I did a write up for the F bunch and thought to share it here also. Larry - there are a couple pics in my photobucket for you too. What year is the Vincent please?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa26 ... 1191902556Sweaty Crud Run....?
The weather has hot and humid - not very Britain like at all. Man it was hot Did I say it was hot? I mean this is October in Wisconsin! ....and bugs - lie it was July.
We took the back roads down to Middleton and stayed over night with friends. It's great to have friends.
On the way down we stopped at a wayside outside Portage to look at maps. While we were there a guy came in on nice looking black bike and pulled in next to us. We started a conversation about Hwy 78 and I noticed he was wearing a Triumph jacket - His name was Joe. He was riding an SR. Kind of half faired Triumph. He said he knew the bunch that had started the run and that he had been going for about 15 years - the run was started back in the 60's apparently.
We headed for Pine Bluff and got there around 9:30. We waited in a place called Morgan's. Surf boards - sail fish and bikinis all over. They had a small menu, bloody marys - - and coffee. The coffee was really welcome.
While we were waiting I checked out bikes. There were a group of people on the edge of town playing country music live. Mel asked what Pete and Pat were going to be riding. I told her off-topic bikes and described them. About 15 minutes later she pointed them out. They had a pretty good size group with them too.
There was a red 79 CBX there with about 337 miles on it -amazing. There was another one there just like it with 7000 miles almost as nice.
I love the Ducatis. It was neat to see so many of them at one spot. There were a lot of Triumphs a few Nortons, a few BSAs, a British Enfield, and one Vincent. It may be the first and last I'll ever see.
I heard one of the bunch the Vincent was with describing the week prior to the run. The owner had gotten the Vincent ready and running to go for this ride - he rode it to the dentist. After he was given Novocain and laughing gas in the office an old lady 94 - backed into it and knocked it over. So the dentist has to give him the news while he's under anesthesia - well - in the middle of the procedure the guy gets up and walks out to check on his bike. The poor old lady tells him she's 94 and looks scared. I took it that he was just worried about his bike. I'd have to go look too if it was one of my bikes.
We saw Joe there again the next day in LeLand too.
We had a great time. It was a fun ride. Thanks Pete and Pat and your crew. Dave, nice to meet you and your dad also. I hope we get to cross paths again. We think that right now we have too many things going on around the house and Sundays this time of year are to busy. We probably won’t be going back for a few years at least. Maybe when the kids get older.
I’ve put up some pictures at photobucket.
SilverSurfer1050 Album
I was so busy looking at bikes I forgot to look for a SCR t-shirt
Cheers
Bill
I think the KZ1000 is actually a Z1-900 
Was the 7000 mile CBX a repaint 
