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"Whip it! " "Whip it good!"

High speed run on the Benelli on the Dragon Friday.

Sort of related, I did get a friend to keep Lisa's Benelli company. All of 3 miles on it.

Seeing that paper on the ground reminded me , a couple of weeks ago I had rounded up all my Gazetteers, maps , etc. and couldn't find the Ky. edition. Went to the Service Desk at WallyWorld and had to explain to the young girl what I was after. She was clueless AFA what I wanted. I had to explain in as few of words as possible what a road map was. "I just us my phone" was all she needed . Now , please post all the pics you have about this event. I regret not getting to go but obligations.......

Other SpineRaiders showed an admirable determination, braved the elements, and returned with wet boots and appreciable stories of the day's riding . . .

The massive ones in 1990 would have killed you. All the damage was done in a 30 second burst. I was in the garage at the time and the roller door went nuts so I stood inside the garage and pushed on it to help it not blow in. As I was holding it from the inside there were about 30 5mm deep dents being hammered into it from the hail outside. It was like a 30 second horror movie. The front of the house was destroyed, 5 60 foot high trees in the yard snapped off 3 feet above ground level, 2 written off cars all the fences down and a wife screaming in the kitchen floor taking shelter. I couldn't of even gotten to the house if I wanted to I would have been killed. BTW I actually was out in the hail storm for a brief period with the hail in the image shown. It hurt getting hit, a lot. Phil

There they are...I think I see a little smoke rising still

on a '72 Norton Commando The dumb part

The bike is fairly pretty, but the bloke sounds like he ate the Sales Brochure for breakfast.

Docc- This Greenie looks great in the sunlight

Though the size of the hail was enormous, the general conditions are exactly what we see with Great Plains tornadoes. Could you have actually had a nearby tornado?

That's like the ritual with the ticket in the parking garage. If you don't hold it between your teeth on the way to the exit, the boom-gate wont open.

I bless my stuff with it because going 'somewhere' is not an option. I always over-secure for peace of mind. The same goes for weight/suspension proportional loading.

My dumb ass ran out into 1+in. hail to throw cardboard onto my windshield. It clipped my ear and drew blood. 2007. I'll just wait and watch from now on...

Let's just say, "That's not exactly how the weather turned out." Some SpineRaiders kept their soft shoes on Saturday . . .

Good adventure. I actually like riding conditions like that on a dirt bike. On the street, not so much. Where was that?

Hail? Funny story, a few years ago the Mrs and I were riding the EV on the Highway of Legends in SE Colorado. We made a clockwise loop starting from the SE going west then north to Walsenburg and south to Trinidad. We got a some hail northbound and headed south, caught it again on I-25. Luckily it was no bigger than ice cubes. Luckily, didn't accumulate on the roads.

Well, my GB500 is just an old bike. @LaGrasta's GB is something quite special: The one-and-only "CW600 " . . .

I own a V11, and like @docc a GB500 too. As for the V7 adding to the "collection", I can attest to this.

I buy Butler maps for any area I'm going to ride in anymore. Fabulous, waterproof, best roads clearly identified and a very good general area map in every case. https://butlermaps.com/

I once trailered my 1200 Bandit to the Ozarks. I rented an open ramp UHaul. Anyway, packing up, my fellow riding buddies decided put some extra torque on the straps. When I rode the bike again, I noticed the ride height was little low. Even had the tire changed out at a local shop. The bike was still noticeably low. So a week or so later I serviced the chain. I noticed the rear spring was broken when I saw a piece of a broken coil hanging in what was left of the intact spring. Must've ridden it a month. True.

So far as hail damage, size is a factor for damage but I find the wind to be the real culprit.

About the only way I can get state maps is to visit a welcome center along the interstates.

Any time you strap something down to a trailer (your bike, a lawnmower, your wife), you have to bless it with the words "That ain't going nowhere." Otherwise it might get loose.

And there's nothin" you can do.

As our late member Mikko, once told me, "You cannot have too much securement ."

Pikes Peak.

It's not even proper hail for goodness sake. It's just pea sized cute baby hail or hard rain. This is small hail. Wrecked the panels on the car but the house survived ok unlike the apple sized hail that wrote off 2 cars half the house and garage that hit my house back in 1990 in Sydney. Phil

the smart part

You feel like there are one hundred people w/slingshots hitting you w/ice cubes

And a 2003 LeMans, same place: BaT

Coppa Italia for sale on BaT

. A few pix from "the Front" at Tellico Plains. Bill

If they came out that easy, I would have serviced mine already!

Three is a collection. Two is just a coincidence .

there should never be a "no-start" in middle TN LAMO andy

Spine frame Guzzi's value increases by proximity to TN....

Never heard of it that big. I assume if you got hit in the head by one you're a goner.

Whew.....