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Offline grumpy

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Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« on: April 26, 2011, 10:27:38 AM »
FYI: scandon is - right now - in the middle of a 650 mile day to save the whole thing from dying in the Mojave Desert...


I'm booked in Rosamond Tuesday night and San Luis Obispo on Wednesday night. After seeing the miles I gotta put in on day 1 there is NO WAY I am going to sleep on anything but a mattress on this trip!!  :o

My last correspondence with scottly says that there is no one confirmed to grab godzilla at Joshua Tree tomorrow so I'll be leaving at 4am for a 650 mile burn to grab him and head to a shower and bed in Rosamond. Looking forward to meeting up with Mooshie on Wednesday for our lap at Willow Springs and the chance to meet Big Jay in the flesh, then off to San Luis Obispo for another nights sleep before heading towards home on Thursday. Friday I'll meet with MrBreeze and head to Nevada.

I like to pride myself in the amount of miles I have put on bikes, but this is just plain nuts. 1,666 miles of bumps before it's over, and all on a bike held together by magic spells and pixie dust. Say a prayer to the SOHC4 gods that I and the bike make it. And if I meet ya on the road, forgive me if I'm a mess :P

Hitting the road in 14hrs:


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=94598&daddr=35.36157,-119.03965+to:Joshua+Tree+National+Park,+Twentynine+Palms,+CA+to:Rosamond,+CA+to:San+Luis+Obispo,+CA+to:Santa+Cruz,+CA+to:San+Francisco,+CA+to:Walnut+Creek,+CA+to:Modesto,ca+to:Fernley+NV+to:Walnut+Creek,+CA&hl=en&geocode=FTCfQgIdWgS6-Cl9pTvJbGCFgDGDxyx02XTEtg%3BFSKTGwIdXpnn-CkTq__tAWrqgDEncZqBnO8huA%3BFQbeCAIdZycV-SnPfl7CJsfagDH8o2PJQus37A%3BFRH8EwIdMPj0-Ck7D0DsNz_CgDFwUz_bWeMDBw%3BFUBfGgIdYOHO-Cknwmx7vubsgDFGD-_OwpACvA%3BFSUuNAIdNPW5-ClJ1TZ8G0SOgDGF-dcqSxDKUg%3BFVJmQAIdKAe0-CkhAGkAbZqFgDH_rXbwZxNQSg%3BFYlnQgIdvW-5-CnzpXsZdPSPgDFswwMgl0lu4A%3BFblTPgId8rvJ-ClRX3z09lOQgDErYzfEMrqUvw%3BFaBeXAIdhVzk-CmXmYeQ7biYgDH1YC4NzTXsXw%3BFYlnQgIdvW-5-CnzpXsZdPSPgDFswwMgl0lu4A&gl=us&mra=ls&via=1&sll=37.230328,-119.069824&sspn=5.885578,9.876709&ie=UTF8&ll=37.230328,-119.069824&spn=5.49513,6.36915&output=embed
« Last Edit: April 26, 2011, 12:53:38 PM by grumpy »

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 11:20:03 AM »
+1 Big Time!!!

I'm anxious to hear from Scottly.  Spoke to him this morning and they're shooting for a meetup today of either 3pm in J-Tree or 2pm in Lucerne Valley.

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2011, 11:37:52 AM »
Good luck Scondon! Epic ride indeed!

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2011, 11:53:32 AM »
Someone needs to make this man a SOHC4 medal! Props!

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 12:29:42 PM »
It's nothing but a steady stream of HERO's on this ride, starting in Daytona!!
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If you take care of it.
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Lot’s of things. You’ve been watching me.
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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 12:33:16 PM »
wow this is pretty awesome. major props to scandon for this one.

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Re: SCondon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 02:28:49 PM »
Outside of what Sean is doing currently, SCondon is really one helluva good guy  :D 
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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2011, 05:14:49 PM »
Nice save, scandon!  8)

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2011, 05:17:48 PM »
This guy makes me feel like girl. 
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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2011, 07:16:31 AM »
May Mr. Honda be with you, Scondon.
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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2011, 08:05:18 PM »
I'd settle for a quart of oil ;)

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Re: Scandon to the rescue - we owe him some gas/beer money
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2011, 10:45:18 PM »
FYI: scandon is - right now - in the middle of a 650 mile day to save the whole thing from dying in the Mojave Desert...


I'm booked in Rosamond Tuesday night and San Luis Obispo on Wednesday night. After seeing the miles I gotta put in on day 1 there is NO WAY I am going to sleep on anything but a mattress on this trip!!  :o

My last correspondence with scottly says that there is no one confirmed to grab godzilla at Joshua Tree tomorrow so I'll be leaving at 4am for a 650 mile burn to grab him and head to a shower and bed in Rosamond. Looking forward to meeting up with Mooshie on Wednesday for our lap at Willow Springs and the chance to meet Big Jay in the flesh, then off to San Luis Obispo for another nights sleep before heading towards home on Thursday. Friday I'll meet with MrBreeze and head to Nevada.

I like to pride myself in the amount of miles I have put on bikes, but this is just plain nuts. 1,666 miles of bumps before it's over, and all on a bike held together by magic spells and pixie dust. Say a prayer to the SOHC4 gods that I and the bike make it. And if I meet ya on the road, forgive me if I'm a mess :P

Hitting the road in 14hrs:


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=94598&daddr=35.36157,-119.03965+to:Joshua+Tree+National+Park,+Twentynine+Palms,+CA+to:Rosamond,+CA+to:San+Luis+Obispo,+CA+to:Santa+Cruz,+CA+to:San+Francisco,+CA+to:Walnut+Creek,+CA+to:Modesto,ca+to:Fernley+NV+to:Walnut+Creek,+CA&hl=en&geocode=FTCfQgIdWgS6-Cl9pTvJbGCFgDGDxyx02XTEtg%3BFSKTGwIdXpnn-CkTq__tAWrqgDEncZqBnO8huA%3BFQbeCAIdZycV-SnPfl7CJsfagDH8o2PJQus37A%3BFRH8EwIdMPj0-Ck7D0DsNz_CgDFwUz_bWeMDBw%3BFUBfGgIdYOHO-Cknwmx7vubsgDFGD-_OwpACvA%3BFSUuNAIdNPW5-ClJ1TZ8G0SOgDGF-dcqSxDKUg%3BFVJmQAIdKAe0-CkhAGkAbZqFgDH_rXbwZxNQSg%3BFYlnQgIdvW-5-CnzpXsZdPSPgDFswwMgl0lu4A%3BFblTPgId8rvJ-ClRX3z09lOQgDErYzfEMrqUvw%3BFaBeXAIdhVzk-CmXmYeQ7biYgDH1YC4NzTXsXw%3BFYlnQgIdvW-5-CnzpXsZdPSPgDFswwMgl0lu4A&gl=us&mra=ls&via=1&sll=37.230328,-119.069824&sspn=5.885578,9.876709&ie=UTF8&ll=37.230328,-119.069824&spn=5.49513,6.36915&output=embed
Magic spells & pixie dust my ass!!!!!!..................that bike scoots!!!!!
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