More East Coast Hawk Rally Pictures...

Off we went a-riding. Shortly into the ride, this VFR had a low-side directly in front of me. It was sobering. The pilot was injured, thankfully Erika brought a celluar phone and we were able to call the rescue squad. As we teach in the MSF ERC class, straighten, brake, turn. Dont combine the braking with the turn.
Dan, Matt, Erika, Mark, Mona, Bill
After this first get-off some of us decided to break off from the group and head down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Here we are, standing at the highest point on the BRP.


One of the more memorable non-hawks that was at the Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground was this FJ1100 sidehack. This is the "sport" version, the owner imported the chassis from France. The front wheel and the sidecar wheel steer together.


After dinner on Saturday, we said Let's take a group picture before the light fades... To tell the truth, the light was already fading. But we took a couple pictures anyway. While we were all standing around talking over the events of the day, we heard a bike approaching (the aftermarket exhaust helped). Erika yelled There's Kirk!. He pulled up, new countershaft sprocket and all, on his beautiful Yellow Hawk. Kirk sent along some photos that he had taken, and it has taken me far too long to put them up. Sorry! Kirk's Pictures.

After realizing that the trip home was pretty long, we turned in for an early start home. Here's a picture I took over my shoulder in South-Western Virginia or Tennessee.

Deja Vu
At a gas stop, Kirk notices his chain is a bit loose, suprisingly loose, actually. He decides to tension it. While stopped there, we chat with a fellow who owns a hawk, and was really suprised to see a bunch travelling together.


Great South Carolina Sherrif's Deputy
Motorcycling Safety Course
These two are from Andrew Smialek, who took a couple pictures of the large group. Here's one showing the harassement the group endured from the local law enforcement officials.... I thought South Carolina had learned its lesson about harassing motorcyclists.

Stop #3 from Kent's ride, near a store and a barbeque, stopping for a rest after a long ride of observing speed limits and avoiding excessive lean in the corners.

Thats about it for the pictures, excuse the quality of the pictures, Costco/Price Club decided to take it upon themselves to ignore my instructions and do their own processing on these, which was particularly crappy. Thats why I checked the box for "Kodak Premium Processing" but they ignored that, and checked their own for me. They were able to make the pictures over exposed, under exposed and out of focus. Thanks a whole heck of a lot. A good way to lose buisness.
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