JackFlash

A shirt with an Ohio Riders logo, and a likeness of the wearer's personal bike may be of interest to some. .

I'm only using the recommended dosage. I actually measure out the Seafoam before I pour it in, and then I take a quick run around town to get it in the system. The bike always fires right up and it's ready to go in the event the weather entices me out of hibernation. The Star Tron, I use it 80% of the time. I have no complaints. "Last fill up of the season" is like when I know my riding is going to be less likely due to colder weather. When I get a larger bike that can handle a heated vest, I'll probably ride into the 40's. As for now, it doesn't excite me. . .

I served my time in the army, as well. Welcome. I miss seeing those 60s/70s style choppers on the streets. Good work. Here's one for you, now that you're in Ohio. .

I'm tempted to test my Road Toads this week. .

Come on in and have a seat. The rest of them will be here shortly. .

This at each fill up. This at last fill up of the season. .

I was barely allowed to ride one of these, very slowly, around my cousin's yard, at the age of 12. Then I got caught slightly raising off the seat over rough ground, just to make my ride smoother. That was the end of that. But, this is probably what really got me to wishing for the day that I could get a motorcycle and go where I wished to go. Sometimes I still think about chucking it all, and just taking off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLzs14b2eVs&list=PLWixa3PxX0pjWeA4vtRZf_mzi7VDmj7A2 . .

Those look quite functional. I want to avoid the military look. I'll go over to Adventure Riders and have a look around. I was thinking more like a PVC pipe with a couple of fuel bottles stuck in it, and with a cap. Mounting and all is part of what I was wondering about. Those off road guys are pretty creative. I'll have to see what they have that they may have adapted for the road on their touring bikes. .

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having more than one motorcycle. For those with the means, you get one with all the comfort you want, and another with all the sport you want. My bet is that the one with the comfort will get ridden more as you age. .

That reminds me,..............new thread...............about carrying spare fuel. Let's go there and see what kind of info we get. http://ohioriders.net/index.php?/topic/107665-carrying-spare-fuel-do-you-how/ .

Do any of you offroaders or touring guys carry extra fuel with you? How do you carry it? What contraptions have you made for carrying some extra gas? Tell me all about it. I'm thinking it's a good idea. .

Let me guess. The landscape company is owned by the construction company that did the repairs? .

It is 60 miles from Wellston, to the gas station at the river. Though I could probably have gone another 20 miles on that tank, I broke my own rule by not fueling up near the 100 mile point. .

Man, I hate to hear these things. It's up to us to watch out for potential problems like this. We should start a list of all the things to look out for in different situations.

Can’t Fix Stupid ...but you can numb the shit out of it with a 2 by 4. .

That looks like a nice little Saturday morning ride. I might jump in at 256/664 and back out at 13/204, since I'm in Newark. If I'm not there, keep riding. My guess is your ETA at 664 is 9:45am. .

Can't wait. See you at the Epic Fall Ride, hopefully. .

My ability to edit has expired. Perhaps my Supporter status has expired. Anyway, here's the rest... You pull up in your car and they come to you and take your order. Then, they bring out a tray that hangs on your driver's window. They also have cold Stewarts Root Beer in glass mugs. That's how they chose their name, because they sold Stewarts Root Beer from day one, way back in 1932, at this very location. The Little Orange Drive –In That has become a Legend! It all began in 1932, when the husband and wife team of John Louis and Gertrude Mandt opened the first drive-in restaurant in Huntington. They purchased a little piece of land at 2445 Fifth Avenue and built, at a cost of $1,750, a tiny orange building that still stands today. The menu consisted of only two items: Stewart’s Root Beer and popcorn. Sales for the first day totaled an unimpressive 50 cents. Hoping to do better the next year, the Mandts added hotdogs to the menu, complete with Gertrude’s mouth-watering chili sauce. Today, the business and the little orange building are still going strong. And so is Gertrude’s mouth-watering sauce, still prepared from a secret recipe closely guarded by her great grandson, John Mandt Jr., the drive-in’s fourth generation owner. James E. Casto I happen to have that sauce recipe. And there are tables in the rear for motorcyclists. I seem to recall when I was very young, seeing a motorcycle with a tray attached to it's handlebars, perhaps resting on the headlight. Give them a try. By the way, WV is a helmet law state, not that any of us need that information.

As for quality of hotdog, I actually prefer this place. I grew up on these. http://stewartshotdogs.com/ It's only six minutes from the bridge. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.4392352,-82.3885925/2445+5th+Ave,+Huntington,+WV+25703/@38.4312185,-82.4010425,15z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8846083ebe000fdb:0x59876f0591b983c6!2m2!1d-82.414331!2d38.4242459 .

In spite of a lingering ailment, I took a solo ride yesterday, to the southern part of Ohio, and across the big river to visit a friend. It was a great ride, one way is about three hours and about 150 miles. It's a good way to go to Hillbilly Hotdogs or anywhere near Huntington. My trip looked like this: Turning Right out of The Great Circle Earthworks in Newark, Ohio OH-79 S (Left turning lane) Hopewell Drive OH-13 S OH-256 W OH-664 S into Logan, Ohio Left onto West Hunter Street Right onto North Mullberry Street (OH-93 S) OH-93 S OH-327 S Go under the freeway (US-35) and STRAIGHT onto: C H and D Road (Jackson County-Route 2. A RIGHT and quick LEFT at the stop sign (CO RD-41, Dixon Hill Rd.) C H and D Road is not marked at it's southern end, so make a note, for your return trip, of the small white building on the east side of the road, with a door in front to it's cellar. https://www.google.com/maps/@38.869902,-82.542343,3a,75y,329.31h,65.25t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sJBlyY_iPz0MtXORgbqDZIQ!2e0 ...and... https://www.google.com/maps/@38.87031,-82.542539,3a,75y,20.06h,79.79t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1smLrroIJmMvi5xztiH4q0Aw!2e0 I wondered about the name of this road, and this is what I found. On June 6, 1895 the Cincinnati and Dayton Railroad Company, the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Ironton Railroad Company, and the Cincinnati, Dayton and Chicago Railroad Company were consolidated under the name of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad Company. This was the C H & D that ran to the east of Oak Hill and connected with the rails of the old Iron Railroad that came up from Ironton to Dean. OH-233 E (Go Straight) OH-141 W (Turn Right) OH-775 S (Go Straight) OH-7 S (Turn Right) Crossing the bridge and going upriver on WV-2 N will take you to a popular motorcyclist destination, Hillbilly Hotdogs, in Lesage, WV. Any motorcyclist worth their salt will visit there at least once. Riders, solo, and in groups, pour in and out of there on every weekend with pleasant riding. This route takes you through villages and communities off the beaten path which are the places that interest me the most. History never appealed to me in my school days, but I can't help now but to wonder how these places came to be, and how some, once bustling, have come to be not much more than some scattered dwellings and a sign on a post. Here are some of the communities you will travel through or skirt the edges of on this trip. Newark Heath Fleatown Jacksontown Thornport Thornville Rushville Bremen Oakthorpe Logan Ewing Creola McArthur Dundas Hamden Wellston Winchester Oakhill Waterloo Arabia (I didn't see any camels.) Wilgus Scottown Proctorville I left Newark at 6 AM sharp at a temperature of 53 degrees and made it all the way to McArthur before I had to put on a sweatshirt under my jacket, which already contained a rain liner and a quilted liner. Some of those valleys were very chilly but I welcomed their cool air when returning in the heat of the day when no amount of airflow seemed to give me comfort, in spite of my mesh jacket and having shedded my riding pants. There was little traffic, being a Sunday morning, which pretty much gave me the road all to myself. I saw no cops on the way down but followed a Sheriff out of McArthur on the way back. He turned off, heading east on OH-56, which was about five miles later. There were plenty of twisties that I took full advantage of and road surfaces were very clean. The worst road surface was the county road, but still it was clean and you could put the juice to the bike without worrying about it. I saw deer, groundhogs, squirrels, and numerous birds. A great blue heron flew above the swampy area of the Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area on the county road. One surprise was finding Amish buggy signs very far into southern Ohio. I don't remember exactly where and Google isn't helping me. I left Newark at 6:00 am with 20 miles used out of a full tank. I sure was glad to see the top of the 30th street bridge as I neared the Ohio River as I hadn't stopped for fuel, and once below Wellston, fuel stops were non-existent until I got to the river. My little GS 500 has a range of about 200 miles, but I didn't really want to put that to the test. The time stamp on my fuel receipt is 9:11 am. With traffic, the trip would have taken much longer. That was my ride. I enjoyed it but was worn out by the time I got back home. It was a fine day for riding. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. .

It's been my understanding that Microsoft uses their customers as their beta testers without actually informing us of that. .

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Sorry about that. My fingers get a bit dyslexic at times. Possibly next time. I finally have weekends off, so I'll probably be there. .

I'm sorry to post that I have to scratch these plans for a make up ride. While in Oklahoma my allergies acted up and I'm still fighting off a bad cough.

They still had one Saturday. It was red and white. It looked very nice. Lancaster Sport Cycles had one, also. . .