Pokey Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 To clarify, you're talking about Thursday (16th) through Sunday (19th). Correct?I have to verify with both bosses (work and wife) but I'm leaning more towards 65/35 right now. What the heck would you ride all that ways there and back and all over down there......the 675? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Lol, I took a guy on this run on a duc 848 once. He was fine until the last day. Then ge started to cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 What the heck would you ride all that ways there and back and all over down there......the 675?You should loan him the Vee and you break the triumph in for him while he's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 What the heck would you ride all that ways there and back and all over down there......the 675?The first time I went to the gap I rode down and back on a 600RR, with Earache. I also rode with him out to Colorado on the ZX10R. So yes, I'd do it on the 675R. Speaking of this trip, the wife is fine with me going. Just have to ask the other boss. So now I'm more like 85/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Awesome. Weather still holding up...might get a little wet on the way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 The first time I went to the gap I rode down and back on a 600RR, with Earache. I also rode with him out to Colorado on the ZX10R. So yes, I'd do it on the 675R. Speaking of this trip, the wife is fine with me going. Just have to ask the other boss. So now I'm more like 85/15. Well those were the days when you actually rode, now you are older and out of bike shape. Good luck and have fun buddy, you are gonna need it on that torture rack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Well I had the wife bought on this but the new job needs me to start on the 13th so what I thought would be a fun surprise has been thwarted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 The trip would have started with you guys calling 911 because of my heart attack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 The trip would have started with you guys calling 911 because of my heart attack.What? Did i miss something? I'm either not getting some pun joke or did you have one? You OK Jim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 What? Did i miss something? I'm either not getting some pun joke or did you have one? You OK Jim?I think he's saying he'd have a heart attack if Bad actually rode his motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 What? Did i miss something? I'm either not getting some pun joke or did you have one? You OK Jim? Sorry man I am fine, yes Casper got my joke. See I live less than 3 miles from Bad and in all my years here on OR I have never actually seen him ride his motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) That's cause it's a myth and I'm only a figment of your imaginations!I was down in the smokies last weekend and was complaining enough about not having the bike and not being able to make the June trip cause of our family trip out West that this could happen if the new job would let me push my start date back a week. No dice Edited April 5, 2015 by Bad324 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Crap, weather is going to shit. Stupid weathermen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Crap, weather is going to shit. Stupid weathermen. It's ten days away - they have no clue at this point. Make the call 1-2 days before the departure date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 It's ten days away - they have no clue at this point. Make the call 1-2 days before the departure date. Yea, I always do it that way. And it will take bad weather before I cancel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) I booked my hotels for the first two nights. Do not wait to book Franklin, that town fills up FAST. There are only about 10 rooms left at that hotel. You can always cancel later. Another guy I run with up here a lot is going with me/us. Thursday night the 16th one night. I took the 99 dollar rate so we can cancel if we need to.Best Western Townsend TN.http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/US/TN/Townsend-hotels/BEST-WESTERN-Cades-Cove-Inn/Hotel-Overview.do?propertyCode=43178&cm_mmc=PTI-_-local-_-feed-_-43178 Friday April 17. Microtel Inn & Suites Franklin 81 Allman Drive, Franklin, NC 28734 UShttp://www.microtelinn.com/hotels/north-carolina/franklin/microtel-inn-franklin/hotel-overview?cid=local I will figure out Saturday night later, we may just wing that one. Edited April 6, 2015 by Tonik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I think he's saying he'd have a heart attack if Bad actually rode his motorcycle.Sorry man I am fine, yes Casper got my joke. See I live less than 3 miles from Bad and in all my years here on OR I have never actually seen him ride his motorcycle.Oh ok, I figured it was somthing I wasn't getting. Been a rough couple weeks for me my wits are not as they should be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Well, not dry but not a total disaster...as of now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Still a bit too early for down there IMHO, gonna be a crapshoot with the weather for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
330racing Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I saw Bad ride his bike once.......once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I saw Bad ride his bike once.......once.That had to have been about 13 bikes of yours ago too. Think it was a black and orange gsxr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Well, not dry but not a total disaster...as of now. 60-70% chance of rain the whole way down Thursday as of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Way better weather forecast today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Hmmm, 11,12,13 and 14 are looking better. Edit...crap 11th is out. Edited April 8, 2015 by Tonik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alansz400 Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 My son and I spent the last 3 days on the Dragon with our WR250s. I wanted to ride the V-Stroms down but after doing that last April and being cold and wet we drove the truck and put the bikes in the trailer this year. Turned out to be the right idea. It rained on the way down Friday and on the way home yesterday. The rain and fog on 75 was so bad a few times we would have had to stop on the bikes. The WRs are a blast on the Dragon and so much more fun then the Strom was last year. Great time to ride down there we only got passed one time by a guy on a WR400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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