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Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #930 - 06/04/10 at 19:48:32

Southpaw wrote on 06/04/10 at 19:29:19:

ALfromN.H. FSO wrote on 06/04/10 at 18:42:54:

You can't all be in the back.

What's the old saying...If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes! Grin

I'm not sure where I'll fit in the pack, but if I'm holdin' ya back, just come on around. I'll find ya back! As I'm sure a few of them roadsters will find out, it's hard to look impressive from the ditch! Wink

Good points. Wink

If you come, you will find a place in the Savage pack. No one needs to over ride the road, we will all end at the same place even if some get there before others.

The tail of the dragon doesn't have a ditch, it has rocks, trees, or nothing for several feet down.......then rocks and trees to hit. Grin

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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #931 - 06/04/10 at 19:53:12 There were two serious crashes while we were there last year. Neither of them involved anyone from our group and I want to keep it that way this year too. Oh and my new (non darkside) rear tire is on so I just have to change the oil and filter and I'll be ready to roll. AL
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Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #932 - 06/05/10 at 02:09:53

Last year being dead last bike wasn't a prize position as you got to listen to the front tires on Al's purty white truck howl & growl going 'round the turns about 40-50 feet behind you ... cheeze, there's a meatgrinder a' coming up behind me, especially on the downhills.

It wuz skeery, even from inside the truck sometimes.

I can be third from the back, that's OK. Just means if I get lost somebody will notice. And that's a good thing as the ones in front don't always see or notice the activity a turn or so behind them. Toymaker can ride clean up position as the likelyhood of him going down is quite slim since he lives up there.

4:30 AM
Drugs wore off during the night -- I am some more SORE this morning.

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6:30 AM
Made it through the shower and the shave and the dressing and the shoes and the clipping the seat belt and I made it all the way in to work, where I am sitting & grinning waiting for my little pills to kick in.

Shoulder stuff shure does suck -- I am being reminded of what it was like to recover from open shoulder surgery on the left one a couple of years ago. It wuz a half year of constant pain and various types of immobility. I worked for Goodyear back then and Goodyear would not permit you to be on site and take any form of prescription drugs that said "drowsy" on the label -- I cheated a bit on occasion I do believe.

I am gonna get all better in the next few weeks and just live with whatever remains after the healing is over -- I ain't going thru that open shoulder stuff again, sorry, nosiree bob, nana, noway.

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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #933 - 06/06/10 at 03:58:16 17 days and counting............ Hey hole-in-the-wall Gang......things going to be busy at my abode...New roof going on and new carpet being installed....so if there is a mess, please excuse it.... T
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Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip
Reply #934 - 06/06/10 at 04:29:20

Toymaker wrote on 06/06/10 at 03:58:16:

17 days and counting............

Hey hole-in-the-wall Gang......things going to be busy at my abode...New roof going on and new carpet being installed....so if there is a mess, please excuse it....

T

What mess ? ? That sounds like normal daily activity to me ?
Just so long as the workers don't take all the coffee before I get up at 5 am. Cheesy

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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #935 - 06/06/10 at 06:12:15 there will be plenty ' coffee....I wouldn"t do THAT to anyone....much less you, Lancer
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the haz YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 20	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #936 - 06/06/10 at 08:56:00 Just got back from N.C. but will be back July 19. Sorry I'll miss the ride but I'll be thinking about the crazies. Traffic last week was not bad at all. Economy killing travel I think.
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kel30734 Senior Member Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 486 Calhoun, GA Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #937 - 06/06/10 at 16:19:32 Has any one heard from savageDML? Toyman........ Sounds like my house 365 a year... the honey DO seems to never end with Honey Done Kel
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #938 - 06/06/10 at 16:28:23 Best rattle his email and PM him, time is rapidly creeping up on us. Who else either went last year or expressed an interest in going this time?
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #939 - 06/07/10 at 01:28:58 I have talked to SavageDML and he said that he hoped to come. Said something about escrow on new house...but he said he wanted to come.
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #940 - 06/08/10 at 02:17:31 15 days and counting!
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #941 - 06/09/10 at 00:22:04 OK, everybody go take a close eyeball oggle at your front brake pads. Why? Dragon run is hard on your brakes and we had a total pad wear out (blue rotor) last trip because it got missed on the pre-trip inspection. Get them Scooters ready !!
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #942 - 06/09/10 at 02:00:12 14 days and counting..... also...yippee..school year is about over...last morning of getting up at 5 am......yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10803 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #943 - 06/09/10 at 05:29:47 Toymaker wrote on 06/09/10 at 02:00:12: 14 days and counting..... also...yippee..school year is about over...last morning of getting up at 5 am......yippppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee now you can sleep in until 530 before you start getting up to check the bikes over and over and over........
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: This Year's Tail of the Dragon Trip Reply #944 - 06/09/10 at 13:57:04 thank you for the time update....
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