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On a bit of a whim (18 hours notice to me counts as a whim), Yamaguy55, Koinz, and myself managed to meet up for a Saturday ride. Since the rest of the weekend looked so iffy as far as weather, we were all motivated to get out for a spin.
We met at Heisler's Dairy in Tamaqua, grabbed lunch and an ice cream. I'd met Yamaguy55 a few weeks back in person, but this was my first time meting Koinz. After settling down, he opened with what I believe is my favorite question, "So, why is it that the guy who runs the Super Tenere forum doesn't have a Super Tenere?" I'll have to let Koinz chime in, but I threw what I think is becoming my normal spiel about this topic (Yamaguy55 asked the same thing the day after I met him, he's a bit soft spoken I guess
), which is basically, "It's coming." After lunch we saddled up and Koinz and I proceeded to chase Yamaguy55 over a bunch of roads in PA. Our first stop:
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There is a wind generator farm (found out from Koinz that the insiders don't appreciate the term "windmill" ) on a ridge right off of 329 so we stopped for a close up look. At the very bottom of the wind mill (screw it, "generator" is too long a word) is a man door, so you can get an idea of how big these things are.
Other shots of us taking a breather:
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Next up Yamaguy55 led us to an old abandoned railroad bridge a bit off the beaten path. I don't have a wide angle view of the bridge, but it's basically a drop-off that if you don't see coming will really ruin your day. He's a shot overlooking the chasm (that's a blue helmet down there, not one of ours thankfully):
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Yamaguy55 and Koinz running away from the bridge in fear:
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Hey, is that three Teneres lined up? Oh, no, not really :-[.
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Last shot that I have, Koinz and Myself posing with the red-headed stepchild of the group. I have to start drinking more beer or something, looking kind of thin. Stupid jogging regimen will do that to you.
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That's pretty much it. After we left the bridge we all split up. I found that the 3 mile jaunt on the dirt road back from the bridge jarred my right mirror extender loose (didn't loctite it, stupid) so I had to ride home with a gimpy right mirror since I didn't have the right tool on me to tighten it.
It was a great ride with great guys. I was riding 3rd and I found myself chasing the Teneres more than once through the twisties Officially I'm blaming it on my top-box and the higher center of gravity.
Yamaguy55, Koinz, feel free to chime in. Good riding with you guys. I hope more of us from the forum can meet up for rides in the future.
We met at Heisler's Dairy in Tamaqua, grabbed lunch and an ice cream. I'd met Yamaguy55 a few weeks back in person, but this was my first time meting Koinz. After settling down, he opened with what I believe is my favorite question, "So, why is it that the guy who runs the Super Tenere forum doesn't have a Super Tenere?" I'll have to let Koinz chime in, but I threw what I think is becoming my normal spiel about this topic (Yamaguy55 asked the same thing the day after I met him, he's a bit soft spoken I guess
), which is basically, "It's coming." After lunch we saddled up and Koinz and I proceeded to chase Yamaguy55 over a bunch of roads in PA. Our first stop:[smg id=597]
There is a wind generator farm (found out from Koinz that the insiders don't appreciate the term "windmill"
) on a ridge right off of 329 so we stopped for a close up look. At the very bottom of the wind mill (screw it, "generator" is too long a word) is a man door, so you can get an idea of how big these things are.Other shots of us taking a breather:
[smg id=598]
[smg id=599]
[smg id=600]
Next up Yamaguy55 led us to an old abandoned railroad bridge a bit off the beaten path. I don't have a wide angle view of the bridge, but it's basically a drop-off that if you don't see coming will really ruin your day. He's a shot overlooking the chasm (that's a blue helmet down there, not one of ours thankfully):
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Yamaguy55 and Koinz running away from the bridge in fear:
[smg id=603]
Hey, is that three Teneres lined up? Oh, no, not really :-[.
[smg id=606]
Last shot that I have, Koinz and Myself posing with the red-headed stepchild of the group. I have to start drinking more beer or something, looking kind of thin. Stupid jogging regimen will do that to you.
[smg id=605]
That's pretty much it. After we left the bridge we all split up. I found that the 3 mile jaunt on the dirt road back from the bridge jarred my right mirror extender loose (didn't loctite it, stupid) so I had to ride home with a gimpy right mirror since I didn't have the right tool on me to tighten it.
It was a great ride with great guys. I was riding 3rd and I found myself chasing the Teneres more than once through the twisties Officially I'm blaming it on my top-box and the higher center of gravity.
Yamaguy55, Koinz, feel free to chime in. Good riding with you guys. I hope more of us from the forum can meet up for rides in the future.
