July 10th Thunder in the North Country A great Ride it Was

[RogerBzVTX]

Hey Folks,

Just wanted to update you all, that I am back into the swing of things full time now
and back to the grind "WORK" and feeling great, including that ever burning itch to ride!!

I was thinking about July 10th?? How about you, maybe we can pull this off
with out weather being a problem!!

I already scheduled that day out on the road for a NH VTX Ride to some location..

we can take route up to Lake Sunapee or plan a morning run up the 93 slab to the North Country
spend the day up that way with some north country X riders and ride south later that day..

I taste Ice Cream!!

"I wish"

I updated the WEB SITE so please check it out, there is a patch update there as well!!!

And the New Hampshire Chapter site is up and running on the VTXOA BBS, I want to thank
Lamont from HDL and the VTXOA web master who set this up for to use..

NH VTX Chapter Forum

Let me know and I'll work on some maps??

TTYS Roger

as Usual please add Jult 10 in the subject.. for Reply

[btalon]

I'd be up for getting some x'ers together - I'm hoping that we will get some to really commit and take the time for a group ride. I know that if people want my father would give deals on ice cream at his shop in berlin - he might even dust of his x for the ride.

Lets get this going and get some people together!

BTW - thanks for link to the VTX commercial - I'm glad they based the commercial off my bad ass black C model - lol

[vrrmm]

Rodger whats the plan I would like to get some of us southerners to come up to go with you

[RogerBzVTX]

Hey Bill, working that now, I have not gotten too much responce or reply as of yet.. :?

I'll be posting route and times this week..

Would love to have you folks along the road with us

Roger

[VTX-NH]

Hey Roger!

Got back from 3200 miles in 8 days on Saturday. Went to DC, then to Tennessee, did the Tail of the Dragon ride, some riding in Kentucky, West Virginia, VA, PA, NJ, NY, the Berkshires, and finally back home.

The X was a wicked comfortable ride. My throttle hand gave me some issues - a throttle lock will be on before the next 500+ mile trip. The highway pegs were simply THE difference between a ride and a comfortable one.

I am up for the July 10 ride. I like rides North of the Notch - pretty country up there.

Darren

[xtv0081]

Linda and I would be up for a ride...count us in on the 10th.

Dave

[twisted-x]

Paul, do i need to take monday the 11th off is this happening. I was thinking about leaving keene on sunday morning and meeting you some where near the ride....mike

[btalon]

Paul, do i need to take monday the 11th off is this happening. I was thinking about leaving keene on sunday morning and meeting you some where near the ride....mike

If you wanted to i'd let you crash here if you needed a place. Haven't seen much activity on the ride status? Wife will be in the MSF course on the 10th for the last day - not sure when it gets out, so probably would be solo for the ride. Assuming she passes (shouldn't be a problem) I'm sure she will be getting her picture taken for the new license asap and will be out riding very shortly thereafter. Tried talking her into a new 1300X - but since we are signing on the house the next friday she has decided a used older bike for the summer, then hopefully a upgrade in the near future.

[NMead]

Count me in for this ride.

Nate

[RogerBzVTX]

I'll start putting a plan together for a start point for the Southern NH X Riders
and the Mass X Riders..

Paul I'll let you build us a ride while we are up you're way..

Bill from the Ma X riders can put together a start point for his crew to come meet in South NH and we can shake and quake rte 93 all the way to Twin Mt... :D

Watch for email later tonight or this week..

-Roger

[RogerBzVTX]

Mike, you leaving Keene NH?? If so you'd be about 1 hr or so from where we would be staring from.

you could meet up with some of the other NH X Riders from the Keene area is they are gona partake on the ride and ride over to the rally point with them.



Let me know email me rtb2@comcast.net and I'll add you to the email list or call me 603-674-8027 "Cell"

Roger

Paul, do i need to take monday the 11th off is this happening. I was thinking about leaving keene on sunday morning and meeting you some where near the ride....mike

[vrrmm]

Hey Rodger we already have a ride planned for the 30th to Kancamagus.


We could move that to the 9th hows that sound?

Kancamagus Ride (http://www.massvtxriders.com/modules.php?name=NuCalendar&op=ShowEvent&month=7&day=30&year=2005&eventid=39)

[RogerBzVTX]

Bill

Let me put it out to the group

-Roger

[twisted-x]

Bill sent you an e-mail. Paul I sent you a PM, gotta see if I can get Monday off and then clear everything here at home for an extra day....mike

[NMead]

Hey Rodger we already have a rdie planned for the 30th to Kancamagus.


We could move that to the 9th hows that sound?

Kancamagus Ride (http://www.massvtxriders.com/modules.php?name=NuCalendar&op=ShowEvent&month=7&day=30&year=2005&eventid=39)

Has anyone been up there recently? I had read that the road conditions were pretty bad.


Nate

[vrrmm]

I heard that too But I heard it's easy to get around. Unless someone lives close and can help us out.

[btalon]

Hey Rodger we already have a rdie planned for the 30th to Kancamagus.


We could move that to the 9th hows that sound?

Kancamagus Ride (http://www.massvtxriders.com/modules.php?name=NuCalendar&op=ShowEvent&month=7&day=30&year=2005&eventid=39)

Has anyone been up there recently? I had read that the road conditions were pretty bad.


Nate

Last I heard the kanc was torn up from bear notch road towards conway - if you hit bear notch road to 302 then you could go either way and not hit construction - haven't been over that way since mc week - timber if you are out there, have you been through?

[VTX-NH]

There are a lot of pretty rides in NH without going on the Kanc. If the road is all torn up, let's shoot for NORTH of the notch and the riding will be less crowded anyway. Now, the roads may not exactly be smooth like butter...

[btalon]

No problem if we don't go over the kanc - there are plenty of sights to see and places to go either way. Spoke to my father again and he is keen on the idea of a bunch of x's stopping into the ice-cream shop for a treat - stated he'd give us a good deal and anytime would be a good time for him.

[RogerBzVTX]

I agree, We can ask btalon to put together a route while up in the area, I was thinking we can meet the North Country X's at Fosters Crossroads at the corner of Rte 3 and 302 ..

And Btalon give us a route from there??

Howz that sound??

-Roger

[btalon]

Np - only thing is if we meet at Fosters - John Foster will give me a hard time, don't believe anything he might tell you about me. Let me know what kind of route you guys would like up here.

[ericnsc]

A buddy of mine works for the company doing the road construction. I will be talking to him tomorow or Thursday.
EDric

[RogerBzVTX]

Hey Folks,

"Tenative Route"
Subject to Change

July 10th Thunder in the North Country (http://www.nh-x.com/rides/July10.htm)

New Hampshire VTX Riders

I would like to plan on meeting at the Mobil Station
Rte 93 North off Exit 10 "GO LEFT" Around 8:00 am
Mobil is on the right just after the Exxon Station..

Any X riders from North of the Hooksett Tolls
that would like to meet the group along the way let
me know and we can work stop details to let ya add
to the thunder..

The Hooksett Mobil Station has Rest Rooms, Dunkin Donuts
Of course Fuel and plenty of parking and just up the road from
93 north before the tolls..

I would think an 8:15 to 8:30 would be good time to leave and
run up rte 93 to exit 35 then to Fosters Crossroads in Twin Mt
to meet up with Btalon we should not need a fuel stop
as it's 97 miles from Exit 10 right to Fosters Crossroads..
Thats 45 min ride ride right?? ;-)

Alright how bout close to 1 1/2 hours to get to Fosters in Twin Mt. from
Exit 10 in Hooksett.

We will at least meet Btalon and possbly some other X riders
for a visit a ride some lunch with Ice Cream over at Btalon's dad's
place..

I was thinkin we could stay in the area for approxamatley
4 hours or so.. Departing the North Country to head south
around 1:30 PM putting the group back in Hooksett around 4:30 PM

I'll work some additional details with Btalon during our visit.
Ice Cream is definatley on the list!! 8-)

If you are planning on the ride please reply with
"July 10th" in the subject area of the email so we can
get a head count and count of X's just to keep
everyone in the loop!!

Please watch for updates via email and the
New Hampshire VTX Riders Forum

Have a great 4th of July and Ride Safe..

-Roger

[VTXnNH]

sounds good!!! cant wait to ride with the nhXriders!ben hidin out and working,now i need a good ride...

[ericnsc]

Update on the Kanc. This info comes from someone that works for the company doing the work on the Kanc. The construction has moved wets of Bear Notch Road. If you come out Bear Notch Road the road is torn up in both directions now.
Eric

[btalon]

Okay - just gave roger an update on the ride on the 10th - Talked to my parents and they are thrilled with the idea of a large group coming to the Ice Cream Shop - they also offered to cook us lunch there - they would be willing to host a cookout with hamburgers/hot dogs for us at the ice cream shop with ice cream for dessert!

If you guys are really serious about this we will need some definate numbers to figure out how much food will be needed.

As far as the ride goes - depends on timing, if we are early we can go up route 3 and across Route 110 from groveton to berlin and rumble into the shop around noon for lunch. If time is an issue when the group arrives in Twin at John Fosters, we can head up 3 to 115 and north to route 2, then into gorham and upto the shop. Just remember not to believe john if he's there - known him for over 11 years and I know he has some stories to tell you all - lol

Lets get some numbers for this and make the NH group a reality!

[VTX-NH]

I'm In. In-laws live in Pittsburg - so I am up that neck of the woods often...just not often enough with my bike!

[Gangster]

Roger,
Count me in finally. For once I have been able to rearrange my schedule to make it on a VTX ride. See you on Sunday.

Gangster

[RogerBzVTX]

Hey Folks,

Looks like the weather will be in our favor for Sunday's ride!!!!

About Time 8-)

Current head count is 14 VTX's with 16 People joining the ride.

Any one else wana join the ride??

We will be giving Paul Sr. a head count shortly..

-Roger

8)

[bullcrab]

( i'm in) i'll hook up with roger at about 7:30am at mobil station (it's about 10 min's away from me)

[Duck]

Roger 2 of us would like to meet up north of Concord .Like at the Tilton diner?It's the only easy place I know of to meet maybe about 9-930 is this posible?
Thanks
Duck

[btalon]

Roger 2 of us would like to meet up north of Concord .Like at the Tilton diner?It's the only easy place I know of to meet maybe about 9-930 is this posible?
Thanks
Duck

I'm sure roger won't have a problem with this, if any more would like to come, I've been told that there is no problem, just a head count is all that is needed, the more the merrier! Don't want to step on anyones toes, but I'm just loving the thought of having a bunch of bikes roll in!

[RogerBzVTX]

Joanna, I don't think that would be a problem!!!

Sunday is shappin up!!!

-Roger

[xtv0081]

Linda and I will be at the Tilton Diner too is 9:00 ok?

Thanks,

Dave Harrison

[RogerBzVTX]

Thanx Dave

-Roger

[RogerBzVTX]

Hey Folks

Hey Folks,


We need to shift the meeting time for the Hooksett Mobil and the departure time a bit also, so we can meet up with some X Riders from North of the Hooksett Tolls

I figure if we start meeting at 8:00 at the Hooksett Mobil Station and leave at 8:30 that will put us in Tilton bout 9:00 or so..

We can meet up with Duck, Dave and Linda and any others that wana join that would be an awesome start to Thunder in the North Country..

-Roger

[VTX-NH]

8:00 it is...

See you Sunday morning.

Darren

[btalon]

FINALLY - yes I was yelling - I'm loving the fact that a bunch of NH X'ers are going to finally get together and ride - I'm gonna be there for sure - no stopping me, even the threat of isolated t-storms doesn't deter me. My father is getting ready at the ice cream shop also - has some new picnic tables and will bring out the canopy for the cooking festivities. Should be a good time, bring your appetite!

[RogerBzVTX]

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That's all I got to say about that!!!

-Roger

[RogerBzVTX]

New Hampshire VTX Riders

Folks that have cameras please bring them, I'm bringin mine and I have plenty of disk space on my server.. so click away..

See ya at theHooksett Mobil station "rte 93 exit 10" between 8:00 and 8:30

See ya folks at the Tilton Diner "rte 93 Exit 20" about 9:00 and 9:30

Paul Jr n Larry see you at Fosters bout 11:00

Any one need to call me here is my cell phone!!

603-674-8027

[bullcrab]

Anyone have the fork tool to change out the springs in front end

[timberghost]

WOW! NH has its own forum lol, i just found it. i plan on meeting everyone in twin MT at fosters.

[timberghost]

anyone have a progressive shock tool they could bring ? i lost mine and my shocks are set on 4 of 5 and i want to set it on the 5th setting.

[bullcrab]

That was great thanks for the food btalon and thank your dad, it was great to match the face's with the bike's

[timberghost]

i feel a sunburn setting in :?

[RogerBzVTX]

Folks,

1st off I would like to thank Paul Sr and his wife for puttin on a great feed for us.
the food and ice cream really hit the spot. and the hospitality was awesome. :-)

I would like to thank the rest of the NH VTX Riders that joined in the ride today
it was an awesome day great weather hits us once in a while..

It was great to put some names faces to web handles and bike pix

I logged 284 miles door to door..

I took 81 pictures and most of them came out pretty good!!

I will get them zipped up and send you all the link for
the actual pictures to download them
if you woul like to print them out

once I recieve pictures from the other guys I'll post them as well.

Here is the picture link of the pix I took today.

http://www.nh-x.com/rides/july102005/


I would like to start plannin a ride for August
some time I'll send out info once scheduling for a
day permits, hopefully we get great weather like
we got for today.

Chat with you all soon

-Roger

[Duck]

That was a nice ride and the weather couldn't have been better.Met some good people and hope to ride together again.
Btalon thanks to you and your dad for the food and a place to take a break.
When I got home I had 328 miles on my tripometer. :pepper1:

[VTXnNH]

what can we say???...but THANKS
Roger,good job,and GREAT PICS!!
PAUL AND FAMILY...we have a new ice cream destination
BTW>>that pic w/you and your dad and MY BIKE rocks LOL
good day,nose sunburn,355 miles D2D..
course we did stop at the lake and I cruised thru the weirs(quiet)
on my way home.the best part was gettin to know you all a little better..
dont be afraid to post and join in,this is how it starts...VTXnNH(tm)since2/02

[larrys4227]

Nice pics Roger! Looks like ya had a nice day! I recognize some of those places...:-)

Ride Safe,
Larry

[btalon]

Hey - nice meeting you all - had a great time on the ride. I have some good pictures, will be forwarding them to Roger so he can post them on the NH site - looking forward to more rides - stay safe

[twisted-x]

Thank you to all the people who put this ride together. Thanks Paul and Paul sr. Definately will hook up and ride with the group again....reguards from NY......mike