Subject: RE: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)

Author: Kevin Graf

Date: Jul 13, 2004, 6:21 AM

Post ID: 1717147042

Positive thoughts Darrell, positive thoughts.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Darrell Dick [mailto:ddic-@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:02 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)


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Should I leave a place on the trailer?

Darrell Dick
Imlay City, MI

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 12:06:50 -0400 Kevin Graf <kgr-@midwestpension.com>
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was running like a champ for a few days. Charging sys. took a dump on me
last night. I think it's showing me everything wrong with it before
midohio...
Gonna look at the charging system today between jobs.

Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: sam heath [mailto:eldiabl-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:04 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)


probably! is the troublehead going?

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crap... we'll be going so slow you'll be able to catch us!
-----Original Message-----
From: sam heath [mailto:eldiabl-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:46 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)


yep im out here. not sure if i can take friday off. going to

if not i only work till 11 am on friday so i could just meet you guys
down
there fri afternoon sometime. i'll let you know

sam

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Glad to hear it. Sams restaruant - Ferndale. It's just past
Eight Mile on
the northbound side of Woodward.
Meeting at 8:30 pulling out of the parking lot at 10am. I'm
letting everyone
know that I want to be rolling out of the lot at 10am. The

is getting
to be too large to be waiting around for "that guy" (which in
all fairness,
I was guilty of a few weeks ago...)
Some folks showing up earlier for breakfast, some later just

coffee.

I'll let you know if anything changes.

Sam-you out there too?

Kev

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Buick [mailto:rusty-@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:00 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)


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Yep, it was me. I tried sending you an email offlist yesterday
but I am
not sure if it went through. I still plan on trying to join up
with you
guys, just got to make sure that I can take Friday off of work
(should
know on Monday). Where are you guys meeting on Friday morning?
Later-
Buick

Kevin Graf wrote:
>
> Jeff, was it you that mentioned riding down to midohio with
us? let me
> know.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Buick [mailto:rusty-@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:35 PM
> To: Loopfram-@topica.com
> Subject: Surprise Trip to Italy (long winded)
>
>
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> I knew that I loved my wife but this is ridiculous... Two
weeks ago my
> wife had me convinced that we were going on vacation up in
Canada for a
> week as a birthday present to me for my 30th (yeah, I'm

to catch
> you guys). So we show up at our departure gate at Detroit
Metro Airport
>
> and the destination said Amsterdam, my wife (Dana) turned to
me and said
>
> "Do you want to guess where we're really going?".
> Dialogue was as follows:
> Jeff- "Are we going to Europe?"
> Dana- "Yes"
> Jeff- "Are we going to Italy?"
> Dana- "Yes"
> Jeff- "Are we going to Mandello?"
> Dana- "Yes"
>
> She made reservations to rent a BMW touring bike for a week
and roughly
> mapped out an itinerary with hotel reservations for some of
the nights.
>
> Here's a brief day by day look at our trip, it was awesome!
>
> Day 1: Fly into Milan and head straight to the motorcycle
rental company
>
> to pick up a BMW 1150 touring bike. Ride north to Como and
check into
> our hotel and then continue around Lake Como up to Mandello
del Lario to
>
> go to the Guzzi Factory/Museum. We arrived right at 3:00pm
which was
> good because the museum is only open from 3:00pm~4:00pm on
weekdays.
> The museam was great, I had an idea of what it would be like
because I
> had seen pictures of it before, but it was cooler than
imagined. The
> tour guide let me cross the ropes and get a close look at

of the
> racing machines even though I don't speak a lick of Italian

think
> that drooling in universally understood). From there we
continued up
> the east coast of Lake Como and then took a ferry across

the bike
> and rode back down along the west coast to Como for the

The lake
>
> is beautiful!
>
> Day 2: Left Como went back through Milan down to Maranello

visited
> the Ferrari museum. Again, a lot of very beautiful machines.
They had
> a ton of engines out on display and cutaways showing their
technology in
>
> brakes / clutches / suspension / etc... Very cool! From

we
> continued on to Bologna for the night.
>
> Day 3: Went to the Ducati Factory / Museum only to find out
that we
> were 15 minutes late for the tour and they would not allow

to enter.
>
> They said that we could wait for the next tour, but that
started in 5
> hours so we opted to leave. I was bummed but it turned out
okay because
>
> we went down to Florence for the day and that is an

city.
> The architecture is breathtaking and there is a lot of

and action
>
> there. We continued on down to a small town in Tuscany where
we stayed
> at a 1600's hunting manor. Our room had 20-foot ceilings and
the whole
> place was great.
>
> Day 4: Stayed at the hunting manor for another night but did

day trip
> up to Cortona (the movie Under the Tuscan Sun was filmed
there). It was
>
> really cool because it is up on a hillside so you can see

miles and
> appreciate how beautiful the country is.
>
> Day 5: Rode to Pontedera to the Piaggio Museum (Vespa /
Gilera) and
> spent an hour there. They put a lot of effort into that

and it
> was almost as cool as the Guzzi museum. Beutiful displays of
some
> really unique machines. Continued on to Pisa and checked out
the
> Leaning Tower, not much else there. Hopped back on the

and rode
> to Genove for the night. It is the port town that Columbus

from but
>
> it was kind of a dirty city and didn't seem like it had that
much to
> offer for tourists.
>
> Day 6: Rode the bike back up to Milan and turned it in (it

a bit of
>
> a relief because people drive like mad in the city and it

nice to be
>
> able to relax a bit. The tollways are a bit expensive but

road
> surface and the views are great). Spent the day walking

and
> shopping in Milan.
>
> Day 7: Back to Detroit (about 1.5 hours to Amsterdam and 8
more to
> Detroit).
>
> I still can't believe that Dana planned the whole trip and
that I had no
>
> idea where we were going. I am going to be hard-pressed to
match this
> when she turns 30 next year!
>
> Later,
> Jeff Buick
> Detroit, MI
>
> 1972 Eldo LAPD
> 1974 Eldo LAPD
> 1974 Eldo Civilian
> 1972 V7-Sport
>
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>
>



Jeff Buick
Detroit, MI

1972 Eldo LAPD
1974 Eldo LAPD
1974 Eldo Civilian
1972 V7-Sport

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