Uncle Punk

I'm home safely. I'll post more later after I eat.

I'm heading out within the next 10 minutes.

I'm in, is the group size small enough for a brisk pace? I'll be leaving Elyria at 7:30 AM. I'll post before I leave and if I have any problems getting there on time I'll stop and post in route.

Where is the DQ in Bolivar? Is it off 212? What exit is it?

I seem to remember seeing somewhere that you plan gas stops at around 120 miles. That would be fine if riding the highway with plenty of gas stations because I run out of gas at 130 miles. Riding a brisk pace and being on back roads with gas stations farther apart I would need to look for gas at about 90 to 100 miles. I only mention this because some people have a 200 mile tank range and it's a pain in the ass to stop for people as often as I need to. I won't be offended if you would rather not stop this often, just tell me to fuck off and stay away.

I'm about 80% on making this ride right now. Are you starting from Bolivar or riding to it? I would be riding about 71 miles from Elyria to Strasburg and then about 7 miles to Bolivar where would you be starting from? I took all the bags off of my bike this weekend and my parents are taking me out for my birthday Thursday night. I need to but my bags back on and don't know how late we are going to be out Thursday. I will need to be leaving about 7:30 AM Friday morning to make your meeting place and time. This is why I'm only 80%. If I get my bags back on Thursday morning and I make it home by 11:00 PM from dinner I'll be ready to go. How deep into WV will you be going? I would like to put WV maps into my GPS. If a brisk pace excludes cruisers does it exclude 600s?

Where is this bitch at now? I have something for him, only I rock the gear.

N1K from the XX board. No longer an active member.

I got on it from 250 just outside of Strasburg just south of Beach City. I was just looking for a way to avoid the detours on 83. That didn't work out too well because I hit two detours before I made it to 76, by then I was done trying not to slab it home. I didn't want to take a chance with there being more detours so I jumped on 76.

I spoke to Jinx Friday and he didn't mention the detours, I can see him laughing now. On the way home I started up 93, I have heard it was a nice road and thought I would just head west at the first major road I knew north of the detours on 83. What a mistake that was, between 250 and 76 there were two detours on 93. I gave up on 93 and just headed across 76 until just before 83.

Nope, wasn't us I ride a ZX6RR and the other bike was a new R1. There was a guy on it going our direction riding a scooter, I think he knew the road since he never let off the gas or put his breaks on. There were no helicopters around the Coshocton area that I am aware of unless the baby with a SAM scared them off so we have no stories of helicopter chases. Kind of an uneventful ride, I still have chicken strips on my new tires and I didn't have to wait for anyone. Great ride really, covered a lot of good roads and everyone made it home safely. Did I mention I love 255! I think launching both tires off the road sounds like fun but I doubt I could do it, when people ask me if I lifted my front tire over a rise in the road it rarely happens to me. It’s one of the benefits or curses of riding probably the weakest 600 sport bike in the market. The next time I'm down that way if I have the time I think I'll do the loop out of Woodsfield both directions just to find out for myself how different it is. I just figured out the miles for the loop and it is about 46 miles. Not that big of a deal on top of 404 miles, it just means leaving an hour earlier. I hate riding at dusk when all the bugs come out.

I'm home, ate a pizza and fell asleep. I had a great time and everything went well. (No tickets, accidents or breakdowns.) I rode with jbctown from 83 & 82 to Millersburg. He got caught in one of the many detours on 83 and still made it by the posted starting time, I like that. We got caught in two more detours on our way to Millersburg. I told kzz21 that I thought we would be in Millersburg about 11:00, boy was I wrong and I apologize for being a half hour late. Luckily he had PMed me his cell number so we pulled over to call him at 11:00 to tell him we were on our way, thanks for understanding. The three of us rode to Coshocton where jbctown went on his own way. We had pre planned this in Millersburg. He is just getting over surgery on his hand and was experiencing some discomfort. I hope he gets back in shape and can make a complete ride to the good roads before the summer is over. Kzz21 and I did the rest of the route until we went into Woodsfield the second time. We were going to split apart at 70 anyway so I asked him if he would mind if I stayed in Woodsfield to visit an old friend, he said he wouldn't mind and we then went on our own ways. I had a good time riding with him and knew he would make it home okay. He rides really well and safely so I never had to worry about him. I had a very nice visit with a friend who I hadn’t seen in three years. We used to show dogs together along with her husband Kenny. Kenny died of liver cancer five years ago. Another couple and we alternated going down to their house every other weekend to help out taking care of their kennel for about six months until he died. She sold their old house, got rid of as many dogs as she could and moved into town. Since then she has gotten custody of her two grandkids ages 10 and 7. I have gone through town a few time with a bunch of people and always ended up regretting not stopping in to say hi and check in on her. I am glad I did so thanks for understanding Keith. 255 kicks ass, I love this road, so far I've only done it going from the river to 800 but I'm going to make it a point to do it the opposite direction soon. I knew about that stupid turn on 536 and even warned kzz21 about it but man I don't know how I didn't go down the last time. It was hard this time knowing about it. 83 sucks, too many detours, at least three of them. No more using 83 to get down south for a while, maybe I’ll use 60. I did 404 miles, moving time was 7:04, total trip time with visit included was 10:33, total average MPH was 38 and average moving speed was 57 MPH. Did I mention 255 is a great road?

Circle K, Green bike with a baby on board.

I did go back to bed Adam, I am up now and much more betterer now. Come on guys and RIDE.

I'm starting to think you guys don't like me. I'm not Jinx, have I somehow secretly been black listed. I also think you guys are giving me too much credit for riding a fast pace, the last time we did this ride I never lead the group once. (Jinx did but only for a short time.) I couldn't have passed the guy from Mansfield leading the group if I would have wanted to, I also couldn’t have gotten around the guy on the 08 1000RR Honda if I would have wanted to on the Coshocton ride. I usually help people out in the group with riding issues if I can which sometimes makes them faster or at least safer. I also never leave someone behind, which I have seen done by others and I think it’s retarded.

First Gas stop will be in Millersburg at the gas station next to McDonalds south of town on the west side of the road. We might be picking up another rider there. It's 58 miles from our starting point to that gas station so I would expect us to be there by 11:00.

bumped for the weekend

Everyone rides their own pace, stop and wait for everyone at turns; no one is left behind unless agreed upon by all. If I plan on doing a fast pace without waiting for people I don't post a route or invite people I haven't ridden with before. Everyone is invited; overall time will depend on slowest pace and number of stops. If no one wants to come it's cool with me I just thought I would go back down to 536 and to my latest favorite road 255. These are roads that most of the people that I ride with up here haven't been on yet. I did them with a group a few weeks ago and thought about going back. I understand starting this post today is kind of short notice but my tires just came in yesterday and I didn’t want to make plans until they arrived. Most people can’t make plans for being away from home for 10 hours the day before.

Time says nine hours. I am expecting to be home by 8:00 PM but there are a whole lot of factors that go into changing that outcome as you well know. If time home is a problem I don't have an issue with leaving earlier.

She might have read it but you know how them youngins are, they have a short attention span. She should be careful someone might want to take advantage of it.

Poorly compared to our current system.

Tpoppa, I would have made your ride earlier this week if I have had tires. I ordered them two weeks ago but that's what I get for ordering them from a friend giving me a "deal". No worries, I don't blame you after doing two big weekends in a row I needed a break also. Curby, I will sometimes run the metro parks, it's 30 to 35 MPH posted, few legal passing zones, sometimes crowded and patrolled moderately. It's a nice ride for northern Ohio and if you have the opportunity you should try it. I have not seen any helicopter patrols but the tree canopy is thick so I might have missed them. If you’re on a cruiser it's a great ride, you should get JRMMiii to show you how to do it like a squid and poser, big fun. Baby on board with SAM, look out coppers you don't stand a chance. I aint skeerd and I aint runnin.