Llano Ride!!! Pics!

[03svtsnakevert]

Well, it was a wonderful day for riding!! Steve it was a pleasure to see you again and get to ride with you this time.

Jeff, I really enjoyed meeting you!

The roads were twisty and the weather great and well the BBQ, need I say more!!! not to mention the little drama that came our way...

I hope to have Steve and Jeff back down for another Llano run and get some others to come along too..

Enjoyed it!!!!!

I have many pics and was wondering if someone could help me post em

[rockinrose]

Thanks for all the fun. The DFW crew made it back with very tired butts. Lets do it again and again thanks. You guys rock.

[03svtsnakevert]

Thanks for all the fun. The DFW crew made it back with very tired butts. Lets do it again and again thanks. You guys rock.

we sure will!!! gotta love it!!!

[OYChoppa]

not to mention the little drama that came our way.

Drama? What drama? Do tell, enquiring minds want to know!!!!!!!

[DHandyman]

Drama? What drama? Do tell, enquiring minds want to know!!!!!!!

Do tell

[03svtsnakevert]

Well,

we get to our first stop just outside of Lampasas and one of our riders appeared to have their rear tire in a hole shall we say...

[rockinrose]

Lets just say I new 240 is getting installed this afternoon with 2 less holes in it.

[03svtsnakevert]

Lets just say I new 240 is getting installed this afternoon with 2 less holes in it.

awesome!!!

glad everything worked out on the ride with you Jeff!!!

had lots of fun

[DHandyman]

Lets just say I new 240 is getting installed this afternoon with 2 less holes in it.

ouch.. just out of curiosity.. Why didn't you go with a Metz 260?? Most here agree it rolls better and turns better than the stock Dunnie...

[03svtsnakevert]

ouch.. just out of curiosity.. Why didn't you go with a Metz 260?? Most here agree it rolls better and turns better than the stock Dunnie...

If I remember, he gets the tire for free...and that would be a good reason to get back with the stock 240

[rockinrose]

I have the tire warranty and it had to be a stock size tire on the replacement. They did put on the Metz 240 so we'll see how this one is.

[DHandyman]

Kewl.. Trying to decide if I want to wait for my stocker to wear out.. Was thinking about just ordering a Metz 260 from Hal and Monster and wrapping the stocker up for a spare

[03svtsnakevert]

Kewl..Â* Trying to decide if I want to wait for my stocker to wear out.. Was thinking about just ordering a Metz 260 from Hal and Monster and wrapping the stocker up for a spare

that could be a plan...

[steve j]

great time snake, we had a blast on the way back too. not far to Lampassas on 183 but from there to just north of Stephenville on 281 was some nice road. wouldn't you know once we hooked onto I20 just north on Stephenville they were working on it too! I don't know what it is about Interstates around here but they are taking them down for work right and left. 281 was nice and smooth and even had some curves and ups/downs to it and passing lanes on the uphill parts! next time we have to head that way Rockinrose and I will definetely go down that way instead of I35. Ouch, that road hurt. I was wired until I got home, umm we kinda was picking up speed there at the end. Once I got home the adreneline wore off and I collapsed and slept part of the night on the recliner. Nothing like pulling an all nighter here at work then riding all day until night time again but it was great, glad to meet your friends too. Kinda wished the v-star guy was more experienced but all in all had a fantastic trip.

[steve j]

Rockinrose, sorry if I upped the speed a little on entry into cowtown but we were mainly just keeping up with the flow. I was very tired after working all night and riding all day but it was fun and good to ride with you. I slept like a rock.

[DHandyman]

great time snake, we had a blast on the way back too. not far to Lampassas on 183 but from there to just north of Stephenville on 281 was some nice road. wouldn't you know once we hooked onto I20 just north on Stephenville they were working on it too! I don't know what it is about Interstates around here but they are taking them down for work right and left. 281 was nice and smooth and even had some curves and ups/downs to it and passing lanes on the uphill parts! next time we have to head that way Rockinrose and I will definetely go down that way instead of I35. Ouch, that road hurt. I was wired until I got home, umm we kinda was picking up speed there at the end. Once I got home the adreneline wore off and I collapsed and slept part of the night on the recliner. Nothing like pulling an all nighter here at work then riding all day until night time again but it was great, glad to meet your friends too. Kinda wished the v-star guy was more experienced but all in all had a fantastic trip.

I rode 281 from Witchita Falls all the way to Johnson City when I was bringing my bike back from Oklahoma.. there was only an 8 mile stretch of road just south of Lampasas that was recently tarred and graveled, but the majority of the gravel was gone or completely stuck down to the road. Was an excellent ride... if a bit windy.

[steve j]

yeah Dalton we hooked up on 281 in Lampassas so we did not see that part south of there but it was smooth as glass and just curvy and hilly enough to keep from getting bored. nice ride all the way to just north of Stephenville where we branched off to I20 where we hit the road work again. I35 on the other hand was like a minefield from just out of Dallas all the way to where we cut off to 190 in Belton. some times one lane would be ok and the other would be cratered out then sometimes both lanes were crap. I urge bike riders to avoid it if at all possible.

[03svtsnakevert]

great time snake, we had a blast on the way back too. not far to Lampassas on 183 but from there to just north of Stephenville on 281 was some nice road. wouldn't you know once we hooked onto I20 just north on Stephenville they were working on it too! I don't know what it is about Interstates around here but they are taking them down for work right and left. 281 was nice and smooth and even had some curves and ups/downs to it and passing lanes on the uphill parts! next time we have to head that way Rockinrose and I will definetely go down that way instead of I35. Ouch, that road hurt. I was wired until I got home, umm we kinda was picking up speed there at the end. Once I got home the adreneline wore off and I collapsed and slept part of the night on the recliner. Nothing like pulling an all nighter here at work then riding all day until night time again but it was great, glad to meet your friends too. Kinda wished the v-star guy was more experienced but all in all had a fantastic trip.

Thanks again for coming!!! I really enjoyed it and hope to do it again sometime soon!!!! Always a pleasure seeing ya Steve and I really enjoyed being able to ride with ya this time instead of meeting up...Glad you arrived home safe!! I slept like a rock too...got called out again at 930 pm Saturday and arrived home at 300 am...got back up at 630 am and rode to Glenrose...Sunday was a tiring day too...but I still love the riding Saturday and Sunday!!

give me your email addy and I will send you the photo album from the Llano ride

[DHandyman]

Here ya go bro.. thats a lot of pics btw! Sorry to those of you on dial-up, but this is probably gonna kill ya!

Yahoo says I no longer have permission to view these images... So I've hijacked them, put them up on photobucket, and tacked clickable thumbnails to the end of the thread.. enjoy and good night!

[rockinrose]

Rockinrose, sorry if I upped the speed a little on entry into cowtown but we were mainly just keeping up with the flow. I was very tired after working all night and riding all day but it was fun and good to ride with you. I slept like a rock.Â*

I was fine with the speed. Remember I race most weekends and am a bit of a speedfreak. Glad your feeling rested and it was a pleasure riding with you. I also slept like a rock. Didnt even want to look at my 9 for a few days.

[DHandyman]

Didnt even want to look at my 9 for a few days.

Sacrilege!

[Hogthong]

I'm not on dial-up, but all I get is a bunch of red X's.

[steve j]

I was back on mine Monday so only had a day off it. I gotta ride my ZRX 1100 sometimes, harder to do now that I have the 109! Snake I sent you a PM with my e-mail for the pics. the pics did not post here just lots of red x's. Thanks. Glad you made it home ok Rockinrose, that traffic did not bunch up till we hit the I35 Loop 820 interchange, but hey it's always like that. I realized too the way a lot of people were driving made it harder to stay together as we came into Fort Worth. Once I get around the cagers I will back off a bit to let everyone regroup. Had fun, we will have to do it again. That little incident with the flat got me to thinking, I believe from now on I will bring a compact 12v compressor and a plug kit just for peace of mind. I think I know what did it too, I remember seeing roof shingles on the road prior to that and judging from the twin holes I would say a roofing staple was probably the culprit. must have had some roofing work down that way and some one did not care much about covering their load when they hauled them off. Glad it turned out like it did.

[03svtsnakevert]

I was back on mine Monday so only had a day off it. I gotta ride my ZRX 1100 sometimes, harder to do now that I have the 109! Snake I sent you a PM with my e-mail for the pics. the pics did not post here just lots of red x's. Thanks. Glad you made it home ok Rockinrose, that traffic did not bunch up till we hit the I35 Loop 820 interchange, but hey it's always like that. I realized too the way a lot of people were driving made it harder to stay together as we came into Fort Worth. Once I get around the cagers I will back off a bit to let everyone regroup. Had fun, we will have to do it again. That little incident with the flat got me to thinking, I believe from now on I will bring a compact 12v compressor and a plug kit just for peace of mind. I think I know what did it too, I remember seeing roof shingles on the road prior to that and judging from the twin holes I would say a roofing staple was probably the culprit. must have had some roofing work down that way and some one did not care much about covering their load when they hauled them off. Glad it turned out like it did.

+1

[steve j]

thanks for the pics Snake.

[steve j]

lets see if this link works for the pics. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ssspee...EXbpFBkiYqnpnd

[steve j]

cool, that works. ya'll enjoy.

[DHandyman]

Ok.. thats very wierd.. they were working this morning when I posted them
..

[DHandyman]

BAH! I refuse to surrender to Yahoo image hosting! Take this Yahoooooooo......ooooo!











Clicky to watchy... sorry.. tired as heck for no reason and might have doubled up on the night time allergy meds without realizing it.. going to be.. night all.

[03svtsnakevert]

thanks for posting the pics Dalton!!

Thanks as well Steve...