Uncle Punk

Young punk kid shows up on the ride with blistered track tires, no way was I telling him who I was. It would have been embarrassing to have some young kid school me on a street ride, I should have given him a fake name.

On ‎7‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 3:21 PM, JustinNck1 said:

I mean we were out riding Sunday. I don't think we pissed too many people off...🤣

Who told you that I was UP? That's not how I introduced myself.

If someone throws a chunk of concrete at my girlfriend the article would have been about a shooting, she don't mess around.

I will be in this area from the 22nd to the 25th

http://www.thesnake421.com/

Currently have one big route planned and three short routes planned. Hitting several roads north of Tazewell.

Will also be doing Back of the Dragon (16) between Tazewell and Marion.

Staying in Tazewell for something like $60 a night for a room by myself because I hate sharing a room with smelly snoring guys.

Find, borrow, rent or steal a scooter. This will help the bike control issue and give her the confidence back to handle and push the bike to her will without the thought of stalling. Tim is correct about the eyes and head direction.

Saw him at the Muskie bucket when Nivin planned a ride and didn't show up. He is still riding that same bike.

12 minutes ago, jacobhawkins said:

Too many words for me, but was that a two day ride of 217 miles?!  hahaha  I remember a ride with some folks here, UP, you were there.  It was 600 miles or so and I was back home before dinner.  I can't even...

That wasn't our Ireland Auto Wrecking Ride?

Riding it to work would be difficult.

The bad:

1 The gearing would have to be changed to keep up with traffic.

2 Need to take your foot off of the peg to change gears, which would have to happen often.

3 The tires are magic off pavement and like riding on marbles on pavement.

4 The range of the gas tank is about the size of a push lawnmower.

The good:

1 Everything would be an obstacle that needs to be ran over. Filtering would mean driving OVER traffic instead of between it.

I get what you're saying about feeling at home in a particular place by something indescribable. I hang out a Kennedy's Sport Cycles on Saturdays when I don't have anything going on and I get the same sensation there you are describing.

Correct, he should be driving home with it as we type.

Prepare to be dazzled by his new found skills.

Pleasure doing business with you. Be safe and have fun enjoying your new to you bike.

There was something written up about it on here somewhere in the past. Coming out of the woods down hill there was a couple just starting to walk across the bridge that distracted and took a second off of the decision process. No one knew which direction the road went and the split second decision was made to go right into the parking lot instead of following the road left. A bumpy airborne ride followed by heavy braking with all of us inches from each other when we finally came to a stop in a parking lot.

I found the location on maps hopefully it imbeds.

https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1515538675829!6m8!1m7!1s2c89HlymAz4yeVgwI0DB8Q!2m2!1d34.74041266436413!2d-83.97658099425935!3f100.95027306202172!4f-3.9873553315038066!5f0.7820865974627469

16 hours ago, OsuMj said:

Awesome! 

It probably is. That was the worst trail I have ever taken. I will plan better this year maybe.

Please tell me about your special power that allows you to plan around bugs while hiking.

7 hours ago, MidgetTodd said:

Chris isn't invited, remember the 4 of us doing that? 

You know, the day we all almost died a few times. Once into a creek bridge 

That was as close as you can come to wrecking without doing so. I'll never forget it, Wolf Pen Gap Road heading east out of Suches, GA.

Who wants a bunch of bugs flying into their eyes? I think it's safer on a motorcycle.

First time I rode to the gap was in 2005 for the Busa Bash. I forget what happened that got me there at this time but I ended up riding the gap sometime after midnight on my way to Phillips Motel in Robbinsville which was the host hotel for the gathering.

There was a bear on the right side of the road rummaging around that I spooked so he took off running across the road and splated himself right against the rock bank like something out of a cartoon. Now he feels trapped so he darts back across the road right in front of me, I didn't miss hitting him by more than a foot.

I have the wrong bike for a TT run at the gap. Cherohala would be scary fast, let's do that.

The only time I got a ticket down there was when there was the landslide and it was a dead end road for the summer. Strange how it happens to work out that way.

I can't begin to explain how sad this makes me. Instantly liked him from the first time I met him and every time after that he solidified that first impression.

3 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

In for the cbr for sale post...

Good, I need a bidding war so I can gets more farkle monies

5 hours ago, Killer_kaw said:

http://www.holeshot.com/shifters/ps2

If I would have been content with a quickshifter I probably would have bought a Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and added the product you posted or something similar to it. That bike is thousands cheaper and already has the side cases which I will eventually be buying for the new bike.

Okay, really I wanted the extra 40 Hp / 50 lb weight loss of the new bike over the Versys plus the better brakes and was actually using the autoblipper as the excuse to justify the more expensive purchase.

Can't put one on the RR because it's not a ride by wire bike.

I still need something fast enough to cover the 120 miles of flat boring roads that I have to ride getting to a curve so I won't kill the bike running wide open.

Just now, MidgetTodd said:

Interesting choice. Still trying to over compensate with cc's I see. 

Not what I would've expected 

I am here for the quickshifter/autoblipper. This bike is going to allow me to keep riding because I'm pretty much done otherwise. My left hand just can't pull a clutch all day.

Shhh, I have to justify it's existence. No one needs another sport bike when you get old. Right?

This might be happening now and even with a ride down instead of trailering. Gotta try out the new bike/learn how to ride it somewhere and what a great place to get familiar with it.

I know, I know take it easy, work up to it, have emergency funds which are hard to come by after buying a new bike. Maybe I should ride alone? This is so hard to think about maybe it won't be that fun with all of this pre ride pressure.