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I'm out of town too but will be in town the entire 4th of July weekend. Looking to do some serious riding then. Also ought ten, can't wait to hear some tales of the high seas
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I have tales aplenty. Tales to make your blood run cold. I could go out this Sunday. Saturday I have brunch with my sister's boyfriend's parents (??). I'm gone the 4th unfortunately to see an old friend. Also always down for weekday riding if you stiffs ever have a day off.
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Jun 27, 2014 01:26
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ought ten posted:I have tales aplenty. Tales to make your blood run cold. Races on at Summit Point all this weekend, you guys should head up.
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Jun 27, 2014 06:27
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I'm hoping to get all restrictions on my shoulder lifted next week by my doctor! Which means I need to fix my bike. All I need to do is replace handlebars, a mirror and some turn signals. Anyone up for a Goon Garage day? I've got July 3rd off if that works for anyone? (I'm looking at you HNasty, if you're over the whole missing the party thing that is)
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Jun 27, 2014 15:37
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I have to work on the 3rd but will ride over in the evening to hang out
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Jun 27, 2014 18:14
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Randomly seen on instagram...#bikelife in the dmv
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Jun 27, 2014 19:14
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hot sauce posted:Randomly seen on instagram...#bikelife in the dmv That VA took me a few secs but it made me smile.
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Jun 28, 2014 11:17
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CheeseSpawn posted:That VA took me a few secs but it made me smile. I don't get it.
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Jun 28, 2014 14:37
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HNasty posted:I don't get it. "Warning: Speed limit enforced by aircraft" like they ever do it.
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Jun 29, 2014 04:28
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Who's riding this weekend? I'm gonna be on the bike tomorrow all day and Saturday noon - whenever I get tired. Down to meet up with anyone who wants to join.
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Jul 3, 2014 16:07
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I'll be out and about really early friday and saturday to beat the heat, if anyone else is doing that e: where do you guys usually do your group goon rides? M42 fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 16:13
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For big rides I've been on, we'll worm our way on the backroads through Virginia toward Harrisonburg. We'll get lunch there and cross into the mountains, then start making our way back. If we are tired we'll hop on 81 and 66 to get back quickly. Shorter rides we've done many diff places but try to stick with empty roads in VA and MD. Look through the thread, I think people have posted map routes before. Also, don't forget our track near RFK...I haven't been there with goons lately but would be willling this weekend. Friday I'm thinking of doing the Shenandoah Valley area and if that's too crowded, popping down to some roads around Middleburg. e: here is a random map from a ride last year. I think the GPS cut off at some point.  double edit: ok I just remembered that cars and coffee is amazing on 4th of July weekend. Does anyone know if that is tomorrow morning or Saturday morning? I'm definitely down for that as well. hot sauce fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 16:23
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Good News Everybody! I got cleared by my doctor to start riding (and golfing) again! But I doubt I have the muscle strength to do an all day ride yet, not to mention I still need to replace my handlebars. But I'm down to meet up for Cars and Coffee!
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Jul 3, 2014 21:06
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Hell yeah dude glad to hear it. Do you know if the big cars and coffee meet is tomorrow or sat?
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Jul 3, 2014 21:14
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Sat morning lets get a really early start, go to cars and coffee and then head out to the hills we can do 211 and all the usual back roads.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:52
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Sounds good. Bring ya gatorades! You wanna just meet there instead of Georgetown? For anyone who hasn't been, it's a Katie's coffee house in great falls VA
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Jul 3, 2014 23:08
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Morning trip report: Joplin Rd down by dale city has some nice sweepers and a couple faster speed curves. Just a small bit of lovely patching by the i95 merge.
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Jul 4, 2014 14:50
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M42 posted:Morning trip report: Joplin Rd down by dale city has some nice sweepers and a couple faster speed curves. Just a small bit of lovely patching by the i95 merge. Man, I haven't had time to ride in weeks. Hope you guys are getting some good miles. I might be able to join later in July.
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Jul 4, 2014 17:35
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hot sauce posted:Sounds good. Bring ya gatorades! You wanna just meet there instead of Georgetown? For anyone who hasn't been, it's a Katie's coffee house in great falls VA nah I don't mind meeting at the station it's a nice ride up and back, but we need to get there early for tom, it's gonna be loving packed to the gills. Wanna meet there 6:30?
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Jul 4, 2014 18:52
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Also rideapart did an article about cornerspin http://rideapart.com/2014/06/real-rider-cornerspin-riding-school-experience/
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Jul 4, 2014 19:30
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HNasty posted:nah I don't mind meeting at the station it's a nice ride up and back, but we need to get there early for tom, it's gonna be loving packed to the gills. Wanna meet there 6:30? Yeah, 6:30 at the Exxon sounds good. Mr. Eric Praline posted:Man, I haven't had time to ride in weeks. Hope you guys are getting some good miles. I might be able to join later in July. I just did a solid 200 today down in MD. The weather is surprisingly good for July. Coming back into the city was a little nerve wracking though, lots of out-of-towners who don't know where they are going today.
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Jul 4, 2014 20:16
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I'll try to make it too. I had to work today and the beautiful weather was agonizing.
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Jul 4, 2014 21:37
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HNasty posted:Also rideapart did an article about cornerspin http://rideapart.com/2014/06/real-rider-cornerspin-riding-school-experience/
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Jul 4, 2014 22:01
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Mr. Eric Praline posted:That Cornerspin report was on the class I was in. One of the guys she refers to at the end who crashed playing at sumo drag racing was me. That girl rode there from Chicago on a Ninja 250. One of the guys she was with banged his knee up in class and had to go to the hospital. Couldn't ride home. LOL
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Jul 4, 2014 22:53
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Ughhh, learned a harsh lesson today. If you "look fast", don't go at the speed of traffic on the beltway/dc highways with the 55 mph limit.
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Jul 5, 2014 14:34
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M42 posted:Ughhh, learned a harsh lesson today. If you "look fast", don't go at the speed of traffic on the beltway/dc highways with the 55 mph limit. Big ticket? Hopefully you were on the MD side and not VA...
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Jul 5, 2014 14:47
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NoVA  my fault entirely. Ended up in a bubble of space for a few minutes, so my speed was pretty noticeable in contrast to being in a crowd of cars ahead/behind that were going just as fast. Babby's first ticket. At least he didn't add a "reckless driving" charge on top, I hear that happens with speeding around here sometimes.
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Jul 6, 2014 03:34
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Mr. Eric Praline posted:Yup, Turn left on Aden, then left again on Fleetwood and it's some pretty nice riding behind Quantico. Double pooooost. Thanks for the suggestion! I did this today and it was awesome. For anyone doing that route, a truck blew its coolant all over the road a few miles before the aden -> fleetwood intersection this morning. Keep an eye out if you're going.
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Jul 6, 2014 15:36
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How was Cars and Coffee and the ride to 211 this weekend? I need trip reports so I can ride vicariously through you guys until I get my poo poo together.
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It was a great day all around. We had to get up at the crack of rear end, but it was well worth it. We met up at the g town Exxon around 6:30 then headed to Great Falls. Cars and coffee was fun. Lots of good stuff and more than average attendance. Saw a Noble (M12?) in real life for the first time. We did however get yelled at by this old lady for parking our bikes too close to her husband's Ferrari. She also informed us they had 20 more cars   After that we headed to 211 taking the usual back roads. We couldn't have asked for better conditions on 211. Low traffic, no gravel, no cops. We spent about an hour just going back and forth on that road alone. After that we made our way over to pit stop BBQ and got some grub. Hopped onto the highway after that and got back to DC around 3 or 4. Overall a  biek day.edit: McLaren did you skip C&C because your shoulder hurt or because you were crazy hungover 
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Jul 7, 2014 14:28
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Since everyone was too lazy to ride on sunday again, I rode with my fellow euro bike owners and did 211 and the back country once again on sunday. Felt great, specially since I had actually slept on sat night. 
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Jul 7, 2014 18:13
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GSX-R's running, and first track day of the year is registered for this weekend with N2 at NCBIKE. Going Saturday/Sunday, camping out trackside Friday/Saturday night. Should be a lot of fun.  
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Jul 7, 2014 22:40
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The blue looks great man.
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Jul 7, 2014 22:53
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hot sauce posted:McLaren did you skip C&C because your shoulder hurt or because you were crazy hungover 
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Jul 8, 2014 06:00
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M42 posted:Double pooooost. Thanks for the suggestion! I did this today and it was awesome. For anyone doing that route, a truck blew its coolant all over the road a few miles before the aden -> fleetwood intersection this morning. Keep an eye out if you're going. Oh sweet good call, only 5 miles away from the start of that route, might have to check it out when I have a day off and it isnt raining  .
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Jul 9, 2014 19:29
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Anyone else have a very wet ride home today? I felt like this guy 
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That must have suuucked. I got caught down at the waterfront (not on my bike, but I almost took it) and that was some serious poo poo. A cop rode into the parking lot about ten minutes into the rain. He was drenched and riding with a half helmet couldn't have been much fun.
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Jul 11, 2014 00:53
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ought ten posted:That must have suuucked. I got caught down at the waterfront (not on my bike, but I almost took it) and that was some serious poo poo. A cop rode into the parking lot about ten minutes into the rain. He was drenched and riding with a half helmet couldn't have been much fun. It wasn't too bad. At least once I got my leather gloves and jacket dried out, everything is nice and snug and not loose anymore. I got to say that my bike makes me feel better about riding in the rain. I feels like it's saying "Rain? Haha! That's cute." when it's a loving downpour.
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Rode my buddy's "new" bike home for him from Winchester on Wednesday. Got a bit of wet road, rain, traffic, and heat. 1982 Honda GL500 SilverWing Interstate Engine sounds great, needs a bit of work. Comes with all the modern convinces of 1982 including tape deck, AM/FM radio and some kind of COM system... minus the headsets.    
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M42 posted:Double pooooost. Thanks for the suggestion! I did this today and it was awesome. For anyone doing that route, a truck blew its coolant all over the road a few miles before the aden -> fleetwood intersection this morning. Keep an eye out if you're going. Just got back from a loop of this, pretty fun ride but I kept getting stuck behind a line of cars going super slow in the corners ,
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