Official 2010 STN National Thread - Lewisburg, WV June 15-16

[HappyRiding]

I made it home. I had lunch with SLK50 and his son in Tazewell. I'll post more later after I get a good nap.

Hey cablebandit, I have pictures of your camels!

[Cablebandit]

Great!  I was beginning to think everyone thought I was nuts when I mentioned the camels.

[R Doug]

Great!  I was beginning to think everyone thought I was nuts when I mentioned the camels.

We think you're nuts for other reasons beside your claim of seeing camels.  

[Cablebandit]

Nuts?!?.... I thought I was the voice of reason.

[sprint_st]

I had a great time despite having to bail out early with a sick Tiger.  Only real regret is that I wasn't able to continue on that run to Tazewell with Mr.Awesome and a great bunch of riders.  

An FYI, the Tiger's electrical problem turned out to be my BackOff led license plate.  When I cut the leads on it, it was all truth and light.  Of course it took me about four hours of checking electrics to get to that point.

[chornbe]

Ah, electrical farkles... always makes for an "exciting" time at the worst possible time, eh?

Glad you made it home ok. The ride to Tazewell was... (mr.) Awesome.

I'll be doing a write-up this evening. I only took a handful of pictures the whole time; I was too busy riding and socializing. Looking forward to seeing the action shots of Mr. Awesome, MXVet and me that Mr. Awesome took on Rt. 16.  

I'm heading out shortly; gonna ride the bike over to Marlinton and continue out 39/42 over towards Staunton and get on 81 there. I'll put the bike on the trailer over there and "enjoy" the slab with AC and comfy seats.   It'll be nice to ride out past Goshen WITHOUT rain for a change.

[zer0netgain]

What a fun 4 days.  

Have pics resized, but will have to post from the office tomorrow.

Then...start working on video.  

[R Doug]

It was GREAT to see everyone and I really enjoyed spending time w/ all the members.  We have some of the nicest people on STN.

A special thanks to JustCallMeChris and JRazor for all of the doorprizes from the Podcast.  

Also, a big thanks to Scratch for contributing the hydration packs.

Thanks to Maddjack for helping sign folks in and bringing nametags w/ him.

A special thanks to those who helped pay to rent the conference room!  (02VFR, Mr.Awesome, Fudge, Huron52, The Pace Podcast, Jimmy)

Finally, thanks to those of you who sharred a ride with me.  I really hope I can make it to next year's national meet.  

[stefrrr]

  That's the sweetest acceptance speech!  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

I'm home! Going to download some pictures shortly...


Oh, and I had a great time, too  

[Corbeau]

Home safe, 2000+ miles and five incredible days after leaving home.

Will start writing the ride report soon, Highlights are some new, well-hidden gems of roads...

[twist]

I got home and put my clothes in the washer, and then the washer's drain pump died.  Great, I didn't need to spend money on a new washer (/off-topic)

[HappyRiding]

Cablebandit's Camels

[chornbe]

Lies. Damn, dirty, filthy lies.  

I totally missed them when we went past.

Cablebandit's Camels

[Oilhed]

Serious engine trouble?  That sucks!  And I was bitching about an exhausted chain and sprockets.

[Acadian Rider]

Haven't made it home yet.  Tonight I'm in Bangor ME after riding just over 500 miles of Friday slab in the heat.   Trailoring is starting to sound pretty good.  

Tomorrow I'll have an easy 250 miles to do.  

Had a great time in WV riding those twisties and meeting new and old friends.  

[Mr.Awesome]

Home safe and sound!  MI and northern OH officially suck!  I can deal with it on the way down knowing I'm going to the good stuff, but comming home is brutal. I think I may look into that trailering thing that was so popular at the national this year.  
Thanks to RDoug for setting this all up and showing me a sprint and a black bird CAN be dual sport bikes!    Justcallme.... for all the door prizes and letting me have a proper demo ride on the guzzi.  
Sprint ST and Zeronetgain for being great room mates.   And everyone else that attended for some good laughs and conversation. You meet the nicest people at an STN event.  

Will post up pics later after I deslime the trumpet and burry a skunk Aura shot while I was gone.  

[blackbuell]

Sandy and I just made it home. After we left Lewisburg, we rode to Robbinsville, NC. Sandy had never ridden the Dragon, so, of course, we had to make a few passes on it. We also rode the Cherohala Skyway several times. What a wonderful road!

To whomever came up with the idea of holding the meet in Lewisburg---thank you! Great location.

It was nice seeing a few of the old-timers and meeting some new folks, too.

See you all in Custer next summer,

Jon

[DrMikey]

Made it home a few hours ago.  Pam's train was half an hour from the station when her phone ran out of juice.  She should be here any minute.  

Had a great time meeting new and old friends.  The riding around Lewisburg is primo.  We spent an extra day exploring.  Took a hike along the Greenbrier river trail and checked out Organ Cave.  Learned more about mining saltpeter than I ever wanted to.  The ride home was most of two days droning on the interstate.  When it's hot, the slab is a real frying pan.  I was stupid for not taking my mesh jacket.  Live and learn.  There is a cool alternative through northern Kentucky between Huntington, WV and Cincinnati.  Ky 9 will cut at least 90 minutes off the trip (on I-64 to I-75). It's not exactly twisty, but it's not the slab.  There are routes you can take that branch off 9 if you're looking for more technical roads.

I'll post some more notes in a day or two.

[Acadian Rider]

Back home after riding 3,000 miles in nine days.  

Thanks for the memories ST.N.