*Wow! No...that ride certainly wasn't boring. Nevada is NOT the state you wanna run out the tank dry in. :) You could literally sit on the roadside for many hours before another vehicle came along. * * * *What a ride!
* *Paul * On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Kim Paddock <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not so boring on a bike...with no windshield, 25-35 mile and hour > winds hitting you, and it's getting dark and cold and no Ely. Add to that a > 2.5 Gallon gas tank and a 1 gallon reserve and it's game on. I ran out of > gas at an intersection with no way to tell how far Ely was. I put most of > the gallon reserve in my tank. Doogie was riding with me on his Yamaha 800. > He was freezing his junk off and we had to get there or be biker-cicles. We > start out towards Ely again and the sun is getting lower. I run out of gas > again and put in the last few drops. Doogies says "I'm O.K....my gas light > hasn't come on yet. He gets on his bike, turns it on, and his gas light > comes on. He says "F***" over and over. I say "Follow me." We limp down the > road trying to save on fuel. Where the hell is Ely? Is this place for real? > We go over the last hill...and there it is! It's still about a mile away > however. We nurse our bikes down the hill and roll into the gas station. My > bike says "COUGH" and dies. "Doogie...I'm out of gas." I said. We looked at > each other and busted up like two frozen loonatics. The locals thought we'd > frozen our brains out. We filled up. It was so cold by then that even our > bikes were shaking. We went to the nearest casino/motel. It took an hour for > us to feel our legs (and some other parts that we forgot about.) When we got > up in the morning there was frost on our bikes. We went to the dollar store > to buy more layers. We found out that : 1) it was 27 degrees and 2) that Ely > had 8 inches of snow last weekend. We were not to see another bike for 600 > miles. We were chased by a storm clear to the Idaho border and then the > bloody thing just gave up. > Total journey: 776 miles...not including all of the riding I did in 2 days > in Vegas. Cost of my 49th birthday gift: $4995.00 plus plane fare. Cost of > the journey home: priceless. I nearly killed Doogie and he's 20 years > younger than me. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paul <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, July 29, 2010 8:19:20 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: How'd You Learn About Nighthawk > > *Whoa!!!! I have a new respect for you Kim. I've made that drive through > Nevada many times, but only in a car. That is ONE LONG BORING drive!!!* > * > * > *Paul > * > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Kim Paddock <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When I was riding my "new" Harley back from Las Vegas through the cold >> hell known as Ely, Nevada all I could hear going through my head was "I fell >> innntoo a burning ring of fiiireeee....I went down, down , down and the >> flaaammmes got higgheerrrrrr....." I think it was thoughtful wishing at that >> point. HotrodMamma (sometimes) >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Wed, July 28, 2010 12:46:32 PM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: How'd You Learn About Nighthawk >> >> You guys are wearing to tight a helmet. >> >> rodhall >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, Jul 28, 2010 12:02 pm >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: How'd You Learn About Nighthawk >> >> My song was 99 luftbaloons.... Sorry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> >> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:42:56 am >> To: [email protected] >> From: "Kyle Munz" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: How'd You Learn About Nighthawk >> >> I don't know if company is reassuring in this case. One person can be a >> >> >> >> quirk, two people unknowingly singing Lucille in German accents makes me >> suspicious of government mind control! >> >> -Kyle >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:18 AM, [email protected] < >> >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Ive been there and done that.... Glad im not the only one >> > -----Original Message----- >> > Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:09:45 am >> >> >> >> > To: [email protected] >> > From: "Kyle Munz" <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: How'd You Learn About Nighthawk >> > >> >> >> >> > That is a great quote. Riding can be a nice escape. Get out in the country, >> > away from the 4wheeled psychopaths trying to kill me. Just me in my helmet, >> > zoned out, letting my brain do what it wants with no distractions... >> >> >> >> > The problem with being the only one in your helmet is that there's nobody >> > else in there to blame for strange occurrences. I had this happen recently >> > where I was riding along and started wondering just who the heck is singing >> >> >> >> > Kenny Rogers' "Lucille" and why are they singing it in a terrible German >> > accent and do they know any lyrics other than the main chorus that they >> > keep >> > repeating over and over again? Times like that I wish >> >> there had been >> > someone >> > else in my helmet to blame... >> > >> > -Kyle "Und a crop in das vields..." >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> > > "For me, biking is like a man-cave. All I have are my own thoughts, some >> > > simple rules of the road, and the beauty around me. When I take off my >> > > helmet I return to the "real" world." >> >> >> >> > > >> > > Rusty - I'm printing that off when I get home and putting it on my Quote >> > > Wall! >> > > -Joey (Anti-Social Biker) >> > > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> >> >> > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> >> >> >> > <nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> >> >> >> > > >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> >> >> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, se >> >> -- >> You received >> this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > * > * > * > * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- * * * * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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