Subject: OH Rally
Author: Charlie Mullendore
Date: Sep 5, 2005, 4:04 PM
Post ID: 1719390871
Had a great time at the Ohio "Plain and Casual" Rally this weekend. I
didn't arrive until 3pm, but it was a beautiful day and relaxing ride
out. Nice to meet John Fish and put a face with the name. There was a
nice burgandy full-dress Eldo there with Harley Electra-Glide mufflers
on it - didn't get a chance to talk much with the owner and his wife (or
get any info for the Loop List) though. It really sounded off when a
group of us were riding for supper later! Had a great time hanging out
with all the "usual suspects". Nice location for the rally - secluded
and quiet, hard to believe it's probably only five miles as the crow
flies from the <ahem> slightly less scenic area across the river around
Weirton. Nice twisty road in too!
Ran "Sophia" pretty hard on the return trip and nothing broke or fell
off this time :-). Really accelerated and handled quite we'll in the
twisties on WV20 and US50 for a big ole touring barge loaded with
camping gear. Took me 8 hours for the 320 miles partly due to the
undulating and curvy pavement, my needing to stop and eat every 3 hours
and answer questions from the Harley (and metric cruiser) dudes (and
dudetes) that were drawn to Sophia like moths to a flame. One lovely
dudete exclaimed it was prettier than her dudes Softtail and got a
frosty glare from him. Guess I should have stuck around in case she
needed a ride! Cheers,
Charlie
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