Fonzie

C'mon Sam......You know you wanna!! Glad to hear it Ben! Did you PM me your email addy yet?

That's ironic, cause I've been remembering lately the stories I heard about the 70's gas crunch, & how people would steal each others gas, and thinking those times are here again & I need to pick up a couple locking caps Sorry about your luck dude!!

Correction to what I said above guys.......I just posted this years ride up in the "Toledo" area

Been planning a daytrip to Pittsburgh on Saturday, June 14th. Going to be VERY laid back.....no IBA type itinerary. Going over on Rte. 30. Came home that way from a Steelers game back in August, and was seriously wishin' I was on the 'Bird, as it was 60-70 miles of nice roller coaster twisties from just south of Pitt, all the way to the state line/Ohio River. More details if you PM me, but just planning on a relaxed day/ride, 'til the curves quit, or the majority wanna turn around & head home. Probably stop somewhere along the way that looks good & grab a bite. All bikes welcome. I will throw out a few things for now though since we're under 2 weeks............ Up to you if you wanna bring your SO....Not sure if there'll be any others. For those of you who know mine.....Yeeeeahhh....She still hates the bike!! You can still get in last minute if need be....shouldn't be a problem, just keep me posted Pace will be your own.....I don't think we've got any knee draggers in the group so far, but if so, they can just beat the bushes for the rest of us. I like my twisties, but have yet to get a knee down. If need be, maybe we'll break into several groups I'm not the kind of guy who leaves people behind by themselves if they're slower. Big reason I like doing these rides is because of the camaraderie. I want everyone to have fun & want to join us again.....Not feel like they're being rushed the whole way, or forced to ride out of their comfort level to keep up. I also want everyone to return home the same way they left.....I lost enough friends last year On that note.......Leave the squidliness at home. I mean....we all mess around a bit & hit it once in awhile or we wouldn't have these kind of bikes......I just don't want someone stuntin' in the group or riding over their head tryin' to show off & endangering all of us while at it, or drawing unnecessary LEO attention. Hope that doesn't come off prickish, but again, I want everyone goin' home the same way they came out Plan on fuel stops ~ every 150 miles worst case scenario, unless someone gets less than that per tank.....speak up now. I know the 'Busa's get better mileage than us 'Birds, but not sure what a few others of you are riding. There may be other stops as well for pix......If you've read any of my ride reports on here, You know how I like my photo op's Shine only.......After our trip around Lake Michigan last year, I have no desire to knowingly ride that far in the rain again if possible. We can throw out some raindate options in case weather conspires against us I'm planning on 500 miles from my place. I'm thinkin' of meetin'/leavin' BeaverDam, at the I-75/30 junction by mid-morning. We may have people coming from Ann Arbor, Ft. Wayne & Dayton areas, so this will allow them to leave home at a reasonable hour. That would put us to Pittsburgh by mid-afternoon I think. IIRC, it took me about 4 hours in the van last August, and we should make about the same time on the bikes, as fuel stops/meet points will negate going +5 on the bikes. Figure couple hours for lunch/dinner, pix, gas etc......I think we'll all be home by midnight'ish Right now there are 3 "Join Points" as we cross Ohio........BeaverDam, where Rt. 30 & I-75 come together, Mansfield @ the Rt. 13 & 30 junction, & Hanoverton @ the Rt. 9 & 30 junctionThat's all I can think of for now. I'm sure I'm probably forgetting stuff, but again......we can hammer out details going forward. Again......PM me if you're interested & want more details. I was deliberately vague on times in case any LEO's are on here scoutin' their next speed trap More specific times if you PM me. I'll include you in the planning emails that have been going back & forth

Sorry Kid......I didn't realize until I posted Day 2, that some of his pix were included there as well

Funny you should ask that Ben Keep your eyes peeled in the daily ride section later tonight

Carrie Fisher

Hindsight's ALWAYS 20/20 dude!!

Day 2 Did I mention it was WET?!? Day began OK....'til we got to Green Bay that is. Started out around 9:00. Bill P from Conq's board joined up with us (we told him he needs to check out the "org" & I see he's since registered here as well). Rode up to Layton Ave. where we met up with Mike's buddy Geoff, & Eddy. Supposed to meet Byrdman & Troy here as well, but Jeff was runnin' late.......and I hear Troy was too big a pussy to get his ass out of bed & do some ridin' with us, after all the drinkin' he did last night. What a lightweight :icon_rolleyes: :icon_drunks: (Note to Troy......if 'ya can't hang with the big dogs....stay on the porch!!) :icon_wink: Anyways.......Eddy takes us on a VERY nice tour of Milwaukee. I always think of Milwaukee as a blue collar town...kinda like in Laverne & Shirley, but he musta taken us on the uppity side, cause all we saw was mansion after mansion along the lake. VERY scenic!! Seemed like a really cool town to live in. After that, stopped at a place called Bublitz's Foster St. Pub for breakfast. Jeff caught up with us here after an exercise in him screaming into his cell phone on his tank bag, me never hearing him, me screaming into my phone to make sure he can hear me, and him pushin' buttons to tone me everytime I say something so I know he's hearing me. I think he told me "I got it FUCKO" in morse code :icon_razz: Here's Eddy petting my nipple during breakfast. Bill P is the 2nd one in on the right (behind Joel) Bikes at Bublitz's..........Notice Joel & Geoff have their own little love nest away from the rest of us Geoff in his pretty chartreuse suit.... Joel & Geoff being antisocial Jeff & Eddy decide they're gonna ride with us for aways yet, before peeling off to R/A. Bill P decides to join us for a bit yet too, before turning back around for Chicago. Pretty cool.......had 10 bikes in the procession there for a bit. Heading to Green Bay to meet up with Hobicus. As we start pullin' into GB, the monsoon began anew, and little did we know.........We had our own personal rain cloud that was gonna follow us ALL DAY through the rest of Wisconsin & most of the UP, until we were about an hour from Mackinaw. Once again, Geoff showing off why he's the fashion queen in his cute little space suit, complete with matching booties & mittens....... Got to a Shell station in Gladstone, just east of Escanaba, & decided to pull over. Joel was about hypothermic & I could hardly quit shakin' either. After some strategerizing with a phone call to Mike's wife for a radar update, and to Charlies place for the local weather report, as well as mileage left to the bridge, we decide to press on, rather than pull up short as some were suggesting. No pix from this portion of the trip as I didn't want to get the camera wet, nor did anyone else I suspect. Finally run out of the rain about an hour from Mackinaw.....though Mother Nature saw fit to give us one last drenching right before we ran out of it. Stopped at some podunk gas station in Brevort & had a leisurely, warm, sunny stop for a change. Place had all kinds of jerky, cheeses, and smoked lake trout, so everyone was chowing, spirits were lifting, & Joel had changed from a deep shade of purple, to a light shade of blue! Brian showing off his white go go boots he bought off ebay from Nancy Sinatra..... Along the lake on the way to Mackinaw (Rich performed a stunt show for us by riding backward in the saddle to get these "live action' shots :icon_biggrin: Loopers at Mackinaw (UP side) Note the pretty pink tassles on Brian's bike Yessss...my pants are wet...Noooo....I didn't piss myself :icon_naughty: Some more of Rich's "live action" shots...... Met up Will on the other side of the bridge. Was starting to get dark at this point, so it was decided just to go straight to Charlies rather than hittin' any twisties. That's Will in the back, next to Brian. Just in the quick trip to Charlie's place.....it was EVIDENT the kid can ride!! Charlie, Nanc & Suzi were outside waiting for us when we pulled in, so of course we all had to "pipe" 'em a hello as we pulled in the garage. Got 8 bikes in the garage, plus Charlie's 2, with room to spare. He had a table set up in the middle for us to "de-gear", plus a "dryer hamper" to throw our wet clothes, brand new microfiber cloths set out for us to wipe the bikes down, chain lube on the table.....you get the idea....he thought of everything, and he and the fam rolled out the red carpet for us!! The kicker is he kept thanking US for coming up there, and telling us how much he enjoyed having us :icon_rolleyes: (No gravity vortex either :icon_biggrin: )?!? Thanx once again Charlie....you guys are the best!! :icon_hail: I think Charlie's toasting how much he loves all of us in this one :icon_iloveyou: Charlie & Nance grilled some brats & burgers for us, had some kick ass salsa & good beer, along with other assorted munchies, & Suzi baked us these paper thin chocolate chip cookies. Everything was delicious after a long, wet day of riding!! :icon_thumbsup: Will was even kind enough to have some of his girl friends drop by, which Brian & Brooksy warmed up to right away :icon_evilgrin: :icon_twisted: I think Brooks is askin' her how old she is & if she's ever considered being a "model" :icon_whistle: The 3 Amigos Not sure what Suzi just told Mike in this one to shock him so..... Joel with his blanky & winter hat.....still trying to warm up from that morning near Escanaba I think everyone crashed around 1:00. Rich was still playin' Suzi's favorite galpal, and from what I heard........some of them fell asleep to the gentle strains of Suzi still talking :icon_razz: "Did you know that teachers in Harbor are the highest paid in the state?!?" To be continued.....

Help...HELP....I'm being repressed!!!

Is she one of those Loraine hookers you guys were talkin' about in another thread???

Trip writeup from the ride we did last year around Lake Michigan. Did about 1200 miles in 2 1/2 days. Had about a dozen bikes along at one point, when some of the Chicago/WI guys joined up with us enroute. Ended up coming down the Lake Huron side of Michigan instead, as there was one BIG storm cloud all the way down the west coast on Sunday. Huron side was VERY nice, but we missed out on riding M119, the "Tunnel of Trees". Gonna make a West Coast trip maybe later this summer with some friends to catch what we missed last year Some of the pix are missing from the first night at the hotel, cause one of the guys has since moved/deleted them online, but still quite a few good ones there, and I think you still get the general idea of what they were! Broke the report into several pieces as it's so large. For your reading pleasure.......ENJOY Day 1

"The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... very well, where do i begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it."

So did you get home to watch it, or what? Replay didn't start until 12:45, so you should'a been able to catch almost all of it

There's only one TRUE Fonz (aside from Henry of course) .....The rest are just pretenders & wannabe's!! Great......So that means I've been initiated into the group?!? Really......This just means you're the one who did it; right Pedro?!?

Music videos SURE have changed!!

Good to meat you too "Whitey"!! So does that mean you're the one who changed my avatar? Did you see my suggestion for Ben's new screename???

You're not alone OG......They changed mine too

Just remember Nick........You're a drunk....NOT an alcoholic Alcoholics have meetings to quit!

Or YOU can be "Born Again" to Whitey's "Born Sinner"!! You guys'd make such a cute couple!!

Gotcha Hey.....Watchin' TapOut now. What's the deal with this Mask cat??? I tried googling him last season, & didn't come up with much. They present him like he a former "somebody". Is/Was he......or is he just a clown in facepaint?

Actually, I'm glad you guys did, so I didn't miss meetin' up with y'all. We got down there a little earlier than I said, so I just went inside lookin' around with the intention of coming out in a little bit to see if you were there yet

Well....If the page'd said "Your bikes been knocked over" like Born Again was jokin' about.......He'da probably got his wish!!

So how's come you were laughin' up above?