POSTPONED TO SUNDAY May-20 (Weather): 2018 Spring Epic Ride (AL-Z-Heimer Memorial Ride) - May 19, 2018

[max power]

Time to wash the machine 

[Nebbors]

Home safe. Thanks for the great ride!

[FORD]

It was nice meeting and riding with you guys today, had an awesome ride. Looking forward to riding with you all again on the gap trip. Thanks for the food and drinks and the hospitality. 

[jacobhawkins]

Sounds like you all had a good time, sorry I missed it.  Beautiful day to be outside!

[JustinNck1]

From the amount of people I talked to at the ride, it sounds like we are going to have a nice turnout for the Gap Trip.

[MidgetTodd]

5 hours ago, max power said:

You’re slow

Lol. Started an hour behind and damn near caught you

[MidgetTodd]

Not sure wtf happened but neb said I ran it right,not backwards. But I ran it backwards according to the map in first post??

 

[MidgetTodd]

Went opposite that and out thru Chesterhill 

[max power]

Dunno.  We went 78 w to 377-550-Marietta -26-260-78-McConnelsville, I think.  

 

Did my group pass a snake coiled up in the road or did I hallucinate?

[Casper]

22 minutes ago, max power said:

Dunno.  We went 78 w to 377-550-Marietta -26-260-78-McConnelsville, I think.  

 

Did my group pass a snake coiled up in the road or did I hallucinate?

Two of them. Monsters. 

[Howabusa]

33 minutes ago, max power said:

Dunno.  We went 78 w to 377-550-Marietta -26-260-78-McConnelsville, I think.  

 

Did my group pass a snake coiled up in the road or did I hallucinate?

One was dead and the other was crossing the road. The live one I just missed his tail.

[Casper]

1 hour ago, Howabusa said:

One was dead and the other was crossing the road. The live one I just missed his tail.

Somebody must’ve hit the second. Both were dead when we got to them. 

[MidgetTodd]

6 hours ago, max power said:

Dunno.  We went 78 w to 377-550-Marietta -26-260-78-McConnelsville, I think.  

 

Did my group pass a snake coiled up in the road or did I hallucinate?

Yea that’s the way I went too because that was backwards of the route posted lol. 

[max power]

I saw one coiled up. Justin just missed it to the outside and I went to the inside

[zx3vfr]

9 hours ago, max power said:

Dunno.  We went 78 w to 377-550-Marietta -26-260-78-McConnelsville, I think.  

 

Did my group pass a snake coiled up in the road or did I hallucinate?

Ya I saw 1 that was dead and it was huge. Wasn’t sure if I passed a second one or a tire tread but damn. 

[Nebbors]

Per google yesterday, 481 miles total. Long day!

[Howabusa]

Where’s the group pic @DerekClouser?

[DerekClouser]

8 hours ago, Howabusa said:

Where’s the group pic @DerekClouser?

Apologies for the delay.  Didn't get in and unloaded until about 11pm last night and fell asleep pretty soon there after.  

Thank you everyone for coming out.  Again, I apologize for all the delays in the planning and the weather that caused us to postpone to the rain date (again).  I don't think we could have asked for better riding conditions than we got yesterday! 

Special thanks to those who lead/swept the other groups.  Without you, the rides can't happen and you guys set the pace and make sure everyone else is setup for success.  You are the heart and soul of these rides and I can't thank you enough. 

Another special thank you to the anonymous donor of the pizza/soda after the event.  One of the best parts of this ride is the camaraderie we all get to have as a result.  Always awesome to get to sit down and relax after a taxing ride in the twisties, enjoy some food and laugh and love through the common thing we all share, motorcycles. 

Before the event, I really thought this might be the last Epic Ride I would organize because I 'thought' it had lost a bit of interest, but it's a friendly reminder of how wrong I am.  Everyone seems to cherish this ride and the ability to bring new riders in and give new forum members a good avenue to introduce themselves to the group. 

As always, anyone who has any recommendations to making this ride any better, please feel free to comment below.  I'm always down to listening to constructive criticism and implementing suggestions on improving. 

I'm already looking forward to the next Epic Ride in the Fall.  Thanks again to everyone who was able to attend.  

Group Photo (courtesy of @r6obey)

 

[NinjaDoc]

10 hours ago, DerekClouser said:

 

 

 

This is what i miss the most. Even if i couldnt ride whole day i always tried to come out and see everyone and refresh the memories and faces and was best part of the ride for me. Being in these pics were the closesnt thing to family photo for me every year since i got no family here. Glad you all had great weather and ride. @DerekClouser  plz dont stop, i hope you keep going at least until you find some one as passionate and crazy to take over the tough/worst/fun part of organizing these in future. I tried to give you a break last year but i just dont have it in me any more i think. 

 

 

@TimTheAzn @max power  its not that i dont like to ride, but the smiles per miles are drastically reduced. My little one is old enough to come running to me and give me a hug before i suit up and leave nowadays and that kinda takes me on big guilt trip thinking IF i am gonna be back and see him. I tried different styles of riding road adv / heavy sport touring etc but all bikes i ended up doing stupid stuff lol.   Wish i had enough mind and time to try real adv riding dirt road riding which would have been perfect. 

anyways i am pretty sure 75-80% of folks here had gone through this phase with their little ones one point of time and as soon as they are old enough and you stop being there hero and center of life, u come right back to square one with 2 wheels to carve some corners around it  

[Tonik]

24 minutes ago, NinjaDoc said:

anyways i am pretty sure 75-80% of folks here had gone through this phase with their little ones one point of time and as soon as they are old enough and you stop being there hero and center of life, u come right back to square one with 2 wheels to carve some corners around it  

Yep, I got off until my son was out of the house.

[Casper]

13 minutes ago, Tonik said:

Yep, I got off until my son was out of the house.

Upped my life insurance and dialed back the speed. 

[TimTheAzn]

 

2 hours ago, NinjaDoc said:

anyways i am pretty sure 75-80% of folks here had gone through this phase with their little ones one point of time and as soon as they are old enough and you stop being there hero and center of life, u come right back to square one with 2 wheels to carve some corners around it  

 

1 hour ago, Tonik said:

Yep, I got off until my son was out of the house.

 

1 hour ago, Casper said:

Upped my life insurance and dialed back the speed. 

I pull out. 

Edited May 22, 2018 by TimTheAzn

[MidgetTodd]

17 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

I wore condoms....

 

 

I pull out. 

You can’t get a sex doll pregnant so your preventative measures are pointless 

[TimTheAzn]

16 minutes ago, MidgetTodd said:

You can’t get a sex doll pregnant so your preventative measures are pointless 

wtf?

 

 

 

 

 

I can't wait to get home from work today.

[what]

hahaha