MINI BLOG ISSUE # 4
..BACK TO BIKES..
The run to Parksville to pay homage to Big Red
(I'm choking & gagging here - explanation to follow later )-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The fellas met at 10 (at the end of the driveway) for a rip up to Parksville. The goal was a coffee @ Timmy Ho's. John & Gary would be coming down from Campbel River for - what else ?- a coffee. (I do believe a concession occurred here - I suspect these gents are Starbucks's guys)
( I've had an ordeal wrestling with Blogspot/Google/Dropbox, and have given up trying to upload videos. So, instead, I've inserted a link(s) for video viewing. This link doesn't work in 'draft', so I can't test it until posted. If it doesn't work: go to youtube, search"olddogonahog" , when the list of vids comes up, then go to top where there is a picture of no picture, & click 'olddogonahog' - it's blue.
The vids are numbered and captionned 'parksville 13/6/8'. There are also previous blog vids that live here ..)
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Departure.....
.. watch vids #1 & #2..
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The photos below are at the 1st Timmy's stop @ Langford - just a mere 25 km from Sooke. Imagine,
a break after 25 km !! And how is it that when S. Bob (sweetie) orders a breakfast sandwhich, he's always served 2 ???
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--------------------------------------Up and over the Hat"...........that's the Malahat, a famous road, or infamous, that, while paling to insignifigance compared to Mainland mountain passes such as the Bonanza, or Kicking Horse, causes consternation in us Island residents. ( My Aunt tells tales of my grandmother talking of the 'hat from 1922. )
Rob's little 250 was just a shreeking up the 'hat , wound out, no doubt, to 5 digits on the tach. That's a lotta rev's for a 240 cc mil...........In fact, abuse of machinery ??
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Next stop was the Mill Bay rest area ( 25 km up the road ??) and then on to Cassidy, for another rest stop .(another 25 km ??)
Now, if I may, I ask that you refer to mini-blog number 3, picture only, and then allow me to draw your attention to the blue bike in the bachground when the 2 R's (the 240 was winded) pull in to Cassidy (vid #3).
That's a restored '82 Yamaha 650 Maxim. Mini-blog 3 is a '82 Yamaha 920 Virago. The Gen Y son has an '82 Honda 750 Magna.
....hey, there's something happening here...
Cassidy
....and watch vid #3....
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No respite from Cassidy all the way to Parksville, so next stop was where we met up with John & Gary at Timmy's Ho. John was fully decked out (jacket/chaps) so thankfully no 'tats were visible. However, that nasty little pony tail was flappin in the wind. It should be tucked up out of the way in a skull cap..
( Al was awfully close to a pony tail 'til the military barber got a hold of him - see vid 3)
John..
Hard to see , but check the Merlot Heritage...awesome bike. Gary's.
Rich & Gary. Al seems reluctant to remove his hat ????
the 2 R's.
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Watch vid #4
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This is what's its name .........right, Big Red !
Geeeez, ........... just 1 day, (24 hours) after the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes, when, 4 decades ago to the day (plus 1 day), the real Big Red set the racing world on fire with 1 1/2 miles @ 2:24 ( & 31 lengths), and achieved immortality................. I take pictures of this ??
It ain't even big - the new ones are 103 cubic inches, not a mere 96............
(FYI , Turcotte's personalized licence plate reads: BIG RED 2 )
(Further FYI: Man of War, Seabiscut's dad , was the original BIG RED ...........)
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Watch vid 5) ...... where Big Red makes a feable attempt to justify his moniker ....
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The beach at Parksville (not Rathtrevor)
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Two Timmy Ho stops on the way back down to Sooke. Much coffee swilling..... used to be beer swilling . What happened ??
Ladysmith
Richard almost got ........sidetracked (?) around the Coble Hill area - but we won't go there...
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hale, you feel'in a bit out to sea ? I can't include you when you you ain't here......
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Anyways, that's her for Issue 4, all over but the cry'n. And this dude is all blogged out !
..comments appreciated. Positive or negative. We don't hold grudges if negative. (who's we ?)
my head was cold
ReplyDeleteI can't keep holding up this blog thing all by myself. Get out & do something worth writing about. Even a blogger needs something to read on occasion.
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