We’re headed to the Gap tomorrow, and I hope to get a ton of pictures this time. My best friend will be taking her laptop along, so I’ll try to get some of the better photos up by the end of the day, but I do have my cell phone setup to blog photos. Right now I’m setup with Utterz, and my default blog is my personal blog, but I will be attempting to post to this blog as well. If not you will be able to see the photos on my personal blog, Everyday Randomness.
We plan to get there around 9am, and hopefully we’ll get to ride most of the day. The weather is supposed to be so nice! Our bike is back in the shop for a valve problem, but we’re taking a friend’s GSXR 750. It will definitely be a lot more fun to ride!
If any of you are going to be in the area, look for the matching Shoei helmets, the Gray GSXR 750, and the Red R6!
People say sport bikes are dangerous, and a lot of people seem to think sport bikers are wild kids who don’t follow the rules, but people who ride touring bikes, Goldwings, etc, are there just enjoying the ride. They don’t go fast, and they surely don’t hang out with those sport bike kids!
Well Yellow Wolf used to show everyone up on his Goldwing. He’s a legend around Deal’s Gap.
He’d do things none of us ever thought was even possible on a bike that size. Alli told me the story of getting a chance to ride with him right before he retired. For the first time ever this girl who spends a majority of her time on the track or at Deal’s Gap was scared to be his passenger. She even had a photo of the ride on her Myspace for a long time that said something to the effect of “scared shitless on a Goldwing”.
Yellow Wolf retired a little over a year ago. He sold his bike, and I heard he used the cash to buy dirt bikes for his grandkids.
I found a video on Youtube tonight of Yellow Wolf. He once made 106 runs up Deal’s Gap in 24 hours, and his fastest time was 11 minutes. That’s hard for most people to do on a sport bike, much less a Goldwing. This guy really could ride though. It was a sad day when we all heard he hung up his riding boots.
You can see a documentary called “Your Bike Life” that features Yellow Wolf by clicking here.
Things turned out pretty nice for the ride some of you guys made this weekend. Now I really wish I could have been there. Alli, you made front page of Killboy (as usual). There were a ton of great shots of everybody, and I got to see what the bike looks like on film now that it’s been repaired. We didn’t do a full repair, but instead we decided to leave it as a rat bike for now.
You can see Hubby’s pics in our Photoreflect album, but in the words of my Grandpa “put your magnifiers on” because these are the low res proof versions.
It’s a shame I didn’t get to ride up to the Gap with Hubby on Saturday because he said the weather was really nice. I was stuck at home dealing with a little something the boys don’t have to experience, and let me tell ya cramps are not fun on a 2 1/2 hour bike ride.
Yeah, so I didn’t get to go, but Hubby already has some pretty decent shots up. For you guys that went up Friday and Saturday, most of your photos are already up on Zeefoto and US129Photos. Alli I saw a couple great shots of you, and they aren’t all ass photos this time! Ray has a ton of great shots as always, and I’m sure he’ll make the front page of Killboy, as usual!
Did anyone happen to figure out who the other photographer was yet? We know Zeefoto, US129, and Killboy were there, but there was another group setup without any signs. It didn’t look like Killboy’s other photographers, and I don’t think it was Moonshine, so if anyone knows who the other people were let me know! I don’t think Dragon Slayer Photos has been out there since August of last year.
I’m off to look at some bedding sets since Hubby’s picking up the material to build my new bed today!
I rode 2 up last night with hubby, and we got stuck coming home in a down pour. That was interesting because it’s the first time I’ve ridden with him in the rain since his wreck. I could feel him tensing up as the rain fell harder, but we made it home safely without any freak outs. Go hubby!
I guess if we can’t go on our trip this weekend I’m going to make hubby do something else. I’ve been wanting to hit up the Anderson Flea Market since there’s a vendor there that sells really nice teak furniture that I love. I’ve been wanting to buy a new set of furniture for the back patio, so this just might be the weekend I do it.
