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Damn DC, those sunglasses were prefect for that helmet.
And safe!Am home...
What wreck? I never saw anything about that...when did that happen?Hopefully I don't screw up this bike cause I really like it! Heading out early in the morning. A little nervous. But when I get back on a horse, I try to find the biggest one. ;>
(I haven't even done a whole day ride since the wreck)
Can't wait to see everyone! Big thanks to AJ for all his help already!
1.) Old Michael is easily embarrased.Madmike2, Glad to see the battery worked out and you made it home without further mishap. You and Richard performed some real Macgyver magic.
But.... we are all wondering why was Richard not given a kiss and Old Michael was? What's going on here?
Riding a FJR and not eating!?... Need food, didn't get any yet today...
Glad you made it home safe & sound Michelle! It was a long ride for you. Nice meeting you finally, it was a lot of fun!Am home. Need food, didn't get any yet today. And a shower. 2,907 miles total, 5 states. All kinds of awesome!! More to come later...
True dat! Gotta find something just like them. I bought those in 06 with the FJR, glad the FJR has outlived the glasses, :lol:Damn DC, those sunglasses were prefect for that helmet.
Chik, you Rock! Back on the stallion (so to speak), easily the Long Distance Anti-Candy-Butt-Association rider for the entire group (did I mention RenoJohn drove his *cage* there?) while the the lady *rode* her FJR there? :lol: :huh: Just what has happened to order of nature here?Am home. Need food, didn't get any yet today. And a shower. 2,907 miles total, 5 states. All kinds of awesome!! More to come later...
Nice photos Enrique, Thank You!
You dog! Out having fun while I slave away at the salt mine?Rode Hwy 58 today Don - I am envious you get to ride it anytime you want! Great fun! Passed by your neck of the woods too - Hwy 229 is in great shape!
+1. Great shots. WTF with the snake? *in my best Indy Jones voice* "I hate snakes!"Nice photos Enrique, Thank You!
NOTE: Henry and Dawn Garza posted up their Death Valley Wildflower Ride photos at https://www.azbeemers.org/forum Link above will take you to these pics.
You don't remember my getoff back on Labor Day 08, when I was forced off the road by a woman in an SUV near Antlers, OK? It totalled my 06, now I have an 08. MadMike and I talked for just a little bit on top of Dante's Peak about the mental demons and it wasn't about confidence for me. What happened on this trip was a lot of imagining of different, crazy ways that I was gonna get taken out while riding. Like a random part flying off the guy's bike in front of me and decapitating me. Total weird shit like that. Other than that I have no mental issues from the wreck, there was just too much free mental time while riding. I know I'm a good rider, after 10 years now or I would have quit. That wreck was on her, not me, sometimes a cager will take you out and there's nothing you can do about it. Hopefully your life goes on.What wreck? I never saw anything about that...when did that happen?Hopefully I don't screw up this bike cause I really like it! Heading out early in the morning. A little nervous. But when I get back on a horse, I try to find the biggest one. ;>
(I haven't even done a whole day ride since the wreck)
Can't wait to see everyone! Big thanks to AJ for all his help already!
Glad to see you got back on that horse...getting that confidence back is a good thing. :clapping:
Yeah there is and I blew it twice. Oopsie. I'm terrible about that when I ride. I just wanna get there. I hate stopping. I don't eat breakfast and I don't get hunger pains usually, so I tend to blow off lunch and keep going so I can get there for dinner.Riding a FJR and not eating!?... Need food, didn't get any yet today...
Isn't there a rule against that??
When I passed that accident scene around 4:30, only the back trailer of a grain-hopper set of doubles was on the bridge, the tractor and front trailer were over the edge between the North and South lanes and probably in Laguna Creek. The DART (Drowning And Rescue Team) was there and their boat was NOT on the trailer so I assume they were using it to help/rescue the driver. I also saw the search and rescue truck and team, that didn't look too good to me. Then again, I see things from a different perspective and, as a commercial driver, witnessed enough stupid-driver escapades to last me for a month.I am home safe as well. ~2200 miles total for this entire trip. The last 80 or so in cold pouring rain stuck/lane splitting in rush hour traffic from a bit past Stockton to Elk Grove/Sacramento, because some big rig had decided to dive off the bridge and dangle over I-5 (as told to me by gas station attendant)! FRACK!
PS - I also need waterproof gloves!
Fixed it a wee bit for ya, MIt was so great to see everyone again, it's been way too long since my last WFO. DCarver, Old Michael, MadMike, Fairlaner, BeemerDons etc. And it was especially cool to meet some new Feejer peeps and start some new friendships, like cibrd0wn, the FJRKs, Big-D, the Dumkes, MEM with whom I shared a room, etc. We really had a cool group of peeps there!
With your respective indulgence, I'll presume to answer for RJ since he may not jump in here.How was the car ride to Vegas RenoJohn???
Michelle, I was trying to warn you that those are exactly the mind-pictures that will haunt you for a time. I would sometimes picture the front end washing out on a perfect road while riding on a perfect day. I'd see myself maimed and injured lying on the pavement. Ugh...and eewwwww! Ghosts and demons will fade with time and as your core riding abilities continue to assert themselves. Every ride you will be building new muscle memory and thought life to displace the haunting images.MadMike and I talked for just a little bit on top of Dante's Peak about the mental demons and it wasn't about confidence for me. What happened on this trip was a lot of imagining of different, crazy ways that I was gonna get taken out while riding. Like a random part flying off the guy's bike in front of me and decapitating me. Total weird shit like that. Other than that I have no mental issues from the wreck...........
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