THCR April 13-16 2021

[Lee]

Mill Creek Bridge update.
March 23.

Vanderpool Volunteer Fire Department

[McFly]

Nice work Lee... it'd be great to have the bridge open on our return trip from Terlingua. It'd cut off quite a bit of mileage not having to make that detour heading to Bandera.

[Pete_Tallahassee]

I lied to you Lee. I get there on the 13th and leave on the 17th.

UPDATE ... I'm with Tim and he got the room extended to include Friday night.

[Kneedragger]

Bill, are you one of the unlucky ones who got the engine recall on the new V4??

[McFly]

We snagged a cabin cancelation for Friday night so it looks like we'll be staying over till Saturday.

I guess some of the biker chics bailed on their rally.

[McFly]

I think Mike & Tyson are in for the extended soiree too...

[Lee]

Mike is staying Friday night. Not sure about Tyson.
Young Mike has a cabin for Friday night.

[McFly]

Tyson better wake up & smell the coffee!

[Pete_Tallahassee]

[Bmorganjr]

Charlie, out of the 4 bikes in the showroom, the one I picked was the only one with good valve guides.......all other 3 bikes need new motors!!!!!! Now I gotta decide if I want to bring this or the street fighter?????

[955i]

Are you talking about the little yellow and black street fighter?

[955i]

How can a modern motorcycle engine get built with bad valve guides? Valve guides are not exactly a new innovation with which no one has experience.

[Rob]

Ducati has a history with bad valve guides. My first Multistrada had valve guides made of too soft a material, and they wore out, allowing the valve to hit randomly and not make a good seal. After 18,000 miles, I had to let the motor "idle" at 2000 rpm just to keep it running. Lots of bikes over a several year run had that problem. One of the Ducati brothers-in-law must be in charge of valve guides.

[TexasTwister]

Looking forward to seeing all you bandidos. Should be a great week.

[Lee]

I think we'll start working our way south tomorrow.

[Lee]

I wonder where Tim and Susan are tonight?

[955i]

Probably looking for an area of thunderstorms to drive through!

[Kneedragger]

I wonder where Tim and Susan are tonight?

I believe they are in Globe, AZ...

[Bmorganjr]

Ready for launch

[Bmorganjr]

[EricM]

Really you quit? I'll take the Duc....:-)

[Bmorganjr]

[Pittsdriverwes]

It's the first bike to come along in several years that I got really excited about. I've yet to own a Ducati and I feel like this could be the one but I convinced myself to wait a year. After all the stuff I'm reading on the Ducati forums I'm pretty happy I did. I hope your bike was built when everyone at the factory was having a good day.

[McFly]

[Lee]

Found some rain in southern Mo. today
Rain stopped before Arkansas.

[Lee]

43 with mist. The bikes might not move today.

[EricM]

18C and sunny up north