Just back from the 2005 Street Vibrations and the Western CVO Owners GTG........and all I can say is it was a colorful site. We did it all......you name it......we did it.
Started out with a relatively large group of mostly SEEGs. As the day wore on and the stops got longer and longer, we dwindled down to about eight bikes.
We met at the Peppermill......where service really, really sucked (and put us an hour behind schedule right from the start) however, it gave us all a good opportunity to get to know each other. Once again, I've got to say that I've met some of the greatest bunch of guys from this web site! Leaving the Peppermill, we headed south on 395 to Freedom Cycles.
Brad Yuhl, owner, addressed the group, giving us his history of drag racing motorcycles and cars since the 70's. He then went on to explain how they came up with their various "packages" for the various Harleys including the 103". We also saw the impressive dyno sheet on a stock (other than air cleaner, Power Commander and exhaust) 88" that they just developed.
From Freedom Cycles we wound are way up the moutain to Virginia City. It's an old mining town from the turn of the century and with the exception of the paved road running down through the middle of it......still looks like it did back then. We (me, Jim and Chip) walked the length of town (five or six blocks) searching out all the CVO's making sure that everyone had a business card from this site attached to it. Upon our return trip back down Maint Street, I was able to meet and talk with several of the CVO Owners. They were not aware of this site and had we not walked up on them, may still not have been aware. They thought the business cards were a standard Harley Davidson business card.....telling me that we need to make the "for CVO Owners" a lot more prominent on those cards.
Leaving Virginia City, Jim and I took turns rocketing ahead to get some action photos of the group riding through the hills surrounding Virginina City (I'll download and post photos on this thread, tomorrow). We continued on to our next stop.....the brothels of Carson City, Nevada. We stopped where the Kit Kat Ranch, Bunny Ranch, Sagebrush Ranch and (can't remember the fourth one) are all located at the end of a deadend road. Purely for photo opportunities, mind you, we went on in and visited....bought our shirts, etc. Leaving the Ranches, we passed through the Nevada capitol of Carson City and headed on over the pass to South Lake Tahoe.
As we left Carson City for Lake Tahoe the wind picked up and it became very, very windy. By the time we got to Lake Tahoe it was totally white caps.....I've never saw it that windy on that lake in my whole life! We stopped at Mc Donalds for a quick bite and then continued on into California and up with western shore of Tahoe.
We had to stop at Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City.......for all to see some of the largest trout that I've ever saw.
From there we continued on up around the lake to Kings Beach and stopped for something warm to drink (but I had to have a Red Bull cause I'm gettin old. lol) before we continued on up over Mt. Rose (elevation 8.900 ft.) where it was mighty cold! And, back down into Reno where everybody went their own direction. Some of us went to the blues club and danced and then on to the strip clubs and all were packed to standing room only.
Found out today that Terry (a lady friend of mine) and I were in the Reno Gazzette today (I was able to pull it up on line......front page photo gallery, photo #8....has our names).
I think everybody had a good time, I know that I sure did. Met some great people and got in a couple really nice rides, too. Spent way more money than I should have.....but it was all fun and I'm looking forward to Cripple Creek next year.
(tomorrow I'll post photos here.....the others can start now)
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