JackFlash

Hey guys, I have started some Teespring Campaigns for some motorcycle shirts. I am mainly making FJR shirts, but I am also making so other designs down the road. Please let me know if you guys have a shirt idea, I can make something. Here is a link to my storefront if anyone is interested.

 

http://teespring.com/stores/justins-shirt-shop

A shirt with an Ohio Riders logo, and a likeness

of the wearer's personal bike may be of interest

to some.

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Total overkill Jack, and that much usage can likely foul your plugs.

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.

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...an army vet. Ride a custom chopper I built.

 

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.

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

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Come on in and have a seat.

The rest of them will be here shortly.

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This at each fill up.

This at last fill up of the season.

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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

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I have not used them but I have seen several bikes setup with Rotopax mounts. 

 

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.

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Comfort vs Sport...I've been trying to decide for 20 years

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.

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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/

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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.

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we spent $40,000 to replace rotting wood after

the landscapers let the bushes grow against

the buildings. Then they replaced the bushes

with the same ones just as close.

Let me guess.  The landscape company is

owned by the construction company that

did the repairs?

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The only issue I saw was those areas don't have

an abundance of gas stations and I was running

on fumes (Too arrogant to stop early on a 6+ gallon tank).

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.

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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.

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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.

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Great day jack, thx for sharing.

Hopefully we can ride again some day. A nice clean clear ride.

Lots of pics from me and good write up from you okay

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

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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

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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. 

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It's been my understanding that Microsoft uses

their customers as their beta testers without

actually informing us of that.

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Congrats on the fine bike, Ninin. Nivin.

 

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Sorry about that.  My fingers get a bit dyslexic at times.

ty guys, thx for the picture.  bike doesnt look that big for me Missed you there jack.

Possibly next time.  I finally have weekends off, so I'll probably be there.

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Well now, since I'm in Oklahoma, dodging tornados and storms, I could not

make the ride.  Sometime next month I would like to offer a make up ride for

those like me who could not attend, and for those who would like to do it again.

 

I'll post something up after I get back to Ohio and scope out my calendar.  Of

course all will be welcome as well as whoever you can bring with you.

 

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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.

Iron Pony has (had?) one but I didn't get a chance to sit on it.

They still had one Saturday.  It was red and white.

It looked very nice.  Lancaster Sport Cycles had

one, also.

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