| Author |
Message |
    
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 04:49 pm: | 
|
How are you able to communicate while riding?
Does your app convert the text here at BadWeb to voice and vice-versa via the bluetooth? |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 05:19 pm: |
|
PA 61 coming up Froggy. Yuengling Brewery just north of the interchange  |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 05:24 pm: |
|
Gotta be getting short on fuel at this point since the last fill.
You ride so much like me Froggy  |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 06:04 pm: |
|
Just crossing the Delaware... |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 06:14 pm: |
|
Wawa stop. Single nozzle, so you get .3 gallons of somebody's cheap fuel. But, at least you did not run dry  |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 06:16 pm: |
|
Looks like he did a squirt and go...Wow, you're better at this than I am |
Froggy
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 06:33 pm: |
|
That was just to screw with you, im in my truck, have enough gas to get home but was gonna top off if it wasn't a zoo. |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 07:34 pm: |
|
GWB backup. If you were on your bike, could probably be moving a little forward?
So close and stuck  |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 07:36 pm: |
|
I'll bet if you knew Christie, you would be waved through 
(Message edited by two_seasons on August 14, 2016) |
Wolfridgerider
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 08:27 am: |
|
2017 WVBR will be August 17th to the 20Th
...and a few pics from Friday, Moth Man in Point Pleasant and lunch at Hillbilly Hot Dog
|
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 09:48 am: |
|
Well I was glad to have made the trip. Even though I am still not sure I am going to go!
It worked out Saturday morning that I was short of parts and a little burned out and kind of tense. I tossed some stuff in the ole Vette and headed up that way for a ride. About a hundred miles into a 395 mile ride, I decided what the heck I am going to go to the event, I did not want to miss seeing the Gainer family, the Buell family, and the wedding. I called my wife to tell her that I was actually going to go when I got there.
When I pulled into the Gainer home no one was around, I arrived at 4:00 and wondered if I had missed the whole affair, but for Mark's dad. Within a half hour everyone was there! Wagon loads of great food and Buellers, only gets better if more Buellers show up!
More later. Got to get back at it! |
86129squids
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 12:17 pm: |
|
Good on ya Vern! Didja bring me back some leftovers?!?!
Now, you said "ole Vette"- didja or didja not pick up a newer 'Vette recently?
 |
1313
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 12:50 pm: |
|
Now, you said "ole Vette"- didja or didja not pick up a newer 'Vette recently?
Nope, you just dreamt it...  |
86129squids
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 01:36 pm: |
|
Thanks, buddy- seems the road-trip choice would be that '04, right? |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 05:41 pm: |
|
Well yeah, I took the old one. It is a fun ride no matter how I look at it.
It is no show car, but it looks cool. I can tell by being told that several times on a little trip like this one. On the way home a guy nearly wrecked his car getting up beside me to give me a thumbs up and yell "Cool car man!"but then that was in Southern Kentucky
The registration hasn't come in for the new one yet. I purchased it from an individual, the credit union rules mandate that they collect and pay state sales tax and registration fees, but they don't have temp tags. Driving local with bill of sale is no problem, out of state would probably be an issue. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 05:57 pm: |
|
"Corvette" the other non Buell sport ride that was actually ridden to the wedding dinner meet up
of course serious rain threats were looming in the immediate area. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 06:04 pm: |
|
Gotta post this!
This was the funnest, happiest wedding I have been to in many many years! |
Froggy
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 07:57 pm: |
|
So I’m going through my pictures. Unfortunately, not many came out good, for some reason the autofocus on my camera was having difficulty holding, resulting in many pictures not properly focusing or losing the focus in the middle of the exposure. It pretty much made panoramic photos impossible, but I had some interesting results regardless. As of today I have no focus adjustment at all unless I shake my phone and hope it lands in a better position. I guess I’ll head to the Microsoft store tomorrow to get that swapped.
Anyway, here we go!
Beautiful Scenery all around. Even at a rest stop in PA
I stopped for gas at a Sheetz, and was pleasantly surprised. Surge, in the fridge all nice and cold. I haven’t seen them in the wild since the 90s. Coca-Cola brought it back recently but it was only available on Amazon. Needless to say, I grabbed a few to keep me up after the 2hrs and 42 minutes of sleep I had the night before.
Continuing to truck on, there is a rest stop/observation area in Maryland on I-68. I took a few shots, and the focus issues started to raise its head. I made a panorama, but didn’t notice till after posting it on Facebook that it was blurry.
The rest here came out decent though. Makes me wonder how much dynamite was used to cut the pass in the mountain.
Getting there!
Almost there. For some reason my technology decided the route I should take is to get off Hwy 50 an exit early, and go down some Uly road. (Cunningham Run Rd and Stewarts Run)
I was at the campsite shortly after. I didn’t even get out my truck and the rest of the gang were already crowding around helping to unload. Got the bike out and the tent setup in short order.
A quick pano pic from the campsite in the early Thursday afternoon. Cloud cover made for some interesting sudden shadow half way through the snap.
That is all the pics for Thursday. We went for a ride the long way to Parkersburg. It was freaking hot out, to the point I thought I was going to pass out. To top it off, my check engine light was coming on and off, so par for the course with a Buell event I suppose. Mark hit a pothole so hard the clock fell out on his tuber. We stopped at Das Rookhaus, which Mark claimed has the best peperoni rolls. We got there, and it was hotter inside the place than it was outside, apparently the AC was broken. I was about to kill Mark as I know I was dehydrated and my gills couldn’t take much more of the blistering heat. The kid working there said the kitchen was even hotter.
We took a quick vote and decided to eat at the Pizza Place (yes that is what it is called) a few blocks down the road. Got there, unsuited again, and ordered up a Sicilian slice with a giant water. The pizza was “fake”, it was like a knockoff Little Caesars, but I like fake pizza anyway.
After relaxing, getting rehydrated, and cooling off in the AC we hit the road back to the campsite. Check engine light still on, and staying on more. I brought my Bluetooth dongle, so I’ll try ECMdroid when I get back to the campsite. After getting back and getting everything setup, I had no dice with getting ECMdroid to work, it would crash after pulling the data. I used two different devices with two different versions, same thing both times. Oh well. I am pretty sure it is a stator issue, so I broke out the multimeter, and sure enough it showed the battery being near dead. I didn’t feel like tearing into it, so I pulled the headlight fuse and threw the battery tender on to bring it back up to par.
Thursday evening calm, just a bunch of us hanging out sharing stories and making inappropriate jokes and comments. Gary and Damnut did some astro photography, one of Damnut’s pictures of the moon was so zoomed in and detailed you could almost see the rovers.
Thursday night sucked though. It was so hot it was difficult to sleep, to top it off it rained hard. Thankfully my tent stayed dry, but it was bad enough that Phillip and Jaclyn bailed and slept in their truck. At some point before the rain, Damnut decided to plug in an extension cord and ended up blowing the circuit. I woke up not long after due to my now powerless fan. After assessing the situation as best as one can at 3AM, I ended up getting my battery operated one out from the truck so I could get some sleep. The next morning Damnut was scooping the water out from his tent with a carbon fiber front fender (which is for sale by the way)
Friday morning came, we decided to drive to get breakfast at the same slow diner in Cairo. It is not their fault that they are slow, it usually just one girl doing everything from serving us to cooking and everything else. Our group alone increased the town’s total population by about 4% for an hour or two. Couple quick pictures from the town
Back at the camp site, you wouldn’t believe it had down poured only hours ago.
Damnut trying to start his bike. It saturated to the point that it wouldn’t start. That is three tubers with problems for those keeping track! Luckily it started after a few minutes of cranking and gunshot loud bangs.
I didn’t really take many pictures after that. Phillip, Jaclyn, Ken and I went to get lunch, we all hopped in Phillip’s truck to go Parkersburg. Buffalo Wild Wings was our destination. After eating, we saw Suicide Squad. It was pretty good. It tried very hard to be like Guardians of the Galaxy, but I found it enjoyable anyway, and it ties in nicely with the other DC movies of late.
Phillip and Jaclyn are on some kind of eating every 2 hours’ schedule, so we ventured off to a Mexican restaurant nearby. I ordered 10 more buffalo wings, figuring it would be great to hold me over. Turns out the wings were gigantic, and they were not joking about the spiciness.
(Pic stolen from Ken on Facebook)
I had to take a picture of this little guy that was near the register
Ken has a friend in the area who rides, we stopped by his place, he was wrenching on an old Guzzi he just bought. He then told us about Fort Boreman park, so we checked that out and had a pleasant but hot view of Ohio, Parkersburg, and the Ohio River.
While on our way back to the campsite, it must have been 2 hours because there was talk of getting Dairy Queen, so we stopped at one off Hwy 50. Phillip paid for them, thank you again, it was a real treat in this heat
We got back to the campsite, more people started showing up. Janette was there with her daughter Jean, and Crusty had arrived to claim the title of being the only one to ride there. Technically Adrenaline_junkie did ride there too, but since he could walk there he doesn’t count.
Friday night was more of the usual stories, insults, profane humor and such that is come to be expected with this crew. More photography too, and watching for the meteor shower. Cops even showed up because there were more trucks than motorcycles, thinking that it was a bunch of locals. Also the cop informed me that it is illegal to take pictures after 10PM, but I’m sure it is just a load of crock and he was all pissy for no reason. At least there wasn’t any rain, but it was another hot night.
Saturday we straggled out of bed. I worked my magic to get internet to the campsite so Crusty could post a snippet. Once everyone got into gear, we rode into town and got breakfast at Dodd’s Log Cabin Grill. I ended up ordering a Big Bucky, which is a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich with Texas Toast, surrounded by hash browns, and everything smothered in sausage gravy. It was so good I got another one Sunday.
I went back to the campsite after breakfast and relaxed. I didn’t expect the Big Bucky to be that big, so I ended up with a lead weight in my stomach for a few hours. Damnut took a nap, while Mark and some others went to scout a route to the dirt track that we would be heading to tonight. It rained for a minute or two then stopped. It did that a few times, but thankfully no substantial rain. I tried getting a pic of it, you could see the rain leaving and continuing pour on the other side of the field as the cloud moved on, but the focus gremlins got me again.
Everyone was trying to stay cool and dry before getting ready for the wedding
Now it is Saturday afternoon, everyone is getting suited up for the wedding. Some quick pics were taken before we all went over to the Gainer house for the ceremony
Jaclyn in her dress posing
Crusty watching as Roy and I take photos of each other taking a photo of each other.
Damnut in his Snowman print suit
Hopping in the cars to ride over, Damnut’s vanity shows again.
Bride and groom arrive
Now you know it is a real shotgun wedding, with real shotgun. (I got a video clip of her cocking it with authority too)
Everyone starting to gather in the back yard for the ceremony.
The procedure is under way
Vern trying to figure out how to operate that doohickey.
Ken living up to the stereotype
Mark and Vern getting very emotional
A quick selfie
The kiss
Gary taking some pictures
Quick prayer before the grub
Bride and Groom get first crack at the grub
The grub
The cake
Jim ate too much
We didn’t have much time to settle after eating, we were on a tight schedule to make it to the race track that was about an hour’s drive way.
Jim busting out of his XXXL shirt
We made it!
Jim won a fan for being the best dressed
Leaving the track, all the cars were coated in dirt, so we had a little fun.
Back at the campsite, no fire jenga this year but still a good fire. Some of us were up to 2AM, most of us were beat after the long day.
Phillip and Jaclyn were staying in a hotel for the night, and they looked very perky in the morning.
I got the everything loaded up, the bike looks sad to leave 
At the log cabin place again, and another Big Bucky. After eating I said my goodbyes, and began the long voyage home
Some of you noticed from my Glympse I was stopping at Sheetz. I hit every one along my route until somewhere in middle of PA. I had to refill my stash.
There you all have it. Thank you again to Mark and your family, you guys went above and beyond again. Congrats to Phillip and Jaclyn. I hope to see all of you next year. |
Two_seasons
| | Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 - 08:41 pm: |
|
Great pics.
Felt so sorry for you at the GWB backup |
86129squids
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 01:52 am: |
|
Frogs, et al, thanks SO much for the pics! I've been enjoying them from my comfortable couch, with the A/C a little too cool, so I just cut it back a bit... 
A few observations. Jim made me the most jealous to not be there, as I'm pretty sure I could've made a run for Best Dressed- not sure I could beat that sweaty snowman suit, but I'd try. A couple of pics later I was afraid I'd see an avalanche of schwetty ballz and sweaty snowmen though... 
Vern, that hat looks to have almost as much algae as my poor 55 gal fishtank! NICE. 
IIRC the little slow breakfast nook had a shop close by that was closed last year, but it looked like they had a plethora of Shemp memorabilia.
They were closed then, made me sad. I love Shemp. Mark- recon please! Looked to be that nice old brick place.
EVERYONE looked great- congrats to the newlyweds!
And- there WERE things like veggies and greens eaten, no? Looks like we BW peeps need a little roughage... but I was jealous of those wings.
And I didn't remember fried chicken last year... I might've smashed my face through the flatscreen when I saw that plate! And I do remember that everyone has prodigious, long lasting appetites...NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM.
...Anyone remember the swimming pool? Dang if Id've not been there a LOT. Too dang hot, even here in E TN. Be careful youn's.
Thanks again for the vicarious view. Surely sometime down the line myself and Vern might be able to put a shindig together...
 |
Arcticktm
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 11:48 am: |
|
Frogster,
I must correct that Crusty wasn't the only person who rode there!
I clocked over 1,100 miles getting to WVBR 9.1 and back over the long, hot weekend.
Of course with Crusty's HD and my KTM, it still means that no Buells rode there this year!
I told Ken we should call it the "Buell-ish" Rally, because the heat kept a lot of folks from riding, and we only had 2 bikes ride to dinner Saturday (an Aprilia and a KTM).
My money spent on the last minute room at the Lodge paid off in the form of working AC. I wasn't as tough as those that slept out at the campground (including 4 year old Jane!).
Thanks as always to the Gainer's for hosting us yet again for an epic feast, even if our eating time surpassed our riding time this year!
Cheers
Jim |
Pwnzor
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 02:04 pm: |
|
"Buell-ish" Rally
You'll need licensing from Mike for that.
Great pictures, everybody at work got a kick out of the funky suits people wore. |
Badlionsfan
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 05:49 pm: |
|
No Surge in NYC?!?!
That's some bull junk right there.... |
Buellish
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 07:30 pm: |
|
""Buell-ish" Rally
You'll need licensing from Mike for that."
Hey I'm easy,cheep too! |
|
