2018 East Coast Fall Rally

[FJ Flyer]

I'll be pulling out o-dark-30 thursday morning.

[FJ_Hooligan]

The first rule of fj rallies is NEVER talk about the weather beforehand.

It's okay, Dean, I'm not going.     

[TRoy]

Sheila & me are riding down tuesday. Riding home friday. Her first rally adventure without the trailer.  ...between a towering tankbag and a tailtrunk all I have room for is underwear & tequila  kookaloo motherfuckers 

[FJmonkey]

underwear & tequila

Having enough of the second will negate the need/want for the first...

[mst3kguy]

I should be rolling into Wytheville sometime after 4p...

[rlucas]

I'm in Huntington, meeting up with Sir Troy and Lady Shiela around 10. Coming down Rt 10/16 (Back of the Dragon). Should be there around 6 or so.

[Steve C.]

Back home safe and sound from the Rallye.  It was great seeing everyone again after a few years away from attending the Spring/Fall events.  Hope to make it a longer stay for some days of riding and hangin' in Spring '19, might even bring the FJ out of retirement.

[Motofun]

Rally was terrific, great weather and fantastic roads.  4 straight days without rain was a minor miracle for this year.  Got home Sunday to grass that was about a foot tall, have to get the brush hog on the tractor to take care of it! 

[FJ Flyer]

Great to see everyone, again.  Hope to make it to a Rally again, sooner, rather than later.  Nice rides, great folks.  It was good to wring out the new bike, a bit.

I bugged out early, Sunday, not too long after Dan. Didn't get a chance to say good-bye.  Long wet, foggy, a little cool ride home.  But a wet, cold day on the bike is still better than a dry, warm day in the office.

 

[rlucas]

Got home around 6 PM Monday. It was misty when I left Wytheville, cleared up around Marion, and then set in raining with a purpose. Stopped for the night in Lexington, KY and it rained all night. Still raining Monday morning, but back on the road...

TRAVEL TIP: Riding through the center of Louisville at 9 AM on a Monday morning, in a driving rain, is not fun.

It rained all the way to the Illinois\Indiana border, then it let up until I got to Mount Vernon, IL and turned north, so I took off the FroggToggs (which weren't doing much good, anyway) It started again in Effingham, so I geared back up and just left it on.

890 mile trip, 550+ on the last day. Sore, tired, and everything's wet. But...

Fantastic Rally, one of the best I've attended. Terrific roads, good food, great people. Even managed to keep up with the Fast Group on Friday and Saturday, literally rode harder and faster than I ever have (that one's for Dean). Hope to see everyone in Boone next Spring!


rossi

[TRoy]

890 mile trip, 550+ on the last day.

you mean 1890 ? Sheila & Me done about 850 . really hate to gloat but we never got wet  rolled out a couple hours after the hurricane remnants - started raining 10 mins after we got home. and rained for a week! great times 

it was cool to ride to the rally, but we sure did miss the vehicle for the evenings. and haulin shit. we coulda stayed at the campground if we had room to carry bedclothes etc...

[Millietant]

Do you know something, the scale of the US sometimes makes laugh out loud.

Your Fall "East Coast Rally" seems to be nigh-on 300 west miles of the eastcoast.

300 miles west of our East Coast, is 150 miles west of our West Coast



Anyway, great to read that it went well and you all had a good time - I'm feeling more than a bit jealous right now !!