Return-Path: From: sjgarnie@eos.ncsu.edu Subject: RCR-V Observations To: [TriDoD] Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:24:51 -0400 (EDT) In presonal email, The AndyMan, a.k.a. The Bunettator, stated: >p.s. earlyawards are as follows: > >BestGrin: Mike Ragsdale after cruising hwy 45(??), wishing he could have >scraped pegs... Yeah. I thought his face was gonna split into top and bottom halves. >BestPillion: Melinda, after 9hrs Friday, and 7 Saturday, she only said >"let's do that ride again, but this time, faster." I feel for her when she >finds the girl of her dreams:-) Oh, and not falling asleep Sunday on the >way home. ....especially after we designed, prototyped and installed the "cervix preserving vibration dampener" in Fort Royal...on the pillion seat, you pervs! >BestDirections: "Steve `I don't do interstates` Garnier. For not only >trying to take the wrong exit on the way up, but trying to repeat the trick >again on the way back. This time, Wing Man Andy knew better:-) I tell ya', there's just gotta be something screwey about Charlottesville. That can't _all_ be my fault. Nope. No way. ;-) >BestSoundingSportBike: Josh's 906Duc. It's a v-twin, what else can I >say:-) Brian gets dibs for the best pure mechanical sound. Yup. Sounds sweet all right. Andy mentioned that he might supplement his stable someday with a sportbike, and asked me what he should get. Let's face it, Andy's an adrenaline junkie who's into in-line V engines where one jug leads the other while rolling down the road...he's addicted to the sound and torque they produce. And since he won't waste an erg of energy on anything other than a chain or belt, well, Andy, here's the answer you just determined for yourself: DUCATI. Now you've got to determine the harder part of that question: which model? (No fair choosing the 6'2" voluptuous leggy blonde winking at you...we're talking bikes now...not rides. ;-) >BestTentCampers: Grant and Charlotte, NEXT year. I'll loan 'em mine:-) >Either that or the unused ear plug award. Obviously, these folks live out >in the woods alone, and don't have anyone stay over. For the record, I >counted 15 snoring people at 4am this morning:-) Andy, I hope you didn't feel picked on. The fact is that the large majority of TriDoD in that bunkhouse snored, but that you were the most consistently predictable of the bunch. That does not imply that you were the worst offender at all. Why, I heard one dude who snored and farted at the same time, and after the window fell shut, it didn't take long for a barnyard aroma to start wafting towards me from that uncouth soiler of plastic bedlinens. In reality, since the snoreless are so greatly under-represented, perhaps they should be banished to the three-cot walled cell within the bunkhouse. Baud help them if one of them then starts to snore. :-) >BestHost: Mr Bill. Nothing else need be said here. Muchas Gracias! I also expressed my appreciation while we were at Camp West Mar. Found out that RCR-V had 105 paid attendees. The significance of this number upon the DoD is incredible. It's even more incredible that the quantity is TRUE. I also suggested that, in the future, all awards be hand manufactured from (optionally used) toilet-paper mache. :-) >MostImprovedRider: Jean. You've come a long way baby! Cool bike too! Talking about long ways, what with all the back-and-forths we did to town to get "necessary supplies", I figure we traversed around 950 miles this weekend. Methinks YoMaha! is about 40 miles shy of 170,000. >CoolestHighwayPegs: Martyn's Cali. Talk about an airconditioned seat:-) What he said. My only concern would be for recovery of control in the advent of impact at speed with a relatively hard-headed insect flying into the rider's more exposed appurtenances. 8-O >BestSport: Marc K. Didn't know he was a new rider, but he sure hung in >there on the way up like an old pro. If nothing else, after this weekend, >he should be a more confident rider for sure. Kewl black vulcan too.... I'd say that Marc's skills got kicked to a new level, fer shur. I also didn't realize he was a new rider, otherwise we might've chosen a different queue. >BestMIA: Ed? where are you? Waltzin' Matilda with a bent 'Roo bar. What's the Ru-bar[b] all about, anyways? Musta been at least a dozen people askin' me where Ed was. I told 'em all he was still sittin' on the toilet, but he'd be out in a minute or two. ;-) >BestShaft: Steve Garnier. Somehow I thought it would be bigger. No wonder >he went out and got a new one:-) Good to see the Lard have his revenge! That shaft is no shorter than 10 inches, you chain eunuch! FWIW, just like last year, Mike Beavington handed out all the awards. After the awards ceremony was "apparently" concluded, I took to the podium, introduced myself as the KotFlame and Lard of the Fries, flaunted my shaft to the obvious delight of the crowd, and then stated that I had received the award for "The Bike Least Likely To Return" at RCR-IV. I told the assemblage that YoMaha! suffered a shaft failure at 167,000 miles at RCR-IV, and that since YoMaha! had returned to RCR-V, that it was only fitting that the award return as well, but this time with a change of name. I then stated that it was with extreme pleasure that I present the award for "Worst Conceivable Prediction" to Mike Beavington. From the loud, boisterous reaction of the crowd, I'd say they loved this historical moment. I hope that I've initiated another DoD ritual. Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lard! >BestCouple: Grant and Charlotte. Hey, with those coordinated helmets, >who can argue. I've never seen a roll of such crooked tape though. It >would have been Eddie and Muffy, but he went to his tent before a delivery >could be arranged.... Methinks the sight of Muffy was too much for Special Ed to "bare." I thought I heard Eddie mumble something about losing mastery of his domain, and then leaving the fold for his tent. Anyway, I hope he's feeling better now. Steve DoD #00000005 KotFlame Lard of the Fries