Meeting the Bonnie site guys... unfortunately this hasn't worked too well as any of you who frequent that site may already know. We had hoped to get the groups together in Franklin for dinner(lunch) but it seems their plans are to arrive from different directions at around 2:30 p.m. to eat. As we are planning supper(dinner) at home base that night, we can't be that far north at that time of day so it appears we just can't put that together. Sorry.. I tried...
Hi, y'all.. My name is Chris, "Chris in NC" over in the NTBF. I signed up for your forums with the sole intent of patting Donpen on the back for the work he's done on his Hinckley-powered Triton (as seen in your "Customs" section -Wow!.. what a bike!).
As y'all probably know (since it's been discussed on and off since January in this thread), we're holding our 3rd Annual NTBF Rally at the Gap on the same weekend as your Georgia Rally. I was there for last year's link up in Hiawassee (I still can't believe the nugs at Torque didn't print at least one photo of all those Hinckley twins in the parking lot..), and it was definitely an enjoyable event.
As discussed above, we sorta lean toward running the Dragon between Wednesday and Friday, or very early Saturday morning, since the squids come out of the woodwork on the weekends. That and competing for road space with an expected 350-400 Mini Coopers makes things a bit treacherous on the Dragon on the weekends, so we find other places to ride, and let them do their thing (thang).
I see where y'all have kicked around the possibility of linking up with us at Willy's (famous from the Travel Channel) BBQ in Franklin on Saturday - but you apparently have a BA.com dinner planned for that evening as well, and won't be able to make it due to the time it'll take you to get back to your rally site. That's understandable, so it looks like we won't have an "official" link-up this year - maybe next year we can work it out.
Just thought I'd let y'all know that we'll be in the area all weekend, and if you should happen to run into one of us, please don't hesitate to introduce yourselves and say hi. We'll do the same.
Wishing all y'all a successful and safe rally. Keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down.
Chris in NC
