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Will his trusty reindeer and new assistant, Tipsy The Elf make it?


Christmas Movie 09.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rPepWRpp1M#normal)

If I can get a locksmith to my house on Friday afternoon I will make it.   [roll]  Elf costume is in hand!   [thumbsup]

sac

tell the locksmith "it's for the children".... and not in a Michael Jackson kind of way.

Anyone wanna volunteer to be back up elf in case I can't make it?


sac

I can get a backup bike if needed

Cool! Is it Toasty?

sac


/please say its Toasty!   :D

That is awesome!

Awwww, I'm going to miss this year...  That wouldve been 3 in a row!

Thanks for the memories BP & JoB...  Was an awesome time!!

(BTW, cops do look the other way a little bit when mischevious elves pull wheelies...)

(Just Sayin')

yup

The canes are in da house.

That's awesome!   [thumbsup]

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Santas new tank bag.  [moto]

Sweet!!

Have fun. 

Well........did tipsy the elf get his key?

BP's annual Santa and friends candy cane ride always gives me a big smile ;D ... and makes me a bit jealous of all you guys who are still riding in December. Have a great time tomorrow and post some pics!
[moto] [thumbsup]

Rudolph will be on his new and improved sleigh!   [evil]
 [moto]




[bacon]

What time will tipsy and Rudolph be in da hood?

Whenever you want us there...   ;)

early is good... howz about 10ish

Sounds good to me...  [thumbsup]

pm me your addy again?

 [moto]




[bacon]

I've always loved this, but I just had an epiphany...



...how awesome would it be to have Santa pull up led by 9 Ducs ridden by dudes in raindeer outfits??

'twould be...  Alas, I'm the only reindeer.  :-\

That what craigslist was made for!

Get on it!!

 ;D

I would have done it but I'm out of reindeer costumes.

fixed

Just fixed the spelling.

I have no idea how I let that slip by.

really...

you've been in college for like...

12 years now. ;D

a special note to all those people on full dress cruisers.... look through the turn.... not at Santa.

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 [thumbsup]

Who's that with a 999?   ;D

Nice job guys. 

Look like you got lots of smiles. [thumbsup]

good job spreading the cheer!


mitt

What happened to Tipsy the Elf?!

italian gremlins

Word.

The most maintenance the previous owners ever did to this bike is to low side it. Can't complain considering what I got her for, but holy hell is there a lot to do to this bike. More parts on the way.

So sorry I missed this.  :-[

Stupid Ducatis.

sac

Tipsy was missed, and Hermie the original Elf was too... :'(


My (facial) cheeks still hurt from smiling so much.  To see so many kids excited to see Santa on a motorcycle, AND get candy canes was pretty frickin' cool!  Even better than last year, except for missing Sac and Stew.

I felt bad for the guy who crashed his Harley because he was staring at Santa and not looking where he was going. Actually, I don't really feel that bad for him, but I do feel bad for his lady passenger...   :-\  

If you're turning right, DON'T look over your left shoulder to watch Santa Clause!!!  We pulled a u-turn and stopped to help when we saw what happened, but he ran at us with his hands out in front of him yelling, "We're okay, we don't need any help, we got this!"   ???


Oh, and I rescued a little frog from certain death in the Wal*Mart parking lot!  :D




[bacon]  

And..... some chick at Target wanted to see Roudolph's business socks.

warm and IZ_ moments plus chicks at target.... none of that going on at ACH today....

sounds like it was a good time, will santa ride again before x-mas?

Just to bike night tomorrow.

[thumbsup]

yeah.. She was cute, too.  :D

unfortunately, I didn't catch on until too late...  :-\

story of my life    :P




[bacon]

What is the "Santa Clause?"

Santa can give candy to as many women as he wants, but...


Only Mrs. Claus gets Santa's candycane!!!




[bacon]

 ;)

I always look forward to these threads every year.  I hope to do something like this someday.

All ya got to do is get yourself a costume and some candycanes...

And the desire to make a bunch of kids smile...   :)

That's about it. 




[bacon]

I'm a dumbass....  if I can do it, anybody can.

That was my reasoning too...  ;)

Any ETA on when the video will be up?




[bacon]

It wont be..... lots of footage of the back of Michelles car seat :-\

:'(

Whaaaah!  :'(

There wasn't even a little useable footage?  ???

Bummer




[bacon]

well done guys :)  [thumbsup]

is there a tail light out on BJ's 999?

Nope, that's just the running light.

Both sides light when brakes come on. 

Integrated blinkers too!   :)




[bacon]

that is awesome, stu showed me the video from last year..

we totally need to do something like that here..

hey stu im sure we can wrestle up enough people to be reindeer  [moto]

can i dress up as Mrs. Clause? or maybe the snowman  8)

FWIW.. Naughty Ms. Clause outfit over black leather moto pants = [drool]
 
 [laugh]

Just say'n...  ;)






[bacon]

Oh lord!!  thats a pic that can go in your spank bank  [laugh] [popcorn]

I picked though a lil footage.


Christmas 2010 (http://vimeo.com/17819752)

I was aiming that at Plumber, to convince you.. He could be Santa, you Ms. Claus, Stu and Ro could be from the Land of Misfit Toys! LOL... or Stu and Ro could be the Claus', and you a Plumber could be the misfits, whatever works.  ;)


Couldn't open it on my iPhone...     [bang]




[bacon]

oh that is most awesome! Misfit toys...we can duke it out next year

I got dibs on "Charlie in the box"!

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[bacon]

Santa will be riding in Denver this season as ususal. If you're in town and wanna ride, holler!

I wish I could do this, but last time I celebrated the season it didn't go so well. I used these guys as an example:

Saturday Night Live - Dick In A Box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg#normal)

Where does one get appropriate attire?

Bummer. My wife got me this last Christmas:


My box in a box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xElIik0Ys0#normal)

http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Christmas-Reindeer-Adult-Costume/dp/B000YQAURI/ref=pd_sbs_a_2 (http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Christmas-Reindeer-Adult-Costume/dp/B000YQAURI/ref=pd_sbs_a_2)

I'm actually positive that someone would call the cops if I tried to do this here.

Hoping for someplace local.  Not sure it could get here in time for this weekend. 

You know what day yet?

I got my suit from Target.

I picked up my elf costume at a costume store & just made sure it was large enough to go over my gear....

I should be out a bit on Saturday, and wil try to make Happy hour next Thursday - weather permitting.

I just googled "reindeer costume" for mine. 

I think mine came from toysrus.com




[bacon]

Won't be able to make it to Happy Hour tonight, but a  [moto] around town on Saturday might be fun.

Stopped off at Target, but did not find anything.  Will try to figure something out.

Made it out Sunday- and I almost cooked with the suit on :)

Anyway, good times. The pup and kid sent me off stocked with a tankbag full of candy canes.

I'll try to get one more ride in, maybe even on Saturday!

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Very cool [thumbsup]

Way to go MUNCH!!!   [moto]




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I would need to find someone to play Santa. I'm only tall enough to be an elf.

i am blatantly copying you on friday.  sans-santa suit, however.

I am inspired.

Any tips for keeping the Santa hat on the helmet?

zipties

Thanks much for the tip bobspapa!
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I probably would have used velcro and the hat would've ended up in the same place as my iPod controller.

A few tips for my elven brethren:

At freeway speeds that thing is like a sail. Minor head movements like checking the mirrors will really strain the neck muscles. But I have road tested the tie wrap setup and it's good to 95 mph indicated (I did 130 in an elf hat). ;)

I saw two really bad freeway-closing accidents this morning before 7 am. This time of year people are twice as distracted as normal. And a lot of drivers that don't normally hit the road, hit the road. Be extra careful out there.

Happy Holidays!

Probably NWS....


What does Santa do during the evening before he leaves?  Why, he sings carols, of course!

Make sure you try the Interactive Choir

http://www.cupsizechoir.com/ (http://www.cupsizechoir.com/)

After seeing bp do this last year and this year I vowed to make it happen with the locals this year.

Friday myself and 7 other bikes met up and stopped at a couple big box stores and passed out candy canes to strangers.

No one hassled us, no cops, no security guards, no pregnant doging about parking bikes on the sidewalk.  Plenty of parents sent their kids over and/or took one themselves.  There was some concern that people would be hesitant to take candy from strangers.  Some thought we were trying to make money and were surprised when they discovered it was free.  But everyone who accepted one said thank you or merry christmas and smiled when they walked away.  That was my goal, to put smiles on people's faces for other reason than to do so.

Seriously, shopping on christmas eve sucks.  economy is crap, traffic sucks, everything is going up except my paycheck.  But if I can make some strangers smile just a little bit more, it's worth it.

We did not have any santas or reindeer suits, although a couple people reindeer'd their bikes.

We were a little ambitious on our schedule and the amount of stops, and the weather being much warmer friday than we anticipated cut our trip short.  Sadly I didn't get any photos.

Thank you Joel and others for the idea and encouragement.

Good on ya...

Next year, if you're doing it on a different day than bp and me, you can borrow my Rudolph costume....   [thumbsup]

Oh, and pics or it didn't happen...   ;)




[bacon]

i only got a meet-spot picture.  Sorry i didn't have someone to follow me in their car and snap pictures.
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and I was too busy passing out candy to take while during.

I was just teasin' about the pics..  ;)

Thanks for making the kids smile. It's something I strongly believe in.   [thumbsup]

:)





[bacon]

Was this in Cali?

"no mobile version" is like Christmas without cellphones  :'(



 
Ok I'll get my laptop.  [cheeky]

Yes, OC to be specific