This year there was an extra patch inside the package: A 25 year member's patch.

Damn short 25 years, is all I can say!


Well Herm I have never done a "hardass" type ride. But the farthest I ever did in one day was 1000 km (600 miles) during my longest trip which was the one I made out West in August of 1987. I stayed in Canada, so I had to head North from the Toronto area and go across the top of the Great Lakes. I was planning to get to Vancouver in British Columbia. But because I had had surgery the previous November, I promised my mother that I would not push the pace. This suited me anyway, especially as it turned out that except for the 1st day and the last 3 days, it rained every day of the trip for at least an hour each day. And usually most of those days it was either raining most of the day or was dripping wet for hours after the rain . So I was pretty cold and wet most of the time. The bike got so dirty that after Thunder Bay I didn't bother trying to wash it. It was a mess by the time I got back. I got as far as Osoyoos at the south end of the Okanagan Valley in B.C. Then I headed North up the valley and returned home via Lake Louise and Calgary, Alberta. I recall that I put over 9000 kilometers on my bike on that ride. I just checked with google maps, and used their distance calculator, and it appears that I am about right. 4500 kilometers easily each way, or around 2800 miles. The round trip lasted 18 days. I really would like to try the trip again some day, as my memories of the trip out west are of cold, wetness, and dull gray skies. I guess I should get going before I get too old eh?Hermskii wrote:Congrats on that Nameless! 25 years. WOW!
What is your longest non-stop other than to pee ride you have ever done? Mine is between Houston, Texas and Charleston, South Carolina. I made the trip about 6 times and I think it is just over 1,000 miles one way. My record time was 18hr 15 min. It usually took me 24 to 30 hours depending on stopping and sleeping.
Well, I just read somewhere it is 933 miles but I'm on the Southwest side of Houston and actually lived just north of Charleston which is east of Houston in a little town called Goose Creek. So I'll call it an even 1,000 miles!
Oh you betcha, I planned my 1987 tour around the availability of HD dealers. I changed my oil at the half way point at the dealership in Trail, B.C. In '89 my rectifier failed, and the battery was run down. I was staying at a motel just a couple of miles from a dealership, and got a jump start from a kind stranger. I stopped off at the dealer, who was on my route anyway as it turned out, and they did a quick replacement right then and there. In '92 I changed my oil at a dealer that was technically closed on Mondays. They were doing inventory or some such, but sold me the oil and a filter on condition that I park and do it around back so that no locals would notice.David wrote:So they give you locations of HD dealerships every year....huh..... Is that so when you break down you know where to take your bike![]()
Do you wear a skid lid? Just curious.
Thanks m8. I can't imagine life without riding. I predict a 3 wheeler or one of those new large displacement scooters in my future after I turn 70.It is cool that you enjoy something for that long. I wish you another 25 years of enjoyment with your HD.
I am running an S&S Super E carburetor. I needed new mufflers at the same time as I was switching carbs anyway, and the H.D. "screamin' eagle" mufflers were the most highly recommended set to use by S&S themselves, so that's what I got. I can be quite loud if I want to, but I almost always take it easy. So I've never been hassled by the cops, and so far I've only needed to do the loud pipes save lives thing on the freeway one time, when some half asleep jerk kept forgetting I was beside him in the bumper to bumper mess.Hermskii wrote:Is your Hog loud or quiet. I hate the super loud ones.
Mission accomplished! The rain held off and a good time was had by all.a nameless entity wrote:Well I finally got around to putting the 25 year patch onto my vest that I wear to Harley Owners Group functions.
There is a charity run that I like to go to every year. The "pop tab run" in May. All you do is show up and hand in the tabs off of your aluminum cans that you saved up since last year's run. Then you get to go to the picturesque town of Elora Ontario, and get a free lunch at the local Legion Hall.
It's a good cause, a fun run, and you get a free meal at the local Legion Hall of a very beautiful town located in a very pretty area of the province.![]()
And this year I will have bragging rights (if anyone actually looks at the back of my vest). I must practice my swagger.![]()