| Author | Message | ||
     Se7enth_sign |
Is anyone offering that full fairing on the Graves X1 bike these days? | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
'cause they were too slow to know we were makin' fun of 'em!!! my favorite quote of the trip was from the good ol' boy sitting next to us at the flat track races in Rapid City, after watching the first heat race and the guys tearing down the front straight handlebar-to-handlebar at 150-plus. remember what he said? using his arms and hands spread wide for emphasis, and lowering his voice in deference to the ladies within ear shot, "Why, them boys must have balls THIS big!" indeed.  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
last one for tonight:  this is my friend Jim Corso, aka Pdxs3t, and this was shot during a glorious day of sniffing out cool roads up on Mount St. Helens in preparation for Blue Groove/Northwest. the photo shows us up against the snow, not much of it, but enough that it was time to turn around and look for another passage. in terms of technical merit, the photo sucks. what the pic DOES possess, however, are powerful memories of a great day with a great friend, on great roads. on Buells. Jim would later lose his cherished S1, or, more acurately, have it taken away from him. many long years later, after crap i can't even imagine, he's back in the wind, and back on a Buell. forgive my passion as i close out this day, but it's friends like this man, and the incredible, indelible memories of same, that give my life meaning. peace out. FB  | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Jerry, That is a day, that will be with me forever and a day. Thank you! Its really hard to believe what a simple motorcycle can do to ones soul. Passion so strong you can feel it burn in your veins. Friendships made that will last a lifetime and beyond. Memories etched in ones mind that are as clear as the day they happened. Hopefully one day soon my friend, we will catch up on two wheels again and cut a groove so blue, it will out last the pavement it was ridden on. A friend forever, Jim | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Jerry, Jim - a big thumbs up to that! The connection that can be achieved between good friends on a good road seems to far exceed the usual definition of "friendship", something I've seldom experienced with those I know who lack the "fever." (non-motorcyclists) Lake-bueller - I was pleasantly surprised when I opened your "another custom S1" photo you posted yesterday and saw my '91 RS in the background! I was going nuts trying to figure out where I had parked it that fit the picture till I realized it was photographed in Daytona at the H-D show while in the possession of it's previous owner. AL | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Pdx, your words make me proud. thank you. Leftcoast, the only thing i've experienced in my sheltered life that approaches the motorcycle friendship bond is the connection i've seen between people who own and fly small aircraft. i don't happen to be one of them, but my brother Doug is, and i see a lot of similarities between he and his homies, and me and mine. i'm sure this connection must exist in other "hobby-ish" endeavors as well, but the language in which i'm most fluent is the "Brotherhood (and Sisterhood) of the Road", and it's a source of energy for me that is hard to describe. i suspect this passion is part of what drives me so hard to continually express myself via word and photo in these pages, and why it is so easy for me to "make up" excuses to take days off and ride with like-minded folks. which brings me the long way to this request, Mr. Keaton: you MUST attend Oktoberfast this year. you live in the neighborhood and all, and truth be told, as much as i look forward to meeting you (and riding with you), my REAL reason for the invite is THIS:  i'm beyond words to express how gorgeous your machine is, and Denise suggested that if you DO make it up here for O'fast that we display your bike in our living room on Friday evening while we have our kick-off BBQ, bonfire, and brew tasting. i'll leave my begging at this for now and wait for your response. Ferris | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Lake, not sure if you have these brochures -- if you don't i'm thinkin' they'd make a neat addition to your collection:        i'd like to send them to you as a way of saying thanks. FB edited by jerry_haughton on May 24, 2004 | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Thanks FB! Check your hotmail account for my snail mail. Dennis | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Lake, they'll go out in today's mail. since you said you're going to frame them, i'm sending two of each, so you'll have copies you can still thumb thru when the mood strikes. earlier i posted my "Welcome to Montana" pic, and remembered that Have Wrench Will Travel Buell in Montana later asked to use the pic in one of their ads. not sure who the rider is in the photoshopped image below, as i didn't take that particular photo, but here's the result:  copyright Battle 2win magazine and Have Wrench Will Travel Buell/Harley-Davidson/Ducati and as it happens, on the same page in the Vol 2 Issue 1 of Battle 2win (Winter 1998) is a better shot of Charlie Ballesteros' S1, pictured earlier in this thread along with the BLURR and the "...on our way to Del Mar" comment.  copyright Battle 2win magazine it was MIGHTY cold the day i shot that pic, but Charlie's like me in that he needs little excuse to take a day off and go riding. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
two more shots of Charlie:  on the GMR (Glendora Mountain Road) in the Angeles National Forest, SoCal  indeed. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
as my new friend Bartimus would say:  Tripods Forever! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 during an all-day test flog of the first White Lightning in Washington  i do. i won't. because i do. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 this was shot during the all-day White Lightning flog mentioned above -- this would be yours truly pulling a truly pathetic wheelie -- and less than 20 minutes later i was spread-eagle against a cop car being frisked. ruh-roh... photo by Sharon West at one of the Border Raids, Stuart Wells (aka Gootch), the manager of Deeley's House of Buell in Vancouver, BC, was giving us a guided tour of the place when he says, matter of factly and out of the blue, "Hey, look, there's Shaquille O'Neal." our group, about 35 strong, later admitted that in perfect unison we all collectively thought to ourselves "Bullsh*t!" at the presposterousness of Stuart's statement. turns out ol' Gootch was correct -- Shaq was there renting a Harley for a riding vacation he was getting ready to set out on.  Mr. O'Neal couldn't have been any cooler...or bigger. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 not a great photo, but interesting to me in that it was shot several years before i actually moved to this area. this is on The Bostrom (Highway 155) about 15 minutes from here. well, i can tell you that this guy won the burnout contest. i can also tell you that in return for THIS:  he received $100. as FMJ would say, "What a moroon." | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Shaq sure did fill the front set of the vehicle. I will never forget how massive of a man he is! WOW! | ||
| Pdxs3t |
PS- Jerry, Your welcome! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 "Dude! One down, four up, right???" | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
ok, well, you didn't ask for it, but you're gettin' it anyway. what follows, in pictures, is a recap of last year's Four-Play, SPLASH, and AfterGlow rides. Four-Play started in Monterey, California the day after AMA Superbike and World Superbike at Laguna Seca, and was premised to be a four-day sportbike tour up the West Coast, picking up riders along the way, culminating in a rendezvous with the sixth annual SPLASH ride. SPLASH is short for SPort Lap Around St. Helens, a hugely successful spin-off of BRAG's Blue Groove/Northwest gig in '97. and AfterGlow? well, can't remember who coined the name, but it was meant to be a ride back down the coast, again taking four days, but on a different route-set, and for anyone who was game. turned out to be a solo ride for me, which lasted more than four days, and turned out to be one of the highlights of my riding career. anyway, here it comes. be warned: i rode my VFR for this three-week, four-thousand mile day off last year. (why not the White Lightning, with the skinny thong-seat, barn door aero-package, and no luggage capacity? um, got any MORE questions?) so, if'n the occasional pic of a Japanese bike ain't your cup-o-saki, turn your eyes. also be warned: many of the Hooligans pictured here-in are not at all afraid to whip out the ol' Sacborg Salute when the mood strikes, which, as you'll see, was pretty much all the time. and so, if'n the occasional one-finger salute is an afront to your senses, ya best head over to the Classifieds. that all said, let's ride. oh, one last thing: "Dude! It's one down, four up, right???"  American Sport Bike Al and Tom/Reindog/Forger at Bubba Gump's, moments before lift off.  the first of several gratuitous VFR photos...  "Life is like a box of gaskets."  you can get anything you want, v.3  this is day two, at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 101, about a block from the famous Drive-Thru Tree in Leggett, California. as you can see, we've picked up some troops, and the SacBORG Salute is in full song already. if you never ridden a high-performance sportbike up "The Hill" from Rockport to Leggett, you have not yet truly lived.  taken in Scotia, California.  indeed. edited by jerry_haughton on May 25, 2004 | ||
| Misato |
cool pics | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
thank you. | ||
| Birdman |
aww ferris when are ya going to do some real riding.\ bwaaak the birdman ps where the f*** is dr.steve | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
the Birdman? wow, talk about a "BWAAAAK!" from BADWEB's past!! how are you and the missus? still nesting in Forest Falls? haven't heard from the Doc since we hooked up during AfterGlow last year and burned up the stretch from Lassen to Tahoe. he' still Buellin', and as you know he moved his clinic to Paradise. don't hear much from the SLeeZ, either, save for the occasional dirty joke via group e-mail. supposedly he's stuffing a Nallin motor in his Cyclone, but not sure how the project is going. there are several pix of Dr. Steve coming up later in this piece, here's a teaser:  yep, this is infamous Dr. Steve. uh, it's best not to ask. keep in touch! FB edited by jerry_haughton on May 25, 2004 | ||
| Birdman |
we are still in forest falls but thinking about a move up to gold country, somewhere with horses and clean air and no dang neighbors. might end up your way maybe up 49 a stretch. | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Jerry - gettin' back to ya on that Octoberfast invite. Providing I get my turbo fixed and the bike back operational, and I get some time off, and I'm not out of town, and my wife says I was good and can go, and maybe let her tag along on the Road King, and Court sends me that manual for the RS, and the stars align auspiciously, and I have any money left, and I don't get beat up cause I don't drink much beer anymore, I would be TRULY HONORED to attend your fun-filled weekend of Buell related hooliganism, debauchery, and prevarication. Will keep ya apprised. AL | ||
| Road_thing |
FB: Dude, you need to shave those feet... got your address, pulley will ship your way next week r-t | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Jerry, Shel say's you give good thumb! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Lefty, hope all that stuff comes to pass (especially the debauchery part...), your wife is welcome, we'll have several women riders this year, and not to worry about the beer thing -- it's not mandatory. R-T, thanks for the pulley, and as far as the feet, those are top-o'-the-line Sidi's, dude! ps: sooner or later our friend Court is gonna jump in here, and when he does i hope he posts HIS Forrest Gump pic -- it's hilarious. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Pdx, if Shel only knew...  the end of day two brought us all to Snail's place, 300 mountain-top acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean just north of the California/Oregon Border. Snail is the biggest stud i know, but will have you in tears from laughter within 30 seconds after first meeting him, and it it just gets better. he and his wife Jean are the most gracious people you'll ever want to meet, and we couldn't have asked for a cooler place to layover that night.  this is a miniscule shot of Snail's spread -- he harvests his own timber (he's a commercial logger), and bags the occasional elk that strays thru his yard (in season, of course). look close and you'll note the live band playing just in front of the garage.  on the deck the BBQ is on full honk already, with, among other things, fresh salmon that Snail caught himself (he's also a commercial fisherman). edited by jerry_haughton on May 25, 2004 | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Jerry, Check out the pics I posted in the Cool Buell Pics section. As our boys would say, check out them hooters! Jim | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 bikes and tunes, makes for a great road trip.  they're called Sans Prophet, and they rock.  if you get a chance to hear 'em live or pick up a CD, do it. edited by jerry_haughton on May 26, 2004 |
