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Damn Snopes!! Takes the fun out of everything. Sorry folks. I guess I'm not up on the times. But you gotta admit though, that's funny!!

You've got to be kidding, right? I'm LMFAO at this article. I can just picture this in my mind!! Read on - Animal Rights Activists protest Leather-wearing at a biker rally Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland/Laramie, Wy) Humour This is one of the more hilarious spoofs of PETA I have seen in ages. It recently showed up in my Inbox and I simply must share it with you, our readers: Johnstown, PA (GlossyNews) - Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after reports of three animal rights activists missing after attempting to protest the wearing of leather at a large motorcycle gang rally this weekend. Two others, previously reported missing, were discovered by fast food workers "duct taped inside several fast food restaurant dumpsters," according to police officials. "Something just went wrong," said a still visibly shaken organizer of the protest. "Something just went horribly, horribly, wrong." The organizer said a group of concerned animal rights activist groups, "growing tired of throwing fake blood and shouting profanities at older women wearing leather or fur coats," decided to protest the annual motorcycle club event "in a hope to show them our outrage at their wanton use of leather in their clothing and motor bike seats." "In fact," said the organizer, "motorcycle gangs are one of the biggest abusers of wearing leather, and we decided it was high time that we let them know that we disagree with them using it... ergo, they should stop." According to witnesses, protesters arrived at the event in a vintage 1960's era Volkswagen van and began to pelt the gang members with balloons filled with red colored water, simulating blood, and shouting "you're murderers" to passers by. This, evidently, is when the brouhaha began. "They peed on me!!!" charged one activist. "They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me 'La Trene', and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!" "I... I was trying to show my outrage at a man with a heavy leather jacket, and he... he didn't even care. I called him a murderer, and all he said was, 'You can't prove that.' Next thing I know he forced me to ride on the back of his motorcycle all day, and would not let me off, because his girl friend was out of town and I was almost a woman." Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers "farted on their heads." Police officials declined comments on any leads or arrests due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, however, organizers for the motorcycle club rally expressed "surprise" at the allegations.. "That's preposterous," said one high-ranking member of the biker organizing committee. "We were having a party, and these people showed up and were very rude to us. They threw things at us, called us names, and tried to ruin the entire event. So, what did we do? We invited them to the party! What could be more friendly than that? You know, just because we are all members of motorcycle clubs does not mean we do not care about inclusiveness. Personally, I think it shows a lack of character for them to be saying such nasty things about us after we bent over backwards to make them feel welcome." When confronted with the allegations of force-feeding the activists meat, using them as ad hoc latrines, leaving them incapacitated in fast food restaurant dumpsters, and 'farting on their heads,' the organizer declined to comment in detail. "That's just our secret handshake," assured the organizer. http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2010/06/animal_rights_a_1.html

Hey Brian - thanks for the props man. It really was a nice ride. I like to get out early before all the morons that like to go 55mph until about two feet from the stop sign. I like it when there is no one on the road but me. At one point I came over a hill on 656 only to find two bicyclists in my lane and a pickup coming the other direction. I hit the brakes so hard I damn near did a stoppie at 60 mph, and down shifted so quickly my tires were chirping from 5th down to 3rd. Maybe that really wasn't horse poop in the road? Maybe that was from me?? LOL

Left the homestead in Westerville Oh at 8:45am today. Took Rt3 north into Sunbury. Took a left onto 61, then a right onto 656 into Sparta. Picked up 314 in Sparta, through the boom town that is Chesterville Oh, and headed up to Lexington - Mid Ohio Sportscar Course. There' a race of some sort up there today, but that's not why I went there. Don't really know why I went there. You really don't need a reason, direction, or destination, right? Backtracked down 314 a little bit then picked up SR42. Turned left onto 42 (not sure if that's north or East, but who cares?), then hooked a right onto County road 31 - and when I say County Road, I MEAN COUNTY ROAD!!! Snaked on down between some farms for a bit, dodging horse poop as I roll, saw about a dozen little pygmy goats running around the yard (cute little fellas) till the road dead ends at OH546. Turned left and headed into the outskirts of Lexington. Stopped at the Marathon for a Gatorade, some Twinkies, drained the lizard, and had a smoke (or 2, or 3). From there I headed down 97, through Bellville Oh and picked up 13 south towards Mt. Vernon. 13 was a nice ride because after a few miles it turns into a divided highway. That was a nice because from there you can fly past all the geezers going 35 on their way to church or wherever. It's about 11:30am now. Sun is well up in the sky and it's about 400 degrees with 250% humidity. Not to mention I'm straddling an 850cc air cooled four-banger from the 80's. I may as well be sitting on top of a meteor it's so hot!! I'm roasting like a hog now cuz I'm wearing my mesh Joe Rocket (hey, I'd rather be a roast than ground beef if I go down, right?). I rolled on into Mt. Vernon, stopped at Little Cesars for another potty break (damn Gatorade!!), another smoke or three and to let my butt cool down a bit. Turned south on Rt3 and headed out of town. Waved to a group of sport bikers chilling at the Tasty Freeze or whatever it is up there just outside downtown Mt. Vernon on Rt3. Rounded the corner past 229, stayed on Rt3, opened the throttle and headed for home. Not too windy up there today. Didn't get blown in the other lane this time. Rolled up the driveway at 12:30pm. Damn near stripped in the driveway it's so freaking hot. Got on here to tell you about it. Heading upstairs for a nice cool shower and a loooooong snooze!! Ahhhhhh!! There's nothing like 115 miles before the afternoon comes!!!!

Icalled the BMV last year and asked this question. They told me it is NOT possible to get a title for this bike unless the LAST KNOWN titled person applies for a new one. Unless the last known titled person is you you WILL NOT be able to title this bike. BILL OF SAL doesn't mean SQUAT. Sorry, didn't mean to sound rude or anything, but that's the deal. DON'T BUY IT!!!! RUN FORREST, RUUUUUNN!!

Looks great man!! Nice way to help out a Vet!! I'm sure he'll enjoy it. I had an 84 CB450SC. First bike. It was a jammer, that's for sure. Never should have sold "Old Blue".

How about that dude with the horn through his mouth? Fuck That!!

Monty Pyhton's SPAM is the best!! Spam spam spam and eggs, eggs with spam and spam and spam.

Man I should have gone. Oh well. There's always next year. I'm a former National Guard member for nine years. Never deployed but came close in the first Iraq war - just waited for a phone call that never came. That's why I wanted to do this ride; to pay tribute. I listed another ride website on here - Lets-Ride.com. That's where I get alot of ride info from. I've only been riding for two years, and I really don't have anyone to ride with so I don't get to do too much of this. That's partly why I didn't go alone yesterday. I have some fuel/acceleration issues with my bike too, so I'm still a little leary about going too far. Afterall the bike is 30 years old so it's bound to have some kinks. For now I'll keep monitoring this site, start going to QSL bike night, that sort of thing and maybe start getting to know some people. If you ever see the Buckeye Bike you'll know I'm around somewhere. We'll talk again, I'm sure.

No Spam. Not my website. Not affiliated with it at all. Just sharing some info.

Bet your wife don't do this!

One of six sport bikes!! LOL!! That's funny. Nothing like standing out in a crowd, huh? I had planned on going. I wanted to go so bad. I wanted Tressle to sign my tank (see pic below). A dude from work that was going to go with me backed out cuz of the weather. I thought about going it alone. I figured I'd watch the forecast and see what happens. They predicted 80% chance of thunderstorms so I backed out myself. Now, I live in Westerville - 10 miles from Farrows. It rained ONCE at 11:00 for about 15 minutes. THAT'S IT!!! Local radar never showed anything for Delaware county at all. I should have freakin gone anyway. I'm sooo pissed at myself and the weather man!! Was it a good ride?

Not sure if you guys & gals ever heard of this site, but it lists rides & events all around the world. This link is for Ohio and is updated all the time, buit you can get to other states as well. Hope you find something good here. Keep the sunny side up and the rubber side down. Happy Riding!! Enjoy!! http://www.lets-ride.com/event/ohio.htm

Hey Chevy - how many bikes were there today?

Tomorrow Sunday June 6th 2010. Starts at AD Farrows Northstar, ends at AMA Museum in Pickerington Oh. No route map is available. You'll get the first destination at Farrows. You'll get the second destination when you check in at the first one, third when you check in to the second, so on and so on. That's what makes it fun and no one can cheat. $15.00 entry fee. proceeds benefit the AMA Museum. More info here http://bmwevnts.blogspot.com/2010/03/buckeye-beemers-pokerfun-run.html

I know it's posted in the upcoming events. June 12th. Starts at A.D. Farrows Northstar, ends at the memorial in Sunbury with bike parade back to Northstar for a PARTY!!!! Jim Tressel will be onhand to sign autographs. Think he'll sign my Buckeye Bike?

I got a salvage title for a car once. I had replaced the motor and trunk lid and they only wanted to see papers for the motor to verify mileage. Best thing to do is call BMV, explain what you have and ask if that's ok.

Yeah, I think we all had to lock 'em up a time or two. Hey, that's me in pics 3 & 4 at QSL- gray T-shirt & white tenny's!!

Dennis Hopper, Mr. Easy Rider himself died today after a long battle with cancer. http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/dennis-hopper-creator-hit-easy-rider-dies-ap Ride on Dennis, ride on!!

No doubt on the amber lamps. Could be another rider in there or something.

Yeah Tom - how about the ambulance coming off 270 at Cleveland Ave heading to St. Ann's? Lights and sirens blaring away and they merged right in with us!! LOL!! Who gets out of the way for who???

Oh, hey man!! Chris, right? Sorry I didn't stick around to talk at all. I had to bail shortly after we got to QSL. Also, I'm somewhat of a newB at this sort of thing and I wasn't there with any of the group that was around us either, so I just kind of wandered off on my own.

Good ride this morning folks! Although not the longest, but one that was very heart felt. My last count was well over 120 bikes all paying homage to our fallen Veterans. Bikes of all makes - Harley, Triumph, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, Trikes, Goldwings, Burgmans, Dual-sports, even a Piaggio made the ride. We rolled out from Iron Pony with a Police escort right around 10:00 am. We headed west on SR161 to Cleveland Ave, north on Cleveland Ave, past the Field of Heros to Polaris Pkwy, west on Polaris to Q.S.L. where breakfast was served. It was an awesome sight!! I was in the middle of the pack and all I saw were bikes in front and bikes in the rear, almost as far as the eye could see. LOUD AS HELL, too!! The Police had the intersections blocked so we could ride right through. Traffic on both sides of the road had stopped an pulled to the side as we rolled past. Some people waved, some even saluted, many rushed to the roadside to take pictures. I even saw a news crew. A sincere "THANK YOU" to everyone at Iron Pony, Quaker Steak and Lube, Patriot Guard Riders, Westerville & Blendon Township Police, Westerville Rotary Club, everyone that had to wait in traffic, Tim Hortons for the coffee and doughnuts, ALL the riders, anyone else I may have missed, and especially ALL the Veterans, both living and deceased. Good ride cowboy, good ride!! Jim Carlson

You're a "Sick Twisted Freak" aren't you? If you know what that means, you most certainly are!!

I'm driving an 81 Suzuki GS850GX 8 valve DOHC 4 stk 4 cyl. When I'm riding I hear this whistle coming from the motor. The pitch increases/decreases as speed increases/decreases and goes away completely when I pull in the clutch. Is that just how these old gals sound or is this an issue with the clutch? Thanks Jim