[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question

2010-09-05 Thread Stumpi
The SaddleSore 1000 is the shortest one they have. 1000 miles in 24 hours. All of the great lakes rides qualify for that as well. I think I'm going to do the lower lakes 1000 sometime next year once I've broken in my 750. First though I want to try and ride from where I live up over the Niagara

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2010-09-05 Thread surfswab
You can choose your own route, so long as it's 1,000 miles and you complete it within 24 hours. Type Saddle Sore 1000 into the "search group" box up top on this page and it'll take you to a thread about it. One of our members, Average Joe, did it a year ago June and gave us a detailed report. --

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2010-09-06 Thread surfswab
If you added 200 miles north and west to your route, then go south, it would. Make it a sort of 4 corners of Florida project. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@

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2010-09-09 Thread surfswab
Don't do it during love bug season. Unless you need the protein (!) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send ema

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2010-09-09 Thread Allen
1 at a time Im not shure about wikipedias > sources on that though... Il have to read the article > > > > -Original Message- > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:50:27 am > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > From: "Noah Goodall" > Subject:

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2010-09-09 Thread Allen
ough... Il have to read the article > > > > -Original Message- > > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:50:27 am > > > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > From: "Noah Goodall" > > > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt qu

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2010-09-09 Thread surfswab
Myths abound about them, but the reality is, if you ride thru a swarm of them, you'll have a gooey mess all over your bike and you. Not to mention the ones squashed on the highway by car traffic causing a potential traction problem for motorcycles. When I was driving a rig, I had stop every coupl

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2010-09-09 Thread Stumpi
Ahh scenic Kudzu. It's really pretty in the winter when it's all died back and you can see all the trees and plants it's killed. Hasn't gotten this far north (I think it doesn't grow well in our climate) yet but I've been in Georgia during the winter and it's pretty bad. -- You received this me

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2010-09-09 Thread surfswab
I've heard it can be boiled with a little ham hock as an alternative to collard greens, but I've never been adventurous enuf to try it. I'm thinking of hiring a herd of goats to take care of mine. I expect to find dead bodies under my current crop (!) -- You received this message because you are

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2010-09-09 Thread surfswab
There are a lotta bright, entertaining conversationalists (and a few quipster smartasses) on this board, so messages tend to wander a bit. You'll get used to it. Besides, love bugs and kudzu are things you might encounter during an Iron Butt ride, so we didn't get too far afield this time (!) --

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2010-09-09 Thread surfswab
See? There's one now! 8-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googl

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2010-09-10 Thread Stumpi
I'm imaging bikes with butterfly nets tied to them. Please tell me I'm wrong. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

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2010-09-06 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "surfswab" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question You can choose your own route, so long as it's 1,000 miles and you complete it within 24 hours. Type Saddle Sore 1000 into the "search group" box up top on this

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2010-09-06 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
That is on the plan list Start at key weat go up 1 accross the northern boarder, then down 75... -Original Message- Date: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:37:55 am To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "surfswab" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt questi

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2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Do which, head out to Colorado? I have a full visor on my helmet, bugs go splat. :D -Kurt On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:39 AM, surfswab wrote: > Don't do it during love bug season.  Unless you need the protein (!) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Yea Im very familiar with them... Last 2 years werent bad, first year i was in florida they were BAD -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:39:43 am To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "surfswab" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:40:55 am To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: "Kurt Nolte" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Do which, head out to Colorado? I have a full visor on my helmet, bugs go splat. :D -Kurt On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:39

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2010-09-09 Thread hallman
They are not just in Fl.. rodhall -Original Message- From: greenzer...@gmail.com To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 9:00 am Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Love bugs are a local florida thing One of the universites developed a

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Ive always been told it was a UCF expierment gone bad -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:35:09 am To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: hall...@luckymail.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question They are not just in Fl.. rodhall

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2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
CF expierment gone bad > > -Original Message- > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:35:09 am > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > From: hall...@luckymail.com > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question -- You received this message because you are subscri

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2010-09-09 Thread Noah Goodall
> > > -Original Message- > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:35:09 am > > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > From: hall...@luckymail.com > > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question > > -- > You received this message because you

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
I learned something new today... Dident know they were that far north... -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:46:39 am To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: "Kurt Nolte" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question USC must have been in

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
as a UCF expierment gone bad > > > > -Original Message- > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:35:09 am > > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > From: hall...@luckymail.com > > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question > > -- > Y

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2010-09-09 Thread Kyle Munz
ut wikipedias > sources on that though... Il have to read the article > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:50:27 am > > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > From: "Noah Goodall" > > Subject: Re

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2010-09-09 Thread hallman
I heard it was a doctor in Fl. & they were going to eat mosquitos. rodhall -Original Message- From: greenzer...@gmail.com To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 9:41 am Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Ive always been told it was a

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2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Kudzu jam isn't bad... On Sep 9, 2010 5:27 PM, "Stumpi" wrote: Ahh scenic Kudzu. It's really pretty in the winter when it's all died back and you can see all the trees and plants it's killed. Hasn't gotten this far north (I think it doesn't grow well in our climate) yet but I've been in Georgi

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Im from MD... Prince georges county... We had them up there, but i remember more as a kid... -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 2:14:53 pm To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "Allen" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Come

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2010-09-09 Thread hallman
Use a dryer sheet with water. They come off ez and they don't stick as bad. rodhall -Original Message- From: surfswab To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! Sent: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 4:19 pm Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Myths abound about them, but the reali

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Sounds alot like the brazilian pepper we have here... -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 5:27:57 pm To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "Stumpi" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Ahh scenic Kudzu. It's really pretty in

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question

2010-09-09 Thread vfr700blue
er: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:57:54 To: Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Sounds alot like the brazilian pepper we have here... -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 5:27:

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2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
: vfr700b...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question Why is this thread titled "Iron Butt". If anyone has any questions I did one for my 35 birthday. Lot of fun and me and they guy that did it together still talk about it. Sent from my Verizon Wireless

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2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Hopefully you're moving fast enough the kudzu doesn't get you! On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:38 PM, surfswab wrote: > There are a lotta bright, entertaining conversationalists (and a few > quipster smartasses) on this board, so messages tend to wander a > bit. > > You'll get used to it. > > Besides, l

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question

2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
"Right! Here we have the -wild quipster-. Now the Quipster is a squirrelly sort, never really hanging around for longer than it takes him to whip out his quip and wave it around. You have to be real careful not to corner them, or else they- Cripes! Staircase wit!" On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:18 PM, s

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question

2010-09-09 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Crikey, there goes another, there all over this thread -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:21:26 pm To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: "Kurt Nolte" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question "Right! Here we have the -wild qui

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2010-09-09 Thread Javier Garcia
- > Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:21:26 pm > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > From: "Kurt Nolte" > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question > > "Right! Here we have the -wild quipster-. Now the Quipster is a > squirrelly sort, neve

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2010-09-09 Thread Graham Rogers
another, there all over this thread -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:21:26 pm To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: "Kurt Nolte" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question "Right! Here we have the -wild quipster-. Now the Quipster

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2010-09-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
"See the stunning success of the Quipster's Wit! He's left his quarry utterly disoriented, and now he may quickly make his escape!" On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Graham Rogers wrote: > me too Javier > Graham > On Sep 9, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Javier Garcia wrote: > > I have to confess that this th

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2010-09-10 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
All i can say is wow... I love u guys -Original Message- Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:13:03 pm To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com From: "Kurt Nolte" Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question "See the stunning success of the Quipster'

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2010-09-10 Thread Greg Holuban
They actually have a love bug run. The winner is the one who catches the most bugs. It's in Sebring, FL I beleive. > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:00:46 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question > From: greenzer...@gmail.com > To: nighthawk_lovers@goog

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2010-09-10 Thread greenzer...@gmail.com
Thats something my fiancee fould come up with -Original Message- Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:38:33 pm To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" From: "Stumpi" Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Iron butt question I'm imaging bikes with butterfly nets tied to

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2010-09-06 Thread Kurt Nolte
I imagine that the family trip next summer would qualify, but I think we plan to move at a more leisurely pace than 1k miles a day on the way to Colorado. On Sep 6, 2010 4:50 PM, "greenzer...@gmail.com" wrote: That is on the plan list Start at key weat go up 1 accross the northern boarder, t