Italian Motofest in Shepherdstown, MD

Slide Panda · September 23, 2009, 12:20:49 PM

Quote from: LYD on September 22, 2009, 08:48:45 PM
Look forward to finally meeting you, Gene!

Alan

Keep your ear protection handy. Gene's bike is special loud...

twolanefun · September 23, 2009, 01:42:17 PM

Quote from: yuu on September 23, 2009, 12:20:49 PM
Keep your ear protection handy. Gene's bike is special loud...

Nah it just has a little character to it's exhaust note when I take advantage of the mod DucPond made to it for me.

- Gene

mangeldbug · September 24, 2009, 11:18:34 AM

My husband and I will be there! We are riding down Saturday from Pittsburgh and camping at the Harper's Ferry KOA. We might go to the Motofest dinner that night, but will definitely be there when the gates open on Sunday. I was considering entering my Monster in the bike contest, but I'm not sure if I will anymore - my Mivv exhaust never showed up

Disappointed about that... Anyway, just look for a Senna Monster with BLUE wheels - that would be me

Slide Panda · September 25, 2009, 05:37:59 AM

Cool! Hopefully weather will be on our side(s). Forecasts are a little conflicted...

Travman · September 25, 2009, 03:13:02 PM

I'll be there. I hope to meet some of you. Here's a picture of my bike and myself. Please come up and say hi.

Slide Panda · September 27, 2009, 02:43:17 PM

Well, I saw you, then you managed to disappear before I could snag you... Perhaps next time. If you want to put a bike to Post, mine was the all CF'y 900 in the show paddock.

I did get to meet MangledBug and Mr Bug - nice ta meecha!

Travman · September 27, 2009, 06:28:27 PM

OK, I did see your Monster. It was definitely the most carbon fiber'y of all the bikes there. You even had the CF side vents. Very nice bike. See you next time.

zooom · September 28, 2009, 05:29:37 AM

sorry I missed out, the charity softball tournament I played in on Saturday left me in pain and with soreness that kept me home Sunday and still feeling effects this day...

sometimes we do dumb things for a good cause with our hearts in the right places!

ducrider45 · September 28, 2009, 05:44:15 AM

I was working on the house. I took the old deck off of the house. Today I should have the house ready for the new construction.

twolanefun · September 28, 2009, 07:21:59 AM

Had a good time. Was going to take the M900 and show her again, but heard rumors that might need to defend the title for loudest bike so took the S2R. Saturday ride was a lesson in throttle and brake control, good practice and had the added advantage of getting me to a gas station with 144.5 miles on the clock, where it took 3.29 to fill it up!

Bummer, that I lost the title to Bill Dietz, we both were in the runnning for the best sounding - what were people thinking? and loudest. Bill won the best sounding but honestly I did not think either of our bikes had that deep rumble that it should take to win. The S2R registered 115db at 25' last year, the highest ever, sadly this year it only registered 114db and Bill was a whopping 116db. Bill is a cool guy, fast on the track too, and I'm not sad I lost it to him - he is good people.

Thanks to Donnie and Eric for helping me get the baffles out and to Kevin and Mario for helping me get them back in.

Need to come up with another project before next year's event.

Turnout was low, naturally weather was a reason, but hopefully a few more of you will get motivated to come out and do some riding Saturday before the event, stay over at the Clarion and help me close the Bar, then wander the .8 miles down to the even on Sunday. - Gene

Slide Panda · September 28, 2009, 07:57:07 AM

Gene - who won the shows?

twolanefun · September 28, 2009, 08:05:58 AM

In my class it was the Hyper parked next to me. The MotoGuzzi won it's class. The scooter won. Not sure who won the 90's class, sorry I don't remember them all I was putting my bike back together when they started passing out the awards. - Gene

ducrider45 · September 28, 2009, 09:07:50 AM

Quote from: twolanefun on September 28, 2009, 07:21:59 AM
Had a good time. Was going to take the M900 and show her again, but heard rumors that might need to defend the title for loudest bike so took the S2R. Saturday ride was a lesson in throttle and brake control, good practice and had the added advantage of getting me to a gas station with 144.5 miles on the clock, where it took 3.29 to fill it up!

Bummer, that I lost the title to Bill Dietz, we both were in the runnning for the best sounding - what were people thinking? and loudest. Bill won the best sounding but honestly I did not think either of our bikes had that deep rumble that it should take to win. The S2R registered 115db at 25' last year, the highest ever, sadly this year it only registered 114db and Bill was a whopping 116db. Bill is a cool guy, fast on the track too, and I'm not sad I lost it to him - he is good people. Thanks to Donnie and Eric for helping me get the baffles out and to Kevin and Mario for helping me get them back in.

Need to come up with another project before next year's event.

Turnout was low, naturally weather was a reason, but hopefully a few more of you will get motivated to come out and do some riding Saturday before the event, stay over at the Clarion and help me close the Bar, then wander the .8 miles down to the even on Sunday. - Gene

I won loudest bike comp in 2006 with 120db @ 25'

ducrider45 · September 28, 2009, 09:09:26 AM

I lost in 2007 to a race bike.

Travman · September 28, 2009, 06:07:36 PM

Quote from: twolanefun on September 28, 2009, 08:05:58 AM
In my class it was the Hyper parked next to me. The MotoGuzzi won it's class. The scooter won. Not sure who won the 90's class, sorry I don't remember them all I was putting my bike back together when they started passing out the awards. - Gene

The little Benelli scrambler won the 60's class (it was the only one entered) and the red and white Moto Guzzi Ambassador that rolled up late won the 70's class against the two Ducati bevel drives. The red 1990's era Guzzi Lemans won the 90's class.

Nobody was entered in the 80's class.

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