Richmond Va chatter - Page 1309

ddlewis · 01-06-2013, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr WhipIt

I'll probably be at the BP on Patterson just past Lauderdale at about 11:15 to fill up and then I'm off. No off-road today but good twisty backroads all the way there.

not enough time to make that one.. have fun though.

Micchub, anybody? I'm looking to roll out of Chester about an hour. (noon) I might do a southern loop. Around Lake Chesdin or something but I can easily be swayed.

Michhub · 01-06-2013, 08:50 AM

After a leisurely brunch I'm getting there...temps are decent....thinking big bike so gonna avoid the slop today....

Dan, I'll run around Lake Chesdin with ya....could meet @Starbucks Route 1 & 10 about 12:45...

ddlewis · 01-06-2013, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Michhub

After a leisurely brunch I'm getting there...temps are decent....thinking big bike so gonna avoid the slop today....

Dan, I'll run around Lake Chesdin with ya....could meet @Starbucks Route 1 & 10 about 12:45...

Sound good, see you there and anybody else that happens to show.

Michhub · 01-06-2013, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ddlewis

Sound good, see you there and anybody else that happens to show.

Here @ starbucks....

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BrendaP · 01-06-2013, 12:53 PM

Looks like in 2012 I put more miles on the bike than the cars.

Michhub · 01-06-2013, 01:50 PM

Nice Lake Chesdin spirited back road tour...thanks for leading the first ride of the New Year Dan.
Our half way pit stop in Mannboro...

jgiacobbe · 01-06-2013, 03:06 PM

Hig and I caged it in his SLK up to Springfield and then took the Metro to catch the last day of the MC show. I wasn't overly impressed with the show. I did buy the correct pin lock insert for my Arai which I installed when I got home. Took no pictures at the show because there really wasn't much of anything impressive. There was a scary Michael Jackson themed bike that disturbingly had MJ's eyes looking up at you from the back of the tank/crotch area.

There were a couple smaller bikes there I had not seen before like the Honda CB500X that will be coming to the US next year. The new GS and the new Triumph explorer look like clones of each other. We also saw at least two adventure pigs (a Honda and a triumph) that mounted the new ultimate adventure touring accessory. A small winch on the rear rack. Should of taken a picture.

Edit:found a link to web bike world where they noticed similar winches on a F800 at a different show. http://www.webbikeworld.com/lights/warn-hid-lights/

Rick's SLK seems like a nice car, but I don't know after today that it would be my first choice for a road trip.

ddlewis · 01-06-2013, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Michhub

Here I am sucking in my holiday-gut as to clip heat troller on belt. Ladies, get in line...

Me and Michhub, first ride of the year bombing the back roads around Chesdin trying to blow out the last of the mud road. The sun came out shortly after this pic and it was pretty and not really cold.

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Originally Posted by jgiacobbe

...Rick's SLK seems like a nice car, but I don't
know after today that it would be my first choice for a road trip.

droning interstate road trips and convertible sports cars.

Jeff Munn · 01-06-2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BrendaP

Looks like in 2012 I put more miles on the bike than the cars.

That really is something to be proud of. Very few riders can say that. Way to go Brenda.

jeff

manganos · 01-06-2013, 06:19 PM

My neck of the woods. I was working today and spent some time on RT708. Too bad you all didn't cross my path

LOL - just kidding.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddlewis

Here I am sucking in my holiday-gut as to clip heat troller on belt. Ladies, get in line...

Me and Michhub, first ride of the year bombing the back roads around Chesdin trying to blow out the last of the mud road. The sun came out shortly after this pic and it was pretty and not really cold.

droning interstate road trips and convertible sports cars.

Jeff Munn · 01-07-2013, 05:06 AM

Well it must be contagious. I'm departing this morning to go look at a couple of XR650L's in NJ. I needs me a thumper.

Actually, that is the secondary mission. I'm really taking a panoramic photo I found from around 1924 up to a museum in southern NJ. The picture is an outing labeled "Broadway Cycle Co outing to Bridgeton NJ, 18-20 June." It is of an Indian MC club with 20+ bikes taken somewhere in the mid 1920's. I found a musuem up there near Bridgeton and they want it, and they know the last Indian MC dealer's family in the area. It should be fun to get together with them. Believe it or not, I found the framed picture in an antique store in southern Florida. Go figure. Wish I could post it here, but the dang thing is over 3 feet wide and a foot tall. It just won't fit in my scanner........

See you all later in the week.

jeff

kwn306 · 01-07-2013, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by toddzacker

The little Italian place on the Main Street is awesome!!! Can't remember the name tho...give the thread a couple minutes & someone will know it

Amici Italian Rest

BrendaP · 01-07-2013, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Munn

That really is something to be proud of. Very few riders can say that. Way to go Brenda.

jeff

Thanks Jeff. And that's really cool about the story of that photo!

Quote:

Originally Posted by manganos

My neck of the woods. I was working today and spent some time on RT708. Too bad you all didn't cross my path

LOL - just kidding.

Note to self: have a RicADV sticker for Manganos next time I'm out for a leisurely ride down Namozine Rd.

Dr WhipIt · 01-07-2013, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kwn306

Amici Italian Rest

The website of the brewery I wanted to check out says Amici will bring food over if your doing a beer tasting, but it looked like they were busy with some renovations so I opted for the Tavern on the James. Great ride out. I actually did hit a gravel road (Paynes Pond) on the way out, but it was so hard packed my ABS didn't activate at all. Explored Scottsville a bit. The Tavern was so nice I really didn't want to leave but the weather was great and I plotted a different ride back. Hit a neat gravel road (Haislip Ln) represented by dashed lines in MapSource. I'm looking forward to another trip out to check out James River Brewing sometime.

toddzacker · 01-07-2013, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BrendaP

Looks like in 2012 I put more miles on the bike than the cars.

I definitely can't say that...72k on cars this year & only 8500 on the GS. Not bad on the GS since August tho...

Brenda- +1 on the RVA ADV sticker...Nicole said she needs one for her 650

bloochdog- ditto for the BWDR sticker for Nicole...she said she won't ride the bike until its correctly stickered. I think she's lying

01-06-2013, 08:50 AM	#19622
Michhub Major Medical Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Maricrapa AZ Oddometer: 3,188	After a leisurely brunch I'm getting there...temps are decent....thinking big bike so gonna avoid the slop today.... Dan, I'll run around Lake Chesdin with ya....could meet @Starbucks Route 1 & 10 about 12:45... __________________ Mike Reinheitsgebot '07 990ADV '08 530EXCR '04 XR650L Bonsai Elephant - "Life without a 990 is no life at all!"

01-06-2013, 12:53 PM	#19625
BrendaP Adventurette Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Planet Earth Oddometer: 553	Priorities Looks like in 2012 I put more miles on the bike than the cars. __________________ 2006 BMW F650GS

01-06-2013, 01:50 PM	#19626
Michhub Major Medical Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Maricrapa AZ Oddometer: 3,188	Nice Lake Chesdin spirited back road tour...thanks for leading the first ride of the New Year Dan. Our half way pit stop in Mannboro... __________________ Mike Reinheitsgebot '07 990ADV '08 530EXCR '04 XR650L Bonsai Elephant - "Life without a 990 is no life at all!" Michhub screwed with this post 01-06-2013 at 03:57 PM

01-06-2013, 03:06 PM	#19627
jgiacobbe Skid plate tester Joined: May 2008 Location: Near Richmond VA Oddometer: 1,452	Hig and I caged it in his SLK up to Springfield and then took the Metro to catch the last day of the MC show. I wasn't overly impressed with the show. I did buy the correct pin lock insert for my Arai which I installed when I got home. Took no pictures at the show because there really wasn't much of anything impressive. There was a scary Michael Jackson themed bike that disturbingly had MJ's eyes looking up at you from the back of the tank/crotch area. There were a couple smaller bikes there I had not seen before like the Honda CB500X that will be coming to the US next year. The new GS and the new Triumph explorer look like clones of each other. We also saw at least two adventure pigs (a Honda and a triumph) that mounted the new ultimate adventure touring accessory. A small winch on the rear rack. Should of taken a picture. Edit:found a link to web bike world where they noticed similar winches on a F800 at a different show. http://www.webbikeworld.com/lights/warn-hid-lights/ Rick's SLK seems like a nice car, but I don't know after today that it would be my first choice for a road trip. __________________ 2009 Wee-Strom, 2008 WR250R jgiacobbe screwed with this post 01-06-2013 at 03:15 PM Reason: added link to winch article

01-07-2013, 05:06 AM	#19631
Jeff Munn Just along for the ride.. Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Petersburg, Virginia Oddometer: 1,491	The season for giving ourselves gifts? Well it must be contagious. I'm departing this morning to go look at a couple of XR650L's in NJ. I needs me a thumper. Actually, that is the secondary mission. I'm really taking a panoramic photo I found from around 1924 up to a museum in southern NJ. The picture is an outing labeled "Broadway Cycle Co outing to Bridgeton NJ, 18-20 June." It is of an Indian MC club with 20+ bikes taken somewhere in the mid 1920's. I found a musuem up there near Bridgeton and they want it, and they know the last Indian MC dealer's family in the area. It should be fun to get together with them. Believe it or not, I found the framed picture in an antique store in southern Florida. Go figure. Wish I could post it here, but the dang thing is over 3 feet wide and a foot tall. It just won't fit in my scanner........ See you all later in the week. jeff __________________ Ride to challenge yourself and to expand your horizons. But be warned, once you've ridden beyond the U.S. border, you might begin to realize that the world doesn't revolve around us...... 2004 ADVRider Mileage Champion 48,350 miles Riding Central America Feb 2006 England to China Apr-Aug 2007 Central America Ride Planning and Road Wisdom

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