[Ducati] Texas Hill Country Ride

Mon Oct 1 13:36:01 EDT 2007

Dang Staton,

not gonna be available this time around, other plans committing the weekend.
So maybe next time. Especially since the weather is just starting to turn
nice, actually got down to the 80's earlier this week.

How about in a few more weeks?

Maybe Hopper could travel up with you guys.

Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Staton Shed" <tojo92 at msn.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Cc: <tojo92 at msn.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: [Ducati] Texas Hill Country Ride

>
> Peter,
>
> Funny you should mention a ride.   I have been busy with my transfer to
Houston and in desperate need of some nice Hill Country scenery.  A few of
us are meeting for a ride this weekend.   Whiting will be a no show this
time around, but we have a group of about 5-6 committed.  We are staying
here:
>
> http://www.leakeyspringscabins.com/
>
> I will be arriving late as I can't leave Houston until after a meeting
ends at 3:00 Friday afternnoon.  We should be riding all day Saturday on the
33X roads and maybe a little Sunday AM.  Anyone is welcome to join us.
Email me at tojo92 at msn.com or call me at 956-497-4044 on my cell.  Most of
us have similiar riding styles.  Not too crazy on the top speed thing in the
straights, but wicked up a bit in the twisties.  Staggered, ride at your own
pace type stuff with an eye on a safe, fun, ride.
>
> Hope a few others can make it.  I won't be bringing a motard this time
though.  Hopefully we can plan another trip to hit you roads on the way to
Luckenbach.  Lots of fun for sure.  I'll be on the SS/SP this trip.
>
> Staton
>
>
> > Message: 5> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:38:01 -0500> From: "Peter Bonner"
<dsi at swcp.com>> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Boerni...Italian style? and Hill
Country ride> To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>> Message-ID:
<003e01c803b2$8ed75d80$ba00a8c0 at gvtc.com>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"> > Boerne may be neat, but little is applying less and
less :-( As you say,> GROWING!!!!> > Starting back in very early 60s, rode
pretty much all limey bikes until 64> when I bought my first Ducati. Still
have some limey stuff left including> some Rickman frames with running gear,
no motor. For compleat bikes, I> really have just two, and they need work to
get back to order. One is the> fabled Griumph (altho I guess it could have
been a Treeves), which consists> of a 64 Greeves Challenger frame, compleat
with rubber bushing torsion> earles front forks with the first year of the
500cc unit motor, a T100A no> less. I built that bike around 1968-70. The
other bike is a BSA 500MX, the> John Banks replica thing. Had a 58 Catalina
Goldie but sold it off about 15> years ago. Had a string of triumph and
beezers, singles and twins, but one> of my favourites was my 49 AJS, altho
it was pretty much 56 matchless and> later for motor parts.> > Hill country
riding, for sure. And if we work it right, we can get Staton> Shed, John
Whiting, and some of the usual suspects to come along too. Kind> of
surprised old Staton hasn't gotten restless and itching for a weekend up>
here, but maybe just waiting on the good weather, well its about here.
Maybe> we ought to start agitating a bit and see if anybody bites. The ride
you> mention, part of which is what folks call the 100 mile loop is sure
lots of> fun. And John and Staton can vouch for some supermotard kinda roads
that I> like to do as well. And of course there is always a visit to
Luckenbach TX,> where everybody is somebody.> > Have been so cooped up with
work (joys of the self employed) I have about> forgotten what a motorcycle
is, but now is a good time for a> reintroduction.....> > > Peter> > >
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "HOPPER ELDRIDGE"
<hoppereldridge at sbcglobal.net>> To: <ducati at ducati.net>> Sent: Sunday,
September 30, 2007 12:18 PM> Subject: [Ducati] Boerni...Italian style?> > >
> Boerne is a neat l'il town but like everything else in west>
Texas...GROWING! Use to stay at an inn there that was an old "town house">
for some rancher. Neat historic palce.> >> > What Brit bikes do you have?
Me..mostly Commandos, Bonnies and TriBSA> triples. I do have Ray Pickerrel's
Rob North BSA Rocket III and my Norman> White prepped Norton 750 Commando
did some good in the early BOTT races in> England. Tony Rutter (of Duc fame
and the several times Formula II Champion> back then) want to race the bike
at the IOM in '84 when it was supposed to> have a Classic pre-'72 production
race. That was cancelled but he was still> interested. Oh well...so close
yet so far! Depending on the race, we had> three exhaust systems, two carb
set-ups, two fairings and it had the Norris> quick change cam set up with
three different cams. Norm and I were doing the> mental aspect of an even
hotter set up (well Norm was the brains and the> majic fingers!) but the oil
patch went way south and I came back to a very> depressed economy.
Again...so close yet so far!> >> > We do need to do some Hill Country
riding> Medina-Vanderpool-Leakey-right at Camp Wood-right at the Barksdale?
split> then follow the river road (at least the olde river crossing is
improved> now. Used to be slicker than sn*t on a door knob!) up onto the
platueau,> turn around and repeat!> > Later! Hopper*****
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