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Mid-South ride, eat, and meet

Rams rally 2016

Sponsored by the BMW Riders of The Midsouth
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Parkers Crossroads RV Park and Campground
22580 Highway 22 North
Parkers Crossroads, Tn.
Located 1.5 miles north of I-40
This is the easiest rally to get to out in the country. Good riding in the area. You allready know a good local restaurant, Patty's just across the Interstate about 3 miles south. It's as good as it gets.
Are You Ready?
I realy love hyping this. It really don't need hyping, I just like doing it.:dance:thumb:wave
 
Hard Labor

Been home doing Honey dos and no Honey. Yard work, lawn mower, weeding, raking, shoveling, hoeing, edging Poisoned the weeds and fertilized, Weed and Feed. Kinda worked. Why am I having to pull so many weeds. Bend over, pull weed, if it resists get shovel or hoe underneath root, pull and remove. Go to next weed. Oh my aching back, neck, and shoulders. Trimming trees, up in the trees, on the roof. Up the ladder, down the ladder. Move the ladder. I went to the BMWMOA National in Lima, Ohio. My big purchase was Jaws the ladder. It's a life saver.
 
Tools or Instruments of War

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Crude old fashion tools, what I used to address the all the yard issues. The single bit axe and the pitch fork I added for visual effect. :) I could outfit a small peasant army for an assault on Frankenstein's castle.
 
OK, I admit it I had some modern equipment to use in conjunction with the old implements. Electric chainsaw, electric long reach chainsaw, gas power weed blower, etc. You better be in shape to use this stuff. My days are numbered for these kinds of tools.
 
Jaws the Ladder

This was the star of the recent yard work. Up the tree and on the roof. Bought this ladder at the Lima MOA National. I know, got to motorcycle rally and buy a ladder. Before that rally, I had been on the roof doing some work. Just barely reached the roof. really scared me. Anyway this ladder made getting on the roof a cinch and safe.
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Folded up about 6 Ft.
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This isn't fully extended, probably goes up another 6'. To lazy to extend it further.
 
No I don't have any connection to this company. Just like show some of the senior citizens like me a safe way to get up to a higher level safely.
My neighbor who's not a senior citizen was work on his roof about a month ago. His ladder was tall enough, but looked flimsy. Went to get my ladder, it was gone. A buddy had it to get on his roof. My neighbor's an EMT and fireman. Told him to wait a day and I would get the ladder back home. Told me not to worry about. About an hour later, the ladder collapsed with him on it. Result was a couple of broke ribs.Just sayin. I think I'll be OK to trim
a few more limbs this fall, but after that, I'm calling tree surgeons.
 
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This pic shows the wide base. This ladder does have one drawback, it's heavy. You seniors, may want to enlist your senior citizen buddy for help moving it around. :)
 
Bikes on Beale Street/ Memphis

From my backyard I'm maybe between 1/8 to 1/4 mile from I-55. Through the trees I can see highway traffic as it rises up the overpass going over Highway 64. I can here the Harley's as they approach, they actually sound pretty good from this distance. Most are headed south then in a couple miles they will head east to Memphis. Their headed to Bikes on Beale Street, it's Bike Nite. I haven't been in a good while, think I'll head over and take a few pics. Time to see some cool bikes. :thumb
 
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Found this little '70 Triumph 500 in South Arkansas and bought it for a friend of mine.
My friend had a car shipped from overseas to Memphis and a another buddy of mine took care of the shipping and customs affairs as he was a specialist at FedEx. Peter Guldan was who took care of the shipping. My buddy rewarded him with this bike. Peter transferred ownership to Pat Williams. Another buddy.
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Pat and I use to work together at a European car repair and service. Pat was/is a Porsche specialist. He has his own shop in Memphis. Pat Williams German Auto. He does some of the finest work making already fast Porsche's even faster. Do a web search on him to some classic fast Porsche racing. I did a lot of Porsche head work for him back in the day. My head work helped him win a lot of races. Thx pat for the nice visit tonight.
 
I think I bought that bike back in 1990. Hard to believe it's been 26 years ago. I also sold Pat my '71 Norton Commando. Couldn't have gone to a nicer guy. Love old British bikes and cars, I just ain't man enough to ride/drive and wrench on them. A man's got to know his limitations. Thx Dirty Harry.
 
Peter Guldan's Harley Knuckelhead Harley

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Leo Goff's girth in the background.Peter has one of the finest collections of vintage Harley's, Indian's in the country. He restores them his self. He's good. Go the Pat Williams German Auto /Porsche site. You can find a lot of Peter's bikes on that site. Very impressive.
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Legendary Leo Goff, black T. Probably one of the greatest engine builder, racing car builder, custom car/custom motorcycle, racing motorcycle. Concours automobile/motorcycle. On and on; etc., etc.. It's all true. I've never seen one person build more stuff and have endless success in so many venues. And he's a good guy. Taught me to do head work. Gave me a great compliment many years ago. He said to me, I've tried to teach head work to a lot of guys. Most can't grasp it. Your my first apprentice to achieve complete mastery of the skill. I know Leo I learned from the best. When you hang with the best it rubs off. Leo and I traveled all over the USA on endless automobile and motorcycle races, adventures and rides. Thx Leo. Do a web search on Leo Goff to see all the different venues of his success. Unbelievable, but totally all true. PS Leo was playing down the street at Rum Boogie Cafe. Leo Goff Memphis Bassist. Man of many skills, talents, abilities, and accomplishments, and girth.:)
 
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Peter/Leo
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All of Peter's bikes have over the top detailing. He knows what he's doing. He knows his bikes. Thx Peter. Lots of bike adventures in Memphis and Daytona.
 
Larry's new Yamaha 700

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Larry has a lot of bikes, mostly old. Say's this one's the best. It's new for one thing.
 
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