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Subject: RE: OH Rally

Author: John Fish

Date: Sep 7, 2005, 6:28 PM

Post ID: 1719400596


Charlie: Great meeting you in person. The turn signal mount arrived
yesterday. Thanks again. Next time I run into the pope I will bring up
your chances for a sainthood :)
I finally got a chance to work in the garage tonight. I thought I
would quickly change the oil and filter in the new Nissan truck then
work on the Guzzi lights. After searching for and failing to even find
the oil filter location on the truck (lousy design for DIY!) I turned
to the Guzzi for a nice simple mechanical experience and noticed-- the
wires to the signals change colors three times in an 8 inch span. The
PO has multiple splices everywhere, all with different shades of wire
and lots of electrical tape. sigh. I'm gonna need prozac before this
is over.
Pleasure seeing your bike, too, it's absolutely beautiful. Wanna
trade?

John Fish
Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
Yep. You know how some days everything just "clicks" and you just want
to keep riding until you're too tired to stay awake? Sunday was one of
those days, but family obligations the next day made me end it all too
soon. I'm going to have to plan at least one more weekend trip before
the snow flies. Maybe down to Elkins or Cass, WV when the leaves reach
peak color to ride the rails a bit. Otherwise the only events left on my

calendar are local rides and shows - the MD/DC Rally is just too close!

Paul P. Linn wrote:
 
Sound like you had a pretty good time on the way back!



 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!

Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/



1972 Eldo
2000 V11 sport

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