Event Report by Rick Pope

[EMS]

Rick Pope sends me here with his regards for everyone...
He attended a local bike event on Sunday and snapped a few shots which he would like to share with all of us. He is rather busy in the fields right now and asked me to do this for him:
A Bimota, and unfortunately, due to the lack of a wide angle lens, the Hurricane to the right got cut off


One of Jimmy Zemanek's latest CBX creations. Sweet bike. The beauty is in the details


Another view


Here is the BMW department. Two of the most collectible beemers, an early Ketchup and Mustard K1 and a Silver Smoke R90S next to a Suzuki Water Buffalo

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

A very eclectic collection of bikes. That would have been a good event to attend,
It looks like a Bimota V-Due, their home made 2 stroke. http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2008/03/ ... v-due.html
Years ago a friend had an RE-5 rotary but it was not as nice as the one crowding the BMWs. Lousy bike but the backfires and flames it produced were fun.
The music coming from stock Hurricane pipes when on the gas is wonderful!

[EMS]

Years ago a friend had an RE-5 rotary but it was not as nice as the one crowding the BMWs. Lousy bike but the backfires and flames it produced were fun.

Ooops! Thanks for catching this, Steve! I didn't even look beyond that large water cooler. The dual front brake rotors and the paint scheme, should have given it away!

[Rick Pope]

Thanks Mike, for posting those pics. I do have other pics of the V-Due and Hurricane, a Vincent and lots of other interesting bits that rode in. There was even a '27 Henderson.

It's frustrating me to have this beautiful fall weather, and I have to be in a harvester. Was in the cab nine hours straight Saturday. Felt good to get out and stretch my legs. Did take off part of Sunday though.

[EMS]

It's frustrating me to have this beautiful fall weather, and I have to be in a harvester. Was in the cab nine hours straight Saturday. Felt good to get out and stretch my legs. Did take off part of Sunday though.

Rick: Don't despair, you are riding the success Here are a few quotes form today's WSJ:

"Farm Belt Bounces Back"

"Corn, Soybean, Cotton Prices Advance As Asian Demand Lifts U.S. Heartland"

"Contracts for the delivery of corn.. into mid-2011 jumped Monday by 5%.."

"Farmland values are up while those for some other kinds of real estate languish"

"Debt on the farm is manageable, incomes are rising"

Congratulations, Rick! It is always good to see a nice, hard working guy doing well also, not only crooked politicians and schemers.

[Rick Pope]

I have to admit, times are good on the farm now. I spent so many years struggling, pinching pennies, that now it feels like I'm rolling in $. In reality, I'm still solidly middle class income, but enjoying it more.

It's a good time to erase all that red ink I've accumulated over the last 35 years, so I can retire debt free. Ahhh, the American Dream.

[EMS]

Good to hear, Rick, good to hear! You deserve it