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^^^ Old School Flack vest just makes the photo.

Why my kid ended up home schooled...

Quite a few patches in USASOC. The red arrowhead is Command She's assighned to 3rd Special Forces Group and deployed to combat with them so has the right shoulder patch of Special Forces.

May have to take you up on that. oldschool. Especially if i keep touring on this bike. Thanks for the comments, gentlemen. Airborne, All the way.

No worries Exarch. I wore both of those patches in my 14 years in the green. But we had to sew them all on then. I spent most of my time in the sniper program but my time in USACAPOC was memorible.

Great post. I'm gonna have to get the wife on her VFR and head down there this season.

Left patch is your current unit, right side is the Combat Patch. Unit you deployed with in combat action or war. She wears the Army Special forces command arrow head on both arms. She recently returned from Afganistan with 3rd special forces group and is still with that unit.

MAN! Am I glad I got in last nite and not tonite!

Yep. My first real tour of that distance. It did get to me after a while. I'm not sure a Corbin would help all that much. But I may start looking for a stock seat and have a custom one made. Yes it was awesome and yes it was quite a memory blast. Yep, likely me. Kid just re-deployed from Afganastan 60 days ago. Yes. It is. I'll never forget mine. But it's not something I expect civilians to understand. The entire point of Airborne is to take the fight to the enemy in a place and time they never expect. It takes a special kind of person (or crazy in some cases) to volenteer for the military, let alone Airborne, and also in her case Special Ops Command. Training can sometime be pretty damn tough. Little thing like blood wings is nothing when you think of the job that were sometimes called upon to do. It's tradition, a right of passage. Col. Charlie Beckwith, founder of Delta Force, was once questioned about the violence and injuries that his soilders were aflicted with. His responce was kinda cool. "We're not making no god damn corn flakes here!"

Last nite I made it home from an 1827 mile ride. My oldest daughter was graduating US Army Airborne school and with her being a second generation paratrooper and Special Ops Command and fifth generation Army, I felt the pull to go down and pin her jump wings. My ride started about noon Wendsday. After my late start I made it to South Carolina day 1. The weather hit in WV on the way down and I pushed threw it and the bike ran great. Extra gear and mods to the bike worked out well. One of my fuel stops on the way... My morning of day 2 started with reloading the bike, chain maitanence and coffee. I got in Columbus Georgia Thursday about 2 pm, rode round the post some and the kids last jump, that was schedualed Wendsday, postponed to Thursday, got kicked back again due to weather. New plan was kid was jumping Friday and would grad on Fryar Drop Zone inside Alabama. Due to this change I grabbed a room and waited till the AM. Friday weather sucked too. I was on the drop zone by 09:30. I did pass an old Slick on the way and it looked like a great photo op... No rain but low ceiling. Aircraft due to be loded at 10 am were pushed back to after 3. This allowed my old paratrooper ass to crash out a bit. Finally the bird started dropping the paratrooper students on their final jump. Not to long and the kid was hauling her grear back to the AA. One all the class was on the DZ, they collected their gear and graduated on the drop zone. This was pretty awesome. The company commander called out all parents or grandparents who were Airborne and had us form oup on him. Then he ordered all second and third generation paratroopers to fall out of formation and fall in on their family members. I was able to pin the kid on Fryar Drop Zone with my Blood Wings from 21 years ago. That was worth the ride right there. We were WARNED that NO BLOOD WINGS were to be given due to Pentigon policy (the old school Vietnam Vet next to me said to his grandson "wait till be get away and you'll get real wings." (this mission was accomplished back at the company area near the towers out of eyeshot by MANY of us older guys to the new troopers) We broke off from there and back to Jump School at main post. Kid out proccess the school and get ready to fly back to FT Bragg. I cruised about main post a bit. Had to take a few pictures while I waited for her to clear. We hung out for a little while, accompished our Blood Wing detail out of sight of any instructors and she made faces at my camera. She was of to the airport and I was off on the bike. At this time it was near 8pm and I made it to north GA and grabed a $40 motel. My long haul back Satuday was slammed with rain and cold starting in Virginia. But all and all I survived and it was well worth it. Poor weather and all. Great ride that covered parts of Ohio, PA, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. The bike ran great. Chain required maits on the way of course, tires got air once, The Perrelli Angel ST's were great and only one wheel skid on the rear pulling in a lot in the rain in SC one cold nite. Yeah, my ass hurts some but not all that bad. Left front turn indicator and clock and trip memory also took a dump on the way and will need attention. But for a hard pushed trip in bad weather, I'll take it.

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Thanks BDB, I may do that. Kick Off is tomorrow morning. The FZ is loaded and awaiting start up.

Truer words.. Viffer and the vid look great Doc.

Outstanding. Jump 1 got done today. I'm heading out wed am.

I'm an ATGATT guy anyway and got 14 years service, 5 in the Infantry, 7 in USASOC and 2 teaching so I know Benning pretty well (Basic, AIT, Jump, Ranger, Sniper) but it's been about 12 years. I need to find out what gate is going to be open to visting families... like I said, been a while.

So after some free time to get this bike a bit more travel friendly here what got done on my days off. 12v power plug under the left side of the fairing Cargo Rack / trunk mount fab. Mocked it all up. Tore it back down for paint. Got my fresh KN oil filter and Mobil 1 syn for the oil change, soaked the chain in lube, I hope I'm not forgeting anything....

Welcome!

As a former Infantry guy, I've been to Benning ALOT! This is the first time on 2 wheels. Last trip was '03 I think. I may have to hit the post register and see who I know down there. I'm off tomorrow and hoping for alot of progress on the the bike as far as electrical, fluids and the cargo load plan.

The trip on the way back I may mod my route for some fun stuff. I'm heading out a thursday am, she grads friday and I don't have to return to work till sunday. I'm aware of on post bike rules and that shouldnt be a problem. Other than having to get with Columbus GA PD or a local gun shop to secure my firearm while I attend her grad.

I got a couple weeks to get the FZ1 ready for a solo ride to and from Ft Benning to pin my kid's wings Airborne School Graduation. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=High+Street,+Petersburg,+Ohio&daddr=36.4380993,-82.5232351+to:fort+benning+ga&hl=en&sll=37.125286,-76.157227&sspn=21.319447,27.553711&geocode=Ffw_cAIddzUz-ylt70Ur6PUziDFvkKizFL5W4Q%3BFVMALAIdncsU-ykDb9RvC4taiDF7QwiqiyvczQ%3BFfsc7gEdXBnz-iEXeAk25rJ-hQ&mra=ls&t=m&z=6&via=1"]http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=High+Street,+Petersburg,+Ohio&daddr=36.4380993,-82.5232351+to:fort+benning+ga&hl=en&sll=37.125286,-76.157227&sspn=21.319447,27.553711&geocode=Ffw_cAIddzUz-ylt70Ur6PUziDFvkKizFL5W4Q%3BFVMALAIdncsU-ykDb9RvC4taiDF7QwiqiyvczQ%3BFfsc7gEdXBnz-iEXeAk25rJ-hQ&mra=ls&t=m&z=6&via=1[/url] Fairing going back on, oil change, other asorted checks on the bike. Angel ST's only got 1000 miles burnt on them. Any advice on this ride?

Looks Great Doc. I went to VFRD to check in on it. I'd be on there more, but the mods don't get my humor.

Damn, Got 3 bikes in build now but none close to the under $300 my bilke frome last year came in at. That cheip little bike has brought me alot of fun.

http://youtu.be/am76xV8Aubk Hell Yeah.

There could be a market...