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Here is a slide show of our trip to Myrtle Beach during Bike Week 2008. I know it's late, but for some reason I procrastinate. There are two Ventures in here, one with a different back rest, passenger seat, and passenger arm rests. If anybody has any info it would be cool to find out where they came from. It was great seeing SleeperHawk and Mechanic there. We had a great day together. You have got to see the....... I'm not sure how to describe it, well you will know when you see it. http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd227/SaltyDawg83/Myrtle%20Beach%202008/?albumview=slideshow
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Ronda and I are planning a trip in late September and early October. We plan on heading out to Yosemite National Park, then working our way up the coast to Seattle before making our way home. One of the places that we want to see is a beach that we saw on the Travel Channel several years ago. It is a beach with massive pillars of rocks and tidal pools that of course is only accessible when the tide is out. I think it is on the coast of Oregon, but it could be Washington. With all of our members, surely someone knows the place. Thanks
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we made it to Florida. We rode thru Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee Mississippi, Alabama and southern Florida. Im just north of Miami in a place called Boynton Beach. 2358 miles in 3 days. Ride was fun. was cold running thru eastern Colorado at 2 am! Hot as hell in Oklahoma. Got lucky and missed the rain in Fl. People here on the turnpike drive completely suicidal!!! First day we made it from Ft. Collins, CO to Blackwell, OK. Second day we made it to Jackson MS and day 3 we made it all the way to Boynton Beach, FL. Tomorrow I get to see the ocean for the first time and go on "thong patrol"! Later:thumbsup:
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For anyone who might be interested, here is the report on a trip I just completed down to Weir's Beach with a bunch of friends. WARNING: the report is long, so if you are just interested in the pictures, go right to the bottom and click on the link, but WARNING #2: there ARE a lot of pictures ... and WARNING #3, about halfway through the pictures, there are a couple of "R" rated pics. ** We left St. Thomas on Wednesday evening, and met up with Brian, Sharon and Derek at the Husky on Hwy 74 – saw Don and Pat Affleck leaving the station just as we were pulling in, likely headed to a chilly ice cream ride! The 401 was the route of choice to meet up with John at the Trafalgar Road Tim’s – with a slight detour onto Campbellville Road to avoid the long stretch of scarred tarmac on the 401 between Hwy 6 South and Hwy 25. After fueling up, we headed onto the 407 for the trip across the top of Toronto. Arrived at the hotel in Whitby at about 9:30 pm. We got an early start on Thursday after a nice breakfast at the Sunset Grill, and dropped onto Hwy around Port Hope. At Brighton, we headed towards the Loyalist Parkway and rode that all the way to the Glenora Ferry. Along the way, we detoured slightly to get up to Lake on The Mountain. After crossing on the ferry, we strayed on Hwy 33 until we arrived near Kingston, which was a good place to stop for lunch. After lunch, we headed to the 401 for a bit and then dropped back down onto the 1000 Islands Parkway. It is another nice scenic track, right along the lake shore, and some beautiful homes along the way. At Brockville, we headed back onto the 401. We had to stop and put on the rain gear around Prescott, and it did rain for about 30 – 45 minutes until we got to Cornwall. I thought that maybe crossing the river at Valleyfield would keep us away from the traffic of downtown Montreal … but I forgot about all the bridge repairs in the area, so once we hit the bridge, we hit one heck of a traffic jam! We wound up taking the “back roads” – Hwy 132 and 138 into our destination for the night – the Comfort Inn in Brossard. We wound up arriving there around 5:30. After a quick breakfast at the hotel on Friday, we met up with a large group from Montreal. We were presented with souvenir T-shirts for the event by the organizer, Daniel. Daniel and the rest of the Quebecois crew then led us on Hwy 10 out to Eastman, PQ to meet up with the last of the crew at Bernard and Mimi’s. After a pit stop, and a chance to do some repairs to one of the Harley Sportsters, the whole crew – 18 bikes and 22 people – headed out through Magog and into Vermont. Because the skies had begun to turn, we wound up putting on our rain gear, but as it turned out, it really wasn’t needed. Although Provincial Route 141 is a quite a scenic ride, the road itself is not in really good repair. There are lots of potholes, and lots of uneven pavement. But, after awhile, you get used to it, relax on the handlebars and try to enjoy the scenery. We crossed into Vermont at Stanhope, VT – it is a very different kind of border crossing. The guards are actually quite friendly, and they took the whole group more or less through all at once. From there, we made our way along some nice, gentle twisties and dips into Colebrook, NH. That was the scheduled fueling and lunch stop. By that time, the skies had totally cleared up and so off came the rain gear. About 130 km later, we made it into North Conway, NH. The crew was split into a couple of the different hotels, but we all got together to trade some stories in “franglais” and introduce one another and then went for dinner at a steak house (called 99) for dinner. The hotel we stayed at was teaming with bikes and bikers, and let’s just say that the majority of them were in a “festive” mood! The next morning (Saturday), Brian noticed that the headlamp on Sharon’s VStar was “sagging”. Once we took it apart, we noted that one of the support brackets was actually broken, so thanks to some ingenuity from Derek, a “bucksheet” repair was done using – no, not duct tape – but tie wraps. However, because of the repair work, we missed the departure time that the rest of the crew had set. No troubles, with Gidget in hand, she programmed us a nice scenic route to get us into Weir’s Beach. As it turned out, we were probably only 5-10 minutes behind the crew from Quebec, We met up with the Quebec crew around 11 am and had the group shots taken. Since they are frequent visitors to the event, and it was the first time for most of the Ontario crew, they left Weir’s Beach ahead of us and went on into Laconia itself to pick up their Harley pins. The Ontario crew decided to linger a bit longer at Weir’s Beach to check out the sites and the vendors. We bought the customary T-shirts, patches and pins, of course! We headed out just shortly after noon, and decided to take the lake route (Daniel Webster Hwy – 11B) out towards the coast. The lake route was a beautiful drive, although it did mean that to get to it, we needed to go back through the mess (i.e. huge traffic) at the entrance to Weir’s Beach. After a lunch stop, we headed back onto Hwy 11 and 16 into Hampton Beach, arriving at our motel (the Main Sail Motel & Cottages) at about 3:30 pm (about 45 minutes ahead of the crew from Quebec). We got there early enough to do some sigh seeing along the boardwalk and for the ladies to check out some of the shops. Dinner was at the Sea Ketch restaurant, overlooking the beach. Afterwards, we went down to the water, and everyone dipped their toes in the Atlantic! The beach was having a Sandcastle building contest and the entries were all so good, I don’t know how the judges made the final decision. At 9:30 there was a fireworks display to rival any other that I’ve seen or heard (I think they were celebrating the arrival of the canuck bikers … or was it more like a celebration of their imminent departure??!!). We left Hampton Beach at 7:30 on Sunday morning and wound our way east along NH101, 107, 111 and 101 – all of them beautiful roads with lots of gentle twists and dips, and all with lots of great scenery along the way. Along the way, the speedo cable on Sharon’s bike came loose – a quick repair job (it just needed to be reconnected) and we were back on the road. We’re blaming the Yamaha problems that Sharon encountered on the rough roads in Quebec. At Keene, NH, after a pit stop, we picked up VT9 – another beautiful road that crosses the state of Vermont from east to west. From there, we crossed into NY state and picked up NY7, which brought us to the “home of Uncle Sam”, Troy, NY. Lunch was at a village by the name of Duanesburg, along US20 – another long, mostly 2 lane, mostly scenic track. At some points, it becomes 4 lanes, which gives the “speed demons” like John a chance to open her up. For many a mile, we met no other traffic on the road, and every once in a while we came upon yet another quaint little town (e.g. Morrisville, Cazenovia, Skaneateles. The final destination – at about 4 pm – was the town of Auburn, NY. The Days Inn was where we stayed … along with the Class A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. We wound up having dinner in a little pub just down from the hotel, and after trying some Blue Moon beer and some local product Ithaca Apple-something, the Portuguese guy hoisted a pint of Guinness with two brits that were along on the trip. The other good news was that the rain held off for the entire day, even though they had been calling for some nasty weather. We weren’t back in the hotels for more than 15 minutes after dinner, than the skies opened up and the rain, thunder and lightning started. Monday morning looked as if it was going to be a nasty day. We decided to leave Auburn at 7 am, and make our last leg of the trip. As soon as we left town, the dark skies disappeared and we had great sunshine all the way. The plan was to stay on US 20, and so we did. After having breakfast in Geneva, we continued along 20 all the way into Depew, NY and then made it into Buffalo and across the Peace Bridge at about 11 am. At that time, we said goodbye to John, who headed home to Burlington, no doubt in 5th gear all the way, and just smiling at the thought of riding the 4 lane tarmac once again! The rest of us headed out on Hwy 3 (with a couple of detours – the Forks Rd north of Pt Colborne and CR17 from Dunville to Cayuga). After lunch in Pt Colborne, we could see that the skies to the west were starting to get a bit darker. As we gassed up in Cayuga, some put on their rain gear. As we got into Courtland, we started to see lighting to the west, so we decided to stop in Tillsonburg and let it pass over us – except for Derek, who obviously doesn’t think that his Honda attracts lightning (or maybe he thinks that his pipes are so loud that it drown out the thunder and scare the lightning away). In any case, after an hour’s wait, we decided that the storm had passed by and it was ok to head home. Vicki and I and the RoadSofa hightailed it on Hwy 3 and by the time we hit the Eden Line, we were back into sunshine. Brian and Sharon headed north and did get a bit of rain along the way, but they too made it home safe. So … in total, a little over 2,400 kms were travelled. A few beers were hoisted. There were smiles and stories all around. There were a bunch of neat roads to travel, there was a lot of great scenery along the way. All in all, I’d have to say … it was yet another great adVenture! A great thanks to Brian, Sharon, Derek and John for the camaraderie and fun throughout the trip and for putting up with my – as always – excessive (obsessive?) planning. And an even greater thanks to my beautiful Vicki – what a great way to spend our 27th wedding anniversary! Pictures – as always, there are quite a few – can be found at: http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/BluesLover55/2008%20trips/Laconia/ Cheers,
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I apologize for the length of what follows, but some of you may want to know! Everyone is aware of the annual Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson sponsored spring bike rally and the Atlantic Beach bikefest the following week in May. Well, it appears that the MB city council voted not to have them anymore. The county comcil is split at present, but will likely follow suit. Supposedly, there were a failrly large number of complaints about both and the cost to the city for OT, addt'l services, etc. I don't generally go down there and mix it up during either event (did all that when I had my last bike.....doesn't do anything for me..I'm just not that interested), but I think it is short sighted and generally stupid to try to get rid of them. The city of MB wasn't the one to license many of the venues and temp. vendor permits anyway, so their basic statement was that they would "do things to encourage bikers to not come". I am beyond disappointed with these morons that run the local governments around here. There are millions of dollars pumped into the local economy by these events and these idiots think they can replace it with another % on the tax bill for us residents! There were some businesses that had complaints, but what about all the businesses that exist almost for the express purpose of serving those rallies? Years ago, we had Hell's Angels and Outlaws coming and there was occasionally trouble. That has long since been the case, though! I'm not telling you anything you don't already know when I say that todays bikers run the gamut from Doctors to Lawyers to mechanics and retirees and millworkers. Some let it all hang out a little too much when they get hooched up, but that happens whether they're bikers or not. More recently, but still maybe 7 or so years ago, the Atlantic Beach Bike event got totally out of control spilling over into Myrtle Beach and there were darn near riots when some of the businesses got antsy and closed up their establishments. Since then it's been much better, but many business are sick of having the NAACP breaking their stones over whether they are open or not during Bikefest and the constant complaining about traffic control & routing not being the same during the two events.(their description, not mine. I just happen to know a few of the business owners) If there are valid complaints..fine! I don't really care one way or the other as long as people act like they have some sense on the bikes, regardless of which event you're talking about. My wife & I were talking about it and there are usually around 200,000+ bikers showing up for Harley Week. My question to her was: What are the city and county going to do, when 50,000 or 75,000 bikers show up just like every other year ( because they didn't get the message or because they don't give a rip) and there are no events and no venues for them. And they get informed AFTER they spent their money to rent their rooms for the week, that "Myrtle Beach city and Horry County don't want you here anymore". I see the potential for problems. It ain't over till the fat lady sings and she's not up to the building just yet. I don't believe the public has had their complete say yet. http://wpde.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=148876 I've been here more less continually since about 1979 and the area has changed alot. I don't think I much care for where it's going...This latest..It's driven by attitudes and misconceptions and on the other side there is a measure of antagonism and arrogance and an equal portion of attitude. There's many more stick-in-the-mud transplant retirees that move in and start trying to change everything. There is a strong yuppie wannabe presence. It's changed and is still changing...which it will..I just don't think I like it much anymore is all. I suppose the bottomline is that regardless of what they decide, they can't keep bikers from coming to the beach if they feel like it. I don't know if I'm different from anyone else on this point, but if I'm not wanted...fine I'll go somewhere else. But, I'm going to try to convince as many of my biker AND cager friends to go elsewhere as I can in the process. (there was a time, though, when I'd have shown up just for spite and dared somebody to say something about it) I feel sorry for the business owners that cater to bikers, but I hope this whole thing backfires right in the face of the local governments. I mean for Pete's sake, it's one lousy week for each event. Control it if need be, make more and/or better ground rules and enforce them, but everybody has the right to a vacation and some fun at the beach with friends that they have a passion in common with, EVEN IF THEY ARE BIKERS. It should get very interesting! Oh yeah, they're separately talking about doing something about spring break too! Go figure! UPDATE: evidently the county has voted to go along with the city of Myrtle Beach in killing the bike rallies. (and I thought my district's county councilman was the only jerk in local government) It still ain't dead yet, vote or no vote!
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We patrol the camp about three times a day. This evening at 6:00 pm I turned into the access road and could see a vehicle parked beside the same rose bush that was stole last time. As I drove closer I noticed a woman standing on our road bank. When I got up next to her car she was getting back inside as I drove by I noticed fresh dirt where a rose had been. I done an immediate U-turn and pulled in front of her car and blocked her in. I confronted her and ask her why she just stole my rose bush? She flatly denied stealing it so I took her licensee plate number and told her you got 5 minutes to put it back or I will report this incident. I'll be back in 5 minutes to check it out. I drove the mile home and called MamaMo. She couldn't wait to get home and open up a big can of whoop #!@ on her. When I drove back down the woman was watching from a distance to see if I would return. Sure enough the rose bush was back where it was. Moral of the story is buy your wife a rose once in a while she might leave your neighbors alone. This is a neighbor who drives by every day. Get this she even called me one night to tell me someone may have broken into my camp and just thought I should know. I hope MamaMo is in a better mood when she gets home. I would hate to think I'm leaving for the beach in a week and she is in jail. What would I do with out her at the beach? Fish,Ride the bike, Check out the ladies on the beach! Hmmmmmm?:think:
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Well in less than an hour the better half and I are going to throw a leg over our trusted steeds and mosey on down to Myrtle Beach. I will be pulling the Chuck Wagon and she will be riding drag (no comments Beer30) We are planning on taking a leasure ride down although it will be a challenge for Brandy since the winds here in NC are predicted to be 20 to 25 with gusts up to 40mph. I will have my cell with me for those who are going to be in Myrtle Beach and want to try and get together. My number is in the Members list, just leave a message and I will get back to you. Good Lord willing we will be down there until Sunday and then head back.
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Here is the link for the pictures from today's Meet and Eat. Had a great turnout in spite of the weather. http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/venturerider/Sleeperhawks%20Mechanic%20SC%20MB%20Feb%2023%202008/ It started out with a lot of fun at Dick's in North Myrtle Beach! Then, of course, a run to DQ for refreshments. Lastly, a trip to Bill's house for a mini Maintenance Day! It was great to see everyone again and look forward to the next M&E!
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cruise control and i rode over to the beach yesterday , good test run on the bars [ great on the back and arms , 7th heaven ] saw a nice midnite with a suzy in the parking garage at the beach [ yes we can park in the parking garage here ] saw another 1 on madson , had 3 large flags in the back [ popped the new horns at him and got smacked by cruise control , she has never herd them while riding , she almost jumped off the back :rotfl:] anyway , anybody here know who belongs to those midnites ?
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I have a 85 vr 1200, 2nd gear is slipping and need a shop or someone to fix ,I am not!!! mechanically inclined!!! I live in the panhandle of Fla. near Ft Walton Beach . No one in the phone book would work on the bike to include the Yamaha dealers in this part of fla and lower ala. please help ,the weather is great!!! thanks Bruce:322:
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Anyone going to the beach on Saturday October 6 ? Bobbie and I are going. So if any of you want to meet up for lunch or whatever, let us know.
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We don't have the challenging curves or beautiful fall foilage rides. However, we do have miles and miles of glorius roads that will take you through small beach towns along the Atlantic Ocean. A1A South out of St. Augustine to Daytona is a very nice ride along the Atlantic Ocean. It will take you through small beach communities and nice lunch spots right on the water. I recommend the "Hightides" restaurant near Flagler beach. The Loop in Daytona It's like no other ride. It's freedom, sunshine, open road and graceful curves. It's called the Loop and for motorcycle enthusiasts everywhere, it's a riders dream. The Loop begins with a northerly trek at the foot of the Granada Bridge on John Anderson Drive in Ormond Beach. Going North, riders are greeted by a cathedral of trees up to the Highbridge Road where they hang a left (to go west) and go over the bridge and the Intracoastal Waterway (the Halifax River). There are several places to stop along the way and just enjoy the Florida countryside. After more winding turns, you'll come upon Walter Boardman road where you will make another turn that takes you further west to Old Dixie Highway. When you reach Old Dixie Highway, take another left (to go south) toward Ormond Beach.
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