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Author Message   Silverbullet Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 01:51 pm:        Shread: Got your door mirror today. I will bring it thursday, unless you are in the area and want to come by the shop and i'll put it on here.   Along4theride Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 02:24 pm:        Newr12- I'll see you Wednesday evening. You'll like my little bike it's fun. Just don't try to ride 2up, it doesn't like that too much and remind me to give you a copy of the paperwork. Silverbullet- I left Shred a message since he doesn't get on the board till the wee hours of the morning. I'm sure he'll be giving you a call this afternoon. Glitch- Damn, I bet you are useless this afternoon. Remember to drink LOTS of water!!!! It is a MUST after a massage to flush out the toxins she 'rubbed' out of your muscles. If you don't drink a good amount of water you might feel ill later this evening. Just an FYI   Along4theride Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 02:35 pm:        One more thing- What is up with this weather???? It's so freaking warm outside I could wear shorts. I would LOVE to have gotten my bike to go to the bank this afternoon but everything is wet and it's all rainy. 68 degrees at my house What gives???   Odie Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 03:11 pm:        Warm front = rain cold front = clear We can't win for losing anytime but the summer months. I really want to go for a ride. I haven't been since that saturday with you guys....stay dry....Odie   Along4theride Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 03:45 pm:        We can't win for losing anytime but the summer months No doubt. This is the first year I have felt the yearning to be a bike. Last year was my first winter riding a streetbike and I was just happy to ride when I could. But this year, this year is different. It feels different and man I just can't stand it. I find myself riding in the rain, in the dark, in the fog- who cares I'm on my bike. Somedays I even envy Glitch riding to work on 85 in the rain in traffic. I get so erked not being able to put miles on my bike, it's just killing me. I get it now, this is what they're talking about when it's said 'If I have to explain you wouldn't understand' Makes me have a different appreciation for Shred's predicament. He's so close to being on a bike and it just isn't happening quick enough- I can't even imagine.   Blaster_s Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 03:53 pm:        Glitch, You have mail. (Message edited by blaster_s on December 07, 2004)   Glitch Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 09:14 pm:        For those who understand no explanation is needed, for those who don't understand, well, too bad. A motorcycle is not just a two-wheeled car; the difference between driving a car and climbing onto a motorcycle is the difference between watching TV and actually living your life. We spend all our time sealed in boxes and cars are just the rolling boxes that shuffle us from home-box to work-box to store-box and back, the whole time, entombed in stale air, temperature regulated, sound insulated, and smelling of carpets. On a motorcycle I know I'm alive. When I ride, even the familiar seems strange and glorious. The air has weight and substance as I push through it and its touch is as intimate as water to a swimmer. I feel the cool wells of air that pool under trees and the warm spokes of that fall through them. I can see everything in a sweeping 360 degrees, up, down and around, wider than Pana-Vision and than IMAX and unrestricted by ceiling or dashboard. Sometimes I even hear music. It's like hearing phantom telephones in the shower or false doorbells when vacuuming; the pattern-loving brain, seeking signals in the noise, raises acoustic ghosts out of the wind's roar. But on a motorcycle I hear whole songs: rock 'n roll, dark orchestras, women's voices, all hidden in the air and released by speed. At 30 miles per hour and up, smells become uncannily vivid. All the individual tree- smells and flower- smells and grass-smells flit by like chemical notes in a great plant symphony. Sometimes the smells evoke memories so strongly that it's as though the past hangs invisible in the air around me, wanting only the most casual of rumbling time machines to unlock it. A ride on a summer afternoon can border on the rapturous. The sheer volume and variety of stimuli is like a bath for my nervous system, an electrical massage for my brain, a systems check for my soul. It tears smiles out of me: a minute ago I was dour, depressed, apathetic, numb, but now, on two wheels, (or a Trike; for that matter), big, ragged, windy smiles flap against the side of my face, billowing out of me like air from a decompressing plane. Transportation is only a secondary function. A motorcycle is a joy machine. It's a machine of wonders, a metal bird, a motorized prosthetic. It's light and dark and shiny and dirty and warm and cold lapping over each other; it's a conduit of grace, it's a catalyst for bonding the gritty and the holy. Cars lie to us and tell us we're safe, powerful, and in control. The air-conditioning fans murmur empty assurances and whisper, "Sleep, sleep." Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride. Author Unknown   Glitch Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 09:15 pm:        Glitch, the Early Years   Glitch Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 09:16 pm:        I'll get with you in the morning Blaster.   New12r Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 09:38 pm:          Shred Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 09:56 pm:        Glitch - I like the picture! Thanks S_B that was very nice of you. How about a thank you beer! Do you want to meet for a bite to eat before the movie? That's for everyone.   Along4theride Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 10:15 pm:        Glitch- Great Pic and to think I doubted you Thanks for the post above the pic- that was great too!!! OK here is what I found for dinner that is close to the cinema and convenient for B_S and everyone coming from the North. Moe's Chamblee Tucker and 285 Then it's a straight shot down Chamblee Tucker to the Cinema Or Anthony's Pizza and Pasta 2714 Shallowford Rd NE It is pretty close to the Cinema, actually really close. So since you guys are so vocal about your opinions please SPEAK UP and 'let your voice be heard'- Where would YOU like to meet for dinner??? (Message edited by along4theride on December 07, 2004)   Medved Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:34 pm:        Hey it's the blast guy that yall met last sunday. Thanks to every one for being so nice and welcoming me. It was realy good to run into a group of people so in to buell bikes. well any way I don't have much time with finals and all being this week. but here is some pics of sun for yall.   Odie Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 02:37 am:        Hey Medved, it was nice meeting you last weekend. Hang out with those guys as much as possible. You will learn alot and make some really great friends. Be safe....Odie   Odie Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 02:39 am:        Glitch, dang! I thought that was an old pic of Peter Frampton at first! Nice piece you posted. Truly poetic. Makes me want to go ride......Odie   New12r Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 07:07 am:        I want to ride too! Oh wait I am going to ride, right to work and ask to go home early. Ride Safe   Black_sunshine Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 07:32 am:        Peter Frampton...I was thinking more like Dave Mustaine (Megadeath) Very well put Glitch....That is EXACTLY how I feel on my bike....especially the smell part. Looks like Thursday might be wet. If not I would like to roll in together to the show. Post where we would like to eat. I can meet you there. A4TR....have you ordered tickets yet? IF not can I add one more for my buddy. If you have already ordered then he can get on there. Maybe I can find an old picture of my mullet when I was in High School around '88-'89. Business up front Party in the back, baby. You will die!   Silverbullet Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 08:28 am:        Thursday is promising for rain in the afternoon through the evening.   Along4theride Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 08:49 am:        B_S- Got tix last night but I'm sure getting 1 won't be hard to come by the night of. Maybe he could swing by the Regal before we meet to eat and grab one to make sure. Where to eat- I posted a couple ideas last night. If we go to Moe's we are in a little more control of the timeline for dinner since it's a little more 'fast food' than a sit down and wait pizza place. So guys any feedback???? Or rather let me as anyone NOT want to eat at Moe's???   Glitch Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 10:38 am:        Moe's will be fine by me. I'm not a big pizza fan any more. If I had all the money I've spent on pizza since the boys, I'd be rich.   Black_sunshine Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 10:52 am:        Welcome to Moe's...works for me   Along4theride Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 11:11 am:        Thanks Guys!!!! MOE'S 3515b Chamblee Tucker Rd Atlanta, GA Meet about 6:15pm (or somewhere in there) We'll leave from there to go to the Cinema about 7:20pm *Moe's is at the corner of Northcrest and Chamblee Tucker, 1 block East of 285 (Message edited by along4theride on December 08, 2004)   New12r Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 11:48 am:        A4TR, BraveAngel and I will meet you at your house, I will need to return the little bike and then we can leave from there. What time will you be avail. tonight to come get the Blast?   Along4theride Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 12:04 pm:        What time are you thinking for this evening???   Along4theride Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 12:06 pm:          Glitch Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 01:05 pm:        In the movie there's a guy wearing an "American Muscle" Buell T-shirt. Guess I know what shirt I'll be wearing!   Blaster_s Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 01:29 pm:        Glitch, the Early Years... (Message edited by blaster_s on December 08, 2004)   Glitch Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 01:50 pm:        Just call me JD   New12r Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 02:57 pm:        I could swing by after work, 6:00 ish and leave my bike at your place, that way I can just swap back out before we head out for the evening. I will check back soon.   Silverbullet Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 - 03:22 pm:        If it is raining too hard I can fit 5 or 6 people in the truck comfortably. I'de rather ride but if we need to i'm offering.