Official Information: 2019 VBA National Rally - Page 2

**nomadtom69** · 09-16-2018, 07:04 PM

Looks like 1121 for me thinking about it got knocked out of the one in New York with shoulder and was still recovering for the one in Custer hope everything works out for this one

ponch · 09-16-2018, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Top Cat

Scott you can do it. Cindy and I rode further than that to Colorado.
It is 1100 miles to this one. We will be there.

Scott has had foot problems requiring surgery. Hopefully he’ll be healed up by then.

It’s over 1700 miles from here I think.

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**Top Cat** · 09-16-2018, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ponch

Scott has had foot problems requiring surgery. Hopefully he’ll be healed up by then.

It’s over 1700 miles from here I think.

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I know that. I PM Scott from time to time to check up on him.
Just have bust on him once in awhile

cactusjack · 09-17-2018, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GIBBY

Three days here and 3 days back is quite the commitment Scott, but we will show you a good time.

I've done it before, I can do it again.

**GIBBY** · 09-17-2018, 03:53 PM

With my wife's illness and her inability to ride too many days in a row I was forced to buy a trailer. I hope I can get my steed to cooperate when I have to load it in the trailer.

**Rookie13** · 09-17-2018, 09:51 PM

Hey all- count me in! Thanks Ray, Mike, and Greg for getting things organized! If I can help out in any way let me know.

cactusjack · 09-20-2018, 05:12 PM

I just booked a room at the Stoney Creek Inn.

**GIBBY** · 09-21-2018, 05:37 AM

That is great Scott, looking forward to seeing you again.

**BudMan** · 09-21-2018, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

I just booked a room at the Stoney Creek Inn.

**spil99** · 09-23-2018, 09:51 PM

Looks like a good time!!!!!!!!!! Hope we can make it.

**rayski271** · 10-09-2018, 08:50 PM

what do you mean hope to make it damn near in your back yard mike

Kopperhed · 11-21-2018, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by glwilson

Only took me five times to log-in. Forgot my password.
I'll be in the area for the rally. I have a house in the area so it literally is off the end of that driveway.
I'll put together some great combination of roads for various types of riding, so attendees will have a choice whether they wish to ride-hard, or roll along at a more leisurely pace.
The area doesn't have the rockies, or the grand canyon, water-falls, nor even hills as high as NC; but the roads within the 19,000 sq. miles are all hilly and full of curves; thanks to the fact the glaciers surrounded the area but never scoured it flat. There literally isn't a straight road in the area.
One big issue on planning routes is that they just had a record flood in the area two weeks ago that literally wiped out some road and bridges; not to mention several land slides screwing things up a bit. WDOT and the county officials told me they plan to have many of them fixed by next June, but I am sure a few will not be done by then. We'll have some alternate routes for those areas if needed.
Hope a lot of you show-up for this.

Mindoro Cut, Wildcat Mountain and the River Road itself make it worth the while for those that haven't been to the area before. After attending over 10 VROC rallies in the area at the same time of year over the last 20 years, I will probly pass on this one. Have fun.

**Jared** · 11-22-2018, 07:55 PM

Oh wow, I rode that area a few years back and loved it! Enjoy the rally, all! I wish I could attend.

ponch · 11-23-2018, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cactusjack

I just booked a room at the Stoney Creek Inn.

Cool. I don't know my riding future after the back surgery and I used up all my time for FMLA. Had none of that happened, I had wanted to get out next year.

**Sabre-t** · 11-25-2018, 12:22 PM

I had already promised my wife that I would only do one MC trip in 2019, and I had planned on that being Antlers. Now, it looks like I won't be riding again for a while and certainly not by June. I doubt that I will be ready for a long trip by the time Antlers comes around, though I do hope to be riding again by then. Maybe.

I have a procedure coming up that will keep me off the bike for a couple of months, then I'm looking at total shoulder replacement shortly after that. The bone spurs in my shoulder have gotten so bad, I can't handle the bike now. They more than doubled in size since last year. The two long trips (8500 miles total) this summer probably didn't help.

Gonna add a bit more SeaFoam to the tank and run it to distribute it on the next warm day, then put her into hibernation.

I wish I could make this rally, but it ain't gonna happen, sigh.

09-16-2018, 07:04 PM	#16
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09-17-2018, 03:53 PM	#20
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09-17-2018, 09:51 PM	#21
Rookie13 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Rochester, Minnesota Posts: 179	Hey all- count me in! Thanks Ray, Mike, and Greg for getting things organized! If I can help out in any way let me know. __________________ A nation of sheep will soon have a government of wolves- Edward R. Marrow
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09-20-2018, 05:12 PM	#22
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	I just booked a room at the Stoney Creek Inn. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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09-21-2018, 05:37 AM	#23
GIBBY Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Osceola,WI Posts: 3,083	That is great Scott, looking forward to seeing you again. __________________ Mike "GIBBY" Gibson Osceola, WI VBA # 1279 2011 National Rally 2012 NCR Rally 2012 Antlers Rally 2013 National Rally 2013 Antlers Rally 2014 NC/SC Rally 2014 Antlers Rally 2015 VRA/VBA Rally 2016 NCR Rally 2016 Antlers Rally 2017 Antlers Rally 2018 NC/SC Rally 2018 Antlers Rally 2019 Antlers Rally 2020 Antlers Rally 2022 Antlers Rally 2023 Antlers Rally 2021 Indian Roadmaster Limited 2022 Indian Roadmaster
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09-23-2018, 09:51 PM	#25
spil99 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Menasha WI Posts: 220	Looks like a good time!!!!!!!!!! Hope we can make it. __________________ 2011 National Rally, Maggie Valley, NC 2012 NCR Rally, Prairie du Chien,WI 2013 National Rally, Estes Park, CO 2014 NCR/SCR Rally in the Ozarks, Mountain View, AR 2014 Antlers Rally, Antlers, OK 2015 VRA/VBA Rally, Eureka Springs, AR 2016 NCR Rally, Hillsboro, WI 2016 Antlers Rally, Antlers, OK 2017 National Rally, Lake George NY 2017 Antlers Rally, Antlers, OK 2018 NCR/SCR Rally, Custer, SD 2018 Canada East/North East US Baddeck, NS
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10-09-2018, 08:50 PM	#26
rayski271 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: hometown ILL Posts: 716	what do you mean hope to make it damn near in your back yard mike __________________ National Rally 2009 - Custer, SD NorthCentral Regional Rally 2010 - Prairie du Chien, WI National Rally 2011 - Maggie Valley, NC
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11-22-2018, 07:55 PM	#28
Jared Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Greeley, Colorado Posts: 6,772	Oh wow, I rode that area a few years back and loved it! Enjoy the rally, all! I wish I could attend. __________________ Jared VBA #1051 (Former President)
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11-25-2018, 12:22 PM	#30
Sabre-t Join Date: May 2015 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 838	I had already promised my wife that I would only do one MC trip in 2019, and I had planned on that being Antlers. Now, it looks like I won't be riding again for a while and certainly not by June. I doubt that I will be ready for a long trip by the time Antlers comes around, though I do hope to be riding again by then. Maybe. I have a procedure coming up that will keep me off the bike for a couple of months, then I'm looking at total shoulder replacement shortly after that. The bone spurs in my shoulder have gotten so bad, I can't handle the bike now. They more than doubled in size since last year. The two long trips (8500 miles total) this summer probably didn't help. Gonna add a bit more SeaFoam to the tank and run it to distribute it on the next warm day, then put her into hibernation. I wish I could make this rally, but it ain't gonna happen, sigh.
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