Saturday 8/5 Missouri Meet & Greet specifics!

[Glory racing]

Larry's Motorsports is located on the west side of Jefferson City. Off of Hiway 50, take the Apachie Flats exit(business 50W) and they are about a mile on the left. If you get lost, anyone in the area will know where apachie flats and Larry's is located. They carry all 4 major brands; Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki. So you can check out all the available models while there! They will be open on Friday till Midnight and open Saturday at 9am. Ph # 800-736-5291 local 573-893-3209

Larry's is providing us with a facility to use on Saturday morning. Also, they will be giving any VTXOA attendee a Free shirt. Additionally, any purchase a VTXOA member makes while there will be discounted an additional 10%. Cool!

I suggest we meet around 10ish Saturday morning to visit, distribute shirts, discuss the ride route and lunch, etc. Watch the freestyle show at 11 and then start our ride to the lake. (today we put together a nice back roads route to the dam)

Confirmed attendees:

Glory Racing + significant other
xrider1
Tyreles + significant other
eightball
Jeff H
Chilly Will
Wildcat5415 + 1
vtxkc + significant other
Showtime 56 + 3
Joe
Grey Ghost II
ksbulldog
kballower
rweatherford

That is about all of the specifics I have as I am not involved in the Lunch details. If there is someone that is willing to volunteer to take a few photos, that would be cool. If there are other questions or details we need to discuss, post away.

Thanx and C'ya there,
Mark

[Gray Ghost II]

Hey this sounds good, thanks for all the hard work you guys have done putting it togeather. See you there.

[Xrider1]

Mark;

Great job. Thanks. See ya there....

[tyreles]

Much appreciated! Sounds like a full blown good time!

[Glory racing]

Learned some new info this morning. For any that may be traveling East on 50 towards Jefferson City...There is no Apachie Flats exit! If you take the St. Martins exit (first exit after hwy turns to 4 lane) cross back over the hiway. Go to stop sign(bus 50W), turn right - Larrys is about a mile on the right.

For any that may go by Larry's Friday evening, they are open till Midnite, to recieve your 10% discount, just let them know that you are the proud owner of a VTX and a member of VTXOA and they will hook ya up.

Travis is the General Manager and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. If you happen to bump into him, please say thanx for supporting us. FYI...He rides a tricked out Warrior. It is a dark maroon and will probably be parked just to the right of the door. Although it is a sharp and clean looking ride, Tell him it looks like crap!

C'ya,
Mark

[wildcat5415]

Hey this sounds good, thanks for all the hard work you guys have done putting it togeather. See you there.

here here!! thanks!!! looking forward to it!!

[Glory racing]

Our ride will take us from Larry's to C hiway, over to 87S to Eldon, then on 54 to the Bagnell dam exit. Once you cross the dam, follow signs to the legion. I believe it is to the left. We will regroup there and ride to Bandana's for lunch. Knowing how time can sometimes get away at these events and for ease of directions, I thought a brief caravan down 54 for a few miles to the dam exit would be more appropriate. For those that are planning on joining us at the lake, with the Larry's Freestyle event at 11, I'm guessing we should arrive at the legion around 12:30 or after.

After lunch, if you prefer, there are many back roads around the lake and in the area to discover. Myself and better half will be heading back to Larry's and Columbia. I will have just gotten back late on Friday from a 6 day ride to the dragon and the smokies. I imagine my butt is going to be a little sore and know the bike will be filthy.

C'ya,
Mark

[wildcat5415]

Our ride will take us from Larry's to C hiway, over to 87S to Eldon, then on 54 to the Bagnell dam exit. Once you cross the dam, follow signs to the legion. I believe it is to the left. We will regroup there and ride to Bandana's for lunch. Knowing how time can sometimes get away at these events and for ease of directions, I thought a brief caravan down 54 for a few miles to the dam exit would be more appropriate. For those that are planning on joining us at the lake, with the Larry's Freestyle event at 11, I'm guessing we should arrive at the legion around 12:30 or after.

After lunch, if you prefer, there are many back roads around the lake and in the area to discover. Myself and better half will be heading back to Larry's and Columbia. I will have just gotten back late on Friday from a 6 day ride to the dragon and the smokies. I imagine my butt is going to be a little sore and know the bike will be filthy.

C'ya,
Mark

hey mark, you can go to a site called www.killboy.com (http://www.killboy.com) and find pics of yourself riding the dragon, and even order copies if you want. my brother was also there last week riding, i just looked at his pics.

[Glory racing]

Its 5:55am and time to go slay the dragon. I will probably not have access to a computer till we get back late Friday. Should anything develop, I will have my cell phone with me. 573-489-1189.

C'ya all Saturday morning,
Mark

[Gray Ghost II]

Sorry guys I'm going to have to cancel my plans. I crashed the bike yesterday and I don't think it or I will be ready for the Meet & Greet. Maybe next time.
Thanks,
Randy

[rweatherford]

Sorry guys I'm going to have to cancel my plans. I crashed the bike yesterday and I don't think it or I will be ready for the Meet & Greet. Maybe next time.
Thanks,
Randy

Hope you are OK! I guess you are not too bad or you wouldn't be posting.

This is why I run full gear all the time.

[wildcat5415]

sorry to hear about your crash randy, glad your here to write about it! i will think about ya when i am slopping that bbq in my mouth saturday! ha! take care.

[Gray Ghost II]

Thanks for the kind words. I was riding highway 90 in south west Mo. and hit some gravel in a curve running around 60 mph. Long story short I have some road rash with a munch of sore body parts, and the bike has about $5000.00 worth of repair needed.
I was not wearing a jacket ( too hot), but will deffently rethink that the next time I ride.
Randy

[rweatherford]

I have been riding in full leather and surviving in near 100 degree heat, but there is a trick to my leather.

I have fully perforated leather jacket, pants and gloves. The air goes right through. Most days the pants feel like shorts. I only wear underwear under the pants and a t-shirt under the jacket.

Cortech/Tourmaster makes these pants and Jackets. They come with full armor and the jacket has a liner for when it gets cooler outside. They are also very competitively priced.

Good luck and I'll pray for your quick recovery!

[Xrider1]

Randy;
Sorry to hear of your mishap. You will be missed at the 'gathering'. We will, at least, post some pictures for your enjoyment.

Take care.

[CHILLYWILL]

See you all in Jeff City. Lunch is all set up. Busy week for me as I will be in St Louis again this week. Taking care of things, That couldn't be done with so much power out. Randy maybe next time. Get well soon. WILL

[ShowTime56]

Great job with the lunch Chilly. Is it at the Legions, or at Bandanas? 8)

[wildcat5415]

See you all in Jeff City. Lunch is all set up. Busy week for me as I will be in St Louis again this week. Taking care of things, That couldn't be done with so much power out. Randy maybe next time. Get well soon. WILL

yeah i know, i was out of power a full week, and it was hottttt!!

[rweatherford]

I need to add my wife to the list as a rider and another friend on a VTX 1300. None of us will be going south for lunch, but will be a Larry's.

See you there!

[Gray Ghost II]

I think I'm going to drive the cage down just so I can still meet everyone. see ya there

[tyreles]

All right Randy! Look forward to seeing you there!
Les

[DIRTBIKEDAVE]

Hi, a friend with 1800S retro and I will be headint out of stl Louis about 7:45am at I-44 and Lindburgh, to I-40 to I-70 to Kingdom City so. to Jeff city. so add us to your will be there list to Dam and lunch. will bring camera for a few pics.

[Gray Ghost II]

I forgot, Wife will be along as well for lunch.
Just could'nt let you guys go it alone. I've been watching this for a few months so a little crash ain't going to stop me from meeting some fellow X'ers and eat BBQ. 8)

[rweatherford]

Thanks for everything guys. The wife enjoyed the ride and it was nice to get out together. Hope to see some pics!

[DIRTBIKEDAVE]

got some pics, downloaded shutterfly but cant get the web to take pics. will post url when I can figure it out.Had fun, glad to meet the Missouri X'ers. there were some really nice bikes. had trouble putting names to bikes and screen names. Got a REALLY good farmers tan 8) heres small group pic url is http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6 ... ZN3LJq5ZMX (http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d626b3127cce8bf558ae00fc00000010100EZN3LJq5ZMX )

[ShowTime56]

got some pics, downloaded shutterfly but cant get the web to take pics. will post url when I can figure it out.Had fun, glad to meet the Missouri X'ers. there were some really nice bikes. had trouble putting names to bikes and screen names. Got a REALLY good farmers tan 8)

Hey Dave, how did you like that 44 ride home through Richland? Kinda purdy aint it?

Steve

[DIRTBIKEDAVE]

Yep, thanks Steve for pointing out the hwy 5 to 7 to I 44. nice ride. Wish we had more time and could have rode around the lake area more. Glad to see Randy made it to the gathering after the mishap on his bike.If I new how to post a pic here I could put up the group photo. I can send it email to someone to post.

Dave R.

[kballowe]

Nice ride. We need to do that more often.

On the way back, we ran hwy 54 to 94 to 47 to 100 to I-44. Stopped off in Rhineland for a bit and then at Patke's dairy in Washington for some ice cream.

Ahhhhh - life is good!

Remind me to bring a bigger bike next time.
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[Xrider1]

I'm grateful for everyone who was able to make the meet. The people who put this together are Mark(glory_racing) and Chillywill and Travis of Larry's. They all did a great job. Thanks.

I would like to do this again next year, only make it a week-end event. There are a number of things to do in that area and no one would get bored. Maybe a swap-meet and bike show (any make), entertainment of various types, etc. Maybe Larry's would like to help out with this. I will talk to Travis and Mark to see what can be done.

Great meeting all of you.

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[tyreles]

I could go for a weekend at the lake! Had loads of fun and got a great deal on a back tire. Thanks to all who helped put this together for the X community! Special thanks to the Larry's team for doing the tire as quickly as they were able. It was almost to fast I didn't have much layover.
Les

[Glory racing]

Hope everyone had a good time, put some faces with names and made a possible new riding partner. I know I enjoyed it. And for those keeping count, I only had 4 donuts! It was cool to see that many X's together. However, now I have convinced myself that I have to purchase a new exhaust system!

On the way back home, we stopped by Larry's and Travis was pleased with the turnout. We had 30 signed in. I already planted the seed for next years event and again he offered to assist us. This is the first time I have done this so I learned several things that we can do next year to make it an even better event.

Just a thought, there is no reason we have to wait a year for another informal ride. I am always looking for an excuse to ride, especially when the weather cools a bit.

Thanx and ride safe,
Mark

[wildcat5415]

had a great time at the meet and greet!!! thanks to those that did the work and contacts setting it all up! was nice to put some faces to the screen names! wish i would have had more time to meet and talk with more of you. had a nice rid back to st. louis. took 42 to 28 to 50 to 47 to 30....whew!! and also got the farmers tan. well thanks again, enjoyed it!!

[Jeff H]

Hey, I just want to echo the thanks from everyone else.
I really appreciate all the effort that went in to setting everything up.
Great ride, impressive bikes, good company, and excellent chow.
We went out 50 and back 94. The 2 lane seemed 10 degrees cooler.

I'd like to go again this fall.

I also realized, I have one of the few stock pipes still out there.
I just like that quiet ride.
I wouldn't mind a little rumble, which pipes just add a little noise?

Thanks again.
Jeff H

[CHILLYWILL]

Enjoyed meetting with everyone. Lets do it again soon. Austin from Bandana's wanted me to thank everyone for there business. As you may have found out there is alot of beautifull country to see around the lake. There is some interesting sites that don't get visited around the lake. One is the swinging bridges. Which would make a great picture with 50 motorcycles on it. Still used. but not often. I think we could block it off for about a half hour. Like I said above lets plan a new ride soon. The fall would be great. Will

[rweatherford]

Cathy said that everything was great other than the heat, so perhaps a cooler time of the year would be better for everyone. :lol:

Enjoyed the short time I was there, I would like to meet more of you again since I didn't get to talk to many. I'm not even sure I met Mark? I'm terrible with names so I'm sure you will all have to tell me your names again.

[IOWABOB]

Thanks for the great Missouri hospitality , had a great time and hope to see ya'all soon ! Bob