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A Tale Of Two 4Th Gens


CornerCarver

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Twins- "He's Probably chust like me."



It was the best of time, it was the worst of times....

It was the best of times because we were still in the afterglow of the 10th Annual TexasMac Memorial Ride.


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It was the worst of time because MiniCarver's past year of work on his 5th gen to fit a 7th gen tail as well fully upgrade the suspension, lights, and electrical had been destroyed at TexasMac. He had managed to drop it on both sides but it was done in on Friday by a very close friend.

Stripping it down



MiniCarver had purchased a 4th gen from Brian (MidlifeVFR) just prior to TexasMac so to get MiniC back on the road, we were planning on flying Mrs Carver up to NY to visit a dear classmate. Then MiniC and I would double up on the ST1300 to NY, rendezvous with Mrs. Carver and the three of us would ride the two V4s back to GA. This is when Timmy suggested that Rice had a bike in the box that he might part with. Dmitry (Rice) lives in NJ so if we were going go that route, it would only make sense to pick up the 4th gen from Brian in a truck.

When Timmy heard that we would be traveling to NY to get the 4th gen even if we couldn't swing a deal for the bike in a box as a headstart to rebuilding the 5th gen, then he casually asked if we might need a place to stay for the night in southern Maryland.

That sounded like it sure would cut the drive to NY down to two manageable days so we thought, why not? Might be good to see Timmy in his element. He then suggested that since we were heading that way, perhaps if he purchase KPerham's RC51 that we might be able to ride up with that in the back of our truck, since we were heading that way anyway.
That sounded like an even better idea, so I asked Timmy what he had planned to deliver the track bike to Yoshi that he had found a couple months earlier, when Yoshi posted this http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/74019-talk-me-out-of-this-vtr250/page-2

Surprisingly Timmy didn't have a plan, so I contacted Yoshi and he had no plan either. But he did have several bikes that he needed to get rid of before he could accept the track bike from Timmy. So that part of the plan was no go, we would deliver the RC51 to Maryland, then head up to NY to get the 4th gen and stop in NJ on the way home for the bike in a box if we could reach a deal with Dmitry.

A few days later, Yoshi calls to let me know that he has been able to move a couple of the bottle-neck bikes blocking his delivery of the CBR and that he would take us up on our offer of delivery. Now the plan was starting to gel...KPerham even called me from his dad's hospital room to ask me to post this little nugget http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/74884-should-kperham-sell-his-rc51-to-timmy-the-cop/

It sure felt like the plan was coming together. If we could get MiniC's rashed clutch cover off before the deadline, we could even drop that off with Seb for the clear window treatment while we worked on putting the 5th gen back on the road. It was looking pretty good.

So Timmy makes the deal with Kevin, we make the deal with Dmitry, and we plan the day to leave, weather looking good. Kevin does a final sayonara ride on the beastly RC51 and stops by the Carver Estate...I take him home on the truck and we load everything RC related into the truck...a full set of track plastics, spare tank, Marvic wheels, stock and Yoshimura exhaust, numerous brake rotors, quite a bit of additional stuff. I head back to Casa Carver and we plan to leave around noon on Sunday...with an historic Honda at your fingertips and 3 or 4 days of slab in a truck staring you in the face what would you do?

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That's right, take it up the street for brief spin...

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Can you tell whether he is leaving or back from a ride?

One ride will do that



The smile gives it away!

After a quick ride




The 51 loaded and ready to depart GA


Some strapping bikes




So we load it up and head out, nice sunny day, a good ride ahead, we get a text from Roofie Dr (Matt) to see if we want to stop in Greenville area for a bite to eat, absolutely. He is riding his 6th gen over and maybe wants to sit on the bike or harass Timmy about hijacking it en route..

Not even out of Georgia and the rain starts...

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and continues for entire ride into Maryland.

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At the Jack-in-th-box in Greenville




We pour out of the truck at Timmy's house just after midnight. He has still party favors and decorations laying around from hosting a block party? or perhaps just bribing the neighborhood with some Sangria to put up with another bike in the stable, only louder and more fun to twist the throttle on...So we get the truck unloaded and grab some sleep.

Two Tunes glowing


You can barely make out the reflection of two Staintunes in secureity building #3 at the Steffes home.

In the morning (after a few conference calls for work) we begin to load out the CBR headed for Yoshi in Cleveland.

Not sure he wants it to go...



Looking good, no rain yet.

A stack of tires and ducking Peter



Heading off to Cleveland



I do have a fondness for the Miniceptor and couldn't resist tossing my leg over the bike Timmy had resurrected but was unable to bring to TxMac...I could not suffer the rearsets for long no matter how sweet they look.

Seriously, who throws a shoe.."



As we get in the truck and head out, we notice that Mrs Steffes has hidden a few goodies in the cab while the boys were goofing around. we have some snacks and beverages for the road ahead...just good people here on VFRD, no doubt about it.

MiniC has not been to DC before so we detour slightly through The District and take a peep around, I really like Potbelly Subs but the closest one to me in Georgia is either when I travel to Dallas or DC or when I get to our corporate office in Chicago. I am trying to remember where the one is near the JW Marriott near the White House...

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So we roll through DC's Chinatown...


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and past The People's House before deciding that we really aren't that hungry yet and need to get on the road as the rain has started to fall again.

I don't recall the name of this scenic highway but I think it was George Washington Memorial Parkway and the pull off we took overlooks the Potomac river just above the Potomac Heritage Trail and looking down on DC from a pretty good height...very beautiful area.

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Part I...more to come.



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and less Cleveland. I still shudder when I hear that word. Guess I should skip reading the next episode?

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