Name That Rally!

[gambrinus]

The Spokane 2004 National was "The Northwest Passage". That's all fine, as it makes a bit of sense with the Lewis and Clark connection. The question is: What to name the 2005 Rally?? It is in Ohio, which is known as "the buckeye state" That alone is ripe for some childish humor if you are so inclined... Names? Has the rallly committee already named it?

The "oh oh oh boy lets all go to Ohio Rally"

Hmmmm


RW

[GSAnderson]

The Very Boring Rally.

Aww, that was already used by Aerostich...

[lorazepam]

How about:
Lima, it's much more than a bean rally.

Check it out (http://www.lima-allencvb.com/attractions.asp)
and here (http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/armstron/)
and here (http://www.bicyclemuseum.com/)
and another (http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Graves%202/oakley-annie.htm)
the Deaner (http://www.jamesdeanartifacts.com/)

[CustomSarge]

1> We'll come to O O OHIO
2> Meet me in the middle of Somewhere
3> Shifty characters in the Shade
4> Tree-Hugger group grope
5> A Cluster where the sun don't shine
ad nauseum :) <<<)))

[tnk12lt]

The Lima Beaner(I mean Beemer) Rally

[BradfordBenn]

Wait up that was my Prom Date.

[gambrinus]

Brad, Leave the 12yr old girls alone.....

Cheers

RW

[The_Veg]

At least it's close enough for me to attend! You northerners really don't know how good you have things.

My tentative plans for being in the area incluse a visit to the US Air Force Museum (80 miles away), and perhaps a visit to a half-uncle I haven't seen in twenty years who lives over in Stow (180 miles away). That train musueum might be pretty cool too.

[GeoffMiller]

Veg, you aren't a FTN, are you? (effen train nut), just curious. geoff

[Visian]

... the "Good for your Heart" Rally.

Ian

http://www.lombardmaps.com/cat/botanicals/veglabels/burnham_smalllimabeans.jpg

[gambrinus]

What train museum are you guys talking about? I know that there used to be a HUGE locomotive plant in town, but that is long gone. I've only seen mention of a single Shay loco displayed in town.

RW

[Montana]

"Bean there, done that"

[kbasa]

The "You don't know beans rally".

[username]

how about the 'at least it's not in peru' rally for the folks who are complaining about the location/distance thing. :D

or 'beantown west'

or 'we racked our brains trying to please everyone but said f*ck it we'll just have the damn thing in lima, ohio' rally. that might not fit on a patch or a pin though...

using lima as an acronym can be fun...

Live In Middle America
Lovely Ingenious Motorcycle Afficionados
Life Is Motorcycling Around
Look, I'm Meeting the Anonymous
Lately I'm Mister Adventure (or Missus)
Lately I've Motored A lot
Loquaciously I've Made Acronyms. :D

next?

[BradfordBenn]

What day is this, and why the heck am I in Ohio!?
:stick Knew I shouldn't have had all that Bourbon.

[CustomSarge]

Lost In Monotonous Abundance ?

Also "Remember, there's no state that has the death penalty for speeding, with the possible exception being Ohio." Cannonball Run

If the weather cooperates, it could be the BEST (for me).

[lorazepam]

At least Oh is one state that does not run unmarked traffic cars. It is against state law.

[Montana]

The Pretenders "My City Was Gone" lyrics:

I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
Southtown it had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
Ay! Oh! Where did you go, Ohio?
I went back to Ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
There was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
Saw this world past
Like the wind thorugh the trees
Ay! Oh! Where did you go, Ohio?
I went back to Ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that had no pride
The farms of Ohio
had been replaced by shopping malls
And Muzak filled the air
From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls
Said Ay! Oh! Where did you go, Ohio?

Name that rally? Which rally?
"OH - that rally!"

[Ghostryder]

Against the law to use unmarked traffic cars????? Kinda takes the sport out of it, Dont you think?:evil :burnout

[lorazepam]

They have lots of creative ways to generate revenue. It will be plenty sporting. :D

[DarrylRi]

Originally posted by lorazepam
They have lots of creative ways to generate revenue. It will be plenty sporting. :D I'm sure it's true. The CHP has gotten soft since they got radar. I remember following a CHiPpie down CA-99 for about 20 miles while he bird dogged the traffic, along with a guy in a Toyota van. Nothing to do but hang back, I had to go that way. Eventually he disappeared in front of a line of semis. The guy in the van pulled into the left lane and took off; I was about to do the same. But something caught my eye on the shoulder... a dust cloud. The CHP had pulled off the highway but was still rolling! I dropped back from the last truck and he pulled through the right lane and into the left lane, right behind the van. The poor SOB never knew what happened.

Y'all be careful out there.

[Chacifer]

They can call it the "Why, oh, why, Ohio" Rally.

[gambrinus]

Chase, For someone who calls D.C. and Boston home you should be happy with a rally that is within a days ride...

silly Red Socks fan....


RW

[YB in IN]

Originally posted by Ghostryder
Against the law to use unmarked traffic cars????? Kinda takes the sport out of it, Dont you think?:evil :burnout

They make up for their lack of unmarked cars by being complete and utter a**holes. I learned that one the hard way. :mad

[jgr451]

The Heartland of America(God Bless Her) Rally.
Another OH song

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
we're finally on our own
This summer I heard the drumming
4 dead in Ohio.

You sure know your stuff lorazepam!!

I certainly hope to be able to make it.

Heck I went to Trenton and Midland. How far can Ohio be?

[RebeccaV]

:idea
Lovely In My Aerostich
Life Is Motorcycling Asmuchaspossible
Lov'In My Airhead
Like I'M Amused
Lucky I Motorcycle Alot


Nice game. More, please!

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by gambrinus
Chase [SIC], For someone who calls D.C. and Boston home you should be happy with a rally that is within a days ride...
RW

Yea, that is the problem. The rally is too close.

[username]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
Yea, that is the problem. The rally is too close.

if there is one thing i have learned from owning a motorcycle, it is that NOTHING is as close as it seems.

example1: im asked to go to the movie store and get a movie. 120 miles later, i arrived home, movie in hand. the movie store is about 2 miles from my house. (we've got netflix now.)

example 2: im told we're out of milk. no problem, i'll go get some. 95 miles later, i get home with the WRONG KIND OF MILK. unfortunately i am not sent out to get the right kind of milk. crap. (the grocery store is right next to the video store.)

example 3: did a ~180 mile ride, and it took us 370 to get there! i was asked if i made a wrong turn, and naturally my reply was, 'baby, if i went the wrong way, i dont wanna be right!' trip details (http://www.leetonium.com/leakey/leakey.htm) in a regrettable web page experiment. (i'm getting better at it.)

i think you ought to try to do another 1000 mile ride to the rally. so you loop back through your hometown - we won't tell on you!

[The_Veg]

First one close enough to me in the four years I've been in the MOA.

Funny about those lyrics though- Seneca and Cuyahoga Falls are in the area my dad grew up in. He spent his childhood in Stow, which is Cuyahoga Falls smaller Siamese twin. Make a right out of the driveway of the old family home in Stow and go five miles and you'll be at the entrance to the Kent State campus. Dad did some undergrad stuff there back in the 1950s, but what's much cooler than that is that Chrissy Hynde was a student there in the early '70s. And even more interesting is that while a student at Kent State, Hynde was in a band with Mark Von Mothersbaugh- who would go on to become the creative genius behind DEVO. I would LOVE to hear some old Hynde/Mothersbaugh music! :p

[BradfordBenn]

Originally posted by username
i think you ought to try to do another 1000 mile ride to the rally. so you loop back through your hometown - we won't tell on you!

HmmmI think I might already have a route for that, somewhere.... :p

[Chacifer]

Originally posted by gambrinus
Chase, For someone who calls D.C. and Boston home you should be happy with a rally that is within a days ride...

silly Red Socks fan....


Oh, but I want to go west again. I am thoroughly bummed to be back in the East. Colorado, South Dakota, Idaho (in no particular order)... that's where it's at as far as I'm concerned.

GO SOX! Reverse the curse, etc. etc.

[username]

ok, let's see who can do this the longest...

Life Is Mostly Awesome
Look It's Motorcycles Again!
Largesse In Motorcycle Affection
Lawlessness In Mid-America
Luring In Motorrad Afficionados
Living In Motorcycle Acuity
Lounging In My Aerostich
Look, Indiana's My Alternative
Lounging In Milwaukee, Anyone?
Leveraging Insomnia, Motorcycles, and Alcohol
Lewd, Intellectual, Motorcycling Associates
Lost In Mutual Admiration
Last In My Acronyms

[gambrinus]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chacifer
Oh, but I want to go west again. I am thoroughly bummed to be back in the East. Colorado, South Dakota, Idaho (in no particular order)... that's where it's at as far as I'm concerned.

Don't forget about the Top O' The Rockies Rally. We hit that one right before the national and it was good time. Nice folks and some amazing riding in that area.

RW

[DDHR1150RT]

Originally posted by YB in IN
They make up for their lack of unmarked cars by being complete and utter a**holes. I learned that one the hard way. :mad

I can attest to Ohio State Patrol (OSP) being a**holes! I am originally from the East Cleveland area (yep, I'm a born and raised Ohio boy who is now a Yankee transplant in Atlanta) and the OSP are NOT MY FRIENDS. They are the most unabated and uncharacteristic people you will ever have the misfortune of meeting; a real discredit to Highway Patrol men and women everywhere.
To all who enter into Ohio I give a fare warning; watch your speed (even regardless if you are NOT speeding) obay any and all traffic laws (yes, even the obscure ones), and look out for the mysteriously-hard-to-detect OSP patrol cars (they are purposley painted in a hard to detect color).

Lima, Ohio; sorry, I'm passing on this one.

[DDHR1150RT]

Originally posted by gambrinus
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chacifer
Don't forget about the Top O' The Rockies Rally. We hit that one right before the national and it was good time. Nice folks and some amazing riding in that area.

RW

That's where I'm heading next year! Colorado Rocky Mountain High!

[kbasa]

Hey Veg - Are we not men?

Chace - come visit us any time. I'll round up some cigars. I've always got bourbon.

[Visian]

Originally posted by KBasa
Are we not men?


We are DEVO.

:D

[Montana]

Lost In Middle America?

[Visian]

Little Interest, Maybe Alaska?

[username]

Originally posted by Visian
Little Interest, Maybe Alaska?

Looks Interesting, Mr. Atlanta.

but would require

Latitude Inflation Methinks Also.

and we'd have to switch this thread to

Although LimA Seemed Kool, go to Alaska

[LECFlagger]

Originally posted by BradfordBenn
Yea, that is the problem. The rally is too close.

Tell me about it.... MapSource tells me I'm 83.5 miles away from the Allen County Fairgrounds.

I wonder what Antigonish looks like that time of year? :dunno

[Guzzi]

Ahhhh, yes! Lima, Ohio.........where the men are men, and the sheep are nervous! :uhoh

I hear Aerostich is gonna offer specially made bullet proof riding gear just for the '05 National. VERY APPROPRIATE! :evil

[lorazepam]

I travel to Lima for work, and have never had a problem there. The people there are friendly, and it should be a great place for the rally, other than the roads.

[iRene]

Antigonish is green and temperate. Lots of St. Francis X coeds in shorts.
Hi, Gambrinus!
Hi, Bradford!
Hi, Chacifer! (how WAS Ouray???)
Hi, Boxergrrrlie!
I finally made my way home. We met a deer up front and personal in Ontario
and ended up staying an extra day or two...
Please tell me the deer are small and few in number in Ohio!

[BradfordBenn]

Yea, the deer are fewer in Ohio, they have been replaced by Police Officers with ticket books.

Glad you got home. Want to hear more about the dear.

[lorazepam]

'With vast fields of corn and soybeans, interspersed with oak trees, the deer I am sorry to say are large and plentiful.