All y'all,
That's plural for y'all. Its now officially less than one (1) uno, year until this planned trip officially begins. Peter has been negligent in updating his blog, so I will initiate this latest communication.
I had received and lost Gary Terrel's contact info, though Gary expressed interest. Jim, I think you had plans to discuss this with several other former friends and riders. Any interest expressed?
I have four new contacts listed with potential interest and extensive previous experience. Randy Owens is a good friend from my Coarsegold, CA days. Randy and I met riding BMW's and dirt bikes in the hills around Yosemite. Randy has never wavered in his love of riding and last year rode his GS about a zillion miles and stopped in to visit me. This year, he just turned a zillion and a half miles. And also this year, he was awarded the BMW Motorcycles of America, "Ambassadors Award". Randy also has a Kawasaki KLR 650 and highly recommends this as a potential option. He has ridden quite a bit of the TAT in various stages on his GS.
Charlie Brown in addition to being a great cartoon character, also rides a BMW (and Harley thank god) with previous dirt bike experience. Charlie just returned from several trips out west including MT, WY and recently the BMW Rally in AR.
Steve Gardner is a good friend from race car days. Steve now lives in CO and regularly rides his several bikes extensively. Just retuning from Sturgis this year. Steve may choose to meet us in various stages as retirement for him is not happening this year.
Wayne Belinis another race car friend and close friend of Steve Gardner is also nearing retirement and although I don't have his email address (Steve, please forward) Wayne has expressed interest and would be a great addition.
Today I submitted my RFQ to several Honda Dealers. I am curious as to how flexible they may be. With 2016 models in the wings, it may be a worthwhile endeavor. So far I had one call and all he would say was,I will beat your lowest bid. But gave me no bid. Hmm.
Mark Dittman suggested we consider possibly setting our departure back a couple of weeks to avoid some of the hotter temperatures. I have no problem with this and would defer to majority. We do need to procure the TAT Map kit and I still think a preliminary meeting is a good idea. I threw out Vegas as universally inexpensive meeting point. But, you are welcome at my house if preferred:).
By the way, I know some on this list are not 100% committed and I fully expect a serious reduction in participants. I hope not, but reality is reality. Many won't know for sure till we near the date. Understandable! But, if you want off this list, let me know.
Ideas, comments and money always accepted.
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