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Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« on: July 27, 2008, 08:32:36 AM »

Ok so we're one day away from my departure from home down to Gatwick Airport in London. The bike will be prepped when I deliver it to the Servisair Cargo bay and it will be loaded, along with us, onto our Airbus 330 ready for our flight to Calgary on Wednesday 30th July.

This thread will hopefully get updated by me and all the good CVO buddies that we will meet during our trip. Any pictures, comments  ::) reports will be most welcome

Our route takes in almost 8,000 miles starting from Calgary and heading down to Sturgis before wending down through the Rockies to the Grand Canyon. Phoenix is next, on through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and hitting the Gulf Coast in Galveston. New Orleans, Memphis and on up to Milwaukee for the 105th and finall y our last hop over the top of Lake Michigan, round to Manitoulin Island and finally down to Toronto for our flight home. 41 days in total start to finish with a total travelling distance of around 17.500 miles - 8,500 approx. in the saddle.

We are meeting up with a good few people on the way - Talon, Hogasm, Iski, Twincam, Jorge, 103tHunDer, neocacher, Al & Janine, Twolane, Murphy, Muffman, Harleyteam, Bayoubiker, cash338 to name a few plus a whole bunch more at our GTG's in Piedmont and Milwaukee. Hopefully all these people will manage a few pics to post on here.

I am also taking a Spot Satellite Tracker which can be viewed at:

http://jasonjonas.org/spot/tripViewer.do?id=192

This addy will take you to the site and give you a map of the USA and Canada. You can pan in and out of the map and view it as terrain as well as a road map. I guess the first locator beacon will appear on here late on Wednesday 30th July and then it will provide a constant track of our ongoing journey.

We are really looking forward to meeting everyone - if you know any of the folks I have mentioned and would like to tag along we'd love to see you too.

Here's the overview map of our full trip.

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2008, 08:35:38 AM »

Ride Safe, Nige.

See you in a couple weeks....
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 09:38:57 AM »

best of luck on ur trip, nige, greetings from expat (guernsey) nige in switzerland
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 12:24:42 PM »

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Nige & Jans,

You must be excited.  Randy and I are looking forward to meeting up with you for the ride from Tombstone.  Stay safe and have fun.  See you in a couple of weeks.

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 12:53:45 PM »

Hey Nige have a safe trip across the pond. This sounds like an amazing trip. Have a great time and ride safe.

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 04:25:16 AM »

Nige n Jan............Ride safe buddy. Looking forward to following your trip as you do it. Wish i was coming with you.....so looking forward to the 110th when Kim and i will be !

Jon
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 06:17:42 AM »

Have a fantastic safe ride, enjoy.

I've put the SPOT link and this thread link on my home page Nige.

www.davidbadcock.co.uk

Later

Dave
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 07:04:14 AM »

Nige , ride safe. That is one sweet trip. Look me up when you are in the Toronto area.THE MUFFMAN
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2008, 08:06:16 AM »

Ok so we're one day away from my departure from home down to Gatwick Airport in London. The bike will be prepped when I deliver it to the Servisair Cargo bay and it will be loaded, along with us, onto our Airbus 330 ready for our flight to Calgary on Wednesday 30th July.

This thread will hopefully get updated by me and all the good CVO buddies that we will meet during our trip. Any pictures, comments  ::) reports will be most welcome

Our route takes in almost 7,000 miles starting from Calgary and heading down to Sturgis before wending down through the Rockies to the Grand Canyon. Phoenix is next, on through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and hitting the Gulf Coast in Galveston. New Orleans, Memphis and on up to Milwaukee for the 105th and finall y our last hop over the top of Lake Michigan, round to Manitoulin Island and finally down to Toronto for our flight home. 41 days in total start to finish with a total travelling distance of around 16,000 miles - 7,750 approx. in the saddle.

We are meeting up with a good few people on the way - Talon, Hogasm, Iski, Twincam, Jorge, 103tHunDer, neocacher, Al & Janine, Twolane, Murphy, Muffman, Harleyteam, Bayoubiker, cash338 to name a few plus a whole bunch more at our GTG's in Piedmont and Milwaukee. Hopefully all these people will manage a few pics to post on here.

I am also taking a Spot Satellite Tracker which can be viewed at:

http://jasonjonas.org/spot/tripViewer.do?id=192

This addy will take you to the site and give you a map of the USA and Canada. You can pan in and out of the map and view it as terrain as well as a road map. I guess the first locator beacon will appear on here late on Wednesday 30th July and then it will provide a constant track of our ongoing journey.

We are really looking forward to meeting everyone - if you know any of the folks I have mentioned and would like to tag along we'd love to see you too.

Here's the overview map of our full trip.



Nige
Dont forget Mark & Angie a.k.a  "Junkman" & "Junkmom" in Miwaukee. Have a great time and be safe. ;D

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2008, 08:33:23 AM »

Getting close!!! :pepper: :bananarock:

Be safe, looking forward to getting together on the 10th. Like the Satellite mapping, we'll keep and eye on you guys!
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2008, 10:23:51 AM »

Mi amigo Nige......have a good trip and see you on Tuesday, August 26 in Urbana, IL......you have my cel so do not hesitate to contact me for any reason...


Be safe,

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 12:30:57 PM »

 :apple: What a great trip - hope the weather is pleasant - see you for our Steak dinner at Piedmont.
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2008, 01:06:33 PM »

Nige & Jan,

Safe travels & know you will really enjoy your ride!  What a great route! Look forward to meeting you in Milwaukee & by then the stories you will have to tell........

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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2008, 10:02:43 PM »

 
Cool little motorcycle icon is on the map! :2vrolijk_21:

Ride safe, guys . . . see ya in a few weeks!
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Re: Nige & Jans USA Pick up Ride - 30th July to 7th Sept. 2008
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2008, 02:49:31 AM »

Hi Nige,

Your first SPOT shows you at the airport, must of been the first thing you did when you got your bike from customs.  I've posted the links on my Home page and the Geordie Chapter website so we are all looking forward to your first report.

Later

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