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Where is the flag headed to and pics are always welcome. If the flag could make it to AZ OMR and I can ride it to L.A. and North up to Monterrey. That would be on my LTD of course, for those of you who are purists.

Thursday this week. HANDOFF. TomW to goodfastnchep at Elk Point, SD. I will take the flag through Nebraska and Iowa WITHOUT WIREMAN to Kansas to see Jason or Nate if we can plan the trip through Hays, Ks to New Mexico to go up to Colorado to get the flag up to Montana.

NICE. PLease keep us posted with copious pics.

Ride on brothers

bluej58 wrote: Ride on brothers

dam right thanks for bringing it up along the Fox River for us!

TomW wrote:

Old Man Rock wrote: New route, someone post the latest please...

How far west this time for I'm/KZ1075 ready to get this to LA, shit load of members there.
Then up to Northen cal as well...

Dave "OMR"

After I turn it over to goodfastncheap in Nebraska it should go down to N0NB in Marysville, KS. JustinZ830 is in Manhatttan, KS but has been MIA to PM's. Saxjones said he would take it to California and could pick it up in KS from either N0NB or justinZ830. Sax is in school til June 20 so the flag would sit for a while. Link 14 is coordinating the next leg, #4 Rocky mountain states. He's in southern Colorado I think. That's where it should go after Kansas or to New Mexico and then to Link14. The only players in New Mexico are me part time, and gravit8 if he's not in Iowa City. He's MIA also. Dave, you wanna go to Kansas? See Dorothy and Toto?

My travel plans this June were to ride to Washington State, visit my nephew out there and then ride down the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco and then San Diego then east to New Mexico then home. I'll take 5 weeks to do it. I could reverse that route. All plans are temporary til the kickstand is up.

Good chatting on the phone the other day Tom. We will ride together and soon. Stay in touch. Would love to take the KZ 650 on a nice long ride myself. Hmmm? Need more time away from work. Really hate missing my part of the Illinois leg. Dang overcooked battery! No problems now. Ready to ride!

Well good deal. Would really like to meet up in Colorado but as long as there is a place decided I could f
Go south too. Rather the treacherous corners in the mountains so Colorado would be welcomed. My bike has tires on it now so it's very close. A couple of nuts and bolts and calipers away from being ready.

Love those mountain passes but the bike runs like a dog going up.
Go with the lowest octane you can find.

Coming down is great though, on the pass between Durango and Silverton I shut off the engine and coasted the last 12 miles into Silverton, nothing like it, tons of turns, granite walls and quiet except for the occasional water fall ,really beautiful

Independence pass between Twin lakes and Aspen is very nice too.

I hear that the road to the top of Pikes peak is totally paved now, oh well.

lots of great roads out there.

I wish I could make it out there for this but a Colorado trip this year is pretty much out of the question

goodfastncheap wrote: Thursday this week. HANDOFF. TomW to goodfastnchep at Elk Point, SD. I will take the flag through Nebraska and Iowa WITHOUT WIREMAN to Kansas to see Jason or Nate if we can plan the trip through Hays, Ks to New Mexico to go up to Colorado to get the flag up to Montana.

That's quite a distance. Great stuff. Lots of photos please and ride safe

JR wrote:

goodfastncheap wrote: Thursday this week. HANDOFF. TomW to goodfastnchep at Elk Point, SD. I will take the flag through Nebraska and Iowa WITHOUT WIREMAN to Kansas to see Jason or Nate if we can plan the trip through Hays, Ks to New Mexico to go up to Colorado to get the flag up to Montana.

That's quite a distance. Great stuff. Lots of photos please and ride safe

Thanks for the well wishes, JR.
After 2 false starts, I'm on my way again. I've held the flag waaaaay too long. But I've been kept busy waiting for the rain to let up. I've been building an ark.
I'm leaving shortly for a slab ride to the Twin Cities, where I'll stop at Moneypits' hacienda and then on to ND ,SD and NE to deliver the flag to goodfastncheap near Omaha Friday morning and then back home. It's about 1400 miles round trip. Will take pics and report back at the Mississippi River.
Adios amigos,
Tom

Long-haul award goes to you. And your new rain suit.

TomW wrote:

JR wrote:

goodfastncheap wrote: Thursday this week. HANDOFF. TomW to goodfastnchep at Elk Point, SD. I will take the flag through Nebraska and Iowa WITHOUT WIREMAN to Kansas to see Jason or Nate if we can plan the trip through Hays, Ks to New Mexico to go up to Colorado to get the flag up to Montana.

That's quite a distance. Great stuff. Lots of photos please and ride safe

Thanks for the well wishes, JR.
After 2 false starts, I'm on my way again. I've held the flag waaaaay too long. But I've been kept busy waiting for the rain to let up. I've been building an ark.
I'm leaving shortly for a slab ride to the Twin Cities, where I'll stop at Moneypits' hacienda and then on to ND ,SD and NE to deliver the flag to goodfastncheap near Omaha Friday morning and then back home. It's about 1400 miles round trip. Will take pics and report back at the Mississippi River.
Adios amigos,
Tom

WAY to go!!!!!!!!! Ride Safe

Good luck Tom! Bridging a long gap there!

Ride safe!

I should have put the ark on trailer and brought it along. I ran into a gully washer only 200 miles from home. Heavy rain, high winds and a little hail. Holed up in a motel. Gonna be a long ride tomorrow.

Oh Man iron butt time

Have a safe trip Tom, I would have liked to join you on that Mississippi river road to the TC, I dig river roads

JD

TomW you should get a Medal for Service Above and Beyond the call of KZR relay riding!
I hope non of those twisters are heading towards you. Looks real bad at the moment through the mid west.
Be safe above all else, Then have fun also.

Sitting in the bar at Los Amigos in Elk Point SD. drinking bourbon, 11 hrs in the saddle, 559 miles, 4 states covered. Scratch off WI, MN, ND, SD. Meeting goodfastncheap tomorrow am to turn over the flag. Pics later if I can figure out how to post 'em.

That's a looong ride - hang it there; you're doing great!! Ed

TomW wrote: Sitting in the bar at Los Amigos in Elk Point SD. drinking bourbon, 11 hrs in the saddle, 559 miles, 4 states covered. Scratch off WI, MN, ND, SD. Meeting goodfastncheap tomorrow am to turn over the flag. Pics later if I can figure out how to post 'em.

Long ride there TomW. Hows the Monkey Butt?
Street view of the bar.
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