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Oakland to Toronto ride - H3

...somewhere in minnesota, got a straight away and wanted to get this photo. so here is me doing the ton.....check the speedometer...yeah, it's only 100 but what the hell right, loaded down harley, and taking photos...fuck it. i was bored.....

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Finally into Wisconsin, and crossing the Mississippi river.....and getting closer to our destination......

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....had to duct tape the rear taillight, as it's loose, and have to get into it with some torx sockets, and tighten from the inside....finally did that in milwaukee.....

c-fck comes up to me, when we stop for gas somewhere before milwaukee, as it's already dark outside, and says "SHIT, DUDE, I can't believe you didn't even flinch...you must have nerves of steel....man, I almost hit that deer that you lit up with your lights, and I swerved some" and I'm like...."uh, what deer?" go figure I didn't see it. i've had my close encounters with deer, and I know to try and avoid them......but glad it turned out the way it did.........

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858 mile day to milwaukee, arrived around 2145, to some pizza and a few beers, a massage chair at my friends house, and I was out like a light...the beer helped.....we'll be picking up some riders here in milwaukee that will go to Toronto with us......here for 2 days, so time for laundry, and resting some.
Thursday: 8/25/05 the local hash group set a run for us. so off to the A bar, and more beer, a short run and then the on after party. drank a shitload, working on a hangover, seeing as how we're going to ride tomorrow....geez.

here is the group we ran with. white out in case mods. don't like the photo. :cool

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the bar owner was very cool, didn't care as I took my friends bike for a spin inside the bar....old one speed bike, weighed a ton......a few bruises from that escapade....

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Friday: 8/26/05 We're up fairly early, hungover....again....and getting the group together to go. we're adding 3 riders from Milwaukee. Cornballer riding her dads old '82 Yamaha XJ Maxim 650 which she had restored for this ride alone...and has been riding it for few months since the restoration. it's also the first bike she rode on when she was a teenager......very cool bike.

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here is a shot of 4 of us, ready to go. Palms 13:15 on the left, myself, C-fck run and Cornballer.

palms is on a R1150RT with extra large gas tank, i think 250 mile range. the last guy isn't here yet, and we almost leave him, as we all agreed on a departure time, even him....and I trust he would find his way. he's the other guy that rode from milwaukee to san jose, costa rica 2 years ago, when I rode to the panama canal, and he rode back with me and my friend from florida. 3 bikes are better than 2 in central america...and he's a long distance rider....he arrived as we were pulling out, and he just fell into the group and rode...told us at the first gas stop that he was fucking hungover, and still sleeping, when we called him, 30 min. prior to our departure. ready to go in 10 min. and arrived in 20.....it's refreshing to have someone get ready that fast.........pay attention c-fck

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here is the 3rd guy, squeely dan, who shaved his head for the trip. figured he wasn't going to shave for a month, so he just shaved it all off.......quiet anassuming guy, but I trust riding with him, never complains...just rides....but when you get him drunk, he's hilarious, and sounds like cristopher walken trying to convince you of anything.......(oh, yeah, riding a 1987 K75 BMW)

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We rode south thru Chicago and a bunch of traffick, south linked up on a highway (don't remember which one) to Indianapolis and then east to Cincinnatti, Ohio..to meet another friend of mine, where we will stay for the night. the ride was only 390 miles day. pretty leisurely. arrived, and my buddy got us settle in, bikes parked in his garage, and we're off to get the 1/4 barrel of beer, he bought for us, and then check out a bit of downtown. made one irish bar....here.....

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then off to the hoffbrau hause across the river in Kentucky...1 of 2 in the world....huh? wtf? so we pulled a waitress and asked why, and apparently, cincinnatti has the largest german imigrant population in the united states. so they decided to build this brew house...but cincinnati dicked them around so much, that the town across the river, stepped up and cut them tax breaks and such. good place, damn fine beer......cornballer, went to see her family while we drank the night away......

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back to my buddies house, sat around drank the 1/4 barrel of beer, and passed out on the couch after a rousing game of 3 man (dice game) woke up to find a bucket next to the coffee table, and I asked my friend if the game got that good...he says that I requested it as we were playing...no chunks blown.....sweet.....although makes for more hangover...whatever.....at least we had a bucket.....

my camera broke this afternoon, so I didn't have anymore photos.

On saturday: 8/27/05 we rode to Brookville, Indiana, about 40 miles northwest of Cinci. to a campout with a group of hashers. about 50 of them. 30 bucks for all the beer we could drink, some food and the canoe rental for the trip down the river (5 hour tour) where c-fuck dumped us out of our canoe 2 times....bastard.....the last time, 200 yds. from the finish......then naked fire jumping....more beer, some liquor, finding my tent, unfortunately passing out half way into my tent...waking up with mosquito bites on legs, a bunch of them, crawling into tent...and having to shake sand out of tent in the morning...sucked. bad ass time though......will pick up another camera in pittsburgh. we picked up another rider here. Caveman from Ft. Worth, Tx. rode up thru the night. left friday night at 4pm, and stopped north of memphis at 4 am, and then slept a few hours, and arrived to Indiana in the afternoon.

....going to Pittsburgh on Sunday: 8/28/05....staying at another friends house there....only 318 miles today.
 
We stayed in Pittsburgh two nights, and ran with the local group...more beer, late night, and some great food....good times. Up early on Tuesday the 30th of August. have to be in Niagara Falls, NY for a run at 1 pm. it's only 240 miles. it's raining, and this is when the tail end of Hurricane Katrina was hitting the deep inland...i think things were already pretty bad down there.......oh well, it's going to be a rain gear kind of day.

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...it's funny how things happen....we got up early....ready to go @ 0720, packed up, and riding out......and when we got to the Turnpike (toll road) I ended up on the wrong on ramp, so going south east, these guys all got on the right route, so I had to go 8 miles to the first turn around...16 miles total...booking, it I figured I would catch them without a prob in about 30 min.....but one rider, had to fucking pull over for a sit down breakfast.....WTF??@!?!?!? so they pull off, not wanting to seperate the group anymore, and he leads them for 8 miles off the highway....WTF? well, I wasn't happy about it getting a message saying they're at exit 121 and I'm at exit 175 about 53 miles north of them...yeah, I passed them, as they were going slow...fuck it, they can make their way in, I'm going to make the run.....so I go slow, hoping they'll catch up...but it doesn't happen. entering New York state....

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arrived at Niagara Falls, NY without a hitch, got a message that these guys are going straight to the canada side to the hotel.....their loss, as there is plenty of beer to be drunk over here. put all my things in someones car, and there is a bunch of runners here. we'll run the falls, and have a section of the falls restaurant reserved for us with all the beer you can drink included........

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we ran around the falls, and I got this photo from the observation deck on the US side...not bad. it's a cool thing to see.

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the group of riders in front of the falls...
caveman, palms, cornballer, c-fuck (gay), myself, and squeely.....we need beer....

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we drank a shitload, and partied thru the night at the hotel. the next morning, it's Wednesday 8/31/05 and I'm off to Toronto for a ball game. we pack up, and half the group will stop in Oakville, Ontario for a run there. I have tickets to the game, so caveman and I go north.....

palms bmw trunk with the essentials...trail runners, a guiness for the arrival toast, passport, and sugar packets for the absynthe that we purchased.

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we rode out as a group, to go and find a spot where we could take a group photo in front of the falls with the bikes....canadians can be quite uptight...not all, but most of the ones I've met on this trip.....so they wouldn't even let us into a spot, where there was no traffick ( a parking spot) for a twenty, palmed and offered, because the chick said, that there might be a tour bus that would show up and need the spot, to which I said, come on, we'll be less than 5 min. just a photo.....geez...give me a 3rd world country where money talks and people are more willing to participate....we found this spot, and just drove in.......

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...then I get a phone call, from my buddy who is from niagara falls, and in town visiting his family and partying with us....says he sees a bunch of bikes down by the water, pulled over, and I tell him, yes, that's us....and he tells me that he's just above us in the hotel..on his balcony....and the fucker is jumping around naked on the balcony, so we make sure to point him out to all the tourists that are near us, who begin to point, laugh, and film him........dork.

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