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Old 05-23-2009, 07:32 AM   #31
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Sorry to not confirm until so late, but we're headed out in a few also after I do a quick oil-change.

Catch you in a few for some of these....



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Old 05-24-2009, 01:17 AM   #32
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Ok gang I'm home finally! What a day!

I got to meet Kerry and Kathy, both very cool people!

We had Dyer's Burgers for lunch, which was quite tasty!

I got my Tennessee state line picture. That puts me at 47 states visited by way of motorcycle.

Today's stats:

17-1/2 hours total time
14-1/2 of which was riding time, and a mileage total for today of 1,032 miles.

And without further adieu, I am going to bed!
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Old 05-24-2009, 01:20 AM   #33
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Great meeting & grabbing chow with you today, Tracy!

We rolled in ~7pm, after rolling around Memphis a bit & then flat-tracking up 40 back to Nashville.

Hopefully you already made it back safe & sound, or will be any minute. That was a fairly long day for us @ nearly 500 miles - but doing 1k for a burger, fries & a shake (an over-rated/priced burger & fries at that, I thought - but the shake was pretty tasty! )? You're nutz, dood! And I mean that in the best possible way!
EDIT: I see you rolled in and posted while I was cut'n'pastin' - cool, glad to see you made it safely!

Without further ado ('cause it's about pass-out-thirty), here's the photographic evidence:

The man, the legend:



Pretty good framing by the wobbly 'early starter':



Weapons of choice:



The cool old house, built in 1918 & now part of the Central Gardens historic district, which I lived in for a few years as a kid:



Kathy's bike was running a little rough, so we picked up some of the designated Gixxer additive-of-choice to get her home!


Hardly an Iron Butt, but respectable for a burger-run:


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Old 05-24-2009, 01:23 AM   #34
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Good timing! I posted right before you did! It was great meeting you guys too! Great pics!
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Old 05-24-2009, 02:53 AM   #35
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Hows your girl doing? I heard she had a slightly bad day
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Old 05-24-2009, 02:11 PM   #36
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Awesome meeting you Tracy!!! I was tired after 450miles so you are a machine! Our timing was perfect. Right as we rolled through downtown Memphis after getting lost, I see the imfamous aerostitch rider on busa sitting at a traffic light. Beale street was closed off so we did some laps to find parking.
We made a new friend on our walk to Dyer's. Memphis has some of the most persistant bums I have ever seen. I'm surprised he didn't walk right in with us and sit down.

Kerry may not have liked the burger but I thought it was very good. Kinda minced up and extra greasy. I'm from Philly though so I love some good greasy meat sandwiches. I just wish I had gotten the double double cause I was starving by the time I got home.

Great to join you on one of your adventures. Too bad you live so far away. I would love to do more cross country runs on the GSXr. It is a sport touring machine at heart. Keep in touch!
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Old 05-25-2009, 01:05 AM   #37
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Awesome meeting you Tracy!!! I was tired after 450miles so you are a machine! Our timing was perfect. Right as we rolled through downtown Memphis after getting lost, I see the imfamous aerostitch rider on busa sitting at a traffic light. Beale street was closed off so we did some laps to find parking.
We made a new friend on our walk to Dyer's. Memphis has some of the most persistant bums I have ever seen. I'm surprised he didn't walk right in with us and sit down.

Kerry may not have liked the burger but I thought it was very good. Kinda minced up and extra greasy. I'm from Philly though so I love some good greasy meat sandwiches. I just wish I had gotten the double double cause I was starving by the time I got home.

Great to join you on one of your adventures. Too bad you live so far away. I would love to do more cross country runs on the GSXr. It is a sport touring machine at heart. Keep in touch!
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Old 05-25-2009, 03:56 PM   #38
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123mph.....Naughty!!!
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:41 PM   #39
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123mph.....Naughty!!!
didn't break 130 so it's all good

question is, what did the gixxer speedo show? I hear the zook speedos are a tad bit optimistic at that point.
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:47 PM   #40
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Especially with +2 rear sprocket...
Kathy's with stock gearing reads about 5% high. I have yet to see a sportbike speedo that isn't optimistic by several percent.

(Need to throw on my $30 ebay speedohealer when I do the valve check & p.a.i.r. valve removal soon. )
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