JackFlash

+1 love my Subaru. Nothing better in the white stuff.

I'm on my 2nd Outback. I've never had a problem getting through the snow.

It looks faster than a speeding.........ticket.

Thanks for the feedback, Gunner, and everyone else. It looks like gravel is a real hazard.

I'll check the map for that area, 600zz. ..... I just did. It looks like a 12.1 mile stretch. That could be a long way if it's on gravel.

With a leisurely pace that mostly respects the posted speed limits, would you recommend a different route if the gravelly part was avoided?

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I'm thinking of a ride, down the 555. I checked the Google map and it seems to start in Zanesville and goes to Belpre, on the Ohio river.

My idea is to make a long day of it by leaving early, riding down, finding a sit down restaurant and getting a meal, either in Belpre or across the river in Parkersburg, and then buzzing back up north to home.

I don't know when, but I want good weather for the ride. I can do it on a Tuesday or Wednesday (my regular days off) or I can use a vacation day if I get approval in advance.

Anyone with any knowledge of this route, please give me your insight, and share your experiences about taking this ride.

If anyone is interested in riding along, that would be great. I'm not so interested in a brisk pace as I am in enjoying a relaxed pace.

Feedback please?

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I'm 17. I know everything. I can ride a four-wheeler so it's only logic that a two-wheeler would be half as hard to ride. What could I possibly need to learn? I would never try anything that could get me hurt. I would never try to show off in front of my friends. I would never try anything that I wasn't ready for. I know not to wreck my motorcycle. I will take good care of it. I won't get hurt. I know how to ride one. No, I've never ridden one but I know how to ride one. A big motorcycle is just as easy to ride as a small one.

Oh yeah, kid? How about these people who ALL knew better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4UdrUspFzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5G6FPcGXps&feature=g-vrec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLN7ksG0oBw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFhedJNdp4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUSWgOcLtg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58BreQNhsMc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIV3MpeaQpk

Thanks for that one, Gunner. That's one more added to my favorites.

I was browsing the threads and came across this link in someone's message and decided it was worth putting it in the spotlight for a bit. I checked it out and thought it was a great little tool to plan rides, change routes, or whatever else you can find it useful for.

It would have been great for the Dream Ride. The route could have been printed out for each person, with not only a map but written directions as well. Points of interest can be added, for those riding for the scenic value of a route or with one or more destinations in mind.

Check it out for yourself.

http://ridewithgps.com/

if JackFlash or Gunner or whomever it was didn't understand the players or the game before, I'll bet he's really confused now...

I just lit the fuse, then stood back and watched. But, they are coming.

Tuesday, McD's, Buckeye Lake. If I'm not there by 2:00, I'm not going to make it.

I connected a power hookup to my GS 500F. It has three cigarette lighter type sockets and two USB type connections. My intent was to have a way to charge my cell phone. The USB connections will work nicely for that.

My question here is, I have an inverter with two 110 VAC sockets, just like a wall outlet. It's my wish to also be able to charge my video camera battery. It's charger plugs into the wall. The inverter plugs into a cigarette lighter.

Am I going to have a problem or fry any electronics or electricals if I plug the inverter into my power hookup and try to charge my camera battery while I'm riding?

Any emergency, crisis, natural disaster, etc. may be used as an excuse to break into your home and take your guns. They did it during hurricane Katrina, in affluent areas, far from the flooded areas. Verbal resistance was met with violence and detainment. Physical resistance was met with death.

They are coming. The next emergency or disaster in your area could put you right in the target zone.

Remember the lengthy power outages we've had in the past over widespread areas? Food shortages, gas shortages, no electricity, no heat, no water, etc. could trigger panic that would result in desperate attempts by people to feed themselves and their families and take from those who have prepared and stored food and water ahead of time.

Police with families in these areas also have to feed their families. You could be driving along some night and come upon a roadblock. They would tell you it's an emergency situation, and they take half of your gasoline. Or, they "commandeer" your four-wheel drive. The sheriff has the authority to do that in an emergency. They've taken people's generators during power outages so that they had power for their own needs.

They are coming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGptM01HccY&feature=em-uploademail

Again, I thank all of you for your warm invites. It's my pleasure.

...Who are these people?

...Do you know these people?

...Why did you go 80 mile to meet up with someone you don't know?

...Why ride with a big group of bikes?

Hmmm. I bought a motorcycle because I've always wanted one and decided that it's way past my turn to get something that I can enjoy. That enjoyment is good when I'm alone and it's good when it's shared.

The very same questions could be asked of anyone who travels any distance to attend any event or assembly that includes others they have never met, but share in the enjoyment of a particular sport/activity/show/etc.

Flip the conversation to ask them:

"Have you ever been to a concert, a music event? Have you been to a restaurant? Have you been to a convention, a movie, a park, a church, a city? Have you attended anything that included others that you did not know?"

"How is it that you became aware of this location/event/assembly? Newspaper? Radio? TV? Airplane pulling a banner? Smoke signals? Wild rumors in a the bar? Billboard? Woke up with a headache and a new tattoo that reads, Dinner, Tuesday, 6 pm at the Broken Spoke Cafe'?.........or just possibly, however unbelievable, the (are you ready for it?).......the I N T E R N E T ??? (OH NOOOO! Anything but that!)

"Did you know there would be people there that you would not know, and would also not know each other, all around you, possibly enjoying their attentance just as you would be?"

"So, I must ask you:

Who are these people?

Do you know these people?

Why did you go 3...6...10...100...1000 miles to attend something where there would be people you don't know?"

And the best I can come up with on such short notice is,

There is safety in numbers, help if you break down 30 miles from daylight, new friendships to enjoy for years to come, personal experiences to share that could only be appreciated by those with the same interests, and for the very same reason that I like my cookies crunchy and you like yours soft, because I want to and I enjoy it.

I bought a motorcycle and you bought socks with pink ruffles.

I like pretzels with my beer and you like cheese with your whine.

I like warm weather and sunshine, and you like air conditioned, stuffy rooms with the television constantly on, the windows never opened, and the news media constantly telling you how to think, what to think, and who to believe.

I engage in an activity that I enjoy to enhance my life. You have your own things to enjoy. Until you have walked my path, seen my sunsets, or savored just the perfect blend of spice and herbs in the sweetest tomato sauce on the most perfect pizza in a small Ohio village on a backroad leading to nowhere, served by the cutest twenty-something young lady with the perfect wiggle in her walk and dimple in her smile, you couldn't possibly begin to understand what I feel or why I do what I do with whom I choose to do it with.

Shut up. Get a motorcycle. Come with me. Meet who I know. Ride on my ride. Then, and only then may you begin to travel the road to understanding what I understand. Simply, I do it because I enjoy it.

I had on a tee-shirt under a sweat shirt under a mesh riding jacket with only the rain liner in it. I pulled the quilted liner out at the meet up. It was way too warm.

My lowers were a pair of jeans covered with riding pants with both the rain and quilted liner. I was sweaty from waist down the whole time. I should have left the quilted liner out and I would have been fine.

I was wearing my summer riding gloves, leather with mesh tops, and I was just fine.

I would have been fine in much colder temperatures the way I dressed. It was my first time riding in those temperatures and I really didn't know what to expect.

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If you can post up a time and a location to meet for the 9th, as soon as you get it planned, that would be good.

I may be interested but I can't do it before the early afternoon. I won't have an exact time until the last minute. Blitz was wanting to ride Tuesday, in that direction.. Send him a private message and give him an invite.

The truck has brake lights. He was going too fast and not paying attention. He didn't even take time to say, "This is going to hurt."

Can't wait to see it. Be sure to post us a link.

Glad you guys got home safely. I tailed your group to the Brownville exit. Great to meet all of you. See you on the road again.

next time damn it I WILL be there and no boss is going to revoke my vacation time!

I can take vacation time for one day or I can call in sick for three days. I let the boss pick which one. There is always a work-around.

I stepped into the house in Newark at 5:40 pm. I wasn't ready to stop riding. If I didn't have to work tomorrow I may still be on the road. I had a great time and it was good to meet everyone. I didn't get to shake everyone's hand but I did meet most of you. For the rest, it will have to wait until next time. Let's do this again.

I'm always up for a ride if nothing else is demanding my time. If you are around Newark or anywhere in this part of the state, send me a private message with your phone number a couple of days ahead of time and I'll get back with you. I'm also up for a spur of the moment ride occasionally so last minute invites are welcome also. Or send me a message just to say, "Hi!"

Special thanks are in order to whoever paid off the weather man in exchange for such a beautiful day to ride. Thumbs up to you.

I hope to see you out there on the road somewhere. You are a great bunch riders and it was certainly a day worth missing work for.

This is a plea to any of you that are teetering on the fence about coming to Newark today for Dream Ride 2012. It's sunny outside with not a mention of rain in the forcast.