Well after replacing the battery in the MPV at the pressure wash station...yes my mechanical troubles were not limited to the pilot :roll: we made it home without mechanical issues...I said without mechanical issues :lol:
We had a flat on the van on the way down, the dead battery returning to the hotel after our last day out, and the mechanical issues with my pilot. I just couldn't think straight in all that heat man....WOW that was hot! All in all my pilot issues were due to I believe running spare wiseco's I had in bores set up for OEM Honda pistons....not enough clearance..duh-oh! They'll run for awhile...heck the one ran for 5+ hrs here....but then again it wasn't that freakin' hot either! :p
Ted was pleasantly surprised with the performance of the disc brake setup I managed to get squeezed in for his pilot before we left...and he gave them a work-out running up and down the mountain....multiple times
We went north on our way back home...I wanted to stop in to see Moskito and we wanted to avoid the New York route we took on the way down...in a car...fine..towing a trailer....not much fun :x
Hey Richard, I used the GPS to entertain me, maps are boring :p Anytime I started to get sleepy I started playing with that...man that things got a lot of features....max speed, ave speed, altitiude, trip profile..MAX SPEED?! Hmmm...Ted's sleeping...<pedal to floor motion>...let's see what the MPV will do pulling 2 pilots!
So, 5400km later (round trip) we're back home. The trip from..where was it...Cleveland/St. Catherines area was.....interesting. We drove through that storm! I hope some of the shots Ted took turn out...awesome lighning show...and holy rain batman!
We made it home about 2pm, glad to be home, tired, but really glad we made the trip. I got a few rides in, and thanks to Buck got a second trip up to the creek with a loan of one of his pilots on Sunday. But it was worth it just to put some faces to names I've known for so long now.
Got to say thanks to PH and Cricket for hosting, special thanks to DH and PH for helping out with my mechanical issues, and to Moskito for all the tools I borrowed/made use of
All that wrenching was worth the ride I got out of it late Saturday. Went up the mountain to the creek with Buck, Betel, Oz and myself. When it did seeze up again Buck went down for a tow rope...but I decided to do it NS style....
I asked Oz to jump in mine, and I used Ted's to push him the rest of the way to the top of the moutain. We spent a few minutes throwing rocks off the cliff like little kids before we took after Buck. Oz made a wrong turn and we had to get him turned around....told him I'd give him a fast push then brake hard and give him room to slide it around with the rear brakes.....he executed it perfectly, depsite him saying he felt like it was nearly to the point of tipping :p Headed back on our way, made it almost back to camp when we met a surprised Buck coming up with a rope.."you all find a shortcut or somethin'?"
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It was great to meet so many of you all, hope we can do it again some time.
I need to start a thread for everyone to reply to who is interested in putting their name in for a draw for gift certificates from Digatron...anyone who was at CC is welcome to put their name in..I'll post more details when I finish unpacking and find them again :p