Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Dennis!
great to hear from you! paint YOUR eldo? man, it looks fantastic as is! i
will again attempt to go south for the Md. rally. it was hugely
dissapointing to have to abort this one. had been looking forward to it
since feb., ya know?
here's what happened this year. the weather up here has been wet all year,
and i still needed to re-roof the house, so taking a chance, i went on
vacation, beginning june 21. it rained in the a.m., and amazingly cleared
off by 2:00 p.m. went up on the roof and started removing 3 layers of
shingles. 3 days later, it was done, and still no rain! had some other
overdue stuff to finish up around here [large honey-do list], wrapped it all
up at 9:00 p.m. thurs. had not even been able to look at the bikes.
strapped the gear on the sport, 'cause kermit STILL needs a new
intermediate plate [gonna do THAT today-finally] and blasted off. an hour or
so into Pa., i dodged one pothole and clipped another. the luggage started
to slide off. a mile down the road is a truckstop/diner, so i went in there.
shure enough- 1 of the aerostich straps had broken. [rated for 1500lbs.,
too!!??]. sort of fixed it up. forgot to bring xtra bungies. ate breakfast.
fired up, went 100 yards to a new h.d. shop and purchased some "hog straps",
made for hauling harleys around in pickup trucks, i guess. really stout
straps!
bike would not fire. acted like dead batteries [yep, plural, as i found
out]. cleaned all the cables and grounds. no go. sigh... push it to the
shop. load test the batts. no good. tired. shot. n/r. wasted. junk. crap.
jump started the bike. let it idle while re-strapping the duffel [batteries
are under the pass. seat]. go home, more than a little dejected.
this was all caused by a lack of preperation. it could have been much
worse, i think. do i like the sport? yeah! do i like it better than the
eldo? nope. it's a great bike, but as you said about your lemans, Dennis,
it's different. great brakes and handling, eh? lousy bug/weather protection.
warp-speed cruising, if ya even use 5th gear.
oh, well- see ya in sept.!
andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Jones" <dbjo-@bylavalle.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Yes, Andrew me boy, you should've. You know about the notorious

reliability

problems of those newfangled motorcicles. I was disappointed to hear that
you wouldn't be making it when I arrived at the rally. Forget now whether
Charlie or Ian told me that you had problems with the Sport. I haven't

seen

you since I can't remember when. Get somethin' running will ya? I'll be

the Ohio Rally and the Maryland Rally for sure, and probably the Mid-Ohio
Vintage weekend. Don't know what else. It was good to see Ian and

Charlie

and Joe Kenney & Pat Galbreath again, and Ian's friend Ed, who had a nice
black Eldo. Makes me think I ought to paint the old Eldo and get up to
their level.
Dennis Jones
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy hill" <alh-@adelphia.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long

yeah, guess i shoulda rode the eldo. sigh.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@linkamerica.net>
To: "Loopframe" <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Cc: "Doug Adkins" <doug1-@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Hey All,

Well....what can I say. Another great rally put on by Ron and Alice.
They
make it look easy.....but I know a lot of work goes into one of these
events. What amazes me is how these two keep smiling through the whole
time....an inspiration for this rally "wannahave".

All told....150 were in attendance...about 10 Loops I think. I

received

oldest bike awards and Ed received People's Choice. Saw the new Breva
courtesy of Winchester Motorsports. Had a chance to meet up with
familiar
faces and met some new ones.

Total mileage for the old 69 Ambo was 1139 miles. Not bad for a 33

year

old
bike. She never missed a beat and scooted along the I-state pretty

well.

The Tech Tip learned from this rally is:

When your bike quits....make sure that the points are opening. Ed's

bike

quit in Asheville and although we never check the point gap I did

check

the
condition of the points. They even sparked on me! However the points
were
on
the low part of the lobe so I never thought they would have slipped. I
thought the problem was the coil and fetched a new one only to find

the

same
problem. Reinspected the points and this time (as luck would have it)
the
points were on the high part of the lobe and not open. AHHH HA!! Took

screw driver.....reset the points to .017. The bike fired and we were
off.
Took us three hours to isolate and fix a 15 minute problem. The

positive

on
this is that this only happens once to a person. I have never seen
points
slip after riding 150+ miles. I will be sure to expect the unexpected
rather
than to "think" I know what the problem is. The screw on the points

was

still tight too. I don't know how they slipped but after correcting

the

problem the bike ran well for the remainder of the trip.

On a sad note: Andy...I heard your bike crapped out on you. Sorry to
have
missed you....I had a couple of beers in your honor :-) You were

missed.

On a positive note: The Blue Ridge Rally is a month away. After

hitting

my
first rally of the year I am lusting for another one. Folks.....you
likely
missed the best rally on the "right coast". Don't miss the second best
on
Aug 1,2,3 :-) My only dilemma is what bike to take this rally....

Good seeing you all at that rally. I hope to see you all again in
Caruso.

...Ian

Subject: Re: Another successful rally in the history books - long

Author: andy hill

Date: Jul 2, 2003, 7:17 AM

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