F'ing ride report for Daytona

[Skinner]

After being hounded here it is.
I left home Monday at 3:30.

Rode for while,it started to mist and freeze

got a motel and slept. There weather was friggin cold.
I rode about twelve hours Tuesday to get Geogia by dark. At the halfway point my cell phone died so I went To walmart to get a new charger. The manager in the cell phone department was extremely helpfull. We tried three different charger styles, none worked. He told me of a Radio Shack down the street, so I headed over there. The employees there were real live dicks, no help whatsoever. I persued anyway, got them to lend me a tester. The outlet wrked fine, which i knew because my heated vest and GPS worked off it just fine. I needed to get phone working, I have some houses for sale and was negotiating at that time. So I bought a new outlet from RS. wire it to my battery tender plug (stuck the bare wires into the ends) and everything worked fine. I don't know what was wrong, the other outlets read 13.4 volts and on a ten amp fuse?
Anyway some zip ties and duct tape securing the new wires outside my bike the body work and of I go. (Idid get the house sold!) Another overnight in a motel! Get up ride a while eat at shoneys. I made a bunch of stops. Eventually I got to the Fla. line and it started to rain. Being the snart guy I am I rode in it for a half hour before stopping to don my rain suit.


It rained pretty hard for the next four hours till I arrived at my freinds house in Fort Meyers. Put all my stuff in the dryer and had a beer and some bench racing.
Next morning up and at em. Breakfast at Dennys with pals, then hit the road about 8:30. I had to stop a number of times for work calls, that sucked but at least i can handle work from the road.
I stopped at an alligator farm for a break.

saw some beautifull scenery going through the mountains of Tennesee and Kentucky

Arrived at Krautbikemans place around 2:00. Met a bunch of ADV riders. ate ,drank was merry.
Sleeping at night was colder than a dogs turd on ice. It was around 35 at night, and only my brought light gear sleeping bag, rated for 50 degrees. Shut up I know it was colder at the winter ride.
Daytona was a zoo with all kinds of strange critters

Friday we went on the dual sport ride led by Krautbikeman
The trails were fast and fun and scenic

I saw lots of Harley broke down or crashed, this one t-boned a car!

Rode some beautifull streets

Did some repairs to my bike, naca style ducts in the windsheild, smoothed the ride out perfectly.

Others tried but the drill died

Sorry KVFalcon, I used all the juice.

I added some Givi bags and an Airhawk seat cushion for the ride home.

Rode home straight through, except for a half hour nap at a rest stop in Atlanta Georgia (tempting the killer thats on the run). Rode till 1:30 am. and I started to halucinate, so I pulled into another motel (sorry Motojoe, I'm only half the man you are!)asked for a wake up call at 4:30, woke up at 4:15, out the door by 4:30 ride straight home. i stopped every 100 miles to gas up and stretch (I need gas at 200 miles but needed to stay fresh) Made it home in 24 hours including 4 hours sleep time and gas every 100. Totalm ride home 1'250 miles, Trip total= 3,000 miles give or take 10 miles either way.
Now stop bugging me for a report

[Linzi]

No, no, no...you're s'posed to post it in Ride Reports, not Regional Forums.

[Skinner]

C'mon man give me a break! These bozo's keep buggin me.

It was nice to meet you linzi, but you made me feel bad that I could'nt keep up with you on my 950 through those twisty turns. I am such a pussy on the roads.

[McD]

Originally Posted by Skinner

Shut up I know it was colder at the winter ride.

[trailuser]

Now your making me look bad guess I'll have to write a "ride report" soon....

I'll have to learn how to post pic's though

[Linzi]

Originally Posted by Skinner

C'mon man give me a break! These bozo's keep buggin me.

It was nice to meet you linzi, but you made me feel bad that I could'nt keep up with you on my 950 through those twisty turns. I am such a pussy on the roads.

Nice to meet you, also...

Don't feel bad about your road riding... $20 says you could kick my ass offroad on that 950, even if I was on my Sherpa.

[Pengaleng]

Originally Posted by Skinner

Daytona was a zoo with all kinds of strange critters

Bwahh haaa hha


Nice to have met you Principal Skinner.

[chain]

bout time

[ezekiel]

hats off to a real biker at daytona

[skadamo]

Nice f'ing report! Good thing you did not ride down for my wedding. Lots of rain. the sun did comeout for the cerimony though.

So yeah, i'm married...it was nice riding with you guys.

[kfsinc]

Nice read Skinner!

Good to hear from you again!

and I'm soooooo jealous that you got to meet Linzi :rabia

kfs

[Skinner]

You should be she is a sweetheart, and she can ride too!

[trailuser]

http://chinstrap.smugmug.com/

Here is a link to my Daytona pic's. I presently am unable to post pic's directly on Adv.

[mutineer]

Originally Posted by Linzi

No, no, no...you're s'posed to post it in Ride Reports, not Regional Forums.

us damned isolationist chaingolians do this a lot.

outsiders get a crooekd eye lessin' they got whisky or a good story

corn squeezin's or a good yarn gets you in everytime

[chain]

Originally Posted by vstromrunner

http://chinstrap.smugmug.com/

Here is a link to my Daytona pic's. I presently am unable to post pic's directly on Adv.

Work related trip I see




snow?