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I hear Leg 2 is finished. Has the flag been handed off to Leg 3 yet?

BlackZ1R has it in Mississippi with a hand off to WABBMW from Houston planned .

Anyone heard from TomW ?

bluej58 wrote: What happens once it gets into Wisconsin ?

If it gets there this year, its frozen onto a glacier til spring.

OKC_Kent wrote: I hear Leg 2 is finished. Has the flag been handed off to Leg 3 yet?

Nope, still have it. Hand off was only last Satty. Did you see the report?
Have plans for Barber this week end, will be the following week or weekend before it moves. You're welcome to ride over and pick it up

bluej58 wrote: BlackZ1R has it in Mississippi with a hand off to WABBMW from Houston planned .

Anyone heard from TomW ?

Her I am! I'm in Abilene,TX now on the way to WI.
I made a long post yesterday morning but can't find if now.

The planned route is Black Z1r to WABBMW to BSKZ650 to OK_Kent to, I think, Mac68 in NE Oklahoma. Then, I think maybe a change is in order. I can't view the map on my phone for some reason, so I'll expand on that when I get home. I should be there Friday night, so check back Sat. morning.

Going west from Houston sounds good on paper but the next rider to the west was 850 miles awayin Albuqierque and he moved to Iowa! I'll post ssuggestions for the new route Saturday. I'm the mean time let's get the flag to Houston.

On another subject, Texas is HUGE! I rode 450 miles yesterday and I'ms till in themiddle of the state. I should be in KC, MO tonight, maybe a little further. Gotta go ittime to ride.s

Mission Accomplished !!! The handoff from BlackZ1R to WABBMW took place today, 10-21-2012, just West of Alexandria, Louisiana.

It was a super nice day. Kevin, it was truly a pleasure meeting you and your son today. These old bikes are not only great machines, but they have a way of bringing together some extremely knowledgable and pleasant people.

My KZ650 ran flawlessly. I was short on time, so I rode over and back today, for a total of 476 miles. BlackZ1R rode both Saturday and today, and did over 600 miles this weekend. All went very well. The flag is now at my home here in Houston, Texas.

Kevin mentioned that the front of the white flag is completely full of signatures. The intent of the green flag, is to handle overflow after the white flag is full. I agree that we should begin signing the green flag. If signatures were started on the back side of the white flag, then some of the ink might bleed through and make it illegible. I agree with Kevin that we should switch to signing the green flag. Of course, both flags will continue to be handed off.

Pictures tomorrow. A little tired tonight.

Bill

".....a little tired tonight." I guess so! You and some of the other riders have taken some very long rides. 476 miles in a day on a KZ650 is quite a hike; my longest one day ride on mine was 450 miles and I was happy to get off the bike when I was done. Nice job to all!! Ed

very nicely done
what a great ride we are doing here
proud to be part of it

WABBMW wrote: Mission Accomplished !!! The handoff from BlackZ1R to WABBMW took place today, 10-21-2012, just West of Alexandria, Louisiana.

It was a super nice day. Kevin, it was truly a pleasure meeting you and your son today. These old bikes are not only great machines, but they have a way of bringing together some extremely knowledgable and pleasant people.

My KZ650 ran flawlessly. I was short on time, so I rode over and back today, for a total of 476 miles. BlackZ1R rode both Saturday and today, and did over 600 miles this weekend. All went very well. The flag is now at my home here in Houston, Texas.

Kevin mentioned that the front of the white flag is completely full of signatures. The intent of the green flag, is to handle overflow after the white flag is full. I agree that we should begin signing the green flag. If signatures were started on the back side of the white flag, then some of the ink might bleed through and make it illegible. I agree with Kevin that we should switch to signing the green flag. Of course, both flags will continue to be handed off.

Pictures tomorrow. A little tired tonight.

Bill

Hey Bill, glad you made it safe. Yes, I enjoyed meeting up with you also. We could talk about old Kaws all day man. I really wish we had that extra hour and a half, well 2hours then, so I could have taken you through the " Kawasatchie Hills" section of the Kasatchie NF.
It was rather thrilling letting Derrick lead me back through those 17.5 miles to make the meet up time with you on time. Not saying there was any peg scraping going on, but dang near it
Here is a link for anyone interested:
byways.org/explore/byways/2070

476 miles in 1 day, you must be numb
Way to take one for the team Bill.

JD

Awesome jobs guys, where to next?

well done

Kevin mentioned that the front of the white flag is completely full of signatures. The intent of the green flag, is to handle overflow after the white flag is full. I agree that we should begin signing the green flag. If signatures were started on the back side of the white flag, then some of the ink might bleed through and make it illegible.

Bill, the flag has a liner on the inside to minimise bleedthru and will take signatures on the reverse side if you want to continue on the flag. Or start on the green flag (this is thin and will bleed thru) if you want, your choice.

Congrats on your ride and the start of leg 3.

Jim

Jim:
Yeah, I thought the flag might have a liner or be a double thickness. I'll double check and let the next person know.

650ed:
Heck, the 476 was nothing... On this same KZ650 I rode from Houston, Texas to Las Cruses, NM in one day. You'll have to Google the distance. Also that was a couple of years ago, when I was only 64 years old. I feel like it might be improper for me to tell the mileage. I will say that I was zombied after arriving.

So Leg 3 is now under way. Next step is to run the flag from Houston to Dallas to meet OKC_Kent, who will ride down from Oklahoma City.

I spoke to WABBMW tonight and we are trying to get something set up for a meet in Dallas, hopefully this weekend. I have contacted MAC68 and 531Blackbanshee who are also in or near Oklahoma and I think that covers Oklahoma.

i'm in,
me and kent have talked about him handing off to me and me handing off to mac68.


leon

OKC_Kent wrote: I spoke to WABBMW tonight and we are trying to get somecthing set up for a meet in Dallas, hopefully this weekend. I have contacted MAC68 and 531Blackbanshee who are also in or near Oklahoma and I think that covers Oklahoma.

Great job, Kevin and Bill. Its sure b gratifying to see the flag moving on the third leg.

476 miles in day on a naked bike is a looong ride. I did 575 in a day on my KZ1000, but it has a Windjammer, makes a huge difference. Bill should be commended, then hospitalized.

Ij have a plan for the continuation of the route. After Kent gets the flag inOklahoma City, it goes to 531blavkbanshee then Mac68, through theNEcorner of Arkansas to GhrtrodR in Springfeild, Mo. then Snarky30 then to Readytoride1985 then toRainman then crappiehunter, Bert75, BlueJ58, then to loudhvx and ajkzbobber in Chicago.

I dont think it can go that far this year but it might be something to shoot for. When the snow flies we take I break till spring and continue the relay.
Everyone, Get in touch with the riders in your area and settle on meeting places. If any has any questions or suggestions, post them here or call, pm or email me.
TomW
414 416 4891
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Once again, great job, lets keep it moving.

PMs sent to Bert75, Loudhvx and ajkzbobber

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