Author Topic: Team South - AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, TN (Read 60617 times)

j4hfr34k · « **Reply #300 on:** April 16, 2011, 05:44:50 AM »

Watch fot debris coming this way we had a few tornadoes a cpl bad ones right around jackson

OldSchool_IsCool · « **Reply #301 on:** April 16, 2011, 06:16:23 AM »

Glad to hear y'all made it!! Enjoy Barber's, hope you can get your lap in. Looking forward to hearing about the "Riders On the Storm"!!

kpier883 · « **Reply #302 on:** April 16, 2011, 09:32:46 PM »

Just got home about 1/2 hour ago after a fantastic day. Will write more later, but the bottom line is that IT is no longer in Alabama. Delivery to Cody was completed this evening and IT should be somewhere around Vicksburg MS. Rode about 540 miles.

j4hfr34k · « **Reply #303 on:** April 17, 2011, 06:53:25 AM »

Got stuck in la, 3.5 hours south of luttle rock wiyh a dead battery, its chargin now and hopefully we will ne on our way to little rock by 10

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #304 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:08:38 AM »

Riders on the Storm is right !..... wow what a ride that was ! 200 miles into the worst of the weather on I-65S with no let-up all the way to Barbers Racetrack. In true SOHC fashion my K1 750 runs smoother in the rain/wind/deluge

No problems for Jason, Tug and myself on the way all bikes performed without a flaw

The riders on the other hand, quickly became the Soggy Bottom Boys....... full story and pics. later c/o Tugboat.
Clocked 459 miles roundtrip on this leg. #2.

kpier883 · « **Reply #305 on:** April 17, 2011, 01:16:10 PM »

Quote from: j4hfr34k on April 17, 2011, 06:53:25 AM

Got stuck in la, 3.5 hours south of luttle rock wiyh a dead battery, its chargin now and hopefully we will ne on our way to little rock by 10

Cody - I hope you are able to make it the rest of the way with no problems! Great meeting you guys yesterday.

Kirk

jtb · « **Reply #306 on:** April 17, 2011, 03:57:37 PM »

Kirk, I was glad to see you made it home. I had to switch to reserve at the 20 - 59 split on the east side of town.

yo2001 · « **Reply #307 on:** April 17, 2011, 06:10:13 PM »

I hated that I didn't get to ride any with you guys but it turned out to be a right call. I did run out gas on the way home just barely making my driveway. Again, the reserve clogged. I seem to clean the tank every fill up. It was nice to meet you guys though.

MidTNJasonF · « **Reply #308 on:** April 17, 2011, 10:27:56 PM »

I have made it back home as well. Such a pleasure to ride with Ray and Josh again and a pleasure to ride with John and Kirk as well.

Cliff Notes for my trip:

Friday: 220 some odd miles in some seriously crappy weather but one of the best days ever. Serious behind the scenes tour of the Barber Museum, very good company, amazing hosts, and a few too many beers. All I really need to say though is Six into Six CBX.

Saturday: 386 miles total. Great Breakfast meetup and amazing weather for the ride to Jackson, MS with John, Kirk, and myself. Once we meet up with Cody and his companion at the State Capitol Building in Jackson I broke off from the group and headed South toward Natchez, MS.

Sunday: 524 miles from Natchez to Nashville. I rode the entire length of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Beautiful weather again with temps in the 60's and 70's and barely a cloud in the sky. Great scenery and the 50mph speed limit was actually pretty nice and not the hindrance I thought it might be. Side note; running 50 or so mph nets me a bit more than 8mpg better than running 65 and 70+mph. Got some of my best tanks ever today.

I may have to do a formal trip report on this one in another thread.

coke · « **Reply #309 on:** April 17, 2011, 11:52:49 PM »

Radam and I made it.. 1:35 AM 341 miles from Oak Grove LA to Van Buren AR.

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #310 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:54:08 AM »

Quote from: MidTNJasonF on April 17, 2011, 10:27:56 PM

I may have to do a formal trip report on this one in another thread.

Most definitely! Post a report under "Rider Logs", we would all like to hear about it.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=85509.0

kpier883 · « **Reply #311 on:** April 18, 2011, 05:50:43 AM »

Quote from: jtb on April 17, 2011, 03:57:37 PM

Kirk, I was glad to see you made it home. I had to switch to reserve at the 20 - 59 split on the east side of town.

I got really good mileage on that last tank I guess. I switched to reserve somewhere around the steel mills, so I had enough to get home on reserve with no problem.

kpier883 · « **Reply #312 on:** April 18, 2011, 05:58:10 AM »

Quote from: yo2001 on April 17, 2011, 06:10:13 PM

I hated that I didn't get to ride any with you guys but it turned out to be a right call. I did run out gas on the way home just barely making my driveway. Again, the reserve clogged. I seem to clean the tank every fill up. It was nice to meet you guys though.

Hey Yo,

I am glad you were there for breakfast. I had never heard a CB350/Four running before, so that was neat. Glad you made it home before the problem set in.

Kirk

MidTNJasonF · « **Reply #313 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:36:10 AM »

Quote from: madmtnmotors on April 18, 2011, 03:54:08 AM

Quote from: MidTNJasonF on April 17, 2011, 10:27:56 PM
I may have to do a formal trip report on this one in another thread.

Most definitely! Post a report under "Rider Logs", we would all like to hear about it.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=85509.0

Well I did not carry IT I just accompanied the other riders along the way as I was not on a SOHC. I was actually on a DOHC Suzuki (I know ban me if you must) and the longest leg of the trip was not with any of the SOHC riders. I took off on my own after riding the two legs from TN to AL and AL to MS.

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #314 on:** April 18, 2011, 01:26:57 PM »

Quote from: coke on April 17, 2011, 11:52:49 PM

Radam and I made it.. 1:35 AM 341 miles from Oak Grove LA to Van Buren AR.

WOW! That's what I'm talkin' about! This is some of the stuff legends are made of. AND it's what makes this endeavor SO special.

Tugboat · « **Reply #315 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:34:19 PM »

Rider log & pics posted here:
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=85509.msg984688#msg984688

j4hfr34k · « **Reply #316 on:** April 18, 2011, 04:17:01 PM »

Just made ithome about 5:30, after beung stuck in oak grove la for 2 days, huge, huge thanks to radam and coke for goin out of their way and bringin a new battery. Looks like the regulator or rectifier fried, cause the new fully charged battery died 30 minutes from home. Putting togwrher our log and will post withthew few pics we got. All in all not bad for our first major ride, definiteky learned some things , and it was nice meeting u guys.

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #317 on:** April 18, 2011, 04:28:19 PM »

Glad you finally made it home safe! I have a feeling that you'll be enjoying the road more and more now

j4hfr34k · « **Reply #318 on:** April 18, 2011, 04:53:07 PM »

Yeah, im definitely lucky my wife was so understanding. she took it all in stride, even after bein stuck on side of the road for hours, having to push the motorcycle a mile and a half to the motel at 3am, and all my fussing, she still is ready to ride again when we get electrical fixed, and wants to start riding her bike again. It was kinda cool havin a police escort goin 80 on a two lane though lol.

Radam · « **Reply #319 on:** April 18, 2011, 05:06:19 PM »

Cody, I'm glad you and your wife made it back.

I just got back to Fayetteville. I left Coke and Taxiscooter at Antlers OK and headed home. We were real close to the drop in TX but still had not heard from the person meeting us, so I decided to head home. I didn't want another ride like the one last night when we didn't get off the bikes until 1:30am. I put a total of 1158 miles on my bike over the whole trip and got 55-60 mpg! I didn't expect to do that well on gas, so you should all get the 836 kit in your bike with the 17/48 sprockets!

I was very impressed with Coke's 350! I thought I'd be waiting for all the time, but he rides that thing like he's on his ninja! I'll post pics and stuff on the rider log. Great to meet some of you!

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #320 on:** April 18, 2011, 07:49:04 PM »

Great write-up on our trip Tugboat, very well written

..... I must also thank jtb ( John ) again for his hospitality and taking such good care of his SOHC brothers

..... The head honcho at Barbers Museum, Jeff Ray could not have been more welcoming and gave us lots of his time and showed us stuff behind the scenes as described by Tug, a big thank you to him ( That guy knows bikes I can tell you ! ). It was really good to meet lots of SOHC'ers both in Kentucky and at Birmingham. I'm glad Kirk and John had a good trip to Jackson and enjoyed breakfast with them and Yo and his wife and very cute little daughter...... meeting the two groups at the handoffs was the best part of the Godzilla experience along with the awesome rides

yo2001 · « **Reply #321 on:** April 18, 2011, 07:59:26 PM »

It was nice to see some SOHC and others out and riding. I think it might have been a first time since I left homeland of Japan.

Still waiting to see the CBX video again....

kpier883 · « **Reply #322 on:** April 18, 2011, 08:01:42 PM »

Quote from: jtb on April 17, 2011, 03:57:37 PM

Kirk, I was glad to see you made it home. I had to switch to reserve at the 20 - 59 split on the east side of town.

John,

Did you see a critter cross the road somewhere before (I think) Meridian? It was MOVIN! and made it across both lanes of the interstate in front of you? From behind you it looked to be not much taller than a house cat but longer. If so, what was it?

Kirk

coke · « **Reply #323 on:** April 18, 2011, 09:40:48 PM »

the South group has passed the torch. Our leg is done but the south shall rise again with the next relay.

Enjoyed meeting Radam and J4 and OK member Taxi Scooter. Sorry that Radam had to turn back but it was another late night. got home at 11:30 and Taxi and his wife still have 2 hours to go to get to Tulsa. Radam, I put my bike on the trailer and rode in the truck home with Taxi and his wife. I know I am a wimp after all..

can't wait to do it again.. maybe with an extra day added in for issues..

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #324 on:** April 19, 2011, 03:51:01 AM »

Congrats Team South! A little adversity and you guys still made your connections. Looks like Barber's has become a "Must See" for me. Excellent job on the ride reports as well. Now get some well earned rest!

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Author Topic: Team South - AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, TN (Read 60617 times)