[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-23 Thread EGrider
Friend of a friend rode his bike from the Netherlands to South Africa, had the bike shipped to Argentina, and then rode it up to Maine to where the mutual friend I mentioned lives. Now that's a man. On Sunday, August 19, 2012 1:35:01 PM UTC-4, jaybird248 wrote: A riding club buddy of mine has

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2012-08-23 Thread Ross M. Jamison
Do you call him ol' iron butt. Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 8:29 AM, EGrider gevan...@gmail.com wrote: Friend of a friend rode his bike from the Netherlands to South Africa, had the bike shipped to Argentina, and then rode it up to Maine to where the

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-21 Thread surfswab
My hero -- heroine actually -- has done exactly that...as well as the length of the African continent and several thousand miles in the U.S. And she's a red-headed hottie, too. Pics 'n stuff here: http://www.loisontheloose.com/africa/index.html On Aug 21, 12:40 am, Javier Garcia

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2012-08-21 Thread Allen Thomas
Lol! Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:43:50 To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's

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2012-08-21 Thread Jason King
-0500 *To: *nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com *ReplyTo: * nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com *Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride You should probably learn Spanish before making that trip. -Kyle On Aug 20, 2012 11:40 PM, Javier Garcia jajgar...@gmail.com wrote: My wife

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2012-08-21 Thread Ross M. Jamison
Our company is supplying equipment to Fairbanks Alaska part of the order calls for on site commissioning. I've been joking with the project engineer (triumph speed triple) and one of the service techs (Suzuki c50) that we could ride our bikes from Houston up there. Won't happen but fun to

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2012-08-21 Thread Joey Kelley
Darn it sufswab! Don't send me interesting reading when I'm at work! Did you see the article on Uraling it across America? Now I want a Ural. Again. I just beat that out of my system and now its back. Thanks. Thanks a lot. :-) -Joey On Tue,

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2012-08-21 Thread Ross M. Jamison
I would also like a Ural. Houston local dealer advertises them, the base model, for less than $10k. Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Joey Kelley sandp...@gmail.com wrote: Darn it sufswab! Don't send me interesting reading when I'm at work!

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-21 Thread Javier Garcia
What for? I am able to go by here in the US knowing no English :) Javier. On Aug 21, 2012 12:43 AM, Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com wrote: You should probably learn Spanish before making that trip. -Kyle On Aug 20, 2012 11:40 PM, Javier Garcia jajgar...@gmail.com wrote: My wife and i always

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-21 Thread Hawaii Sean
My bucket list ride is starting in Israel across to China and ending in Japan. This isn't very possible today with the whole middle east stuff but maybe in the next 20 years - before I turn 70. Sean On Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:35:01 AM UTC-10, jaybird248 wrote: A riding club buddy of mine

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2012-08-21 Thread Graham Rogers
and what little English Javier does know is not English, it's American - sort of ... Graham On Aug 21, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Javier Garcia wrote: What for? I am able to go by here in the US knowing no English :) Javier. On Aug 21, 2012 12:43 AM, Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com wrote: You

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-20 Thread EGrider
Ever since I watched The Motorcycle Diaries (which I've done about 8 times now), I've wanted to ride from Argentina to Venezuela. Call it my Victory lap. Well, this past May I did a 3-day ride on a rented Honda NX400 Falcon from Cuzco, Peru to Machu Picchu and back and it was outrageous! I

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2012-08-20 Thread paul annen
not south america... but i have for about 10 years not i have wanted to build a pair of hybrid diesel electric bikes and do the permiter of the US.. then hopefully sell the design and one of the 2 prototypes to a company (perferably honda) for enough money to live comfortably (but not

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-20 Thread Kyle Munz
Well don't watch The Long Way Round (http://longwayround.com/) or you'll be circumnavigating the globe next! -Kyle On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM, EGrider gevan...@gmail.com wrote: Ever since I watched The Motorcycle Diaries (which I've done about 8 times now), I've wanted to ride from

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-20 Thread Allen Thomas
Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:58:35 To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great

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2012-08-20 Thread Allen Thomas
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2012-08-20 Thread aspork42
I liked that one. On Aug 20, 2012, at 18:58, Kyle Munz kyle...@gmail.com wrote: Well don't watch The Long Way Round (http://longwayround.com/) or you'll be circumnavigating the globe next! -Kyle On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM, EGrider gevan...@gmail.com wrote: Ever since I watched

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-20 Thread Javier Garcia
My wife and i always talk about doing Alaska-Tierra del Fuego since we got into bikes. It is true you need time, money and preparation, but at the end of the day is about getting on your bike and doing it. I really hope we can at least do half of it one day. Javier. On Aug 20, 2012 5:36 PM,

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-20 Thread Kyle Munz
You should probably learn Spanish before making that trip. -Kyle On Aug 20, 2012 11:40 PM, Javier Garcia jajgar...@gmail.com wrote: My wife and i always talk about doing Alaska-Tierra del Fuego since we got into bikes. It is true you need time, money and preparation, but at the end of the day

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-19 Thread surfswab
Kudos. Outstanding. A man after my own heart. I'm 70 and plan something similar I call the Smell The Roses tour -- just wander about aimlessly allowing spur of the moment to dictate the destination. I'll probly use the Wing for comfort, though, rather than my 750, due to some physical

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-19 Thread Allen Thomas
@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:30:57 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride Kudos. Outstanding. A man after my own heart. I'm 70 and plan something similar I call the Smell

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2012-08-19 Thread Ross M. Jamison
- From: surfswab surfs...@gmail.com Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:30:57 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride Kudos

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride

2012-08-19 Thread surfswab
, 19 Aug 2012 12:30:57 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride Kudos.  Outstanding.  A man after my own heart. I'm 70 and plan something similar I call the Smell