Oh yea, thats a bike all right that runs like it is a rocket. It is the
newest high performance Sports Touring bike on the market. It is a Yamaha
FJR1300. The one in the picture is a week old.
OK, heres the deal, this has nothing to do with geocaching but I like
motorcycles. Every Year I host a little get together of Long Distance,
Endurance motorcycle ( WWW.ironbutt.org ) riding friends. These guys run
endurance rallies all year where 1000 miles in a 24 hour period is the
norm. The big rally is the "Iron Butt Rally" 11 days, about 9 to 12,000+
miles. In between rallies, several folks have "Ride to Eats" which is
just an excuse to ride someplace to eat dinner, kick tires and tell
lies. I have people come from Eruka (very close) , Kansas City (fairly
close) to Alabama (800+ miles), Baltimore area (800+) and Ontario
Canada(800+miles).
The folks that do this sort of thing range from motorcycle mechanics to
many executives and business owners to an Admiral in the Navy and everyone
in between. There is no "club" really. Just a bunch of folks that enjoy
doing the same thing. Sort of like SLAGA i guess. The LongDistance Riders
have an email list just like SLAGA where about 600 of these folks
chit-chat. These guys are mostly not normal.
When i went to Michigan a few weeks ago to camp on lake Michigan, that was
another Long Distance Riders "get together".
I am working on some pictures and i'll send the link here if anyone wants
to see them.
Hope this stuff dosn't bore anybody..
glenn
At 11:18 AM 10/27/2002 -0800, you wrote:
That was a bike? I thought it was a jet rocket or something. :) Do ya'll have meetings or anything here? Or is this like a virtual club? Someone fill me in on the whyfors please. I went to the web page and looked at the piccies of the picnic. Looked like fun.
~~~~~~~~ Glenn St. Louis, Mo
