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Author Topic: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans  (Read 13959 times)

Offline Semper Gumby

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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #60 on: June 14, 2008, 07:58:47 AM »
The readyness is all.

Away!   8-)
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #61 on: June 15, 2008, 04:12:55 PM »
Back home safe and sound.  Hope all of you are too.  Found some back roads with great pavement, twisties, and no other vehicles, so enjoyed my trek back to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

On a somber note, there was a motorcycle fatality on the Parkway today, about 15 minutes before I got there.  A BMW rider and his wife, on a Honda, were attempting CPR when I arrived and continued for ten minutes or more until EMTs arrived, but to no avail.  It was a single bike wreck; appears he ran out of road on a curve and lost control, hitting a stone abuttment.  Lets keep his family in our thoughts.

Ride safe, and we'll see one another for many years to come.

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Offline NC Steve

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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #62 on: June 15, 2008, 06:02:58 PM »
Wow Jonathan, really hate to hear about the accident you came upon on your way home.
Something like that will definitely wake you up and get a person to thinking.

On a happier note, here's just a few pics of some of the R65ers in action, live and in person.  ;)

Aida, Graham & Rob


Rob


The infamous Sue, direct from Canada


Rob, Jonathan (who was riding a gorgeous blue '84 R65), and (Not-So-Fast) Ed, who jockeyed a very nice silver '87 mono from Atlanta


And Aida, with the O-fficial R65 flag


By all accounts, a great time was had by all!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2008, 07:08:50 PM »
I am home, just 11 hours after leaving.  :P

I will write more later.  We have a mean-butt storm happening.  I am shutting this down!

Bye!  :)
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2008, 07:50:19 PM »
Home again, courtesy of Semper Gumby and new member Mike from Stockbridge, Ga.   We had a ball on the "Blue Ridge" and a few other twisties that Gumby picked out.  I haven't had this much fun (with my pants on) in years.  "Film at eleven"....
Just missed going to lunch with Sue in Ashville, but she had places to go.
Ed [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #65 on: June 15, 2008, 08:11:36 PM »
OK OK I managed to delete my post so I will try again.... :o

Had a GREAT time at the Gathering of the clans even though I showed late.  Met Aïda
and her smile and Graham, Rob Valdez, Not so fast ED Bellair (Not true - his Mono has reached the far side of eighty) (OH and thank you for the tent space!), NC Steve, Sue Canada (at long last we meet!) and her friend Stu Canada, New members Jonathan and Mike Davis who we adopted when he showed up on an R65 (poor fool).  I'm missing somebody please forgive me.  There was beer, cigars, rain, scotch, lies, door prizes, the signing of THE FLAG, voice mails from Melena! glorious sunshine.  Did I mention the sun came out this morning.  Ed Bellair, Mike Davis and I blitzed the Blue Ridge (at 45 mph) this morning in GLORIOUS sunshine with a few clouds on the mountain tops.  We made it to the top of Mount Mitchell before barracaids prevented futher glory.  Thus repulsed, we backtracked to route 80 and wound our way south to I-40 before rejoining the wonderful Blue Ridge for a short time.  Then south on I-26 out of Ashville.  Somewhere in here we ran into Sue Canada for about 5 minutes but our choice of lunch PUT HER OFF and she continued her quest to head west without us.  Un fortunately the heat and the fatigue forced us off the road for food and refreshements.  After lunch we rejoined I-85 to Atlanta for a spirited 3 man group ride - cages and trucks all around.  I hope the other two gentilmen took notes on how to run a group ride as there will possible be a test in the future.

Dare I say - a good time was had by all - worth every minute of the 650 miles put on the R65 in the last two days.

Did I mention we had a glorious time on the Blue Ridge?   :D

Call Melena at 707-837-1720 and answer the voice mails - she missed us and we miss her.

Pics to follow....
« Last Edit: June 16, 2008, 09:22:00 AM by Semper_Gumby »
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #66 on: June 15, 2008, 08:34:15 PM »
Yep, we made it home safe and sound as well.  We were almost the last to leave the campground, just left Steve taking down his tent.  It was a wonderful Gathering with great weather - even with the thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon/evening, great food, great riding and above all great friendship!  It was amazing to have that many R65ers there.  We recruited at least one new member (we hope) Mike from Ga and we ran into JustGus from SC on his bronco brown R65. So there were NINE! of us there.  WOW!  We had Ed, Aida, Jonathan, Rob, Sue, Steve, Bill, Gus & Mike.  

 No cell phone coverage - as Melena discoverd.  Although Ed went out Friday evening to call home and got her message.  So he passed on her, "HI!"s to everyone.   8-)

It was so great to finally connect real people to the names here on the board.   I have a few pictures, but they are on my cell phone and now I have to figure out how to get them off.  Thanks for your pictures Steve, they're great!   ;D
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Offline Semper Gumby

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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #67 on: June 15, 2008, 08:58:57 PM »
Ok here are some pics...

Registation Picture ... we were there ... really!



At dinner mit flag...



Not so fast Ed packing to go Sunday AM..



Jonathan packing to go Sunday AM...



Sunday morning Coffee - Sue, Aïda and Graham...



Sue Canada's F650 (of course its red!)...



Stu Canada packing the KAWASAKI!!!!!



Semper Gumby and Not-So-Fast-Ed up on the Glorious Blue Ridge...



Look who we found - Adopted R65.org member Mike Davis on the Blue Ridge with Ed Bellair...



Gumbymobile Victorious atop Mount Mitchell...



Three bikes and two riders atop Mount Mitchell NC



A Glorious Day!





Thank you one and all those present and absent.   ;D


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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #68 on: June 15, 2008, 09:00:49 PM »
OK it worked - but - not so well.  I'm working on it!!!  Really.  Must sleep now...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

(originals posted here - http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa12/Semper_Gumby/?start=0&mediafilter=images)
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #69 on: June 15, 2008, 09:22:48 PM »
Nice to see the photos and put some faces to the some names.  Sounds like you all had a good time!  I'm jealous.  I gather "The Gathering" was a motorbike rally of some sort?  Aida, have you a picture of your bike? (without a flag in front of it!).  I'm going to paint mine black and would like to see a full shot of yours for a comparo.  Cheers from raining, cold Auckland, NZ! ;)
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #70 on: June 15, 2008, 09:33:19 PM »
Bill............errrrr, uh.........Semper Gumby!   ;)  Thank you for the very nice phone call.  That made me feel like I was really there.   ;D


Great pictures from both Bill and NC Steve.  Thanks for getting them up so fast.  Now I know what I missed.  Well, as you know, I was there in spirit.  

I'm glad everyone had a great time and that you are all getting home safely.

  
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #71 on: June 15, 2008, 09:48:16 PM »
Wow, those are some fine photos!  Sounds like you all had a great time.  I would've given anything to have been there.   With any luck, I won't be tied down to this brutal job this time next year!  
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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #72 on: June 15, 2008, 10:23:05 PM »
jusgus, Rob Valdez '79 R65, Semper Gumby, msbuck, NC Steve, suecanada, not-so-fast-ed

click on this picture for more

Maybe, with all of the different cameras Stu had to take this group picture with,
one will have all of us looking at the camera and smiling! :)

« Last Edit: June 15, 2008, 11:00:19 PM by Rob_Valdez_79_R65 »
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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #73 on: June 15, 2008, 10:51:46 PM »
Nice pictures Rob!   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

You did good getting all the names on there.  NC Steve is hiding behind someone though.   Maybe I'll see him in one of the other pictures.   ;D
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Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans
« Reply #74 on: June 15, 2008, 11:01:12 PM »
I updated my posting to include both my photo and SG's.

You can average them out!  :D
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