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Message started by sunny on 11/12/04 at 07:11:32

Title: toy run season
Post by sunny on 11/12/04 at 07:11:32

well, i finally broke out the jb weld and fixed the windshield bracket last night.

just in time for toy run season.

i am currently trying to find out just how many toy runs i can attend in the d/fw metroplex. apparently there are a great many.

do any of you have plans to participate?

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by Savage_Rob on 11/12/04 at 07:26:33

I'm looking into a few I've found on a couple of local club sites but I don't know how my schedule will be yet.

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by Old Geezer on 11/12/04 at 12:37:28

Out Midland way, there is at least one scheduled every weekend from tomorrow until right before Christmas. We're quite a cheerful lot out here!

In fact, I am coordinating one for our local CMA chapter which benefits a children's home here. Before the run, we have a chili feed, then ride to the home and take the kids on rides around there facility. It's good stuff.

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/12/04 at 14:44:06

8)Have lotsa fun on your Toys for Tots Runs! Ours here in St. John's, Nfld. was held on Sept. 12th of this year. Here is a pic of my Savage decked off with a stuffed Labrador and the "Stars & Stripes" (in honor of the anniversary of 9/11) ready to head out on the Ride.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/PerrydaSavage/toysfortots001.jpg
And here's a happy Biker cruising along with the local Toys for Tots pack.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/PerrydaSavage/toyrun5.jpg

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by sunny on 11/29/04 at 07:39:27

i went on my very first toyrun yesterday.

my advice to others like myself who are new to it: ride with a group of people(within the run itself) you have ridden with before.
very scary.

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by thehoghunter on 11/29/04 at 15:58:37

What was scary? When you saw Santa?

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by Greg_650 on 11/30/04 at 04:11:16

sunny wrote:

i went on my very first toyrun yesterday.

my advice to others like myself who are new to it: ride with a group of people(within the run itself) you have ridden with before.
very scary.

Just like an everyday drive in a car on the interstate, some bikers have no concept of riding in a group, either. Just as some cagers don't signal a turn, some bikers do the same. Just as some cagers make unexpected lane changes, some bikers don't know how to ride in formation. I know what you mean.

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by Susan on 11/30/04 at 06:28:58

I did a Poker Run this summer and had a lot of fun but I did ride with a group of riders I knew. I can imagine that it would have been harder and less pleasant if I had been with people I wasn't sure I could trust.

Sounds like you were unlucky. Glad to hear you made it out unscathed. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Title: Re: toy run season
Post by sunny on 11/30/04 at 09:45:42

i think the most important thing if you are very new is to have someone you know both fore and aft.

i got separated from the group i was with as people shuffled like cards into line. the people i rode up with, knew that i was only able to do staggered formation and they had seen me get buffetted quite a bit on the ride up. during the run the woman riding a harley behind me was almost intent on riding parade. which would have been fine except it was a very blustery day. one would think she'd have seen me get buffetted around my half of the lane and want to stay back, but no.
if i had a throttle lock i might have smacked her one, i was so angry. >:(

but once we got there i rejoined the folks, drank some coffee and went home all alone... whew.