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Two Years on my Silver Wing and HAMS was my first Maxi scooter Rally and it was fast riding in great country with very good Hospitality from Maggie and the St. Louis Riders. 1200 miles for the weekend for me riding to St. Louis from Dayton, Ohio and returning with another 400+ miles at the rally. Participants from all the Points of the compass rode to Hams. Muleprw road 1750 miles from Apache Junction AZ. What fine People to ride with. I had a very good time.

papa johns wrote:

Two Years on my Silver Wing and HAMS was my first Maxi scooter Rally and it was fast riding in great country with very good Hospitality from Maggie and the St. Louis Riders. 1200 miles for the weekend for me riding to St. Louis from Dayton, Ohio

Is that you Mike?? If so Mike rode with the fast group on Saturday

Mike,

This is Dale (& Kim), We were happy to meet you at HAMS and glad you had a good time. Welcome to this forum - enjoy the ride.

honda_silver wrote:

papa johns wrote:

Two Years on my Silver Wing and HAMS was my first Maxi scooter Rally and it was fast riding in great country with very good Hospitality from Maggie and the St. Louis Riders. 1200 miles for the weekend for me riding to St. Louis from Dayton, Ohio

Is that you Mike?? If so Mike rode with the fast group on Saturday

Ya Bill it's Mike I was thinking of you and mule and the weather west of St. Louis It's great to see you puched through the storm.

papa johns wrote:

I was thinking of you and mule and the weather west of St. Louis It's great to see you puched through the storm.

I never saw a drop of rain or rain clouds on Sunday or Monday.

I never saw a drop of rain or rain clouds on
Sunday or Monday.

That's Great! the storm must have been coming from the north west. St. Louis was to have a storm at 12:00 noon on Sunday so we where getting out of Dodge before the fireworks began.
Do you have another big Rally ride schedule? I'm trailering to Boise, Idaho unloading and heading into the Northern Idaho Rockies July 22-23 then I'm going to SLC and riding the Wasatch Range and Wendover Desert.

I forgot to mention before when I was running the Bull Shoals Ferry. A little after I arrived a husband and wife were each riding their own sport motorcycles asked me about the SWing. They were surprised how well/fast it handled the curves.

papa johns wrote:

Do you have another big Rally ride schedule?

At this time no.

papa johns wrote:

I'm trailering to Boise, Idaho unloading and heading into the Northern Idaho Rockies July 22-23 then I'm going to SLC and riding the Wasatch Range and Wendover Desert.

That sounds fantastic ... I am sure that will be great riding area.

You might want to checkout http://www.soundrider.com/nwse/rally/

papa johns wrote:

I'm trailering to Boise, Idaho unloading and heading into the Northern Idaho Rockies July 22-23 then I'm going to SLC and riding the Wasatch Range and Wendover Desert.

Let me know if you want any recommendations on good rides along the Wasatch. There are some nice mountain rides with lots of twisties and great scenery. Perhaps we can meet up for a ride.

The ride from SLC to Wendover is not that great IMO. Superslab all the way, with a lot of truck traffic = a lot of buffeting on the S'Wing. Basically straight, uninteresting ride with boring scenery compared to the Wasatch range.

Thanks Mike H, I would like to connect with another rider in the mountains. I'll be in West Valley during my stay. I rode around the Western mountains of the SL valley last year and enjoyed lunch at penny's and a visit on the poney express route west of Sarasota. I always about exploring the roads. I really Like the mountains and of course the mountains are my first choice. after July 23rd is my time frame and pm me for cell if you would like to ride.
Mike

Bill, Thanks for the heads up on the Northwest Maxi Scooter Rally at Stevenson, Washington. I have registered for the four day event and will be riding in the Columbia River Gorge. Leaving Saturday trailering west. I will be rolling for a month in the west.

Papa johns,

If you get out to the San Francisco bay area let me know. There are some great rides out this way. Have a great time at the Northwest Maxi Scooter rally. Do you also know of the following sites:

www.maxi-scoots.com

www.burgmanusa.com (there is a guy (mod) there named "Daboo" that puts info on that site about the NW rally. He lives in the Seattle area)

www.silverwing.org (Just don't mention you go to this site)


http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hondasilverwings/?yguid=224953824

Maggie is a cool person. I have chatted with her quite a few times on the www.maxi-scoots.com site and she advertises her rally here too. She is very active in all things scooters.

Hope you had a great time out there. I'm from Illinois and would love to get back there and go to her rally sometime.