I'm a member of.

Some cool custom bikes were seen.

[mxvet57]

Map?  Coordinates?  Those look like a *sweet* excuse to ride.  I love abandoned industrial sites.  Cool photog opportunity and neat history...

Clay,

Finlay got around to looking this up. It's called "green river ordnance plant" located in Amboy Ill.
the funny thing is the old roads that have been abandoned were on my GPS.

here's some links.

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/leemilitarygreen.html

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/groc1.html

http://www.epa.state.il.us/environmental-progress/v29/n1/green-river.html

[mxvet57]

got out for a ride today but it wasn't on the FJR.

it's been almost 3 years since i had raced and was i ever rusty. but as the day went on a lot of the skills that i thought i had forgoten started to come back. i know one thing i am going to be sore tomarrow.







and some other random pic's

[mxvet57]

So Ed- any details on the abandon munitions factory?

Clay,

Finlay got around to looking this up. It's called "green river ordnance plant" located in Amboy Ill.
the funny thing is the old roads that have been abandoned were on my GPS.

here's some links.

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/leemilitarygreen.html

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/groc1.html

http://www.epa.state.il.us/environmental-progress/v29/n1/green-river.html

[CLAY]

Clay,

Finlay got around to looking this up. It's called "green river ordnance plant" located in Amboy Ill.
the funny thing is the old roads that have been abandoned were on my GPS.

here's some links.

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/leemilitarygreen.html

http://genealogytrails.com/ill/lee/groc1.html

http://www.epa.state.il.us/environmental-progress/v29/n1/green-river.html

Yeah, sorry- missed that.

Sweet.  Thanks for the info!  Looks cool.

So using Google Earth, I'm looking at the Bataan roads, Coordinates 41°44" N 89° 23' W, right?  That's the only thing that seems to fit the description in the area...

[mad1150]

Hey mxvet, glad you found the Green River Ord. site. I was the one that originally posted some info on it. It's about 20 mi from my house!

One question though, about where is that brick building in the first pic? I've been through there quite a few times, but somehow missed that.

[mxvet57]

Hey mxvet, glad you found the Green River Ord. site. I was the one that originally posted some info on it. It's about 20 mi from my house!

One question though, about where is that brick building in the first pic? I've been through there quite a few times, but somehow missed that.

the road that comes out where the old water tower is. just to the left.