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posted February 18, 2004 10:36 AM
...that 'blue' Z-1B...I can still remember the first time I saw one ride past me as the rider down-shifted for a corner...the way that smooth engine sound taunted me, that strange dreamy color, the way the pipes dazzled my young impressionable eyes in the sun...I remember the smell of it when I picked mine up from the dealer in Asheville, NC...my first ride on it...one week after learning how to throttle, shift, brake, and lean on the Avenger...all that power...in the rain with no rain gear and 300 miles ahead of me through some of NC's twisty roads and smooth Interstate...I didn't care...after being denied by my parents al those prior years, I was off the Islands and on my own, I was 19 years old, and IT WAS MINE, ALL MINE! ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted February 18, 2004 11:42 AM
Yeah man, I am having flashbacks like crazy. I have the same story, but it involved my brand new '82 GS1100E, 19 years old and wild as fire. I can't believe I am still alive to talk about this. Boy have times changed... I still love the feeling of picking up a new bike though and I will relive it as sson as I get my call from Ultimate Cycles in Richmond, VA. I won't be riding it far though, still gonna be cold here.
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posted February 18, 2004 12:04 PM
Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Feb 2004 12:04
...nope...had long lost friends there that I used to visit when I was a young buck stationed in Fayetteville, NC (Pope AFB) back in '75-'78...beautiful area, gorgeous roads...here in sunny SoCal now with at last 300 days of good weather riding a year!...very near world famous Palomar Mountain, Ortega Hwy, and other exquisite roads ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
stand ready in the night to visit violence on those
who would do us harm.”
-George Orwell
posted February 18, 2004 02:27 PM
Did you retire from the military? When I was active duty we had a trip there (Pope AFB) to terminate some fibre and teach a class on terminating and splicing fibre. Not a bad area, some of the locals complained of the gunfire. They often refered to the town as Fayettenam and some said they'd lie awake at nght playing a game called guess that caliber. Man, I laghed my butt off when I heard that. I'm retired in Hampton, VA, the roads here are nothing to talk about. You have to go out west or south-west to do any fun riding. I might try to get a group together one weekend this spring/summer to hit Deals Gap and pick up one of those T-shirts I've heard about. Heck, I wouldn't mind to trying to get out to Jamie James place to check out his cooking while we are out that way riding.
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posted February 18, 2004 02:39 PM
Johnnyboy - You ever ride out on 64 to West Virginia? Some good riding out there, but ya gotta watch out for the coal trucks, they don't care. ____________
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posted February 19, 2004 06:44 AM
SWFT> I haven't gone that far out on 64 on the bike, that's a bit of a hump for me to do in a single day and try to have fun once I get there. It would have to be a weekend ride. Not a lot of guys out here into the twisty stuff, mostly drag racing.
You've got a pretty sharp memory... When were you last here?
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posted February 19, 2004 07:36 AM
I think it was back in 87 or so...First trip out there was in 81. Some good roads out there, crawling up and down the mountains!
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posted February 19, 2004 08:41 AM
Yeah, you wouldn't recognize this place now, crazy, crazy. The people still can't drive though, I think that is the only thing constant.
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posted February 19, 2004 09:32 AM
...not retired, just ended with my six ('74-'80)...yup, it was and probably is still called 'Fayette'nam'...the Drop-Zones out towards Pinehurst were very active even way back when...
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posted February 19, 2004 01:01 PM
Edited By: worm~hole on 19 Feb 2004 13:02
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Small world, huh? So, what are you doing with yourself now?
...see avatar and first sig-line ...12 years and counting down to retirement hopefully in 8 to 15 years and hopefully in one piece ...then I'd like to ride off into the sunset for a never ending tour on my future Harley until I can't balance it or see no' mo'...yeah, I said that...my future Harley...always wanted one...and since I'll be slowing down anyway, its the appropriate bike for an AARP card carrying citizen, yes? ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
stand ready in the night to visit violence on those
who would do us harm.”
-George Orwell
posted February 19, 2004 02:04 PM
I did the retirement thing already, been out two years now. It sure is nice to have the extra money coming in and all you have to do is continue breathing and I am a disabled vet too. I did the Harley thing too, '79 Sportster and '81 Lowrider, both were my Dad's. He had told me he'd co-sign for my first bike, but it neve happened, then he told me when I graduated he'd co-sign, never happened. So, I joined the military and bought my GS1100E. Riding beside my Dad was one of the most memorable times I've had in 28 years of riding. I really wish he could still handle a bike, I'd love to ride with him one more time.
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posted February 18, 2004 10:36 AM
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...12 years and counting down to retirement hopefully in 8 to 15 years and hopefully in one piece ...then I'd like to ride off into the sunset for a never ending tour on my future Harley until I can't balance it or see no' mo'...yeah, I said that...my future Harley...always wanted one...and since I'll be slowing down anyway, its the appropriate bike for an AARP card carrying citizen, yes? 