Red's Mid-America Meander Meets

I'm home. As I should have known from past experience, the ride to the barn is the easiest leg...even if it was well over 700 miles (got a bit confused on the road). Took less time than calculated, but that was the new 95 inch motor's fault....way fast, and too cool!

After I get my head unfogged, I'll post the pics and some other tidbits and observations. In a day or so...got to get the reunion stuff done first!

And congrats again, Abby!

:cheers:

Glad you made it home with out any more problems. waiting for the pictures.

It was awesome to have had the chance to meet you and Red. I hope that you can consider your trip a success and have created memories that will last a lifetime. I am looking forward to the pictures as well.

HEY, where are the PICS????:rant::rant:

Alex The Dog (and rider, with Ol' Red!)

Red Rider, HarleysLR and rides.........

The three musk-ratters....

Hot Rider, Red Rider, Johnny Biker


Let 'er run.....

Dang Whipper-snappers!

Sturgis (Ol' Red in the foreground)....and The Knuckle (quenched m' thirst there)...

Lonely road in Eastern CO.........and South Dakota Hell-storm a'comin'

Re: Bagger down

Update from the Rapid City Journal:
A Shakopee, Minn., man died Friday after his motorcycle slid into the rear of a stopped pickup on U.S. Highway 85.

The brake on the motorcycle driven by Robert Best, 54, locked up, causing him to lay the bike down on the highway and slide into the back of a pickup driven by Kelley Nible, 22, of Buffalo, who was waiting to make a left turn.

Best was taken to Belle Fourche Hospital, then transferred to Spearfish Regional Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to a news release from the South Dakota Highway Patrol.

Nible was not hurt. He was charged with having invalid license plates and a seat-belt violation.


Fatal motorcycle crash claims life on Highway 85

Enjoyed the pics.hope everything is going good.i hope to make next year.

how ya liking that 95"er.
thanks for the pictures, just one question,
who's the kid on JB's bike...:roflmao:

Hey there Red, those pictures are pretty awesome. I am glad to hear that your adventure was a success. I hope that we have the opportunity to meet again in life, other than this forum.

Ride Free!!!

Those extra inches of the 95 made fighting the headwinds in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Nevada (yeah, like does the wind EVER blow from behind me on the long rides?) a whole lot easier. I haven't really tested the top end yet, as I was babying the new engine, but three-quarters throttle got me 85 mph into 30 knot winds. Couldn't get that from the 88, that is certain.

And Johnny, thanks for the cigars! Finished one just a few minutes ago. Never cared for cigarettes (and you keep up the fight with those), but I do love fine cigars. When there is a (unofficial, not site-sponsored - legal disclaimer is for you, Ken) Bike Talk meet & greet, I'll do my best to be there. I've now met six forum members (HOT01, SK, alexthedog, HarleysLR, Hot Rider and some young buck called JohnnyBiker). I'm up for more, though I'll have to restock my geedunk mementos (got one for you, HOT01, but I've got to hand it to ya - just the way of it). I'll likely see ya there. And I'll do Street Vibrations in Reno next month, if anyone is interested.

This thread ain't done yet, as I have a few final observations to throw in. Not tonight, though. Still recharging energy and reunioning here. Not too unlike the days of deploying for our country.

:cheers:

If the thing with meeting out in SD dies for some reason, I have thought about maybe taking a trip with Hot Rider down that way, just for the adventure. a miniature Honka Hey with no particular destination as well. I am doing Ok with the no smoking, but man am I irritable!! Hot Rider is like this....:witsend: I hope that you enjoyed that cigar.... ya better since my dumbass didn't take the price tags off and you know what I paid for them. :roflmao: Talk Soon Brother!!!

JB & HR, come on out to Nevada. Find your way to U.S. HWY 50 and just keep going east - then stop before the Sierras. We can ride Tahoe or through Yosemite, or both. I'll put you up here - got the room.

Yep. Cowboy - made my lemonade (splashed with Mr. Beam:drunk out of the lemons. As to the storm, just ducked into a hotel as the gust front arrived (no real valor in fighting Mother Nature). Got hit hard, but the worst of it passed to the East and ripped some places roofs off. I was smart enough to park under a pine tree that slowed the hail down enough to avoid denting the tank. 'Course, I'd have felt stupid if the tree fell over on the bike, but that was a calculated bet I won - this time.

:cheers: