Subject: Re: Re:National next year?

Sounds like a plan!!!.......or at least the start.....so when is next years
meet?

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: David Otis <dot-@v-one.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: Re:National next year?

I am in, I was planning to do it anyway, I will have a truck with trailer,

and

a 100% tool and part inventory, I hope to have my wife drive it, but I'll

hire

someone to if I have to, I will of course be on a loop frame. We need to

start

planning just as Mike said. I think we should plan on several days there

and

back so we don't have to kill ourselves. (I want to enjoy not Ironize my

butt).

I will provide a complete rolling shop with everything possible to fix a
loopframe, even spare engines and transmissions, tires, tubes, air

comperssor,

generator, power tools etc.

CA or Bust! (IF BUST WE FIX) 2001!

ANYONE KNOW THE DATE AND LOCATION YET?

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote:

Hi Charlie,

I enjoyed meeting you too.

Where abouts do you live? I have been thinking about riding to the

National

next year. I called my run to Virginia a pilgrimage this year. I don't

see

why I can't run across the country next year under the same pretense.

This

year's experience was truly enlightening.

OK...so how would we do this? Assuming that I can get the time off....I
would like to plan this as an event to enjoy. So that means no 1000 mile
iron butts. Nice rides through the country with manageble distances. I

guess

that maybe I am not being realistic in this regard. After all we would

riding over 2000 miles and amny can't get the time off.

What I would like to do is to have the route preplanned so that people

could

join in with us as we made our way across the country. Can you imagine

the

group growing as we moved across the continent (army music playing in

the

backgroud :-)). We could even have a supply truck follow us. We could

all

chip in an pay for the gas. I would happily chip in just to have the

bike

without its load of gear not to mention the spare parts and fuel.

Of course we are a long way away from the event but I think it is good

start talking (dreaming) about it now. Maybe instead of having a

Loopframe

meet we could have a Loopframe "tour"? What do you think O'Master Guzzi
Guru?

Keep dreaming....now I really have something to look forward to :-)

Ian

p.s. I posted this to the Loopframe list so that we could get some
preliminary suggestions.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Mullendore <C.D.Mul-@worldnet.att.net>
To: Ian Adkins <adk-@gte.net>
Date: August 23, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: Re:National next year?

Hi Ian,
Yes, I started thinking about this even before the National. A friend

writes for

the Martinsburg (WV) Journal and is on a "one-lap" of the USA on his

'74

Eldo (4

shoe front brake, Amal carbs). His column is in every Sunday titled

"National

Rambler" by Dan Friend. He mentions the Guzzi quite a lot, such as the

time

hauled fire wood stacked on the seat higher than him seated on the

bike -

other

campers at Yellowstone looking on in amazement. In the last column, he

has

just

replaced the timing chain in his motel parking lot and headed east

through

AZ.

His exploits have encouraged me to go west, as I have been no farther

west

than

Cincinnati,OH. At this point the plan is if I can build up a fresh

engine

and

tranny by then I'll go (if not may still go but by BMW R100RS or

train). It

would be great to get a group of Loopers together and ride enmass!

Imagine

the

looks we would get! Anywho, it was very nice meeting you and hope to

see

you

again. Later!

Charlie

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Subject: Re: Re:National next year?

Author: mike skaggs

Date: Aug 24, 2000, 6:11 AM

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