Time to say hi

[tom vt]

I would like to introduce myself to everybody my name is tom and i have an 06C i bought new last april:mrgreen:

I Love it and a friend of mine (redwing) on this site told me about VTXOA so i have been on and off for a year.:popcorn:

i have been reading some of your posts and after talking to Jeff this morning , he could not say enought good about all of you folks:firstplace:

I thouhgt if you dont mind maybe i could hook up with you folks for some rides this summer if you dont mind a somewhat green rider, havent ridden in any group larger then 4 :doorag::doorag::doorag::doorag:

also if anybody gets up to central vt way and needs a hand with anything please contact me and i will be happy to do what i can..:tools:

well thats the most typing i have done in years.......nojoke

hope to meet everybody this summer:grin:

[FIREMANJEFF]

Hey
It was very nice to meet you today, hope your ready to ride with more than 4 guys we average about 20

[demers2107]

I would like to hook up for a ride also mike from new hampshaa 8)

[FIREMANJEFF]

all is welcome where are you located?

[rikyfre]

Welcome, look forward to meeting/riding soon......

[DuelXer]

Welcome to the club guys... We have a lot of fun around here ...Tom one of these days I am going to take route 100 up thru the center of VT I hear it is a good ride

[tom vt]

rt 100 is a awsome ride it my regular icecream run repaved a couple of years ago so most of the road is good then in waitsfield there is rt 117 by mad river glen 3rd gear twisties with all smiles at the end.

[tom vt]

by the way did i mention my bike is

SILVER not the fastest maybe by i think the prettiest:joke:

[badone]

Welcome aboard to all.:thumbup:

[moo315]

I would like to introduce myself to everybody my name is tom and i have an 06C i bought new last April:mrgreen:

I Love it and a friend of mine (red wing) on this site told me about VTXOA so i have been on and off for a year.:popcorn:

i have been reading some of your posts and after talking to Jeff this morning , he could not say enough good about all of you folks:firstplace:

I thought if you don't mind maybe i could hook up with you folks for some rides this summer if you don't mind a somewhat green rider, haven't ridden in any group larger then 4 :doorag::doorag::doorag::doorag:

also if anybody gets up to central VT way and needs a hand with anything please contact me and i will be happy to do what i can..:tools:

well thats the most typing i have done in years.......nojoke

hope to meet everybody this summer:grin:

Thanks Tom for introducing yourself and we will be talking about a ride to Shelburne museum on May 17, tomorrow at our get together.Maybe thats one you can join us on.

Mike if your in the Manchester area and would like to join the "Meeting of the Mindless" tomorrow PM me and I will send you directions. There will be a couple people there that we will be meeting for the first time. We are just getting together to talk about plans for rides this summer.
Mike

[FIREMANJEFF]

you guys still meeting with the snow coming?

[Ilona]

Welcome to our crazy family of VTX riders, we always enjoy meeting new people, and your welcome to join us anytime..VT is one of my favorite places to ride..Looking forward to meeting you soon..:D

[DuelXer]

by the way did i mention my bike is

SILVER not the fastest maybe by i think the prettiest:joke:

Tom

Are you having some engine trouble. Steve and I can help you out cause we know Silver is the fastest....:thumbup: :thumbup:

[CaptDanbo]

Welcome to the newcomers. It'll be great having more riders this summer. Hopefully we can plan enough rides and plan them early enough that people will be able to make arrangements to ride with us. Last summer was GREAT starting with the very first ride of our group. Amazing how we all got along so well. This year will be even better.

[SPGrenier]

Tom and Mike: Welcome to the board. If one year's worth of foolishness hasn't scared you away.....you'll fit right in.

Ken Rte 100 in VT is an amazing ride. Definitely one that we have to consider this summer. It's packed with twisties, hills and some beautiful little towns and waterways. If you are planning on this one outside of a group ride, I'd be up for it. It's a great run from the south through Keene as I recall. Not sure how it would fit with the northerners.

[tom vt]

Tom

Are you having some engine trouble. Steve and I can help you out cause we know Silver is the fastest....:thumbup: :thumbup:

lol

[CaptDanbo]

you guys still meeting with the snow coming?

Snow won't be coming till late afternoon here Jeff. And besides, a little snow isn't going to scare me off. (I live 5 minutes from Mike) :mrgreen:

[CaptDanbo]

Tom and Mike: Welcome to the board. If one year's worth of foolishness hasn't scared you away.....you'll fit right in.

Ken Rte 100 in VT is an amazing ride. Definitely one that we have to consider this summer. It's packed with twisties, hills and some beautiful little towns and waterways. If you are planning on this one outside of a group ride, I'd be up for it. It's a great run from the south through Keene as I recall. Not sure how it would fit with the northerners.

Why does it have to be outside of the group rides? I think it would be an awesome ride for the group. We'll discuss it at Mike's I guess.

[CaptDanbo]

Tom

Are you having some engine trouble. Steve and I can help you out cause we know Silver is the fastest....:thumbup: :thumbup:

Well...I think it takes quite a man to admit his bike might not be the fastest. Thanks Tom for your honesty. As far as Ken and Steve go.......SERIOUS DENIAL!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[English]

Welcome to the nut house...you have to be a couple of bottles short of six pack to fit in with this crew.:thumbup:

[btalon]

Welcome to the group! Hope you guys had a good time today while I worked!

[SoMeVTX]

Hope you guys don't mind but I've been reading your posts for the last few months also...I'm from Southern Maine (only about 30 miles from your border) and my name is Gary. Not alot of activity on the Maine site so I've been reading your site to hear about rides, etc... My buddy and I tried to have a get together at a seafood restaurant last summer and we arranged a day/time and let the Maine site know. We took our wives and were the only two bikes that showed up. What can I say....maybe it was us. :dontknow: All kidding aside, you seem to have a good bunch of people and maybe we could join you on a ride this summer if you don't mind having a couple of Mainers come along.

I'm amazed at how much activity New Hampshire VTX riders have. You guys/girls seem like a close knit community and that's awesome. For the record, I have an '03 1300s and it's Illusion Blue (blurple)...I know, not the best color but it gets me where I want to go.

Thanks for letting me read your stuff.

[rikyfre]

It could be worse, (not by much though...), at least its not orange!!!

[English]

Hope you guys don't mind but I've been reading your posts for the last few months also...I'm from Southern Maine (only about 30 miles from your border) and my name is Gary. Not alot of activity on the Maine site so I've been reading your site to hear about rides, etc... My buddy and I tried to have a get together at a seafood restaurant last summer and we arranged a day/time and let the Maine site know. We took our wives and were the only two bikes that showed up. What can I say....maybe it was us. :dontknow: All kidding aside, you seem to have a good bunch of people and maybe we could join you on a ride this summer if you don't mind having a couple of Mainers come along.

I'm amazed at how much activity New Hampshire VTX riders have. You guys/girls seem like a close knit community and that's awesome. For the record, I have an '03 1300s and it's Illusion Blue (blurple)...I know, not the best color but it gets me where I want to go.

Thanks for letting me read your stuff.

At last some one with wisdom when it comes to colors..Gary welcome on board, one thing you have to remember is that Blurple is way faster than the other bikes in the group...sometimes its tough to get out of first gear with these guys:lol::lol::lol::joke:

[badone]

Welcome Gary,just keep an eye on this site, as better weather starts getting here we have alot of rides planned, all are welcome

[SoMeVTX]

Thanks guys...and English, I do like the Illusion Blue..just didn't want to say it was the faster color since I don't know any of you guys and didn't want to ruffle any feathers. :grin:

[CaptDanbo]

It could be worse, (not by much though...), at least its not orange!!!

At last some one with wisdom when it comes to colors..Gary welcome on board, one thing you have to remember is that Blurple is way faster than the other bikes in the group...sometimes its tough to get out of first gear with these guys:lol::lol::lol::joke:

Hey......enough with the "orange" digs.......:mad: :lol:

[CaptDanbo]

Hope you guys don't mind but I've been reading your posts for the last few months also...I'm from Southern Maine (only about 30 miles from your border) and my name is Gary. Not alot of activity on the Maine site so I've been reading your site to hear about rides, etc... My buddy and I tried to have a get together at a seafood restaurant last summer and we arranged a day/time and let the Maine site know. We took our wives and were the only two bikes that showed up. What can I say....maybe it was us. :dontknow: All kidding aside, you seem to have a good bunch of people and maybe we could join you on a ride this summer if you don't mind having a couple of Mainers come along.

I'm amazed at how much activity New Hampshire VTX riders have. You guys/girls seem like a close knit community and that's awesome. For the record, I have an '03 1300s and it's Illusion Blue (blurple)...I know, not the best color but it gets me where I want to go.

Thanks for letting me read your stuff.

Welcome Gary.....you're right, we are quite the group. It all came about from our first ride as a group last June. We had over 25 VTX's on that ride. A great experience as most of us had never met before. Since then we have gotten much tighter as is obvious by our twisted sence of humor. We are putting together a list of rides we're trying to plan for the summer and talked about a Maine ride as well. You are of course welcome on any rides we have.

[SoMeVTX]

Danbo....Thank you for that offer. I'll definitely keep an eye on your site to see what's happening. Always looking for new ideas of where to ride and can never get tired of meeting good people.

[Plumcrazy]

Gary, How close are you to Shapleigh? I have a camp on Square Pond. Nice riding around there. Isn't Arundel where Bentley's is?
Dave

[English]

We should do a ride to bentleys..?

[moo315]

Just as everybody else says, welcome to the NH board Gary. I am sure there are many other lurkers out there that are enjoying our ribs (mostly to Danbo) and are welcome to join us on any rides. We have had a few Mass guys join us and this year it would be nice to have all 4 states ride together MA,VT,NH, and ME.
Mike

[tom vt]

I'm definetly in for at least a couple of rides after what i have seen on this site i just am going to have to meet these people who are as twisted as i am:joke:

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::firstplace:

[SoMeVTX]

Gary, How close are you to Shapleigh? I have a camp on Square Pond. Nice riding around there. Isn't Arundel where Bentley's is?
Dave

Hi Dave...yeah, I'm in Arundel and only a couple of miles from Bentley's. The crazy thing is that I've yet to go there. We keep saying we want to check it out but haven't done that yet. I have friends that have been there and say it's a great place...good food and music and plenty of motorcycles. Just haven't taken the time to check it out. Definitely have to find out for myself soon.

Shapleigh is just passed Sanford, I think. I'm about a 1/2 mile off Rt. 111 in Arundel. Rt 111 is the corridor from Sanford to Biddeford. I guess that would make me 20-25 miles from Shapleigh. I had an uncle who had a camp on Square Pond when I was a kid and remember going there a few times....wouldn't know how to find it today.

I can't believe how welcoming you guys are. Definitely like to join in on a ride or two this year. If you all happen to do a ride to Bentley's, let me know and my wife and I will join you.
~Gary

[English]

I love Bentleys, its a nice ride up there and that place is alot of fun. Total biker joint, live band, bbq pit out the back, 3 bars..open saloon type of thing.

Lots of bikes outside and a great place to grab some food and drink and watch the fun sights.:thumbup:

[SoMeVTX]

Just realized how funny that last paragraph sounds. "If you all do a ride to Bentley's, we'll join you". That would be like a 2 mile MC ride for us. I guess what I meant is that we'd meet up with you there for socializing.

We'll keep an eye on any rides you plan.

[moo315]

Just realized how funny that last paragraph sounds. "If you all do a ride to Bentley's, we'll join you". That would be like a 2 mile MC ride for us. I guess what I meant is that we'd meet up with you there for socializing.

We'll keep an eye on any rides you plan.


Baby steps...:grin:

[maximus]

Gary, How close are you to Shapleigh? I have a camp on Square Pond. Nice riding around there. Isn't Arundel where Bentley's is?
Dave

Hello to the NH riders. My name is Jim and Gary (SoMeVTX) is a friend of mine and we would like to hook up with you guys some time:thumbup:

My Brother in-law lives on Square pond (Eric Lofgren) do you know him?

[moo315]

Welcome to the loony bin Jim, glad you chimed in. Hope you don't mind being associated with us and the somewhat twisted personalities that we all share... (no offense Dan) :lol::lol:

[CaptDanbo]

Welcome to the loony bin Jim, glad you chimed in. Hope you don't mind being associated with us and the somewhat twisted personalities that we all share... (no offense Dan) :lol::lol:

Why are you refering to me Mike? I'm not the twisted one here.....remember. I can't wait to check out the video from Sunday and laugh all over again.

Oh yea.....welcome to the board Jim....we are a crazy but active bunch here in NH.

[SPGrenier]

Welcome to our Maine friends. As things would have it, we actually discussed putting a couple of rides together into Maine.

I'm not sure where Bentleys is but maybe we can develop something with that destination in mind. Or at least put that on the route as a stop.

We'll be putting up some preliminary info on some of our plans soon.

[FIREMANJEFF]

Welcome all the new guys. Nice to hear you guys are close to me (I am in Rochester/farmington) I love the ride to Maine through leb 202 up through Sanford and I love Bentley's . I did alot of rides in maine last year. Hope to hear from you guys soon.

[SPGrenier]

My buddy and I tried to have a get together at a seafood restaurant last summer and we arranged a day/time and let the Maine site know. We took our wives and were the only two bikes that showed up.

Is see your seafood event as a complete success. You both may be the only 2 VTX owners in the great state of Maine. So, a 100% turn out is as much as you can ask for. Congrats!

Let the games begin!

As to the Illusion Blue, you are actually the 3rd. Rich is obviously the most active and vocal, but I have a co-worker that bought an 1800 last year. He's read our board but hasn't chimed in yet. I'm hoping to draw him in for some of our events this summer. He's a big golf fan and spends much of his free time on the golf course.

[English]

The more the merrier...welcome.

[maximus]

Welcome to our Maine friends. As things would have it, we actually discussed putting a couple of rides together into Maine.

I'm not sure where Bentleys is but maybe we can develop something with that destination in mind. Or at least put that on the route as a stop.

We'll be putting up some preliminary info on some of our plans soon.

Here's a link...www.bentleyssaloon.com


Jim

[SoMeVTX]

Thank you all for being so welcoming. You guys are great!

You both may be the only 2 VTX owners in the great state of Maine. So, a 100% turn out is as much as you can ask for. Congrats!I guess when you put it that way, our seafood get together was a complete success. :thumbup:

I do have some links to New Hampshire. My wife has cousins/Aunts/Uncles in Rochester. Her uncle, Jim Waterhouse, was a long time salesman at the Dick Poulin Chevrolet dealership there before he retired about 15 years ago. Also, my two sons both went to Saint Anselm College in Manchester and graduated in 2006 & 2007 so I've been to Manchester tons of times.

~Gary

[Air4ce76]

:dontknow: Group wasn't wild enough so we had to welcome a couple of Maineiacs and a Green Mountaineer.

Well I guess welcome SoMeVTX (Gary), Maximus (Jim) and Tom VT. I guess you cann't be that bad at least you are not riding orange bikes. Remember Tom if you ride with us you can not wear your Birkenstocks. :lol:

[SPGrenier]

It's sounding like we are going to have a great summer ahead of us. Come on Spring!!!

[moo315]

Here's a link...www.bentleyssaloon.com (http://www.bentleyssaloon.com)


Jim

Could be that camping trip we talked about.

Tent Sites in Campground Area
$25.00/night plus tax (7%) based on 4 adults. $5.00 plus tax per extra person.
Under age 16 free.
One tent per site.
Bath house facilities included.
Electricity available.


Our bath house facilities have spacious, high-pressurized, hot showers, modern toilets and brightly lit vanity areas with electrical outlets. We never run out of hot water here! http://www.bentleyssaloon.com/Campground/Pictures/wpe10050%20(2).JPG

http://www.bentleyssaloon.com/Campground/P1030660.JPG
Our bath house is a rough-cut pine, post and beam facility. It is no ordinary outhouse in the woods!

Bentley's Saloon is only 500' away from the campground and walking distance from an authentic antique flea market and a fully-stocked convenience store including alcoholic beverages. We are minutes away from the beaches and the historic district of Kennebunkport known for fine shopping, dining and fishing charters. Take a scenic drive along the coast and get a view of the Bush Estate on Walker Point by Kennebunkport.

Stop in the saloon, meet the friendly staff, enjoy the atmosphere, have a beer or ****tail and try our home-cooked meals.
http://www.bentleyssaloon.com/Campground/P1040924.JPG

[moo315]

It even has a hotel on the premises for of those that may need is, I believe this came up in the meeting...I wont mention any names. :doorag:


http://www.bentleyssaloon.com/Motel/Pictures/Motel%2520Picture.jpg
Enjoy a stay in our clean, comfortable and affordable newly renovated Motel. Single occupancy includes a double bed and TV with a full Bath. Double occupancy rooms have 2 double beds, TV, full bath, dining area,
refrigerator and a comfortable love seat.

Single Occupancy $50 + tax Double Occupancy - $65 plus tax
(All rooms are non-smoking. Sorry, No pets allowed.)

[FIREMANJEFF]

Thats my idea of camping

[rikyfre]

Some of the guys I work with ride over there and have been trying to get me to go......think its time......

[FIREMANJEFF]

stop at my house first

[tom vt]

:dontknow: Group wasn't wild enough so we had to welcome a couple of Maineiacs and a Green Mountaineer.

Well I guess welcome SoMeVTX (Gary), Maximus (Jim) and Tom VT. I guess you cann't be that bad at least you are not riding orange bikes. Remember Tom if you ride with us you can not wear your Birkenstocks. :lol:
Too funny:a13:

everybody in vt knows you wear crocs when riding:pepper1::pepper1::pepper1:

[English]

its certainly a good time at bentleys:beer2::beer3::pepper1:

[Ilona]

Walt & I are in for the camping..looks like a great place..welcome to ALL the new people..guess the saying you meet the nicest people on a honda is true..can't wait for the warm weather, Sundays get together was great and it looks like a great summer on the way..:D

[FIREMANJEFF]

Don't forget the harley guys

[DuelXer]

Don't forget the harley guys

Yeah but we met you on a Honda....:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[FIREMANJEFF]

excellent point

[CaptDanbo]

Don't forget the harley guys

How could we ever forget you Jeff. You're the group HERO!!
Right Ilona?? :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Harley or Honda.....you're always a part of this group of lunatics.

[Ilona]

:agree:doesn't matter what you ride..you'll always be my hero!!

[Doc Rick]

:agree:doesn't matter what you ride..you'll always be my hero!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVKDQgT_b-Y

[Ilona]

cute doc..video no longer available..we can only wonder..:joke:

[Blue Goose]

That vid is awesome :lol:



Goose