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 Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:56 pm Post subject: Isle of Mann, 2011 |
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Every year there is an extremely informal ride that meets at a particular coffee shop and makes a loop around Manhattan. Given that this will most likely be the last year I will be able to do it...maybe ever I decided it was a must-ride.
Thankfully we were blessed with semi-clear roads and clear skies, temp in the high 40s.
Meet a couple that are avid riders out on the Island and we rode in. Funny, these folks ride 20k+ a year, own 10 bikes (including a GS, Speed Triple, Ducati 998, etc etc and since they got dual sport bikes that's all they ride......hmmmmm) and the hooligan triple was born.
Early birds
This guy was a local, "Bear". Rolled up on this rad rod...complete with hardtail rear, suicide clutch and no brakes. He got off his bike and promptly rolled up a cigarette. Very James Dean.
We tried to get the fat guy to shove off but he just wouldn't leave. 
Apparently "snow removal" in Manhattan involves pushing snow out from a side street onto a main road and stopping traffic while they run over it a few times.
Molesting Oprah, fat guy again.
And of course, the real reason I traveled 60 miles in the cold......
.....good coffee. Yeah, in fact it does come with a free vagina. I like my coffee light, aight?
Steak and eggs. Amazingly they were actually better than they look.
Friends. Some I know, some I don't.....yet.
Time to ride!!
Bumble bee version of my old FZ1.
So long, Manhattan. Won't miss you too much. Give me mountains and oceans over the concrete jungle any day.
I can haz street bike soon?
Here's a cool video the couple I was with shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xg0B5P_XEM
Here's a picture of Jessica Alba swimming. Just because.
HAPPY NEW YEAR YFF!!!
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drikko
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Any more photos of Jessica Alba?
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Jim
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:59 am Post subject: |
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| drikko wrote: | | Any more photos of Jessica Alba? |
let me google that for you.... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Jessica+Alba
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SugarHillCTD
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | So long, Manhattan. Won't miss you too much. Give me mountains and oceans over the concrete jungle any day. |
ZACTLY.
Thanks for the taster of riding. Would still like to have a DP in the garage, but until one of the kid's bikes is no longer living here it ain't happenin'
You are not gonna' miss the dirty Apple.
John
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Karlos11
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Isle of Mann, 2011 |
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Great to see such different bikes together. I'd gladly join you guys for a cup of coffee and some chit-chat! Nice! 
| Off the grid wrote: | | Every year there is an extremely informal ride that meets at a particular coffee shop and makes a loop around Manhattan. Given that this will most likely be the last year I will be able to do it...maybe ever I decided it was a must-ride. |
Last year you'll be able to do it? Why is that, may I ask?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Isle of Mann, 2011 |
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| Karlos11 wrote: | Great to see such different bikes together. I'd gladly join you guys for a couple of coffee and some chit-chat! Nice!
| Off the grid wrote: | | Every year there is an extremely informal ride that meets at a particular coffee shop and makes a loop around Manhattan. Given that this will most likely be the last year I will be able to do it...maybe ever I decided it was a must-ride. |
Last year you'll be able to do it? Why is that, may I ask? |
Moving to CA.
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michaelcurrin
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Thought you were headed to the Carolinas??
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RAL88
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| michaelcurrin wrote: |
Thought you were headed to the Carolinas?? |
Deja Vu
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