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STAR 2016 Vermont

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wardie:
[attachment=1][/attachment]This was our first STAR for Nate Davis and myself and we had a blast! Kudos to Dale Hall and Tom Mckierney (spelling?) for providing good sites to see and a pace that was fun, exciting but not pushing the envelope. The Honda demo fleet gave me an opportunity to scratch off my bucket list the F6B Goldwing Harley look-a-like cruiser. Didn't check the tach and put her into the rev limiter at 6k. Bike scared me to death when coming to a stop! Heard all those stories about falling over but was quite surprised how agile an elephant can be. After that demo I jumped on the VFR Interceptor and just fell in love. Very predictable, linear power delivery, and those four cylinders that sound was way cool! Probably move the pegs down a tab though.

Great banquet, Alonso was very entertaining and I walked away with a $50 gift certificate which I redeemed on my way home at Max BMW. Nate and I wanted to stop at Motorcyclepedia in Newburgh, New York. What a great place. My guess probably the largest Indian collection ever and Big Daddy Ed Roths creations were there including the famous "Rat Fink". Managed to squeeze 1895 miles in and just got home at 10:30am today!

Looking forward to the Mail Pouch Flyby!

Thanks Dennis, Ann  and  all the volunteers who made STAR an awesome event.

Congrats to Richard Grabowski for winning the BMW! Nice guys do finish first...enjoy for many years to come Rich. Larry

Buckeye56:
Betty Lise and I had a great time at STAR 16. Thank you to all of the volunteers who made it possible!

Brick:
Larry I hadn't realized that you had not attended a STAR before. Glad you made this one. As usual it was great to se you!

The Ohio membership was well represented! It's a great group of friends from the big O-H-I-O.
As you said the VFR is just too smooth! One bike I've never owned but should have. It seems I may have missed my chance as my joints seem to prefer a more sit up riding style that my Super Tenere' affords.


Let's Ride!
Brick

bcd:
Kris flew back home Thursday. I left STAR for MA, RI and CT and visited an old high school friend, then got home today.  Had a great time.

Many thanks to all the volunteers for a great STAR! We had a very good time.

Congratulations again to Rich for winning the F800. That's an excellent strategy for dealing with VFR R/R failure!

DirtFlier:
[...Congratulations again to Rich for winning the F800. That's an excellent strategy for dealing with VFR R/R failure!...]

Serious VFR riders wear a bandoleer under their riding jacket with multiple R/Rs poised and ready to go.  :-)   

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