The continuing saga of my exploits with Effie my 2005 883 Low Harley Davidson Sportster. This is our 2nd endurance rally. The first one was the Cape Fear 1000 which is in another blog: . I was one of 79 entrees in the Not Superman Rally (NSR), The NSR is a long distance endurance rally which started and ended at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau, MO. The brain child of the rally master Jim Puckett, the NSR proved to be challenging to experienced ralliers and to the first timers. At 6AM Friday morning riders equipped with a numbered flag and a digital camera embark on a 30 hour odyssey of riding, bonus hunting and problem solving all to be enjoyed while on a critical time schedule. The remaining riders would be similarly equipped but leave ... read more

This set of blogs is another Group Vacation. Our 2008 trip was from KC up and around Lake Superior into Canada and then a slight detour to Milwaukee for a few days for the 25th and 105th celebrations for HOG and Harley Davidson. The blogs are broken into sections, each being a day in the trip. The first blog of this trip is here DAY 10 SUNDAY We were all to meet at 9am to start the trip home. Willy, Mel and another HOG member were there early, but our group was running a little late. So it was 9:30 before we pulled out of the parking lot. First stop was a picture opportunity at the Troy WI Buell factory, this is for the ABC’s of Touring. After a gas stop or 2 the girls let ... read more

This set of blogs is another Group Vacation. Our 2008 trip was from KC up and around Lake Superior into Canada and then a slight detour to Milwaukee for a few days for the 25th and 105th celebrations for HOG and Harley Davidson. The blogs are broken into sections, each being a day in the trip. The first blog of this trip is here Day 8 FRIDAY Well we almost beat everyone to the factory, we were parked way up front . the tour was a self guided one, they had plaquards up explaining each of the stations and the line of people just moved through the plant. It was one continuous line. We started the line about 30 people outside the building. At the building they had staff there that handed you a bag had ... read more

This set of blogs is another Group Vacation. Our 2008 trip was from KC up and around Lake Superior into Canada and then a slight detour to Milwaukee for a few days for the 25th and 105th celebrations for HOG and Harley Davidson. The blogs are broken into sections, each being a day in the trip. The first blog of this trip is here Wednesday -- 27 AUG 2008 The basic plan is that tonight we will be in Milwaukee WI. We are heading back up around the top of Lake MI and then down the west side of the lake. I have plotted several dealerships that are enroute, but we have a lot of miles to put on and everyone wants to be in early today. The first thing in the morning we ate at ... read more

This set of blogs is another Group Vacation. Our 2008 trip was from KC up and around Lake Superior into Canada and then a slight detour to Milwaukee for a few days for the 25th and 105th celebrations for HOG and Harley Davidson. The blogs are broken into sections, each being a day in the trip. The first blog of this trip is here Monday - 25 AUG 08 We started the day again with the motel carb breakfast with the hope that we would find some café by Lake Superior and have some good seafood for lunch. However the 4.5 miles to Aerostitch took us more than 45 minutes as the layout of Duluth differed from the layout my GPS had planned on. The warehouse for Aerostitch was truly a warehouse, the showroom was very ... read more