SFO Wrap Up Thread

[fjrchik]

Thanks to everyone for making it out this year despite the constant rain. I'm gonna keep this brief because we're about to order some pizza here at the hotel.

I'm very proud to tell the rest of you that this very generous group of riders donated about $1450 to Carroll County Habitat for Humanity! We auctioned off the tool sets and a ladies leather jacket as previously mentioned on Friday night. Then FJRBoomer got up and passed the hat and brought in another $800! I'm very impressed with this group of riders. Not only were there very very few complaints about the weather but they also gave some pretty big money to a great cause.

It was raining when we arrived on Thursday but it stopped in time for a nice night under the tent. Friday dawned cold, with thunder and lightning. Around 10 am, the courthouse downtown was struck by lightning! Only being about a half mile from it, it seemed like we felt it too. No one was hurt though. Friday continued to be the wettest day in Eureka but most folks took off and headed to drier parts and got in some excellent riding. The only incident of the weekend happened Friday and the damage was extremely minor thanks to some custom crash bars on the FJR. The windscreen popped off and that was replaced on Saturday. Saturday's rain was spotty, still cold and more folks stayed in and hung out around ES. We had a great banquet that night too! I must add my apologies to Twistedcricket and Rockabill as a proper shout out and thank you for gathering most of the prizes was not done. You 2 did a great job for me and it helped make the evening a success. THANK YOU!!! :clapping:

There's only 4 of us here now and we're all leaving in the morning. Tomorrow should be dry and 70 and I'm looking forward to it! B)

 

[phil]

It was great to see everyone again. I had a good time. Thanks.

 

[twistedcricket]

We (pillion and I) were really tempted to stay another night and ride tomorrow, but in a lapse of judgment I decided that work was more important

 

[Patriot]

great time with great folks

cyperspace scares me with teen daughters, but SFO with good folks with a similar interest from all races, backgrounds, locations, economic situations, family situations, who get along, look out for each other, give of themselves and money to a good cause

can't wait for EOM in Smokies riding the Cherohala and Dragon again

Johnson City, TN, be there aloha

and SFO 2010 can't come quick enough

thanx to all and special smooch for Michelle

let's ride safe AND STAY DRY and be careful out there,

Mike in Nawlins'

 

[BikerGeek99]

We (pillion and I) were really tempted to stay another night and ride tomorrow, but in a lapse of judgment I decided that work was more important

MAN oh MAN I'm smack you upside the head next time I see you and make you work on some NT4 servers as punishment for that decision... (Where I work, there are still some around, and I know some people....)

 

[twistedcricket]

For those of you who won the gift certificates to Nishna Valley Cycle (Atlantic, IA, where I get great service) - they can order any Yamaha (or Honda) part, they have oil/filters, and will ship anywhere...in case you are wondering what to do with it

Please send a thank you to them as well (address below, they don't always check the emails) for the gc's and the hats. They just gave me stuff when I mentioned SFO. I think that's great considering I've only visited them three times (Purchase the bike, 12k service, ignition recall)

Nishna Valley Cycle

Dennis & Mary Murphy (owners)

2500 E 7th St.

Atlantic, IA 50022

888/577-6406

Thanks!

 

[fjrchik]

Yes, as I mentioned at the rally, please be kind enough to send thank yous to the companies that you won your prizes from. It helps keep them in the mood to donate next year! If you need any contact info, please refer the SFO Prize thread I started last month or contact me.

 

[Kirrilian]

We (pillion and I) were really tempted to stay another night and ride tomorrow, but in a lapse of judgment I decided that work was more important

MAN oh MAN I'm smack you upside the head next time I see you and make you work on some NT4 servers as punishment for that decision... (Where I work, there are still some around, and I know some people....)

brutal...

 

[GPRIDER]

Yes, as I mentioned at the rally, please be kind enough to send thank yous to the companies that you won your prizes from. It helps keep them in the mood to donate next year! If you need any contact info, please refer the SFO Prize thread I started last month or contact me.

I thanked Jay at Motion Cyclesports before I left for SFO. I think he will be good for next year.

GP

 

[fjrboomer]

This was my first FJR rally and in spite of the rain it was a great time and I enjoyed it tremendously. My roommate, T-bug whom I met on the forum was great company and no one could ask for a better roommate. I want to add a special thanks to fjrchik as she did a great job in setting up SFO. For those of you who have never organized something like SFO I can tell you it is a lot of work and then you spend most of the time worrying that everything will come out well and everyone will be happy. fjrchik did all this very well.

As to the weather I rode in rain everyday but it did not prevent the fun. The group I was riding with on Friday came upon about 10 elk standing in the road. We had to come to almost a complete stop while they headed into the woods. I would tell you where it was we went but okierider was our leader and I just enjoyed the ride. We got a little rain on Friday but it was never heavy.

Saturday 3 of us started out with fjrmgm as our leader. The first couple of hours were not bad weatherwise but then the rains set in and came down for about 2 hours pretty heavily. I am happy to report that my FrogToggs worked well and I stayed dry. We had 2 other riders join us as their group got too far ahead of them.

To sum up it was a great experience and I enjoyed meeting a lot of really nice people who were very generous when it came to supporting a local charity. Obviously FJR riders have very big hearts. I look forward to future meetings. With a little less rain of course.

 

[RockiesRider]

This was my first FJR rally and in spite of the rain it was a great time and I enjoyed it tremendously. My roommate, T-bug whom I met on the forum was great company and no one could ask for a better roommate. I want to add a special thanks to fjrchik as she did a great job in setting up SFO. For those of you who have never organized something like SFO I can tell you it is a lot of work and then you spend most of the time worrying that everything will come out well and everyone will be happy. fjrchik did all this very well.
As to the weather I rode in rain everyday but it did not prevent the fun. The group I was riding with on Friday came upon about 10 elk standing in the road. We had to come to almost a complete stop while they headed into the woods. I would tell you where it was we went but okierider was our leader and I just enjoyed the ride. We got a little rain on Friday but it was never heavy.

Saturday 3 of us started out with fjrmgm as our leader. The first couple of hours were not bad weatherwise but then the rains set in and came down for about 2 hours pretty heavily. I am happy to report that my FrogToggs worked well and I stayed dry. We had 2 other riders join us as their group got too far ahead of them.

To sum up it was a great experience and I enjoyed meeting a lot of really nice people who were very generous when it came to supporting a local charity. Obviously FJR riders have very big hearts. I look forward to future meetings. With a little less rain of course.

Now that is one excellent wrap up post!

Awesome job fjrboomer :good: