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Deeeee-luxe rooms at the Best Western ran us about $140 per room. Place smelled like pee and old people, which kinda smell the same now that I think about it. Ahh well, we're only here to sleep and then heading west early tomorrow.... We did get to see a horse riding a horse though. Don't see that every day...

We humped all day on the second day of the trip to get to Dillon, Colorado for the night. Just west of Denver in the mounatins, we arrived at the sleepy little town in the midst of their 4th of July celebration. Crowded as shit on the lake beach with people watching the fireworks... Being the boy geniuses that we are, we figured the bars uptown would be empty, so off we went to Pug Ryan's Brewery for some grubbage... Burgers weren't bad but the beer sucked dog balls. Had to kill the burger with pepper to give it some taste.

Next morning and we saddled up at the QT Mart. Looks like rain today - but we only got pissed on a little bit anfd saw lightning all day... Joe's girlfriend loves QT Mart. Here she is walking behind Joe...

Met with a couple of friends of mine from Chicago for the trip. A fourth friend from Indy met us in Kansas City on the way out. Hit up the Jack Stack BBQ on the way out for some grub and beers. Joe at Jack Stack... A nice light beer before dinner... and then wailed on some beef tips and chicken...

Just got back from 10 days and 5,800 miles of riding west to Utah and back. I still have sweaty balls from the 106F temps and 70% humidity in Wichita on the way back, but a little talcum powder and I'll recover. Now, on with the pics to bore the socks off of you guys... Three hours before leaving and the ST has looked better. Waited until the last second to get it ready with new brakes and tires...

HBD Ben!

In like 1989 I was in North Carolina on a twisty road - cruising very quickly and tearing up some corners. Had 3 friends with me who were all a couple of hundred yards behind me - they couldn't keep up. Felt pretty impressed with myself. That is until an old guy on a EX500 loaded with camping gear on a rear rack smoked by me in a corner. Then he fuckin' waved mid corner to me. I thought I was fast, but there really is always someone faster. And it's not always who you'd expect, either.

Tried to find a pic of an old factory race pipe - didn't see amy. Found these though: Cool looking pipes.

Scorp - I like the welds. You guys are too youmg to remember them, but it kinda looks loke the old sectioned conical pipes we had on our MX bikes back in the day. Like a pipe from Bill's Pipes. Trick shit! This was before hydro-forming and stamping of pipes became the way to manufacture them.

When? I wanna go too!

I wanted to see Emma's shirt disappear

+1 - good riddance

The Sport in Ohio ,,,

Me too! Need to get an OU Alum section on the forum:D Seriously though - we should do a ride to Athens before schoool gets back in session. Stay overnight and hit Court Street for some fun.

Hope she didn't leave a "snail trail" on the seat - he'd see that for sure.

If ya need a bung made (huh huh huh, you said "bung') gimme the dimensions ya want and I'll whip one up for you.

I don't believe "Diet Experts" that are fatter than shit.

Not to sound flippant, but I didn't think it was all that tough of a road when a few of us did it a couple of weeks ago. There's tons of roads around that are much more technical than this one. I thought it flowed rather nicely - no almost complete stop, 5 mph turns or anything. Didn't appear to be all that difficult of a road. Maybe all of the talk on here kinda psych's some riders out a bit? I just didn't like the shit surface - rougher than squirrel shit in a lot of places.

I don't think so, but the average American doesn't give a shit and is very apathetic. That's the real problem we have right now.

Be sure to get pictures. For blackmail, etc.

That was about all I had - should have taken a few more...

Stopped at an overlook near some guys yard for a few snaps of New Martinsville, West Virginia...

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Blind crests are always fun on a road you've never ridden before. Big time sphincter clenchers...

The kids on the corners...