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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:25 am
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:31 am
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:54 am
by RedMenace
Dave waited atop the ridge at the head of Neal Creek Canyon to shoot some video. I hope it turns out!
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:58 am
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:31 pm
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:36 pm
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:58 pm
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:16 pm
by RedMenace
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:26 pm
by RedMenace
Although we were all "dog tired", we couldn't rest yet. Tommorrow was another day and Dave needed to weld up a bracket for his muffler
Andy's mounts had slipped and needed adjusting
And he still needed to wire in his odometer
And I wanted to swap the camera boom to his bike for the Sunday ride
We finally finished up, had some well earned pie and beer and I fell asleep with my boots on
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:54 pm
by RedMenace
[QUOTE=bk brkr baker]How well did Andy's Spirit based rig do? I t sort of looks like the suspension travel is all used up just sitting still. And in the later pics ,no Donna . Did she jump ship?
Looks like fun was had.
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Andy did great! The Spirit doesn't have much clearance and the suspension is way too soft, but he was able to set a brisk pace even through the roughest sections. Andy has a real knack for piloting these things!
His oldest boy, Jonathan, was s'posed to be his navigator for the Dog, but things came up and his plans changed. Donna was helping Tawm with the support crew, but took Saturday morning off to try out the sidecar experience. I think she had fun and really did a good job as monkey for a morning. When we got back to the fairgrounds at the end of the first section she had to go back to helping prep Sunday's roll chart so Andy was on his own for the rest of the day.
Jon's little brother, Nic volunteered to navigate Sunday
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:59 pm
by RedMenace
It didn't take Nic any time at all to figure out the rollchart game
Robert rolls up the chart into the holder
Andy took this pic of the Sunday rollchart:
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:11 pm
by RedMenace
The start was a bit shorter on Sunday
Everyone is anxious to spank the monkey and get on with it
I am so proud of my nephew! Nic was the youngest rider to spank the monkey at the BlackDog!
and spanking the monkey was the only way a fellow could score that Sunday morning...a guys gotta do what a guys gotta do
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:24 pm
by RedMenace
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:48 am
by RedMenace
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:14 am
by Tawmass
Hey Vernon, that's great stuff and love the photos! Nice to be able to ride the event vicariously!
thanks!
-Tom