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Offline andy750

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Before I die I want to.....
« on: September 05, 2013, 12:35:38 PM »
"Before I die I want to....."  - I saw this sign/wall coming back from a ride to the White Mountains this past weekend and under the banner people had added what they wanted to do....

What is one of the things YOU want to do before you die....
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Offline greenjeans

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2013, 12:42:09 PM »
Tow-in surf a big wave.    Although that may be the thing that kills me.
Yep, I'm the kid that figured out how to put things back together...eventually.

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2013, 12:55:38 PM »
I want to ride the TOP 10 motorcycle roads in the World ;)

http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-fantasy-rides.html

« Last Edit: September 05, 2013, 01:03:04 PM by andy750 »
Current bikes
1. CB750K4: Long distance bike, 17 countries and counting...2001 - Trans-USA-Mexico, 2003 - European Tour, 2004 - SOHC Easy Rider Trip , 2008 - Adirondack Tour 2-up , 2013 - Tail of the Dragon Tour , 2017: 836 kit install and bottom end rebuild. And rebirth: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,173213.msg2029836.html#msg2029836
2. CB750/810cc K2  - road racer with JMR worked head 71 hp
3. Yamaha Tenere T700 2022

Where did you go on your bike today? - http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=45183.2350

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2013, 01:11:15 PM »
I want enough free time so I can go with Andy!

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2013, 01:16:33 PM »
I have the same wish since I was ten.  I want to be able to whistle using my fingers. 
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2013, 05:58:56 PM »
Being realistic:  Go to the Barber Vintage Motorcycle Festival, maybe next year.
                         The museum is reportedly fantastic [my brother was there last weekend].


http://www.barbervintagefestival.org/event-schedule.php


Fantasy:   Race there!

http://www.barbervintagefestival.org/motorcycle-racing.php
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2013, 06:19:45 PM »
Before I die, I'd like to take Rt 66  to the west coast.
                            And live long enough after retiring to enjoy it,
                                     See both of my children find proper mates and have my grand kids,
                                                oh, and witness world peace.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2013, 06:26:12 PM »
What they said^. Except a smaller wave.
No matter how many times you paint over a shadow, it's still there.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2013, 10:00:08 PM »
Bonneville and Nawlins are pretty good..
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2013, 01:36:59 PM »
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2013, 01:55:33 PM »
Spend more time on the computer. ;) ;D

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2013, 02:14:40 PM »
I'd like to see the Aurora borealis. And some other things.
I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of...and the things I AM proud of, "are disgusting"

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2013, 02:29:25 PM »
Fly fish NZ and Argentina
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2013, 08:04:43 PM »
Hear the A/T/SF run...

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2013, 08:12:54 PM »
Hear the A/T/SF run...

Better yet, SEE it run!
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2013, 08:27:25 PM »
Be a grandfather, walk around shirtless for days, ride one of those great railways, take my wife on an actual anniversary, play piano in front of a crowd and for them to be entertained.

I have told my wife that when I die an old old man I don't want to be found. I want to go off into the woods.SO I guess, before I die I want to Know that my time is soon and then....leave. I will leave a note of course.

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2013, 09:08:56 PM »
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    Hear the A/T/SF run...


Better yet, SEE it run!

Before I die I'd like to ride it..... but that would ironically probably bring about my death. ;D

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2013, 12:40:13 AM »
I did the Glacier Express, Bonneville car and bike weeks, and Nawlins... So them are crossed off for me...
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My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

It's All part of the ADVENTURE...

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Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2013, 05:48:47 AM »
Do Air combat school, ride the Cord on my old Ariel definitely  the TT sit on the deck in the fall with a bottle of good Prosecco and dish of tomato and buffalo Mozzarella  watch the sunset and then the Northern Lights. A little later walk the Bruce trail and finish the gd house. By the way the list seems to get longer every time I turn around.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2013, 03:08:41 PM »
        See n Hear the A/T/SF run...
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2013, 06:53:16 PM »
I want to take a lap around the US with the wife in an RV. I would bring my bike along to ride a bit and feel the wind in different places I have never been.

I want to look around. I lived in NY and Cali for a couple of years. Spent some time in Nevada cooped up on a base.

I never got a chance just go where I want and just spend time looking around with no place to be at any given time.

I guess I want freedom before I die. After I die I told them to spread my ashes in the Mountains I ride around.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2013, 08:01:59 PM »
stand on a peppermint pattie and bite into a freezing cold mountain!
I like berries.

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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2013, 02:23:07 AM »
First and foremost have enough $ to spoil my wife with any luxury she wants, she deserves it. What I want to do after that depends on how much $ I have left over.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2013, 04:04:00 AM »
Bobby in a small way I've got that (determined by coin) typical wandering day, up the peninsula to Tobermory for an ice cream cone or over to Stokes Bay for same and a chat with the guy that owns the general store, walk along beach to see how the water is doing for cleanliness, may be stop at the pub in Lions Head for a pint and lunch/diner, talk to the potter in Oxenden or Barrow Bay. Got to get to the caves, maybe before winter, maybe next year, walk the Bruce Trail a little, now that the temp and humidity have dropped and do I feel guilty about the work still to be done in the garden or on the house slightly,  slightly.
Time to grow close to my environment and reflect on the madness in the rest of the world before I shuffle the mortal coil and my free advice is don't wait to long. All more coin would mean is I'd go farther afield.
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Re: Before I die I want to.....
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2013, 06:09:50 PM »
Andy wants to ride my busa. ;D ;D
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