End of Rounders Season One

[Cliffy777]

lawd allmighty, ain't we had a tyme?
here we are on the eve of the official end of the first ever season of the International Rounders League of Extraordinary Riders. Whoooo-hooo!
let us reflect my brothers and sisters. here is what we did the first year:
1. got us a coolio name.
1a. got us an official cuss word. (BG!!)
2. got a double deluxe website (thanks to double B).
3. got us a baaaad-ass logo (take a bow grey matter).
4. got us an Official Poet Laureate (give it up for username, dogs).
5. got us an International Premium Event in the works.
6. got us some keen prizes for said Event. (see below)
7. got all our sorry butts through a long winter with fun and adventures. and to my knowledge nobody got really hurt (sure, garth and i took some low speed pavement lumps, but it was nothin for a couple bad hombres like me and the operamano.)

BTW - we are International on account of Blue Knight, Donkey Doctor and the other Cannucks!
i am so proud i could bust. you persons are the best. i would like to thank the Old Kar Kook for the inspiration that initially got my butt out on the R1100RL in temps I didn't think were possible. Thanks to the Mid-western gang for the support and ideas. Thanks to BG, Lorazo, and Bsquared for chipping in with me for the prizes (i know a couple others offered, but we had already struck the deal and ordered the swag). Big Thanks to Aerostich for selling us Rounders Prizes at a big discount - Andy, you are much appreciated - may your fine company continue to prosper and grow.
Thanks to each and every one of you who chipped in by posting to any of the Rounder related threads. It was a treat to read about your winter riding adventures (even the sucky ones involving breakdows or fall downs). It seems to me that we all served to inspire one another and we are all better folks for interacting with each other (okay, i am starting to get all teary eyed now....gotta stop.)
hats (or mittens) off to the beemer folks for putting heated grips on the Rockster!!!!

maybe we ought to do this Rounder stuff again next year, eh? what say you?

[Voni]

Here's to season two! Definitely.

Can't believe I said "Dang" and in a public forum.

Life as a Rounder is not always easy. But it's always . . .

Voni
sMiling

[selil]

I just don't understand this rounder thing. I go two years without a car in Chicago land and the year I finally by an open jeep to get through the snow you start some club that I belong to by default. Not that I've had a lot of luck with the Jeep the last six weeks here in Chicagoland, but does riding everyday count for anything?

[James.A]

.....ever go to a late night party only to find that the bass player and the drummer have all the chicks quaranteened in the back bedroom?.......it's kinda like that......

[GeoffMiller]

I don't know about late night parties. Too effenin old. :D

[BouncinBob]

I'm up for season 2.

[selil]

.....ever go to a late night party only to find that the bass player and the drummer have all the chicks quaranteened in the back bedroom?.......it's kinda like that......


How did you know I play the Banjo.... :)

[YB in IN]

I don't know about late night parties. Too effenin old. :D

Not all of us. I got home sometime in the pre-dawn hour this morning.

[BradfordBenn]

What a great ride it has been. Although not nearly enough on my bike. Work sucks. It has been a blast getting the website up and watching people get involved. Next year will be even better. THe website will come down in a few hours with final standings posted. Hopefully next year there will not be nearly as many challenges with the database engine.

It is so cool to watch an idea turn into reality. Here is to Escanaba and the next season. :thumb

[James.A]

...but it was late and I had been drinking. I want to share with you all an image of my winter bike, before a good cleaning and thoughrough service. It was subjected to nearly a thousand miles of the grungiest conditions imagineable and a half mile of cornfields off-roading. This girl will do anything, anywhere, any time, and I love her dearly.

[dancogan]

When the Rounders started, I had all of 937 miles of motorcycling experience. As of yesterday, the end of Rounders, I had 2848 miles. That may not seem like much to the really high mileage rider, but to me it tripled my total mileage and leaves me with a lot more confidence. That wouldn't have happened without the tales of others that got out to ride in sometimes below zero temperatures, and on cruddy, gray, windy days. The support of the Rounders was just great and turned what was going to be a winter of storing the bike into a winter of riding. Thanks!

:clap :brow :clap

[BlueKnight]

maybe we ought to do this Rounder stuff again next year, eh? what say you?

Where there any doubts?

Mike

[Cliffy777]

When the Rounders started, I had all of 937 miles of motorcycling experience. As of yesterday, the end of Rounders, I had 2848 miles. That may not seem like much to the really high mileage rider, but to me it tripled my total mileage and leaves me with a lot more confidence. That wouldn't have happened without the tales of others that got out to ride in sometimes below zero temperatures, and on cruddy, gray, windy days. The support of the Rounders was just great and turned what was going to be a winter of storing the bike into a winter of riding. Thanks!

:clap :brow :clap

excellent. excellent. excellent. way to go dan. it ain't about the miles (no matter what these folks indicate) you rode instead of putting your bike in storage. you da man (excuse me, i mean you da person!) congratulations. Just for your information i think the average motorcycle rider in the US rides something like 2,500 miles - you bested that during winter in Michigan!!!

[BradfordBenn]

The support of the Rounders was just great and turned what was going to be a winter of storing the bike into a winter of riding. Thanks!

:clap :brow :clap

Cooooool!!!! We do the same thing during the summer, just not without all the layers of clothing.

Mission Accomplished?!?
:thumb

[BklynPete]

it was enjoyable reading all the posts, next year i guess i have to give a starting mileage :banghead i know i did 18600 miles in the regular contest (i guess this is the irregular one ;) ) and did a total of 22k. so unofficially, i did around 4k. not bad and only two busted rims and a saddlebag damage for the winter....

pete

[TZOLK]

When the Rounders started, I had all of 937 miles of motorcycling experience. As of yesterday, the end of Rounders, I had 2848 miles. That may not seem like much to the really high mileage rider, but to me it tripled my total mileage and leaves me with a lot more confidence. That wouldn't have happened without the tales of others that got out to ride in sometimes below zero temperatures, and on cruddy, gray, windy days. The support of the Rounders was just great and turned what was going to be a winter of storing the bike into a winter of riding. Thanks!


:thumb :thumb :thumb :thumb :thumb
WOW Dude!! Thats pretty good for around here this year. Awesome!!! :thumb

[BouncinBob]

Cooooool!!!! We do the same thing during the summer, just not without all the layers of clothing.



That depends. Yesterday was nice here, but damned cool breeze. We rode over to my daughter's soccer game closer to the lake and froze our butts off. So we geared up with more layers, just like it was winter to head to Wooster to our dealer to get the form signed. I did turn on the grips for a while. When we got about 15 miles south of the lake I had to change my gloves and dropped a layer too.

[Jim Shaw]

Guess I rode more than usual this past winter. Usually, I just walk past the bike on the way to the Buick in winter. But this winter I also had more to do on the bike than usual - trips to Big Easy, a ride to Wisconsin, some riding around Ohio and Michigan with house guests, and multiple trips to my dealer and metal-monger to get the fuel cell on the bike. But a lot depended on the weather. For many weekends, this winter in Ohio was a pretty easy ride. And the bike seems to like it. I hardly needed my Battery Tender. But I also had to schedule around cataract surgery, and some cantankerousnous of my arthritis. Winter is less fun for arthritics. BG can tell you how well I walk :help

On the down side, I about finished off a front tire, will need a back one soon, and I'm overdure for an oil change.

So, you guys cost me about $300 plus gas. About one grin per dollar, I'd estimate. And if you can keep your legs warm and dry, the GS is a fair winter machine.

Jim
GS-One

[IronMike]

I haven't even made it to an event yet and I am ready for the second season. It helps me just knowing that there are others (lunatics) out there riding on New Years Day (34 degrees, rain, slush, etc.). My Kawasaki was retired to the back of the garage when the K12LT entered the scene. I have almost 14,000 miles on the beemer since June. I didn't put 5,000 on the Kaw in 8 years.

Do we need an official color (blue)?
Official handshake (three fingers cuz of frostbite)?
Official fruit (road rasberries)?

[username]

Guess I rode more than usual this past winter. Usually, I just walk past the bike on the way to the Buick in winter. But this winter I also had more to do on the bike than usual - trips to Big Easy, a ride to Wisconsin, some riding around Ohio and Michigan with house guests, and multiple trips to my dealer and metal-monger to get the fuel cell on the bike. But a lot depended on the weather. For many weekends, this winter in Ohio was a pretty easy ride. And the bike seems to like it. I hardly needed my Battery Tender. But I also had to schedule around cataract surgery, and some cantankerousnous of my arthritis. Winter is less fun for arthritics. BG can tell you how well I walk :help

On the down side, I about finished off a front tire, will need a back one soon, and I'm overdure for an oil change.

So, you guys cost me about $300 plus gas. About one grin per dollar, I'd estimate. And if you can keep your legs warm and dry, the GS is a fair winter machine.

Jim
GS-One

so you have a cataract and a buick? ;)

[Jim Shaw]

so you have a cataract and a buick? ;)Yep, and I'm saving up for a double wide in Palm Coast. -Jim