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well the bad news is my father has pased away on Thursday. now after some arrangements and other responsiblities I may be able to do some wrenching on the bike and hopefully gEt heR ready to go. I will keep you guys up to date if I make any progress toward getting back in the game.
Bob.

Family First. Deepest sorrows
Take Care of yourself first and the family, and dont pressure yourself. This is for fun.

Sorry to hear about your dad, Bob. Working on your bike can be good therapy.

damn moneypit, thats a few crappy things to happen quickly... my condolences, i hope you can get her going in time for the relay as i think i would be meeting you in duluth and it would be great to meet as many fellow KZ'ers as possible

HEY HEY! I found the working link for this leg of the relay!

In case ya'll havent read any of the other links, I'm currently sitting in Iowa City, IA twiddling my thumbs and looking for work (I grew up round these parts). My current 'residence' is in Albuquerque NM, which is a location I'll theoretically have to return to at some point in the near-ish future.

One of the benefits of being 30-ish, unemployed, unmarried and not having any kids is that, if the desire to ride off into the sunset strikes me, all I have to do is sober up enough to figure out where the sun is and fill the tank.

So basically I'm reading this, thinking I could possibly maybe ride a good portion of this leg of the relay. I usually go southwest from Des Moines through Kansas City/Wichita/guymon OK/Tucumcari NM but I've driven several other routes and I've got plenty of time to explore.

As of May25th I don't have any set plans or responsibilities and my bike is...running (time for that valve adjustment, and probably some new rubber). I'll be riding back to NM eventually no matter what, so... yeah. Lets get talking about this

Many thanks to mark1122 for pointing me in the direction of this leg #3 thread.

Just to be clear.....from what I've read here, leg #3 appears NOT to be going to Canada except for maybe a quick in and out to Thunder Bay, Ontario. Right ?? Wrong ??
Will western Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia) be on leg #4 ??
All clarifications gratefully received.

H2RICK wrote: Many thanks to mark1122 for pointing me in the direction of this leg #3 thread.

Just to be clear.....from what I've read here, leg #3 appears NOT to be going to Canada except for maybe a quick in and out to Thunder Bay, Ontario. Right ?? Wrong ??
Will western Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia) be on leg #4 ??
All clarifications gratefully received.

Right.
Up until the time the flag arrives at our doorstep, all plans are preliminary. The last prelim plan had the third leg starting on the WI-IL border. That assumes the 2nd leg moves south to north. I believe the plan was to ship the flag from far eastern Canada down to Alabama, then head north, but I could be mistaken and plans do change. If the flag comes through Chicago with BlueJ58 on leg 2, I or maybe WendyS can pick it up and start moving it through WI on up to the Minneapolis area and then on to Thunder Bay. bekz is up there but hasn't chimed in for a long time. Then nobody is in Canada til Winnipeg. That may be on the 4th leg. I see you're in Calgary, Alberta. You'll most likely be part of the 4th leg. The 4th leg coordinator will get you in there some how.
For all the participants on leg 3, PM riders in your area and set up meeting places. There are some clusters of riders where group rides are possible, and I encourage groups as they are more fun and safer. There is a preliminary route in this thread. Check it out and get started planning. I'll be watching this thread every day.

"For all the participants on leg 3, PM riders in your area and set up meeting places. There are some clusters of riders where group rides are possible, and I encourage groups as they are more fun and safer. There is a preliminary route in this thread. Check it out and get started planning. I'll be watching this thread every day. "

I'm checking in daily myself. Like I said, I'm in eastern Iowa on a long trip with no plans whatsoever, so I'm willing to go some distance to meet up at some point. I'm also, apparently, the handoff point in Albuquerque, NM for the next part of the trip so I hope we can get something planned. If it's too late in the summer I may not be in NM (looking for work here in Iowa).

So, yeah, lets do this!

Thank you for that, TomW !!!
Onwards and upwards......

SO, getting new rubber on da rims tomorrow, new brake pads, new speedo cable, oil filter n some other stuff ordered just about 15 minutes ago with a valve adjust coming up next week as well, so the bikes so fresh and so clean for my next journey. It would be an awful shame if this leg of the relay doesn't get started until like october - so far I haven't read anything to suggest this will even happen this year (!).

I'm feelin the itch to ride, and there doesn't seem to be anyone else in Iowa...if I'm not here when this finally goes down, it'll be a sadface for me. Any news?

gravit8 wrote:
I'm feelin the itch to ride, and there doesn't seem to be anyone else in Iowa...if I'm not here when this finally goes down, it'll be a sadface for me. Any news?

No news as far as I know. I'm thinking this won't be completed this year judging from the progress so far.

If you're itchin', scratch it. Vintage moto races at Road America this weekend. I'll be going on Saturday, I have to work on Sunday. Here's a link.
www.roadamerica.com/Races/RaceInformation.asp?id=241

I'd be lying if I said I wasnt tempted to hit that up, but I really need to get the valve/cam adjust done before I log too many more miles. Should have probably been done about 2k miles ago, heh. Just took a minute to get some $$ saved up for parts and tires and whatnot. Ya'll know how it goes, I'd rather ride than pull it apart.