As the title will key you in, He Man will be visiting our local this friday, and staying the night in Rockville. Anyone want to join him for a drink on Friday night?
http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=47728.msg873392#msg873392 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=47728.msg873392#msg873392)
I would love to buy the dude a drink, but friday night is a no-go for me.
Quote from: ducatiz on April 11, 2011, 06:04:08 PM
I would love to buy the dude a drink, but friday night is a no-go for me.
same for me as I'll be at the crew meeting for the Face of America ride for wounded vets which starts on capitol hill.
Oh, yeah! [thumbsup]
I'm in for this. Let me know where and when.
Definitely in.
Well, I'm out due to issues at work. I'm going to send him the link to this thread so you guys can sort something out.
Thanks DRKWNG for the post!
I am showing up early friday, hopefully around 6ish.
I dont know any sites inside the DC area, so any recommendations is up. Ill ask my friend in rockville where he recommends since he works for the feds close to captiol hill.
As far as places go, there had been a mention of Matchbox (hot waitresses [evil]) in Rockville.
Downtown there's Adams-Morgan (beer - food - good bike parking), Chinatown, Georgetown, whatever-town [laugh]
Quote from: The Mad King Pepe' on April 12, 2011, 02:15:56 PM
As far as places go, there had been a mention of Matchbox (hot waitresses [evil]) in Rockville.
Matchbox is awesome and the waiters aint' so bad either [evil]
I've never even been to Matchbox but I vote there.
If MatchBox ends up being the spot, I can drop a line to the owner, who is a friend and a fellow Ducati owner (09 Black 696). Maybe we can get a deal...
Quote from: dolci on April 13, 2011, 05:39:28 AM
Matchbox is awesome and the waiters aint' so bad either [evil]
and the Matchbox in Rockville has an awesome outdoor patio and good beer and food!!!
Just wanted to see where we landed on the meeting place for He Man.
Im making an executive decision and saying Matchbox.
Matchbox it is!
address?
I have a GPS ziptied to my guages. :P
Quote from: He Man on April 14, 2011, 11:05:13 AM
Matchbox it is!
address?
I have a GPS ziptied to my guages. :P
lol.. not your Ezpass?
MatchBox Rockville -
1699 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
What time are we gathering?
Quote from: MadDuc 20/20 on April 14, 2011, 11:14:32 AM
What time are we gathering?
6:30~ish? I'd leave it up to whatever time He Man can make it there.
I count 5 or 6 for MatchBox -
Artful
MadDuc
Pepe
Dolci?
He Man
Anyone else want in before I make a reservation?
I have to teach until 645, but I'll probably come down after.
Trying to convince my skinny-ass wife to come along. She's been studying hard and needs to get out some!
How late will folks be there? I wouldn't be able to get there until late.
EZPass hasnt worked since a week after i got it. it throws an error anyway. Ive never had my plate pic taken cause its tucked behind hte tail light. :P
Will let you guys know in the noon time when I jump out.
I think i should be there anywhere from 6-8pm depending on traffic.
My friends EZ pass never came in the mail, so i suspect we will be delayed quite a bit just paying for tolls.
Have a safe trip. Sorry I can't make it out tonight.
Quote from: The Mad King Pepe' on April 14, 2011, 12:22:44 PM
Trying to convince my skinny-ass wife to come along. She's been studying hard and needs to get out some!
Bring her along!!!
Will set reservation for 7 so He Man has enough time andee don't get bumped from the reservation list since they don't seat
Until the entire party arrives
See y'all there
I'm going to try and skip out of here early today so I can get home then back down there.
It's a lot of driving but I'll do what I can to make it down there at a reasonable hour.
You guys said there IS outdoor seating right? I was going to try and leave the pup with a buddy tonight and bring the bike, but my rear tire didn't get delivered yesterday for no good reason so if I'm bringing a car, I'm bringing the hound.
speaking of reartires... i should of changed mine. Lets see how many miles i can stretch my rear tire, its already at 12,000miles. :P
As a matter of fact, if anyone wants to msg me their number ill, txt them when im within an hour from matchless.
i will have +1 with me, and hte firend who im staying with gets home at 645. but lives 3 miels down the road. he wil be joining us around 715ish. will that be alright? I am trying to get out of here at 1pm. i expect 5pm trafic will suck.
My cell is 410-292-9980.
Quote from: He Man on April 15, 2011, 06:39:57 AM
i expect 5pm trafic will suck.
Why yes, yes it will! [bang]
I've got a pair of used tires sitting around if you find yourself in a bind. They're not tits, but they'll definitely get you home!
Quote from: The Mad King Pepe' on April 15, 2011, 07:49:36 AM
Why yes, yes it will! [bang]
I've got a pair of used tires sitting around if you find yourself in a bind. They're not tits, but they'll definitely get you home!
and Coleman's will happily assrape you and put them on for $60 each, and put the wrong weights on your wheel and scratch the shit out of it.
Enjoy. Say hey to Kui for me.
will get there round 6:30ish put names on list for outside seating since no reservations are allowed( will take about 45 minutes to 1 hour to get seated).
See you guys tonight
How did things turn out?
Went off just dandy. Met Wunmi, Dolci, Massimo and his missus at Matchbox and grabbed grub. Kui fell victim to a GPS that took him on the beltway and showed up about an hour later. We headed over to Austin Grill once the temps dipped with Kui and his two buddies. Zoom showed up right around when I made the trek north. Good time had by all, I'm pretty sure we offended the waitress at Matchbox so I call it a success.
She only brought two olives. She was warned.
as alwasy even after that terrible ride. i cant sleep. lol
thanks for meeting up with us!!!! now off to slumber. Storm running tomorrow. hoping to make it to Charleston SC. (HOPING)
in reality, i think we can make it to Richmond VA, hold out for an hour or two and continue into NC.
If you hole up in Richmond, try to make it to 821 Cafe. It's owned by a forum member.
And it's got some tastey gub. Oh and park you bike on the side walk out front, they won't mind.
Safe ride! Sorry I missed the soiree.
So just got the update! They powered through the storm and got drenched n the process. They were riding through the last part of NC through a downpour when tornados formed beside, behind, and then in front of them. Apparently right now Kui is looking at the underside of a tractor trailer that is flipped over across the highway.
The oil filter is a FRAM I am told. They're going to grab a place for the night and dry out.
DAMN! :o
exit 22 in North Carolina. Massive destruction causing periodic traffic jams. However, all the local police are tending to the eighty something tornados in the area, so that meant my buddy and I sped down i-95 at 90+mph.
Almost made it to South Carolina, but there was about 3 miles of destruction that delayed traffic and prevented us from heading up.
got a room in lowden (spelling?). make the beast with two backsing expensive!! $100 a night but hte room is really nice. we are going to grab some bud and get drunk as balls.
here are some pics.
(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/6426/tractor.jpg)
clearly going the wrong way, we turned around and went against traffic for a few miles ot get out of the jam. As i told artful it looked liek a scene from a zombie apocolypse.
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/1089/wrongwayp.jpg)
unbelievable. It was good to meet you and glad you're safe! Enjoy the rest of the grand tour!
Quote from: Artful on April 15, 2011, 09:16:03 PM
She only brought two olives. She was warned.
That was simply classic! It wasn't even the slow one that had taken the order...I loved the pouty lower lip though! [thumbsup]
Thursday Night: 5 hours of sleep.
Friday Night:3 hours of sleep
Saturday Night : still awake 1130pm. Insomnia <
THe closer i get to florida, the more and more my sleep paralysis becomes a problem. for the few that know what it is, ou know what it means... i kept hearing banging on the door nad people telling me to kill my roomate.
All the riding was worth it though. Clear blue skies. high of 75!
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9734/cleart.jpg)
Nice! Based on those pics from NC, you need a sunny day or two. Or twelve.
Quote from: He Man on April 17, 2011, 06:05:53 AM
THe closer i get to florida, the more and more my sleep paralysis becomes a problem.
QuoteIn Chinese culture, sleep paralysis is widely known as "鬼å£"身/鬼压身" (pinyin: guÇ yÄ shÄ"n) or "鬼å£"床/鬼压床" (pinyin: guÇ yÄ chuáng), which literally translate into "ghost pressing on body" or "ghost pressing on bed." A more modern term is "夢é˜/梦é‡" (pinyin: mèng yÇŽn).
You couldn't squeez by the truck? Or they just weren't letting you?
Gasoline/oil everywhere + electric power line down.
You guys get the pics, and anyone who is smart enough to come here gets to see them before hte proper right up.
But Guys, i figured out how to time travel, but it comes with a consequence.
While passing through Tallahassee to Pensacola, I forgot i had my flux capacitor with me. I reached 88mph and turned it on to produce .82giggawatts of power. (1.1 is only needed for a full sized car)
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4656/11jigg.jpg)
I was able to travel 1 hour back in time. The consequence of time travel is blurried vision. Everything in photos appear IZ_. I suspect that IZ is from the future. To my shock, I found Albert Einstein 1 hour in the past....
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/55/img1208g.jpg)
Quote from: He Man on April 18, 2011, 06:02:27 PM
I was able to travel 1 hour back in time. The consequence of time travel is blurried vision. Everything in photos appear IZ_. I suspect that IZ is from the future. To my shock, I found Albert Einstein 1 hour in the past....
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/55/img1208g.jpg)
That's not Albert Einstein, that's David Crosby after he got a LAP-band.
Coming back up. Should be there on Friday. Gonna stop in DC/baltimore to grab a bite.
The plan is to do 1 straight shot from Roanoke to NYC.
How's that for timing. I'm flying out tomorrow morning to take care of some family business. Be gone for a week... [thumbsdown]
dont worry, ill try to use my time machine to into the future, but i think i can only squeeze 1 hour out of it...
Quote from: He Man on April 20, 2011, 07:57:53 PM
The plan is to do 1 straight shot from Roanoke to NYC.
that sounds like a rough plan...you'll be worn out for sure by the time you get home...
Busted.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ve1HOYoXoho/Tbd_KjI3ksI/AAAAAAAAnCM/mauj8nhJzCM/s1600/img_7444.jpg)
i just saw this thread right now. lol awesome pic, though i must admit, a little embarassing about the lack of leaning. some of those guys were uh...well lets just say they turn it into a personal race track.
http://kuixihe.com/node/73 (http://kuixihe.com/node/73)
Part 1 of the ride report!