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Mid-Cal Cycle Spring Fling
plus Bonus Pictures

~ 09APR11 ~

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7:30am... submitted by RuslH
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... walking around... submitted by RuslH
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... taking a few pictures... submitted by RuslH
  
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... before the madness starts (I have a story about this old shovel)... submitted by RuslH
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... and while Bruce and Robert (this is just an assembly area for small stuff vs. the whole bike)... submitted by RuslH
  
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... didn't have anything for me to do to help... submitted by RuslH
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as you can see, if it has 2 wheels they can work on it... submitted by RuslH
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so... I'm setting up tables and chairs and this dude shows up and needs a flat fixed... bummer... but Bruce stopped setting up and went in the back to fix the dudes flat... reckon that was a timely enough fix... submitted by RuslH
  
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ok, tables and charis all set up, BBQ started, band and vendors arriving... time to get mahself over to Lumberjacks... submitted by RuslH
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Dani, Steve, Martha, Jim, Scott, Allen... submitted by RuslH
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Steve, Martha, Scott, Allen, Jim, Dani... submitted by RuslH
  
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Jackson Highway east to Old Sacramento Road and into Plymouth, 49 south through Amador and Dry Town, to Martel (GOOD stop at the stop sign and to the Main Event on Main Street in Jackson... submitted by RuslH
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now... 49 north out of Jackson, BONE HEAD MOVE: 104 east to Martel, 49 north to Sutter Ione Road, U-turn, 49 South to Martel, 104 west to the River Road, flew up the River Road then through West Sac to Mid-Cal Cycle... Steve, Martha, Dani, Allen, Scott... submitted by RuslH
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a lot of bikes here, dint bother to try to count'm... you can if you like... submitted by RuslH
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Scott parked way over there... submitted by RuslH
  
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Interesting pan with new tranzmixer... submitted by RuslH
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pretty clean... everyone has their own way of putting a bike together... submitted by RuslH
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lotsa chrome on this evo... submitted by RuslH
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like going to a bike show... submitted by RuslH
  
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"Hawaiian built" ? ? ?... as in buile there or built by someone from there ? ? ? ... submitted by RuslH
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all flat black... now this would make a fun dirt bike - no chrome to scratch, just keep a few cans of black primer around... submitted by RuslH
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hmmmmm... dint I just take this picture?... oh well... all flat black... now this would make a fun dirt bike - no chrome to scratch, just keep a few cans of black primer around... submitted by RuslH
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dammmm... it's hell getting old... hmmmmm... dint I just take this picture?... oh well... all flat black... now this would make a fun dirt bike - no chrome to scratch, just keep a few cans of black primer around... submitted by RuslH
  
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nice colors, burgundy and black, and interesting mix of dominant color, burgandy or black, in the color scheme... submitted by RuslH
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so, is this a black bike or a burgundy bike?... submitted by RuslH
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is it just my imagination or are there more and more folks figuring out the advantages of a frame mounted fairing over a fork mounted fairing?... submitted by RuslH
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nice old softail springer... submitted by RuslH
  
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and another couple of frame mounted fairings... did you notice... Scott's gold bike has a frame mounted fairing... submitted by RuslH
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Diablos Playground Airbrushing loading up... had to leave early... submitted by RuslH
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hmmmmm... Billet4Baggers got sick and couldn't come... submitted by RuslH
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... but, wonder what happened to Acme Tops and Tunes, and Tattooing by Jed???... submitted by RuslH
  
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these dudes work at a near by truck parts warehouse, and, they rocked!... submitted by RuslH
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well, reckon this is another work day for Bruce and Robert... Bruce doing KP... submitted by RuslH
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... Robert's turn to fix a bike with a problem... submitted by RuslH
  
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this is Walter from the West Sac PD on his personal ride... submitted by RuslH
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and Walter on his WSPD ride for a little slow speed skills demonstration... submitted by RuslH
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... LOOK WHERE YOU WANT TO GO... submitted by RuslH
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... not where your front wheel is aimed... submitted by RuslH
  
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... slow speed skills demonstration included a lot of floorboards on the ground... submitted by RuslH
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... fly by Walter when he is on duty for your own personal high speed skills demonstration... submitted by RuslH
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...this was a pretty tight area and he was going pretty quick... submitted by RuslH
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notice how he has slid over in the seat... submitted by RuslH
  
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sometimes I drag my floor boards... submitted by RuslH
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...which happens quicker on a softail than on a FXR framed bike... submitted by RuslH
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... and usually get a fist in the ribs and "quit scratching the chrome" in my ear from the Princess... submitted by RuslH
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Walter can go reeeeeally slow too... submitted by RuslH
  
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as in... stop... tic tic tic... well???... ok now forward a half an inch... submitted by RuslH
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... pause... half an inch... pause... half an inch... pause... takes a while to go a half a foot this way... submitted by RuslH
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yeah... I can come to a stop without putting my feet down... but... I cant sit there for tic tic tic... submitted by RuslH
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... not sure how long I'd have to practice that... submitted by RuslH
  
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... but, if you were on a bike all day every day for work... submitted by RuslH
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... I reckon you'd get plenty of opportunities to practice all kinds of little extra things... submitted by RuslH
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NOTE: I've heard that if Walter pulls you over then forget it... you're going to get a ticket [period]... submitted by RuslH
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oh... and of course... in case you hadn't noticed... Walter's riding skills apply to his personal ride also... submitted by RuslH
  
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BONUS PICTURE: 2:30... gotta split back out to Camp Rancho Seco for the ECV 1841 doin's... pretty small motorcycle contingency today... submitted by RuslH
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BONUS PICTURE: well drat... it's 3:30 now and diner was at 1:30... should have pigged out more at Mid-Cal Cycle... submitted by RuslH
  
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BONUS PICTURE: do you see Everready there?... submitted by RuslH
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.BONUS PICTURE: .. can you see him now?... submitted by RuslH
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BONUS PICTURE: how 'bout now... sitting next to Ironhorse... submitted by RuslH
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BONUS PICTURE: here's Dirty Dave (a Can-Am Spyder Trike(?) pilot) sitting next to Peanutbutter... submitted by RuslH
  
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8 riders on 7 motors for 160.4. miles, 1283.2 total miles

plus Bonus Miles to Rancho Seco and back:
1 rider on 1 motor for 87.6 miles

So, total miles including Bonus Miles: 1370.8

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