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Title: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 03, 2013, 06:14:38 AM [evil]
Gonna be a fun week [evil] (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/900rider/KTM/IMG_20130703_100829_zps87a64afb.jpg) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Fergus on July 03, 2013, 06:51:16 AM Did you climb on the roof just to take that picture? If so, [beer]
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 03, 2013, 07:17:11 AM Lol, bathroom window ;)
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: the_Journeyman on July 03, 2013, 08:06:36 AM Where are you taking them?
JM Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 03, 2013, 08:19:49 AM Where are you taking them? JM Mordor And by that I mean Lethe's house Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 03, 2013, 08:23:47 AM Mordor fairly accurate descriptionAnd by that I mean Lethe's house I moved his "bed" from the garage where it has been sitting on top of the Chevelle for the past year into the house. Had to wipe some squirrels footprints off it and clean it up. Poor sap doesn't have any idea how close his jokingly made description is [cheeky] Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 03, 2013, 08:33:34 AM I hope I'm tall enough to ride the Nazguhl :D
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 03, 2013, 08:39:34 AM I hope I'm tall enough to ride the Nazguhl :D you can try riding her but I'd not recommend it.Wait until you see the pile of bones she has, each time we go to the Buffalo farm we bring her back shin bones. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: ZLTFUL on July 03, 2013, 11:17:49 AM Damnit...this is one trip I wish I could make...just to sit back, [drink] and [popcorn] and watch the shenanigans ensue.
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 03, 2013, 11:39:50 AM Damnit...this is one trip I wish I could make...just to sit back, [drink] and [popcorn] and watch the shenanigans ensue. Why? What can possibly go wrong? ;DTitle: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: zooom on July 03, 2013, 12:08:47 PM Why? What can possibly go wrong? ;D hold my beer and watch this! Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 03, 2013, 12:25:32 PM hold my beer and watch this! hang on a sec, this calls for a picture...Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 03, 2013, 12:35:56 PM While I'm not much of a drinker, we do keep well stocked for company
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7030112_zpse064cf3b.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7030112_zpse064cf3b.jpg.html) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Slide Panda on July 03, 2013, 01:02:55 PM I hope I'm tall enough to ride the Nazguhl :D One does not simply walk into Mordor.... Apparently you go with a Pick'em up and bikes Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: ducatiz on July 03, 2013, 01:04:37 PM Lol, bathroom window ;) So you were taking a dump when they pulled up? Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: ungeheuer on July 03, 2013, 01:05:01 PM [popcorn]
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 03, 2013, 03:20:25 PM I made friends with the Nazguhl
;D Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: IZ on July 03, 2013, 07:51:21 PM Mordor And by that I mean Lethe's house [laugh] Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 04, 2013, 05:07:28 AM Damnit...this is one trip I wish I could make...just to sit back, [drink] and [popcorn] and watch the shenanigans ensue. Get on a plane. I'm here till Saturday and I have two bikes with me. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 05, 2013, 06:05:59 AM yes, I know this thread so far is useless without pics or video, of which we have quite a bit so far. We'll probably sort through some stuff this evening to post up.
Until then if anyone wishes to play along, the rough path I have planned for today is.... From Hawley, PA Rt 6 to Rt 507 to Rt 191 to Rt 423 to Rt 940 to Rt 309 to Rt 209 to Rt 125 to Rt 61 to Centralia, PA Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: zooom on July 05, 2013, 09:43:28 AM if anyone wishes to play along, the rough path I have planned for today is.... From Hawley, PA Rt 6 to Rt 507 to Rt 191 to Rt 423 to Rt 940 to Rt 309 to Rt 209 to Rt 125 to Rt 61 to Centralia, PA this is not a valid route as there are no 8's in it !!!...LOL ;) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 05, 2013, 04:07:09 PM We don't like 8's.
They taste bad. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 05, 2013, 04:39:56 PM We don't like 8's. like coal dustThey taste bad. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 05, 2013, 04:45:10 PM like coal dust Pft. That's good for you. Builds strong bones and teeth. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 05, 2013, 08:36:33 PM ton of pictures are now uploaded to Photobucket, I'll edit videos and post to Youtube next.
Here's just one pic for now as bed calls (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050131_zps01987a74.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050131_zps01987a74.jpg.html) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 04:29:27 AM Ok, now onto a report of the days spent.....
ML arrived Wednesday late afternoon to much fanfare, after the cheering had died done and the local livestock sacrificed, he settled in. We just unloaded him and went out in the car for a meal and a short drive about the area. Shockingly my normally vicious towards strangers dog took to him right away, which made life considerably easier in the household. We made plans for riding on Thursday the 4th.... Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 04:37:24 AM Thursday's escapades would mainly be on video which I'll start editing and uploading to youtube this evening but some still shots do exist.
We shot down the a nearby road with large satellite dishes and then down TowPath Road and 590 to Lackawaxen. Here is the man admiring himself in the parking lot next to the Roebling Bridge in Lackawaxen. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0142_zps3571e3fe.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0142_zps3571e3fe.jpg.html) The bridge is certainly sturdy enough to hold the light traffic that crosses it. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0163_zpsab1adcd1.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0163_zpsab1adcd1.jpg.html) Afterall it used to be filled with water and 50 ton barges of coal crossing it. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0146_zps1ac89174.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0146_zps1ac89174.jpg.html) Here's why it was built this way, the designer went on to make a slightly more well known bridge, I've heard many times it is for sale but have never fell for buying it. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0166_zps8fee7f27.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0166_zps8fee7f27.jpg.html) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 04:51:03 AM We left from there and took Masthope Plank Road to some other road that connects back to 590.
Took that to Garrity Road which turns into MushPaw Road, a fairly easy but fun dirt road. A combination of roads after that led to River Road on the PA side of the Delaware across from Narrowsburg, NY. We did 4 out 5 sections of that, the 5th is very rough and with all the rain I knew it would be a mud pit in spots. Skipped on that as I'm still really bad offroad (total lack of confidence just like the first 2 years or so of street riding, hopefully it will "click" soon and change). Took some nice windy road to 191 and then up to near Hancock, NY. From there grabbed O&W Road. Here we are taking a break, ready to head down it. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0183_zps6d0a242d.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0183_zps6d0a242d.jpg.html) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0185_zpsaa1e8999.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0185_zpsaa1e8999.jpg.html) My KTM is not amused... (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0184_zps3a886037.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0184_zps3a886037.jpg.html) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 04:58:42 AM A few miles down O&W Road, we came across a steep rocky valley with a washout at the bottom.
There is embarrassing video of me having trouble getting around the washout. Lack of traction plus barely being able to touch the ground conspires to make me sucky. Doesn't help that the GoPro makes the spot not look steep. [laugh] That will be one of the first videos I get up here. We deviated off O&W a few miles after that as I knew it would be bad as it drops close to water and with the flooding lately, I can't see how it could have done well. Made our way after that to Equinunk Creek Road and Upper Woods Road, the GoPros were dead by then but nothing crazy happened anyway. Went back home after that. Ate and rested. Went up to the school for fireworks that evening. July 4th was good. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 05:13:20 AM Yesterday, we took the variety of roads previously listed to make our way to Centralia.
125 as usual was awesome and hopefully the videos will show that well. We parked in the business district of Centralia. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050114_zpsf32ed643.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050114_zpsf32ed643.jpg.html) Quite nice and picturesque (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050115_zpse8fa7d91.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050115_zpse8fa7d91.jpg.html) Then onto the world renowned local highway/art gallery, like MOMA meets the autobahn. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050129_zps1805c70b.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050129_zps1805c70b.jpg.html) Some select artwork. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050127_zps96fe6dd5.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050127_zps96fe6dd5.jpg.html) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050123_zpscfea488a.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050123_zpscfea488a.jpg.html) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050119_zpsabeb5940.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050119_zpsabeb5940.jpg.html) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050122_zpsfdc8fd41.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050122_zpsfdc8fd41.jpg.html) The road is quite the marvel of engineering. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050126_zps9eff485b.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050126_zps9eff485b.jpg.html) ML found a picture of himself. They foretold his coming. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/P7050128_zps49de1e78.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/P7050128_zps49de1e78.jpg.html) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 05:18:52 AM We hung out there a bit, ML did sweet jumps and then we headed out.
Did silly things like explore some sort of abandoned coal strip mine. FYI, coal dust is not the best thing for breathing in case you didn't know. Long run back from there. We're wiped now. No riding today, just loading him up and sending him home a beaten and broken man. 160 miles the first day, probably close to half was not on pavement. 260+ the second day. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Buckethead on July 06, 2013, 09:15:49 AM Here is the man admiring himself in the parking lot next to the Roebling Bridge in Lackawaxen. (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/GOPR0142_zps3571e3fe.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/giacco/media/GOPR0142_zps3571e3fe.jpg.html) He's not actually all that vain. He's just trying to be surreptitious about his love of CanAm Spyders. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 06, 2013, 09:23:41 AM They're so cute!
But actually I hate them :D Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: ducatiz on July 06, 2013, 10:21:16 AM My new favorite graffito
"Things I hate 1 Vandalism 2 irony 3 lists." bravo Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 06, 2013, 10:25:12 AM My new favorite graffito "Things I hate 1 Vandalism 2 irony 3 lists." bravo Agreed. I laughed my ass off when I found that one. Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 06, 2013, 07:11:05 PM here we go
1st video edited and uploaded to you tube HooliganHighway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUScuOx7-xs&feature=youtu.be#) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 06, 2013, 07:49:10 PM :D
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 07, 2013, 04:19:45 AM now from my point of view
HighwayOfTheDead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrQBJqRansw&feature=youtu.be#) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 07, 2013, 07:32:30 AM Site of the next DIMBY? [cheeky]
LovelyOldHomeForSale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyY1CWlRCJU&feature=youtu.be#) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: 1.21GW on July 07, 2013, 07:42:13 AM My new favorite graffito belongs here:"Things I hate 1 Vandalism 2 irony 3 lists." bravo http://www.happyplace.com/2720/lame-graffiti-funny-picture/page/1 (http://www.happyplace.com/2720/lame-graffiti-funny-picture/page/1) /endthreadjack Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 07, 2013, 02:06:10 PM O&W Road
I fail at the end in my defense, I barely touch the ground, the bike stalls easily when it gets very hot (it was an easy 90 out) and off the line traction is very tough.....and I suck at this still [laugh] O&WRoadJuly4th2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07JRlIUZ_IM&feature=youtu.be#) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: lethe on July 07, 2013, 03:39:06 PM Slow Fella
Pokey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRxjw2R0aY&feature=youtu.be#) Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 07, 2013, 03:45:54 PM I call him Fatboy not because of what he rode but because I felt like any less MPH passing him would have put me into orbit around him.
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: sgollapalle on July 08, 2013, 05:23:35 AM That sure was a fun trip. Wish I had seen this before. Been wanting to ride out to centralia.. I even looked at the map and tried to plan a route a couple of days ago..
Title: Re: Excuse me, sir? Your shipment of win is here Post by: Monsterlover on July 08, 2013, 12:48:00 PM Found someone that went inside and got pics of the coal breaker. Really cool
http://urbansetting.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/mission-9-st-nicholas-coal-breaker/ (http://urbansetting.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/mission-9-st-nicholas-coal-breaker/) History on the breaker- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_coal_breakers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_coal_breakers) That sure was a fun trip. Wish I had seen this before. Been wanting to ride out to centralia.. I even looked at the map and tried to plan a route a couple of days ago.. I'll definitely be going back again. I'll post up before I go next time. |