| AZgl1500 Riding from Florida to Arizona ! |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17th, 2010 07:14 pm | 101st Post |
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What's 5 or 6 hours on a Goldwing? Anyway the invitation is open, and Heck I may just ride to Spring Hill  AZgl1500 lives near my daughter in AZ
____________________ hunter27h "fair winds, and following seas" "an old Goldwing, for an old guy" 1 1985 LTD "Bells"(1) "Bells" is now a trike (triwing classic) 1989 Goldwing 1500/6 "Glory" 148,000 like new miles 1991 Gold Wing SE Anniversary edition 39000 miles #647, "truly the fastest color" Ben |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17th, 2010 09:40 pm | 102nd Post |
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Your dress for this wing AZgl1500
this Nolan helmet............
this High Viz AST Touring jacket..............
these chaps...........
these boots............
and these gloves.........
all can be bought from Gary at Cyclemax in Ohio
____________________ "Redwing" "The Rider Of The Fastest Colour" "Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion" |
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should be.......
| Posted: Wed Feb 17th, 2010 09:45 pm | 103rd Post |
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Good choices Redwing, but I disagree with one item...Those chaps.... .....And I'm not the one that's going to be wearing them......  Last edited on Wed Feb 17th, 2010 09:53 pm by redbaron ____________________ THE NATION WHICH FORGETS ITS DEFENDERS WILL ITSELF BE FORGOTTEN 1982 GL-1100 Goldwing Interstate...Old Red 1982 GL-1100 Goldwing Interstate...Black Beauty http://www.RudysBackyard.com |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 17th, 2010 09:45 pm | 104th Post |
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hunter27h wrote: What's 5 or 6 hours on a Goldwing? heck yeah, what's another 5-8 hours off in the wrong GPS realm of routing  I kind of doubt we get up that far northeasterly, but never can tell. We are both (Michael & I) talking now about wandering downwards a bit and looking at alligators, and some other prominent places we have heard about in Florida. When we turn around and start back towards Houston, no telling what part of Florida we will be in Only thing in stone, is we gotta be in Houston at that hotel we mentioned earlier in the thread on Saturday March 20. There be rumors that a big Texas Goldwing Shindig is in the works over there then 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 03:20 am | 105th Post |
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Beautiful bike... of course I am prejudiced....I hope you have a great and safe trip.
____________________ Texas Winged Horny Toads NRA Life PGR # 183546 Boy Scouts of America Darkside # 1114 IBA #45601 1998 GL 1500 SE 50,000 miles **Pegasus** 2006 Suzuki Burgman 18,000 miles |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 04:09 am | 106th Post |
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DrifterTex wrote: Beautiful bike... of course I am prejudiced... Now Steve, Why would you be prejudiced towards the color of my new ride? 
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.| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 04:41 am | 107th Post |
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John with all these invitations, you'd better plan on being gone a couple months..  
____________________ Back to riding after a 30 yr lay off.. Started with a 86 Magna 750 on to a 02 Shadow 1100,99 Magna 750,91 ST1100, finaly a 93 Wing.. and now an 06 1800 Loven Life... |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 05:03 am | 108th Post |
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Foodman wrote: John with all these invitations, you'd better plan on being gone a couple months.. Hmmmm, sounding like my hotel money might best be converted into gas money to make all of those invitations.  Hmmmmm, I'm like it better all the time. As the guy on the A Team said, "I love it when a Plan Comes Together" 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 09:47 pm | 109th Post |
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AZgl1500 wrote: Foodman wrote:John with all these invitations, you'd better plan on being gone a couple months.. And if the invites are right, you won't need the Hotel Money. I'm sure the neighbors would kill me for this (imagining 25 or so Goldwings pulling up - coming and going), but if you're running short - we've got a Fold-out (better than a Futon) and a nice leather couch that can be slept on. Of course, I'm on the wrong side of Houston for the rest of the plans you have, but I'm not that far away either - SE Side. Whatever happens, I'm looking forward to your visit in this part of Texas.
____________________ My "other" ride is a Suzuki Burgman 400. It's a blast in "big city" traffic. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 09:54 pm | 110th Post |
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The A team, John I know you're retired, but you just don't look that old...
____________________ Back to riding after a 30 yr lay off.. Started with a 86 Magna 750 on to a 02 Shadow 1100,99 Magna 750,91 ST1100, finaly a 93 Wing.. and now an 06 1800 Loven Life... |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 12:20 am | 111th Post |
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I'm trying desperately to remember the actor, and I wanted to quote him so badly in that post. Was it George Peppard? I am writing down all the B&B invites , seriously I really am. Because when it becomes noon time, and we have an idea of where we might be that day, or the 2nd day, getting in touch with one of our great forum family members might just be the thing to do for a night time stop. 
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20th, 2010 05:29 am | 112th Post |
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Well, I've been spending most of the day just playing around..... dreaming stuff ya know. like a new bike, what to put on it, little things like that. Anyway, I thought that I would put up a kind of itinerary to sort of give you folks an ideer of where and when you can find us. Of course, the SPOT will show you where we are, but in addition, you sort of need to know Where we are going. so, here it is. Arrive in Tampa on Friday, March 11th. 1st segment will be to meet up with Mike OnaWingandaPrayer, in fact, he has volunteered to pick us up at the airport and take us to get my new bike …. Here at Fred’s place. Then we follow Mike towards his place and find a straw mattress somewhere and stay the night. Mike has Friday all planned out. OnaWingandaPrayer San Antonio Fl, Florida Here at Mikes, we will meet up with Hawggy (Bob and Deb Kincardine, Ontario Canada) 2nd Segment is going to be an all day affair with Mike and Hawggy wandering all over Florida. 3rd Segment is going to end up meeting with Mark and Ruth. He tells me she throws one heck of a good meal on the table Xtracho Panama City Beach, Florida USA Here’s what Mark told me “You guys just say the word. If I'm on the beach I'll be here at the house. Even if I'm not Ruth told me to tell y'all to stop by anyway and she'll make sure you're fed and have a place to overnight.” The 4th segment if nothing else pops up, will be to go meet up with jimsjinx Alabama and Bikefix Ball Ground, Georgia sometime between Friday and the next Friday. Lots of room to wander around the country here and meet them right at this little watering hole. Hardies Restaurant 2633 Highway 231 Cottondale, FL 32431-7325 (850) 352-1097 After a nice evening spent with Jim and bikefix, we will saunter off down the road in a general westerly direction. Gotta end up in Houston, Texas for the Sat/Sun 20th/21st of March. Meet everyone here on Saturday, March 20th late morning or before. Ask for that crazy Goldwing Bunch  Comfort Suites Houston 11440 Clay Rd. Houston, TX 77084 these folks have mentioned they are traveling down to houston, so all of ya'll come, ya heah? Geezerglider Tyler, Texas 93Wing Montgomery, Texas 75 miles north of Houston hotel, see him at the MNG and a slew of others have started up a jamboree for Goldwings at that Comfort Suites on Clay Rd. We will be leaving there sometime in the afternoon on Sunday and heading down to see DrifterTex at Corpus Cristi. I asked him to try and come up and lead me back down to Corpus J, ya see, I haven’t seen Corpus in 35 or 40 years, and I probably lost it and can’t find it anymore. And, would you believe, another Bed & Breakfast down there in Corpus??? Steve claims it is parked real close to his house  After Corpus, we are going to stop in San Antonio, TX. Find Joe Harrison's Honda shop and ogle at the Wings in there and see if they are as friendly as folks let on they are. Then there is the Alamo which I haven't seen since 1964, and the River Walk which I have never seen, because it did NOT exist in 1964  After we do some slumming around in that town for a day or so, we will start drifting back up towards New Mehico and find an old restaurant I used to frequent there in the '90s. Served up a fantastic Chicken Fried Steak. Cover the whole platter with bisquits and gravey. ummmm, but, I just looked on the map at Deming, and I can't find it anymore. Last edited on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 05:48 am by redbaron ____________________ John |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20th, 2010 05:45 am | 113th Post |
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Hey John, By the time you get back to Az from Fl.and Tx. it should be close to the 100 degree mark. Maybe not quite that warm but it will definately be nice in the mornings. I like your "spot" program! Gene
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21st, 2010 06:37 am | 114th Post |
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hey, gooder news coming..... I see it is about 60F down in the Tampa, FL area and looking like the cold stuff might be gone for my trip 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21st, 2010 11:30 am | 115th Post |
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Give it another week and conditions for riding in full gear will be perfect. We ran to Myrtle Beach yesterday. It was a bit nippy the first two hours of the day, like 28 degrees, But it was a balmy 63 degrees for the ride home. One more week and the heated gear can go back on the hanger in the closet. Kit
____________________ The 1800 is my bike. The very best motorcycle ever made. I was enthralled with my first test ride on this machine. It is a great bike. A crotch rocket with storage bags.............As for oil I use the slick kind, and I like round tires, but as of late I have found square ones work best on the rear. Pirelli Eufori 195/55/16 @ 32 PSI Kit |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22nd, 2010 06:57 am | 116th Post |
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John, Today, actually that would be yesterday (It's now after midnight) when I rode threw SpringHill on my way back from The Tropical Wings Hawggy ride up to Cedar Key, (an excellent ride) It was 75 F. So it should be warm enough for you when you get here. As far as Florida excursions go, it's only about 480 or so miles from SpringHill out to KeyWest with the last 120 miles being on the Overseas Highway going out over the Florida Keys and bridges up to 7 miles long (be sure to stop at the TIKI Bar at Holiday Isle, Mile Marker 83) Peter
____________________ 75 GL1000 81 GL1100 85 GL1200A 75 550F |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22nd, 2010 07:41 am | 117th Post |
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Michael and I are really looking forward to spending a few days wandering around Florida. Neither of us have ever been with in a 1,000 miles of that state. Anticipating a fun trip.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22nd, 2010 01:02 pm | 118th Post |
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Kit Carson wrote:
Jeeze Kit,  ..... I'm hoping that mine will come out in one more month .... and they tell me this has been an easy winter here, this year!  Sounds like you're gettin it all figured out, John! 
____________________ Ken - 1992 GL1500 Aspencade - Darksider 6th Officer/Road Captain - CMC, 034 Cannington Chapter Find your Path and share the Journey! "It's never too early to plan and never too late to go!" - Dusty Boots Hmm ..... wonder where that stretch of blacktop leads to ...... What has Dusty been up to |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 7th, 2010 04:21 am | 119th Post |
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Hi John, what are your plans now? When are you leaving for Fl? Gene
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| Posted: Tue Mar 9th, 2010 09:02 pm | 120th Post |
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I live right off I-10 bud and I'd love for yaq to give me a holler when you start this way. We can decide what to do after ya get here.....I will IM you my cell number... Sandy
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