Tuesday, June 30, 2009

GASOLINE RALLY09-Departure - No Nathan, no New Steve

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I accidentally overslept. I woke when Jeremy texted me at 9am to see if we could leave early because he was tired of watching television. I...

GASOLINE RALLY09-Saturday Evening Raffle & Party at Radio Radio

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Radio Radio seems like a pretty cool place. Kat and I got inside and I saw the swag I had been missing all weekend---they had coozies!!! I...

GASOLINE RALLY09-Saturday Morning - The Big Show!

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This was the deal I had been waiting a year for! We got over to Speed City Scooters a little after 8:30 and there were few people there. Th...

GASOLINE RALLY09-Meet and Greet at the Monkey's Tail

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Kat and I headed over to the Meet & Greet early...I wanted to make sure I got the correct size of shirt. They were passing out the rall...

GASOLINE RALLY09-Launch point: Dead Scootopia

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Jeremy decided to meet at Scootopia's old lot for our Gasoline Rally gathering point. I got there a little later than I had planned, an...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Pre-Rally Weekend

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Saturday I went and did errands. I went first to Yamaha of Louisville to get the stuff I needed for my 'tune up' this weekend. I g...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Some days it pans out...

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The weather looked pretty bad today, but I made it to work without a stopover to pull on rain gear! The HR lady just told me that the stor...
Friday, June 12, 2009

Misty Rain, Idiots, and St. Louis Beer

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Although it was misting rain today, I had to ride the scooter.  I am very happy to have it adorned with my IBA plate back.  I threw on the l...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Finished Product

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I am happy as a puppy with two peters!! From Iron Butt Saddlesore 1K My certification packet for the Saddle Sore 1000 came in the mail today...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Rainy days...

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My general rule for commuting via scooter is this: If I can get on the bike with a dry seat, I'll ride to work. Generally I will just ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Retractable Camera Mount

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What I wanted was a camera mount that was retractable...like the anti-theft ones in retail stores. It is a hard to come by item for a regul...

Farkle Bar

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I am almost done with my farkle bar for the Yamaha Majesty. If you don't know what a farkle is... Motorcycle accessories are features a...
Friday, May 29, 2009

I am now a member of the Iron Butt Association!

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I got my email from the president of the Iron Butt Association today.... Dear Kelly Nall: You are receiving this e-mail because of your app...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Decision on LD riding

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After this weekend, I have come to the decision that I need to work on my setup a lot before I do too much more long distance riding. The st...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Sunday Exploration: Finishing my A-Z collection

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If you've been reading my blog any, you probably know about my Everywhere, A to Z collection. I get pictures of my scooter with road si...

Sunday Exploration: US-68

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On US-68 headed toward my collection points, I saw this Yamaha dealer, so I stopped to get a picture. From Izzy's International Lunch ...

Sunday Exploration: Wilmington, Ohio

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From Izzy's International Lunch & Ride Fortunately, Wilmington was not just one dirty flop-house, crackwhore motel. Apparantly they...

Camping in Southern Ohio

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If you wait until last minute on Memorial Day weekend to get a campsite for the night, you will likely experience epic failure. It was arou...

Izzy's ride - Back into Cincinatti along US-52

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The day was still good, and weather holding at perfect. We did a regroup just over the river after the ferry. From Izzy's International...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Izzy's ride - Augusta, KY

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We got to Augusta, Kentucky which was the area that had the cool ferry. It also has the hollywood Clooney's home (Rosemary, mother and ...

Izzy's ride - Rabbit Hash to Augusta, KY

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The route to Augusta was awesome also. The guys did a great job planning this all out. Notice in front of me is (I believe, but I could ha...

Izzy's ride - Rabbit Hash General Store

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We pulled into Rabbit Hash, and the whole place was packed with mainly bikes and a few cars. I think we had the only scooters there. No wh...

Izzy's ride - the ride to Rabbit Hash, KY

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We got on the road and it was a pretty good ride to Rabbit Hash. I think Rabbit Hash is one of those "motorcycle heaven" places w...