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Trips and Travels / Dragons in the Badlands

« on: September 08, 2010, 02:58:42 PM »

http://alberta.vrcc-canada.com/cpg14x/thumbnails.php?album=3
Here's some pics of a weekend run wifey Dar and I organised for the Alberta chapter back in May.
Dan may recognise Mike and Tom, there were more I'm sure that you have met at Inzanes' of past. Mike got the iron butt award at Inzane 2010, 5000km round trip !
Andy

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Trips and Travels / Dragons in the Badlands-Alberta,Canada

« on: May 11, 2010, 04:41:10 PM »

-Well here I go ,Hosting\Organizing the 1st annual "Dragons in the Badlands" Valkyrie Aberta chapter, run for this weekend May14/15\16,2010.
- It won't be Sturgis kinda thingy yet but it seems we'll have a dozen or so Valks from mostly the Calgary\Edmonton area showing up.
-I did a dry run of the route on Monday\10th and most of the roads are in good shape -save 1- small stretch- of resurfacing.
-T-shirts\hats will be available there.
-All the eating stops have been notified of our plan.
-The biker friendly barley stops know we are coming.
-Motel "HOO-DOO" has been helpful getting us all in the same area so we can have a little parking lot party afterward.
- Looks to be about a 220mi \350km loop in and out of the Drumheller valley and way,way up on the flat open plains, where we can really stretch the ladies out & let um' run so to speak.
-I will post photo bucket pics on Mon17 p.m.
-So stay tuned.
Andy

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Trips and Travels / Daniel would've been proud

« on: March 31, 2010, 01:42:08 PM »

So my dad goes and has a heart attack the other day and they ship to the Drum hospital an hour away. He's getting angeoplast [sp] and should be fine, thanx.
So the first night he's in I'm worried and need to get there fast,I jump on the Mistress[2000]Valk and go. There was a wind warning out and transport trucks were being held at inspection stops because of the wind actually blowing some trucks over {i'm talking real windy}
How bad can it be on a bike...surprising not all that bad I was to find out, but I've ridden in strong winds out here alot.So I visit with him for a bit and then head out.
Now I've ridden in wind and I've ridden at night , but I've never  ridden at night in tornado force winds, how bad can it be ? Not that bad at all actually, heated grips would've been nice but other than that I was fine again.
-Day 2;
Another wind warning, no problem, oh except there is also a nasty storm coming this way.I don't chance it and I take the cage.
Visit ,head home and wow I wish I had brought my camera, the storm clouds were some of the most amazing I've ever seen in my life. Orange sunset underneath, jet black curled under clouds at the leading edge and showers of snow, sleet, and rain stripping down all thru the center. Real Armagedon type stuff.
Would've looked great on the cover of a book.
I went thru with no problem in the car.Then began to think how I would have made out on the bike. I pulled over to see if it would go were I thought it would.
It did, had I been on the bike I would have turned south 10mkm earlier then west,then south again.. The whole time I would have been right on the leading edge of it but bone dry for the last 50 kms.
 Now I get where Daniel is coming from with these things, they're amazing and you can out run them if you just use your head a little..maybe next time
Andy

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Trips and Travels / 1st ride of 2010

« on: March 15, 2010, 04:41:37 PM »

march 06 was balmy 33'f, so i went and washed the dust off the Mistress- only took 2 hrs to find my way home,picked up the wife and rode out for lunch.
the 630 am ride to work the other day was a different story..-6'c =22'f, that was a little nipply...
Andy

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General Discussion / Re: Boom goes up. Boom goes down. Boom goes up. Boom goes down (pics)

« on: January 21, 2010, 08:44:41 AM »

Now that's just plain Cool !
Wouldn't that make an awesome mobile hunting platform for deer season lol

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Life Is a Road Website General Discussion / Books for Randy

« on: November 17, 2009, 03:43:39 AM »

Thanx again for delivering the series in Hicko,Uncle Randy {Niagra Falls} rec'd them from us and is enjoying reading & resting after his double by pass surgery. His usual jorney south for the winter is cancelled for this year but aleast he'll get to far away places with Life is a Road.
Andy

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General Discussion / Re: Dingbats without a clue...

« on: November 01, 2009, 04:32:05 AM »

I-35 Austin with a rented HD. 3 of us were running the standard 2 seconds apart and still cars were changing lanes in between us. IDIOTS.
Then we were passing on the right side of a semi as our exit was coming up and another semi comes off the merge ramp quick and cut the merge waaaay short then begins to pinch us against the first truck,the first 2 bikes got thru with little room to spare but I had to punch the HD for all she had as I was just in front of the trailers rear axles.
 Dar could have reached out her arms and touched both trucks fenders as we blew thru the narrow opening...scaredest I've ever been on a bike yet. 5 lanes of traffic screaming behind me, I had no where to escape..
 The SUV tailing with our group later said "I don't know how you made it thru that hole"
"Make a decision, change something, any decision will be better than the one that is about to be made for you"
so I did-
 thanx for the advice Daniel
Andy

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General Discussion / snow,oh,oh

« on: October 08, 2009, 02:45:52 PM »

  
It started snowing here off & on the last 2 days but now the temp is starting to plumet.
 I wanted to hit 12000kms this season  on the Valk[need only700 kms more],gotta hope for a balmy November,but then it's hunting season and there won't be much ride time..
  anyone have a m/c trailer that'll hold a moose.? the Valks pulling power won't be an issue,hows about a spiked knobby tire for the rear and a ski attached to the front so I can get her out back in the bush aways?? kiddin....

Daniel ...I've seen those track/ski combo things for dirt bikes and quads at bike shows.. you should sketch a valk decked out with it..now that would be cool.."only available to Canadian Valkaholics" so we can ride our rigs awhile longer into the fall...lol
later
Andy
snowhawk.com
or snowcycle.com
single track,single ski or dual track,dual ski
I'll order mine- a hybred- with dual track and single ski,that'll look better on the tourer with hard bags...hhmmm? maybe an I.S  fairing to keep me paws warm.

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Trips and Travels / Re: Montana pics

« on: September 28, 2009, 07:30:05 AM »

http://s938.photobucket.com/albums/ad221/andypiche/Whitefish/
and heres the link

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What Carries You Down the Road? / Re: Motor..vation

« on: September 26, 2009, 04:09:43 PM »

Poncho, u on facebook?
look me up ,andy piche ,network=cayman islands

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Trips and Travels / Re: GreatFalls Montana

« on: September 26, 2009, 03:38:40 PM »

Daniel, I thought you may have been there on the Alaska run as you[wrote] spoke of  hitting part of Alberta.
On my way back from Jasper-near Hinton[different trip] I saw a sign that said" scenic route to Alaska",I dang near turned and headed thata way, but I would have been single when I got home.
Boy this season went by fast, many great miles to burn next year,life as a Valkaholic is good.
You inspired me.
thanx bro
Andy

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Tech Discussion / Re: blue-ing pipes

« on: September 26, 2009, 03:43:32 AM »

the pipes are brown we'll say, I have been running hi-octane 95 ethenol blend gas, could this be part of the problem? someone told me recently not to use that stuff? anyboby know?

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Trips and Travels / Re: GreatFalls Montana

« on: September 25, 2009, 05:49:06 PM »

I was mistaken we actually went to Whitefish Montana. Went down thru Waterton park Alberta,crossed the border at Chief mtn,had lunch at St Mary[town] then went up thru Glacier park and the Road to the Sun, I highly recommend this ride,sheer cliffs on one side of the road and lots of hair pin corners, You won't be dragging the pegs on this one!!! speeds are way down,they lost a G.W rider about 3 weeks ago here.Whitefish is fun,Downtowner motel is biker friendly and just a block from everything,about $100 U.S /NIGHT FOR 2, not bad I figger,we came back thru Eureka,Roosville.Fernie,Sparwood and rain\sleet thru the Crowsnest pass B.C, no sunshine again until Longview Alberta,hiway 22
Pics to come soon, Ive got a busy weekend ahead.

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Trips and Travels / Montana

« on: September 14, 2009, 03:35:01 PM »

So we're at my younger brothers the other night ,him and his wife announce they are prego with their first
His buddy pipes up and says-well thats it for your spur of the moment rides eh Vinnie...Vinnie turns to me and says -greatfalls this weekend Andy?Yup,....no wives needed be included in the discussion.  
Trying to round up a few more to go with us.
should be fun

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Trips and Travels / Re: Death Valley is a mis nomer

« on: September 11, 2009, 08:35:19 PM »

so. did you ever post pics or are they on ph bucket or someplace we can see?