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Title: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 09/29/19 at 17:00:06 Last year Stewmills, his brother Bailey and I went to Barber on Saturday and had a great time.......it was really hot. This year I am riding down with a local friend on Thursday, and I will be at the Vintage Festival Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday. Stewmills and his brother Bailey and 1 other friend will be coming up on Saturday. Anybody else going? https://www.barbermuseum.org/barber-vintage-festival/ |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by MMRanch on 09/29/19 at 20:36:17 Our son is home on leave till the last of Oct. then he is going to an Air Base Resort in South Korea for a year . So , I can't go this year . ::) Ya'll , plot it out for next year . |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 09/30/19 at 07:54:24 Current forecast is 89F daytime and 69F night. It will be a warm day, but hopefully not quite as sweltering hot as it was last year. I am bringing my wide brim hat and my camelback so I can have 'warm' water in between the $3 ice cold waters. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by ohiomoto on 09/30/19 at 08:54:39 102B2631202C37312A222F30430 wrote:
Timeout!!! Who the heck names their kids Stewart and Bailey???? ;D |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 09/30/19 at 10:11:48 Those are our code names. We are really secret Russian operatives sent to steal motorcycle secrets from the masterminds in north Alabama. Our real names are Khrizantema and Dazdraperma. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by LANCER on 09/30/19 at 11:04:40 Oh no ! My fears have been realize !!! [ch128558] |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Serowbot on 09/30/19 at 11:41:56 I knew there was sumtin' shifty about Stew... :-? |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by badwolf on 09/30/19 at 12:15:56 Dave, I will be there Saturday to check things out on my way up to see Mo. I sent you a e-mail with my mobile number, give me a text so I have your number to connect this weekend. See ya there! (I am guessing there will be a LOT of Harleys) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 09/30/19 at 12:59:20 3331223C222038313922500 wrote:
Because it is the vintage festival, there are of course the Harley's but not as bad as one might think. It is a pretty diverse group of bikes. You could roll up on some old smoking piece of junk and pretty much just blend right in...there are old 2 cycle dirt bikes smoking and zooming around, etc. My suggestion is to buy tickets in advance online, and go to will call at the hotel across the street to get them. That way you just ride straight in through the "already have tickets" line and don't have to sit in the line on a hot bike ona hot day on hot asphalt. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 09/30/19 at 17:17:41 3E39283A202421213E4D0 wrote:
Stew ( Khrizantema)......maybe you could strap one of those white faux YETI coolers to your bike this year. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 09/30/19 at 17:19:37 180A180A07141B161D550 wrote:
Are you driving him again this time.......like you did from Texas to Tucson? I thought the military had trucks and planes and boats to move their personal with? :-? |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by zipidachimp on 10/01/19 at 00:01:31 Sold all my pot stocks, trusting Border Patrol lets me in, flying in Wed pm, staying until Mon. Where can we meet up?? ps; temp here is 58', another 30' may be overwhelming!!!!!! Cheers! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/01/19 at 07:03:40 09323F2839352E28333B36295A0 wrote:
haha, Here it is! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/01/19 at 12:46:30 5D4E574E4346444F4E4A57270 wrote:
The Wall of Death! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/01/19 at 12:54:38 7C474A5D4C405B5D464E435C2F0 wrote:
The Wall of Death![/quote] Also known as, the line of port-a-pottys. ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by MMRanch on 10/01/19 at 17:10:36 Are you driving him again this time.......like you did from Texas to Tucson? I thought the military had trucks and planes and boats to move their personal with? Na , Dave . He is home on leave till the last part of Oct. Then he is flying to S. Korea for a year. The Military makes you supply your own transportation if you want to do anything personal: They would have flown him from Tuscon to Seattle then on to S.Korea , but since he wanted to visit home before going to S.Korea , he has to supply his own transportation from Tuscon to home then from Home to Seattle . The military is not very user-friendly . :( |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by verslagen1 on 10/01/19 at 19:22:30 what happens if he flies back to tucson? would they fly him from there? |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/02/19 at 04:44:21 686F7E6C76727777681B0 wrote:
The Wall of Death![/quote] Also known as, the line of port-a-pottys. ;D ;D ;D [/quote] Well that stinks! ;) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/02/19 at 07:32:22 Last year we did a LOT of walking and I got tired, so I am bringing my new pop-up couch this year. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/02/19 at 07:33:07 ...Also testing out a way to bring the TTR110 along with me on the Ninja. Still under development. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by MMRanch on 10/02/19 at 08:17:12 What-ever kind of luggage rack this feller has is the kind I NEED ! ........................................ Versey , they would as him "What are you doing here . Before they let you leave you have to show a copy of your travel plans (plane ticket ###'s) so they can see your got your $hit in order . ;) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by verslagen1 on 10/02/19 at 08:25:52 Notice the red flag ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by MMRanch on 10/02/19 at 08:57:31 When I remember to bring mine it looks like this , ;) ! Heaven Sent ! :) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/02/19 at 09:26:40 MM, you are just one step away from this: |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/02/19 at 09:31:29 3B3C2D3F252124243B480 wrote:
Get the red one......it is the fastest color! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/02/19 at 18:33:25 I am all packed.....then I did some repacking. The weather forecast has changed. Thursday for my ride down will be 99, Friday 95, Saturday 94....Sunday for the ride home 88. It is going to be a scorcher! The low tonight in KY will be a normal high temperature for this time of year! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/03/19 at 06:51:20 Yep...I am going to bring my camelback thingy for water and a change of clothes and tennis shoes to change into for the day (no, I won't need help changing). Walking around in heavy boots and kevlar pants in that heat does not sound appealing. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/03/19 at 18:40:57 The ride down started out fine at 65 degrees and stayed nice until around 11AM when we crossed Jellico mountain. We soon where in the 80’s and very quickly into the 90’s. The last couple of hours it was clos to 100, and often the bike gauge read 102! We rode 530 miles today. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by zipidachimp on 10/03/19 at 18:50:02 trunk load of ice water available! stay cool! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/04/19 at 06:33:28 Dave's friends sent me this picture of him walking around at Barber's yesterday. Yep, sure must be hot out there... |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/04/19 at 06:38:08 Dave, my aim is to be wheels up around 6:30am, ETA 8:30am. Unless the area is crowded we will plan to park in the same area over by the food and bike vendors, etc. and let you know when we arrive. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/04/19 at 10:13:40 my aim is to be wheels up Not EVER riding with you |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/04/19 at 11:31:06 4F5056514C4B7A4A7A42505C17250 wrote:
You don't want to ride 2 up on my Ninja with me? My feelings are hurt. :'( :'( :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/04/19 at 12:53:22 I wouldn't ride behind anyone on anything, unless she just happened to be really pretty. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/04/19 at 13:01:04 What are you afraid of? |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by springman on 10/04/19 at 14:57:18 You guys are starting to scare me! ;D |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/04/19 at 15:48:17 I'll ride with you, you Thweet Thang you... |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/04/19 at 18:56:25 Today was just a bit less hot - but only by a couple degrees. I will swing by the Wall of death to see what time the shows are - tentatively lets meet at 11 on Sat. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by MMRanch on 10/04/19 at 19:11:39 Stew , Where on Earth did you get those Snazzy SunGlasses ??? ;D |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by zipidachimp on 10/04/19 at 19:18:40 but it was a 'dry' heat, not as bad as I feared. Hope to meet up sometime this weekend. Cheers! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/05/19 at 05:50:15 5C4E5C4E43505F5259110 wrote:
Looks to me like he spent some time with Elton John. Maybe Elton gave them to him. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/05/19 at 20:49:43 Made it to Barbers and back. Spent the day with Dave and gang and we met up with Badwolf for a bit. It was ridiculously hot as expected but with the help of some faucet water and a few $4 waters we survived. It was a great day and we will do it again next year. Didn't take many photos, but I did get a few of the mx stunt bikes. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/05/19 at 20:51:11 Dave found this cool shirt |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/05/19 at 20:53:35 Someone said flames were shooting out of the savage muffler. Considering it runs a bit rich at low throttle and it was this hot after the 90 minute ride home, I can understand.... |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/06/19 at 16:48:43 I made it home today....and got a bit wet in the process. It rained last night just after we got to the hotel, and I was lucky enough to get one of the 4 parking spaces under the canopy. The bike and roads were dry when we left this morning, and we stayed dry until we got about 30 minutes north of the TN/KY border. It only rained for a couple miles and we were back in the dry for a while - but it came back hard and the last 3 hours were in the rain. Traffic on I-75 is scary.....78-82 mph will allow you to ride in the center or left lane and blend in with traffic. We passed a few TN patrol cars at that speed, and they don't seem to care - wonder how fast you have to drive to get a speeding ticket? I rode 1,120 miles on the trip down and back and around Birmingham. This year I did not see any of the bike show, motocross or trials....just flea market, road racing, Wall of Death, Globe riders, Trick jumpers and vendors, and a few hours in the museum. The museum would take a full day alone! I plan on going next year for sure! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/06/19 at 17:31:55 You guys didn't even Go to the bike show. You were riding around, shopping for shades. Which essplaines why we didn't Get no PITCHERS! |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/07/19 at 08:09:22 392620273A3D0C3C0C34262A61530 wrote:
JOG, it's like this... Say you're 18 years old and go to the beach at spring break for the first time. Your hormones are in overdrive and there are thousands of girls your age (LEGAL AGE) walking around in skimpy bathing suits and you are just drooling all over the place for hours on end all day long...You want to try to take pictures to remember what you saw but you are so immersed in staring at the hot barely-clothed girls that you forget you have a camera, heck, you are so overwhelmed you nearly forget your name or where you are even at...then at the end of the day the sun goes down and you start to awaken from the fog and realize it is 8 hours later. That's kinda how it is, but we are all old men now and the girls are bikes...but we still get equally confused and disoriented. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/07/19 at 08:14:40 another one |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/07/19 at 08:17:53 Actually, JOG, we saw this bike and thought about you: |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/07/19 at 08:30:48 Funny sticker... I edited slightly to make it PG for the forum :) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/07/19 at 09:13:21 Your bike still has the front end on it.. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/07/19 at 09:55:57 3C2325223F3809390931232F64560 wrote:
Yeah, but it is a little crooked. Did you source out a replacement bike situation yet? |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/07/19 at 15:32:06 Yeah, all covered,, the question is, will I heal enough to be strong enough to ride safely. Both shoulders are damaged, but the right one is a painful mess. I'm still not even driving, because I can't turn a steering wheel as quickly as makes make comfortable. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by norm92de on 10/07/19 at 16:21:35 Justin, So sorry that your injuries are ongoing. Hang in there buddy. :) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by Dave on 10/07/19 at 16:53:28 For next years Barber event, I am scheming to do some things different. It was very hot and drinks were horribly expensive......20oz soft drink bottles were $5, water bottles were $4, you could get a large tea in a plastic cup for $12 that had free refills all day. Food was also really expensive with pizza slices $9- $11 each, foot long corn dog with fries $13, etc. It was basically street fair food at fancy restaurant prices - I got 2 pieces of pizza, 1 Dr. Pepper and 1 lemonade over the 11 hours I was there on Saturday and spent $39! It was so hot I was lusting for a $1.79 Slushy from the gas station! For next year I am going to take a collapsible cooler and fill it up with ice from the hotel, drinks and sandwiches from the store. (You can tell that I don't go to ball games and buy any food or drink at elevated prices). It is a fun event, the museum is incredible and would take an entire day to see everything.......maybe next year I will go a day early or stay an extra day to see the museum. I only spent a couple hours in the museum as I wanted to get outside for the fun. |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by stewmills on 10/10/19 at 07:32:59 Next year I am going to hook a trailer to my little TTR110 and pull a giant cooler of ice water around that is totally free. Sure to really make the vendors mad ;) |
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Title: Re: Barber Vintage Festival, Birmingham, AL Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/10/19 at 09:25:07 3435283763683E3F5A0 wrote:
The MRI report says Torn through.. But, I'm pushing through pain, reaching for more range of motion, because I really don't want that surgery. Thanks for the concern, T |
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