I'm planning on the Gathering of the Clans

[nhmaf]

Wow it sounds (AND LOOKS) like you all had a great time !
Thanks very much for sharing all the photos - it makes us feel almost like we were there !

The flag looks great, too !

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[Ed Miller]

Looks like fun!  I won't even make it to Chief Joseph this year; maybe Joan will have pictures of that?

What are those saddlebags on the Gumbymobile?  I don't recognize them.  What a bunch of good pictures; thanks for sharing.

[Semper Gumby]

<snip>What are those saddlebags on the Gumbymobile?  I don't recognize them. <snip>

Givi E41's.  I have dropped the bike on them twice, tried to blow them up with vacuum bags inside that expanded at 11,212 MSL elevation so I guess they are tough enough.  All three bags have the same key lock and all three bags are mounted on a Givi universal plate.

[msbuck]

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!

diggers,

Yes, this was a motorcycle rally for the old airheads.  It was really nice to see so many of the old bikes all gathered together in one place.  There was everything from an old R69S to the modern bikes  This was an Airhead Club gathering.

Here's a picture of my bike I just took - couldn't find one on my computer, except for my avatar.



http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/cabcgec/Motorcycles/My%20R65/MVC-429F.jpg  There's a handful more at this link.  Nothing close up, just different angles.  (Rob, you gotta show me how to make it so you can click on the picture to take you to the link.)

[diggers]

Thanks for the picture and the link.  I hope mine ends up looking like yours!

[J_Hirst]

Picture of Blue with friends:

[NC Steve]

Wow, Jonathan, that may be the finest-lookin' R65 I've ever seen!  

Didja get your light switch fixed yet??

[J_Hirst]

Not yet.  Won't mess with it til after this weekend's trip, for fear it'll crap out all together.

New part is $90 (for whole cluster) and I found a guy with both left and right clusters for $90.  Waiting on reply from Buzzard Brent to see if he's got one available.

[not-so-fast-ed]

Great picture, J !
Hope you get the switch soon, but do you need both sides?  If not you might think about buying just the switch as a new item, rather than a potentially soon to fail used one.  I hate having to fix something more than once because my pocket book made me take the cheap way out the first go round.

 :-/

[msbuck]

I was waiting for that picture Jonathan!  Thanks for posting it.  Turned out real nice, especially with the haze/fog in amongst all those 'cows'.   Have fun in Blue Grass next weekend.  Don't think we're gonna make that trip.

[J_Hirst]

You read my mind Ed.  If I needed to replace both, I might consider used  or if they broke because of an accident I might go with the used, but since this appeared to be caused by brittle plastic, I might prefer the peace of mind of a new part (unless the 'new' part is also 24 years old!).

Thanks Aida.  That camera is kind of junky, so my pics aren't as good as I'd like, but it uses regular batteries so it's easy to keep in my bag.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

I hope you don't mind, Jonathan, but I borrowed your picture for a Boxerworks post.
A fellow named Dave was talking about meeting you and Ed at the rally.
http://www.boxerworks.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=230459&t=230298

[Semper Gumby]

Hey Jon - Nice COW!!!!