I realized after getting home that I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but these are a few I did have worth posting.
Please feel free to add yours to this thread.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0304_zpsfde0cfd8.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0304_zpsfde0cfd8.jpg.html)
The old KOA still a wreck.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0273_zpsad8f036b.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0273_zpsad8f036b.jpg.html)
Thursday in Georgia.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0278_zpsd83ee869.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0278_zpsd83ee869.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0275_zps473e7f0d.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0275_zps473e7f0d.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0279_zpsfeece603.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0279_zpsfeece603.jpg.html)
The iconic Skyway!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0272_zps60a195ca.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0272_zps60a195ca.jpg.html)
Deals Gap!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0292_zps8780b6f3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0292_zps8780b6f3.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0294_zps852d58bb.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0294_zps852d58bb.jpg.html)
North end of the Dragon at the overlook.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0263_zpsb06e7eee.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0263_zpsb06e7eee.jpg.html)
Below the Fontana Dam.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0297_zps59b7180a.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0297_zps59b7180a.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0306_zpsf7a4c3bf.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0306_zpsf7a4c3bf.jpg.html)
Above the Fontana Dam.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/1tinindian/Motorcycles/101_0303_zpsfd4a94e4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/1tinindian/media/Motorcycles/101_0303_zpsfd4a94e4.jpg.html)
It was a great time at the rally, and it was great seeing everyone again, along with the first time meetings!
Until next time, my good friends.
Leon
Great pics. Looks like you had a great time. Big R
Nice pics Leon! Just how many FJs were at this FJ rally?
Quote from: Derek Young on September 28, 2014, 09:32:38 PM
Nice pics Leon! Just how many FJs were at this FJ rally?
4 or 5 Derek, that I can recall.
Quote from: 1tinindian on September 28, 2014, 09:52:18 PM
Quote from: Derek Young on September 28, 2014, 09:32:38 PM
Nice pics Leon! Just how many FJs were at this FJ rally?
4 or 5 Derek, that I can recall.
- Leon's
- Steve's
- Scott's
- Bill's
- Jack's
- Dan's
- Mine
Sure would like to see more pics! Do you do a bike lineup?
Quote from: Derek Young on September 28, 2014, 11:41:31 PM
Sure would like to see more pics! Do you do a bike lineup?
Only line up I saw was at the lunch stop.
Quote from: 1tinindian on September 29, 2014, 06:46:02 AM
Quote from: Derek Young on September 28, 2014, 11:41:31 PM
Sure would like to see more pics! Do you do a bike lineup?
Only line up I saw was at the lunch stop.
heres a couple of my bikes
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/thumb_3302_29_09_14_7_01_58.png)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/thumb_3302_29_09_14_7_04_10.png)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/thumb_3302_29_09_14_7_04_58.png)
Scott
My 86 and my 89 were both there. But I just stopped by to say hi.and then spent the rest of the time with my family at the cabin and riding with my brother. He rode my 89. His first time on a bike in 20+ years.
My other brother that I got the parts for the right side shifter, from Leon. Finally got his bike all worked out. Couldn't get off work.
Anyway I wish I could have come sit by the campfire. But it's good spending time with family.
See you all next year.
It was a great time, as always, and pics hardly do it justice, as always. Leon, it was great to meet you and your son Cory.
We had more FJs than anything else, but that isn't always the case. ("There sure are a lot of FJs at this FJR rally!") We are getting close to having more KTMs or Ducatis than FJs. People left / came back at various times, so there wasn't an opportunity to do a big lineup as we have done in the past. (The KOA was great for that.)
I still have to order a couple from 129photos and killboy, and I still have to replace my iPhone's charge port so I can charge the phone and download photos from that. But here are a couple.
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/medium_7_29_09_14_11_06_47_0.jpeg)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/7_29_09_14_11_06_51_2.jpeg)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/7/7_29_09_14_11_06_49_1.jpeg)
I didn't take many photos this time, though, I was too busy having a blast.
Quote from: Bill_Rockoff on September 29, 2014, 12:24:40 PM
I didn't take many photos this time, though, I was too busy having a blast.
I didn't take many either. :unknown:
As luck would have it, my tow vehicle is in this thread multiple times, but my FJ isn't. :dash2:
I think Bill left a bit too much on the edges...
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20164351_zps450fb546.jpg)
Steve's beautiful '90 (with freshly scuffed in new shoes):
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20185409_zpsde452bce.jpg)
That damned Danny Lewis suckered me into (yet another) 30-40 mile gravel road... "Look here at the GPS, we're almost to the end of it!", he says.
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20124426_zps9adbd677.jpg)
But it ended up at a cool location:
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20133155_zps3e709d04.jpg)
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20133238_zps9cde65f6.jpg)
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20133503_zpsfbc1e5a1.jpg)
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20133553_zpsc73b8d18.jpg)
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-20133746_zps4982dd57.jpg)
Milestone on Saturday:
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/rktmanfj/ECFR%202014/2014-09-19183000_zps8a5baf13.jpg)
In that photo with the boom gate across the road Leon, what is the KOA?
Quote from: X-Ray on September 29, 2014, 04:28:46 PM
In that photo with the boom gate across the road Leon, what is the KOA?
KOA: Kampgrounds Of Amerika, infamous chain of family-friendly kampgrounds, site of previous FJ rallies. It was sucked away a couple of years ago by a tornado. Direct hit.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/koa-tellico-plains-destroyed-by-tornado (http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/koa-tellico-plains-destroyed-by-tornado)
Won't be rebuilt:
http://mcminn.wbir.com/news/business/44063-tellico-plains-koa-wont-be-rebuilt-after-ef-2-tornado (http://mcminn.wbir.com/news/business/44063-tellico-plains-koa-wont-be-rebuilt-after-ef-2-tornado)
Steve
Nice pics guys!
Looks like the weather was good for you all. :good2:
Quote from: X-Ray on September 29, 2014, 04:28:46 PM
In that photo with the boom gate across the road Leon, what is the KOA?
Yeah had me tricked a while back too! .......Now ask`m how ta spell Campfire?
(Naaa, no use try`n ta educate`m) :bye2:
Quote from: not a lib on September 29, 2014, 02:02:08 PM
That damned Danny Lewis suckered me into (yet another) 30-40 mile gravel road... "Look here at the GPS, we're almost to the end of it!", he says...
SUCKER! lol.. Think how rusty your dirt tracking skills would be without me. :pardon:
There's two kinds of fun.. the kind that's fun while you're doing it, and the kind that's fun later to talk about - and this was the latter. :good2: That Hiawasee dam was cool though. And google maps says there is a way to get to Murphy NC from Unicoi.. don't know if paved or not. We'll find out on next years gravel road expedition, right?
Didn't bring a dedicated camera or take a single phone-pic. regret it now, won't do that again. I did get a killboy pic though of me and FJScott. I posted it in the other thread.
Damned Danny.
Quote from: ddlewis on September 30, 2014, 09:53:32 AM
Quote from: not a lib on September 29, 2014, 02:02:08 PM
That damned Danny Lewis suckered me into (yet another) 30-40 mile gravel road... "Look here at the GPS, we're almost to the end of it!", he says...
SUCKER! lol.. Think how rusty your dirt tracking skills would be without me. :pardon:
There's two kinds of fun.. the kind that's fun while you're doing it, and the kind that's fun later to talk about - and this was the latter. :good2: That Hiawasee dam was cool though. And google maps says there is a way to get to Murphy NC from Unicoi.. don't know if paved or not. We'll find out on next years gravel road expedition, right?
Didn't bring a dedicated camera or take a single phone-pic. regret it now, won't do that again. I did get a killboy pic though of me and FJScott. I posted it in the other thread.
Damned Danny.
Yep, there sure is a nicely paved (lightly traveled and twisty, too!) road leading to the dam. It comes out near that Fields of the Wood place, easy to get to Murphy from there. All the paved roads end 2-3 miles west of the dam, though.
I'm sure that DDDL is planning the next off-pavement expedition for Boone... probably conspiring with Carey to work in a water crossing or two, as well.
I should have the bodywork re-repaired by then.
Quote from: ddlewis on September 30, 2014, 09:53:32 AM
.........And google maps says there is a way to get to Murphy NC from Unicoi.. don't know if paved or not.
Damned Danny.
If you switch from map to satellite view and select the highest magnification (or street view if not too remote) you can see if it's sealed or not.
Noel
Quote from: ribbert on October 01, 2014, 08:11:20 AM
Quote from: ddlewis on September 30, 2014, 09:53:32 AM
.........And google maps says there is a way to get to Murphy NC from Unicoi.. don't know if paved or not.
Damned Danny.
If you switch from map to satellite view and select the highest magnification (or street view if not too remote) you can see if it's sealed or not.
Noel
Pretty much everything down there is remote, but civilization is creeping in here and there.
Quote from: not a lib on September 30, 2014, 12:50:05 PM
Yep, there sure is a nicely paved (lightly traveled and twisty, too!) road leading to the dam. It comes out near that Fields of the Wood place, easy to get to Murphy from there. All the paved roads end 2-3 miles west of the dam, though.
We could have stayed north of the dam on the gravel and gone to Murphy too. I was looking for the quickest way to pavement - believe it or not.. :biggrin: We turned south at the site of the picture and where the two ADV style bikes went by.. Had we stayed headed west on that so called Joe Brown "Highway" (seriously that the name of the gravel road) it goes pretty much all the way to Murphy but turns to pavement at some point before it gets there
Quote from: not a lib on September 30, 2014, 12:50:05 PM
I should have the bodywork re-repaired by then.
needs a skid plate..
yeah Ribbert, I do that all the time when looking for gravel roads.. zoom in on google maps/earth as low as possible. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between graded gravel and chip-seal from that height unless you can see a grassy hump down the middle.
Quote from: ddlewis on October 01, 2014, 01:18:42 PM
Quote from: not a lib on September 30, 2014, 12:50:05 PM
Yep, there sure is a nicely paved (lightly traveled and twisty, too!) road leading to the dam. It comes out near that Fields of the Wood place, easy to get to Murphy from there. All the paved roads end 2-3 miles west of the dam, though.
We could have stayed north of the dam on the gravel and gone to Murphy too. I was looking for the quickest way to pavement - believe it or not.. :biggrin: We turned south at the site of the picture and where the two ADV style bikes went by.. Had we stayed headed west on that so called Joe Brown "Highway" (seriously that the name of the gravel road) it goes pretty much all the way to Murphy but turns to pavement at some point before it gets there
Quote from: not a lib on September 30, 2014, 12:50:05 PM
I should have the bodywork re-repaired by then.
needs a skid plate..
yeah Ribbert, I do that all the time when looking for gravel roads.. zoom in on google maps/earth as low as possible. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between graded gravel and chip-seal from that height unless you can see a grassy hump down the middle.
I'll have a Dual Sport bike along for the next rally. :yes:
Stop it. You guys are makin' me want to put the TKC 80s back on the WeeStrom before next May.
Quote from: rlucas on October 01, 2014, 04:15:12 PM
Stop it. You guys are makin' me want to put the TKC 80s back on the WeeStrom before next May.
Like that would be a
bad thing. :biggrin:
You know you want to...