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Road trip!!!!!!

Discussion in 'Trips N' Trails - the ride is the adventure' started by chucktx, Aug 9, 2010.

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  1. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    heading to springfield ill. for the grand daddy of all flat track racing......springfield mile!!!!! leave out the first of sept. return about 7 days later.......gonna take the camera. anybody want to ride along or meet while there????????:)
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    Which way are you going??
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    That would be a fun trip & to watch flat tracking again well I use to watch it years ago back in Nm & fun to just set & watch
    cowboy, Aug 10, 2010
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    north through Arkansas......up the west side, comin back down the east side....no freeways, unless time starts running out.....
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    Wished I had the time to ride to Texas and meet up with you and ride on up to Springfield. If I was retired I would do it in a heart beat.
    FLHTbiker, Aug 10, 2010
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    if you were retired and like me you probably wouldn't have the money to do it.
    It does sound like fun, but then I like any kind of motor racing.
    I could sure use a new ball cap!!!! How do you say souvenirs?
    HarleysLR, Aug 11, 2010
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    Well since it's probably still about 3,000 degrees where you live at the first of September, I'll pass. ;)
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I think living in the Pacific Northwest is a really great place to ride in. Rode down in Phoenix and then from there into Cal. one year. 114 F and I know what being in an oven is like. If Texas is like that no thanks. Course AZ was a real dry heat.
    FLHTbiker, Aug 11, 2010
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    I was going to say that if he was going to go through Minnesota I would gladly meet up and ride with him for a while. Too many other things going on for me to make a whole trip of it. :)
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i am hoping the further north i go the cooler it gets!!!!!:)
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    :roflmao:don't count on it
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    Can you say high humidity!
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    Wished I had the time and MONEY to go...........:gah:
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    Time :rolleyes: your retired
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i bought a cooling vest for the trip.......ya soak in in water/ice water if ya have it, put it on and it is supposed to be good for a 100+ miles or so.........re wet at gas stops. hope it works!!!!
    chucktx, Aug 12, 2010
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    They work, just don't soak it to long before you leave. Wife did that to one of those and soaked it to long. She had crap oozing out all over the place and then could never use it again. I carry a light jean jacket and soak it, cold as hell when you first put em on but sure feels good going down the road. I've also stopped along streams, soaked the jacket and pulled my T-shirt off and soaked it to, now that makes you pucker when you first put it on. :D
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    If I was gona for a week, I would want to take the OL.
    Don't git to see her much.:cool:
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    no ol'ladies allowed this trip!!!!!
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    thanks for the info.......:)
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    Food for thought, once you hit those mid west states I would be careful where and what I soak a jacket in, never know what's in their water. :eek:
    FLHTbiker, Aug 12, 2010
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