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Since it was lost in the crash, thought I'd repost it for posterity. Everyone else feel free to add your pix &/or comments back in as well......... Bit nippily when I left my place around 7:30......looked like the frost warning was almost validated, as it was down to high 30's. Headed down to Lima to p/u Kyle, then we slabbed it down 75 to the meat spot in Xenia with everyone else. Made good time down there, and pulled in just past 9:30......Nick & Knodel were already there. Got off the bike & my phone was blowin' up......Shiddy(Garrett) was lost nearby, and Brian(KawiKid) & Adam(Cleave the Great) were runnin' late as they had some early morning fog & couldn't see to make any time. Went inside to warm up & wait, as I couldn't quit shakin' for about 15 minutes.....Guess 2 hours at +5 over'll do that to 'ya, even with lined pants, jacket, gloves & 2 pair of socks!! :wink: Garrett showed up shortly after, and started regaling us with some funny stories while we waited for the other two. Bry & Adam rolled in around 10:30, and bein' the swell guys we are, we gave them a whopping 5 minutes to stretch & warm up.....Well OK....truth be told I was just getting some pictures of the bikes now that everyone was there! :grin: Nick took the lead as we left Xenia, as he'd promised to show us some local backroads/twisties that he thought would save us time & get us around some of the stoplight towns. Good roads & some great riding....It was clear early on I was the slowpoke in this group!! 'Course I found out over dinner later that K.C.'s a flat track racer.......So then I didn't feel quite so bad :grin: Anyway......Also in here somewhere is where Nick began his hourly stops.....I swear the guy needs a prostate exam, as he must have a bladder the size of a cashew nut....That or he just likes to "mark" his route so he doesn't get lost Got back on 68 south of Wilmington & the twisties morphed into some really nice roller coaster sweepers. One was this huge downhill straightaway that we could see for several miles, and some of us may have hypothetically taken a short blast of +100 over :wink: REALLY cool suspension bridge as we crossed over into Kentucky. Not sure what it's called, but had we not already been runnin' late, it would've made a sweet backdrop for some pix of the bikes! Guess we'll just have to go back for Maker's Mark, Wild Turkey, or Jack Daniels next year :grin: Pulled into some small town gas station a little north of Lexington, and there was a sizeable group of sportbikes gettin ready to pull out. I thought maybe this was a KY contingent of O.R. that came out to welcome us & ride along :wink:, but after one of them satisfied their urge to pipe us off the rev limiter, they continued on their merry way. One of the yocals who I think had been over talkin' to them, now decided to come over & grace US with his presence "Y'all get a wheel up on these?!?" I decided to make him useful & ask how far we were from Lex/the outer loop. "Well.....'bout 20-25 minutes, but if y'all ride like I do, y'all be there in 15" to which I replied "Well that's good, 'cause we were just doin' 'bout 160 back there a ways" Anyways.....fumbled our way through/around Lexington & found the Bluegrass Pkwy. VERY affluent area through here......HUGE horsefarms, and a ginormous castle I somehow missed seeing, but the guys were tellin' me about later at my roadside calisthentic session I got a major cramp in my hammy, and after repeatedly tryin' to stand up & stretch it while we continued ridin', as we were already behind schedule.....I couldn't take it anymore...had to pull over & practice my kama sutra positions on the guardrail for the entertainment of all passerby. Plus....Nick kept pullin' up next to me & tryin' to play with my a$$ :grin: What can I say....The Fonz is one sexy beeyotch to BOTH sexes.....Such is my curse in life!! This is also where Nick was ever so intently watchin' me eat my banana I had in my pack!! Finally got her stretched out....My cramp I mean.....And we proceeded to Clermont. According to the lady I spoke to at JB, we should've only been about a half hour away......but as I stated earlier....Kentucky miles seem to be different than the U.S. standard. Almost missed our turn again, as they had every distillery BUT JB marked along the highway/"Bourbon Trail". Finally pulled into Jim Beams American Outpost @ 3:30. Went into the visitor center & checked out some of the exhibits, then headed out for some pix by Booker Noe's statue in front of the Beam family home.......... This is one of the storage facilities next to the visitor center. Couple of the guys went in there & said it was freezin' "Santa Booker......I want a Daisy Red Rider carbine for Christmas!!" Hey Booker.....Gotta little Captain in'ya???" Came out a bit dark, but Kyle(BlitzBurgh) on the left, me, Knodel(K.C.) in front, Adam(Cleave the Great) in back, the photogenically elusive Brian(KawiKid) sittin' on Booker's lap, and NinjaNick, with the Beam family home in the background. The red circles on the shutters are the wax "seal" you see on the bottles. The home serves as a museum now, and I believe that's where the tasting parlor is, but it's closed on Sundays since Bourbon county doesn't allow sales that day Garrett(ShittyGixxer) on left, with the visitor center in the background Pretty sweet old Mack, Jim Beam firetruck I found in the garage out back....... Stayed for about an hour past closing, by the time we were done with pix & walkin' around explorin'. Really....We were just hopin' to get locked in there overnight!!

Thanks for taking me back to that day man.

One at 11 and the other on the back of the Mrs. head while I get an over the road mouth hug.

Me too... :wackit:

In related news, I used up all of my old sets of tungsten steel-tip darts filling up gold bricks for suckahs, and am on my way to the Bentley dealership...

You, sir, are wrong. She likes the cherry stuff now and not the cinnamon.

I don't no but it sounds like a good time to me

Style Your Garage More on the website.

If it wasn't for racing/track days, I would just end up wasting it on retirement planning or on the house. Clearly, I am making the right choice.

so what are you bringing, Joe?

I'd check out DDMtuning if I was you. they are good prices and nice HID's shipping just takes a bit.

It's actually a dollar. Really, it is $1.62. $1.62 x 50 people = 81 dollars. 81 dollars easily = hot dogs, chips and drinks for 50 people. Maybe with some food you trolls could be happy and fed. Regardless, we can stop talking about it since Angry Bird already mentioned the fee is worth the hassle.

:thumbup: KillJoy