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So there is this place on the web called Adventurerider.com and they have a game called "tag O' Rama" In Southern Alabama it's called the SoTor (southeast Alabama Tag O' Rama )....
What you do is find a place and take a pic of your girly ass adventure bike in front of it.... then you post hints of where it is and then your jack ass friends go and find it.... first one takes a picture in front of the same stupid spot.... and wallah... you have grown up Version of Tag for Motorcycles..... ( basically it gets fat old farts off the couch and on a scooter)
So Last night I decided I was going after the most recent tag.... it's 25 miles down a TWISTY two lane road and it should be fun... or at least an adventure.... ( little did I know... ) ( NO CRASHING pic's or Video to follow )
So here is what I wrote up about the trip..... Just thought I'd share it here so you guys could know what kind of idiot your dealing with here.....
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Okay so here's the deal... I'm sitting around mopping cause someone else tagged Bruce's Rods and Customs.... Bruce is a good friend of mine and we often do lunch.... if you've never been there it's a great paint shop... ( oh and he sponsor's my " Camaro " )
So I'm sitting here last night and find the tag on Google.... ( not to hard... )Then tell the lovely Miss Tonya that I'm going to go snag this thing in the morning... and hopefully it will still be raining ( cause I want to test my new one piece rain suit )... go to bed early...get up at 3:30am... dress and head down to my shop/garage... ahhh so which bike... the new Buell??? or maybe the new Ascott V2 Honda?..... well it's raining... and they are both recently cleaned up from my last foray's.... hmmm now bout the " Jam'n Family Truckster " my Stalwart 550 Honda that was my mount for the trip to Mexico....it's good in the rain... and frankly was wanting wear.... Perfect...
Off we go..... ( me in my new fancy rainsuit ).... Bout half way down Hwy 27 I realize that in my hast to get started....I forgot to grab and wear my Riding jacket.... ( I'm pretty good about ATTGATT )... Damn it... now I feel naked.... but quite dry thanks to my new Fancy one piece "Daisy red Rider " rain suit.... ( it's black, but work with me here )....
Flicker Flicker headlight not so headlighty.... Hmmm SHIT!!!... well at least the high beam works.... and damn if I don't have to go just over there and gets me some of that Tag thing....
Tag Check.... check Check.... hmmm oh well... Least I gots me some High Beam action....
So the story went... till it was dark and rainy in the back woods of Alabama... hmmm okay this " Not So Headlighty" thing it's not all it's cracked up to be.... and hey... did anyone notice it was Dark out here??? I'm talking dark like 14 mo fo's eating a ham sandwich.... Dark... hmmm
Who would have thunk that a bad ground could effect both Low and HIGH beam.... ( Well I NEver ).... Dang it man...
So I pull over by that light up ahead and it's attached to a House... Okay now here's a high light of the next 30 minutes ... ( bout how long it took to restart my heart ) Would you believe that folks who live in the country own say..... DOGS..... and damned if they would not partake in Leash laws? ( I should note at this time that I have a Deathly fear of canines )(not a healthy respect.... but a deathly fear... ( think little school girl fear ))
Hmmmm sure is dark out here.... ( I did mention it's raining and dark right? ) I'm not about to sit still.... that freaking Dog wants to EAT ME.... I asked him in our brief encounter and his specific request was a piece of my ass..... Yes sir'ee Bob.... that puppy wanted my body....
Hmmm I'll just go slow and pull over when I see a car coming behind me.... but alas... woe is me.... the car comes from the opposite direction.... and since I'm an OLD fart... my Visor virtually blinds me... both it and my Glass's ( required equipment for an old Fart ).... sparkle in the glow of the on coming cars headlights.... I decide to pull over and loose the Visor.... yeah that will help... Still got the windscreen and my glass's but the oncoming headlights aren't the worst thing here..... worst is... a car does finally come up behind me.... and I get over in time cause it's DARK... and while I have Tail lights ( I think ).... I want to ride his butt and use his Headlights.... BUT Wait.... he's going 65mph and on the way over here I didn't exceed 55mph cause I was being a Little girl... ( see School girl comment above ).... But I try and tail his nappy butt for as long as I can... cause he's got lights and me.... well "not so much".... I lasted thru 4 gears before I cancelled my plans to use his headlights in the rain.... Only issue I had at that point was slowing back down while staying on a winding road in the middle of a very black night while it was raining in no where Alabama....
I creeped back home the 20 miles.... opting not to hang out and get eaten by the little doggies.... cause... .... well just cause....
It really was good to roll into the shop safe and sound.... what a freaking adventure... riding at night in the rain with no headlight...... talk about an IDIOT... damn the shame of it all.... but you know what... I spent 20yrs of my life flying helicopters at night and I know how to do this junk.... I just sincerely worried about scaring the poop out of a driver coming up behind me or on coming traffic seeing my running lights... absolutely brain dead.... but for the last hour and half I have been totally alive.... I mean wide ass awake and vibrating....
LIFE IS GOOD..... I'll see if I can't find a picture in this hear box....
Hmmmm
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Last edited by KeithTurk : Today at 05:31 AM.
What you do is find a place and take a pic of your girly ass adventure bike in front of it.... then you post hints of where it is and then your jack ass friends go and find it.... first one takes a picture in front of the same stupid spot.... and wallah... you have grown up Version of Tag for Motorcycles..... ( basically it gets fat old farts off the couch and on a scooter)
So Last night I decided I was going after the most recent tag.... it's 25 miles down a TWISTY two lane road and it should be fun... or at least an adventure.... ( little did I know... ) ( NO CRASHING pic's or Video to follow )
So here is what I wrote up about the trip..... Just thought I'd share it here so you guys could know what kind of idiot your dealing with here.....
-------------------------------------------------------------------My post
Okay so here's the deal... I'm sitting around mopping cause someone else tagged Bruce's Rods and Customs.... Bruce is a good friend of mine and we often do lunch.... if you've never been there it's a great paint shop... ( oh and he sponsor's my " Camaro " )
So I'm sitting here last night and find the tag on Google.... ( not to hard... )Then tell the lovely Miss Tonya that I'm going to go snag this thing in the morning... and hopefully it will still be raining ( cause I want to test my new one piece rain suit )... go to bed early...get up at 3:30am... dress and head down to my shop/garage... ahhh so which bike... the new Buell??? or maybe the new Ascott V2 Honda?..... well it's raining... and they are both recently cleaned up from my last foray's.... hmmm now bout the " Jam'n Family Truckster " my Stalwart 550 Honda that was my mount for the trip to Mexico....it's good in the rain... and frankly was wanting wear.... Perfect...
Off we go..... ( me in my new fancy rainsuit ).... Bout half way down Hwy 27 I realize that in my hast to get started....I forgot to grab and wear my Riding jacket.... ( I'm pretty good about ATTGATT )... Damn it... now I feel naked.... but quite dry thanks to my new Fancy one piece "Daisy red Rider " rain suit.... ( it's black, but work with me here )....
Flicker Flicker headlight not so headlighty.... Hmmm SHIT!!!... well at least the high beam works.... and damn if I don't have to go just over there and gets me some of that Tag thing....
Tag Check.... check Check.... hmmm oh well... Least I gots me some High Beam action....
So the story went... till it was dark and rainy in the back woods of Alabama... hmmm okay this " Not So Headlighty" thing it's not all it's cracked up to be.... and hey... did anyone notice it was Dark out here??? I'm talking dark like 14 mo fo's eating a ham sandwich.... Dark... hmmm
Who would have thunk that a bad ground could effect both Low and HIGH beam.... ( Well I NEver ).... Dang it man...
So I pull over by that light up ahead and it's attached to a House... Okay now here's a high light of the next 30 minutes ... ( bout how long it took to restart my heart ) Would you believe that folks who live in the country own say..... DOGS..... and damned if they would not partake in Leash laws? ( I should note at this time that I have a Deathly fear of canines )(not a healthy respect.... but a deathly fear... ( think little school girl fear ))
Hmmmm sure is dark out here.... ( I did mention it's raining and dark right? ) I'm not about to sit still.... that freaking Dog wants to EAT ME.... I asked him in our brief encounter and his specific request was a piece of my ass..... Yes sir'ee Bob.... that puppy wanted my body....
Hmmm I'll just go slow and pull over when I see a car coming behind me.... but alas... woe is me.... the car comes from the opposite direction.... and since I'm an OLD fart... my Visor virtually blinds me... both it and my Glass's ( required equipment for an old Fart ).... sparkle in the glow of the on coming cars headlights.... I decide to pull over and loose the Visor.... yeah that will help... Still got the windscreen and my glass's but the oncoming headlights aren't the worst thing here..... worst is... a car does finally come up behind me.... and I get over in time cause it's DARK... and while I have Tail lights ( I think ).... I want to ride his butt and use his Headlights.... BUT Wait.... he's going 65mph and on the way over here I didn't exceed 55mph cause I was being a Little girl... ( see School girl comment above ).... But I try and tail his nappy butt for as long as I can... cause he's got lights and me.... well "not so much".... I lasted thru 4 gears before I cancelled my plans to use his headlights in the rain.... Only issue I had at that point was slowing back down while staying on a winding road in the middle of a very black night while it was raining in no where Alabama....
I creeped back home the 20 miles.... opting not to hang out and get eaten by the little doggies.... cause... .... well just cause....
It really was good to roll into the shop safe and sound.... what a freaking adventure... riding at night in the rain with no headlight...... talk about an IDIOT... damn the shame of it all.... but you know what... I spent 20yrs of my life flying helicopters at night and I know how to do this junk.... I just sincerely worried about scaring the poop out of a driver coming up behind me or on coming traffic seeing my running lights... absolutely brain dead.... but for the last hour and half I have been totally alive.... I mean wide ass awake and vibrating....
LIFE IS GOOD..... I'll see if I can't find a picture in this hear box....
Hmmmm
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200 mph club ace
Race director ECTA
Last edited by KeithTurk : Today at 05:31 AM.
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