Wow, that was fun, crashing, driving, Roundup

Me, my buddy DJ and Mark drove my '60 Chevy Wagon out towing my bike (no, I did not ride it the 2500 mile round trip, even though I told that to some pretty ladies to impress them) it took us 25 hours and we didn't stop for a rest. 1-10 is cratered like the moon, especially through LA, New Orleans is more fucked up than I ever imagined.
Austin's a great city with lots of hot chicks in it and stoned fuckheads that don't the difference between the WALK and DON'T WALK dude, even the loud horn on the wagon had little effect on these slow moving turtles, shouting, "get out of the fucking street you dumbass hippie mutherfucker" merely made them slower and some of 'em even smiled and waved at me.

I got to ride my bike shit loads on the trecherous windy and hilly roads, it was a scary treat for a flatlander such as I.

You know what, I really like riding my bike, alone, with nobody else.

I got to see a lot of my ol, old friends, it made me really happy. I like Austin, it's a cool place.

The cruising on Congress waas amazing, I haven't seen shit like that since the Chelsea Cruise in Battersea in the mid 1980s. I got to hop on the short bus, it had ice cold A/C and the driver was spinning tunes about screwing, my kinda guy.

The Round-Up show was just amazing, so many bitching cars in one place, my pants stretched out.

Let me ask you a question, say if you were eating pretzels and a lassie appeared with a target like cleavage, would you be able to resist the urge to hit a three pointer with a piece of that snack food?

She was less than impressed by my marksmanship.

Jimmy White's coupe destroyed me, likewise McPhail's Chevy, I can't wait to see the front bumper on that thing. Lee Pratt's Ford was tantalizing, even moreso because it was covered with 1500 miles of road grime, I got to shake his hands, he's a very nice person, he's been an inspiration to me for a long time.

I also love my club brothers, thanks for the digs and the neverending laffs.

Big Ric IS Big Ric.

English Mark wanted to ride my bike, he has a foot clutch and hand shift WLA in England. He did a damn good job and I made the mistake of telling him so. With that he was standing on the seat, hauling ass and such. President Willie says to me, "he's gonna crash that thing" and this photo montage (courtesy of Noah) is the proof that indeed he did. Mark claims the brake (singular) didn't work, I guess I'll believe him.



There are way too many stories to relate, it would take hours, you had to have been there.

Cheers, Jerry, Denise (I got no cookie), VonFranco and wife, Buzzard, Steve, Mike, Mike, Mike, Richard, Brett, Jimmy, Marcy, DJ, Noah, Ryno, Frank, Beatniks, Willie, Bossman Ryan, Dean and Matt, that gorgeous beauty upstairs in the gallery, Rick and tons of everyone else. I don't like people much of the time, strangers anyway, but a lot of our kind (car and bike folks) make me forget that.

See you next year, maybe.

 

PS, chain link fence makes a particlarly zingy sound when you collide into it.

 

did you sign many autographs?

p.s. can i ride it next time?

 

So good to see you again Nads! you need to get out more often.

Parking on Sat was a bitch!


jerry

 

You too Jerry, you're a swell cat, always smiling, I wish I could be that unmiserable.

Steve, baby, you can ride that thing anytime you want......and keep it on the DL, I did get to lick some salty melons courtesy of a HAMBer who's name I forgot, but no signatures.

 

Good to see you holms...

 

Nads, were you drunk the whole roundup or just towards the end...haha you dropped enough f bombs that my 5 year old and 2 year old go around saying it...<----not really

good seeing ya...

 

I'll never wash my salty melons again, you dreamy subcontinental.

 

man..i was bummed before about not makin it!!!now im really bummed!!!
great story nad's!
maybe the wife and i will make it down next year!

 

Fuck, I apologize, I did spend 1148 miles with an Englishman who uses the F-word more frequently than I think about Zenor's salty melons. Again, I'm sorry.

I was drunk.....yes....but not nearly as much as the wickedly droll Plowboy. He called me at 1:38 a.m to see if I wanted to 'party' some more but I was enjoying being horizontal and semi-comatose far more than attempted verticality with a can of High Life in my hand.

Your car is even more specatacular in real life.

Mike Zenor, I wish you coulda brought your coupe, I guess it gives me a reason to visit, right?

 

I was walking the park, picking up beer cans and trash, after the show. Saw that guy making hot laps on your bike and thought, "that can't be a good idea". As I finished and was walking back toward the stage I heard that weird "Ziiioioing"!!! I turned back and saw him pulling it off the fence. I could tell he wasn't too hurt, at least, because he immediately started trying to kick it over again!

 

oh yeah one more thing, I was talking to Von Franco at the Flyrite Open House and he said he was leaving when he heard all the motorcycle gunning and toomfoolery, he pulled over to see the commotion, he says he always does that, finds it intriguing, but he missed it. Everyone loves an accident.

FWIW, English Mark is ChaletStacker on the HAMB, the same dude who crashed his '32 Ford into a cabin at Hembsby several years ago.....old habits die hard.

 

Nads: I insist on it! Come sample the forbidden pleasures of the exotic Midwest.

Seeing you again was one of the highlights of the weekend, up there with Plowboy's hot lesbian entourage.

 

ha ha. that's funny.

BTW, I love a drunk Nads....I've got a great Miami story.

 

What a coincidence, I was ripped in Austin too. But I didn't shoot pretzels down a chick's cleavage. At least that I remember. I may have done worse..

 

You must mean the eggs mistaken for pancakes tale, right? Well they were similar in shape and size, if not texture and flavor.

Mike, this is the first time I met Plowboy, is he always like this? He's outstanding, I missed his lesbian entourage, I guess I shoulda answered his call.

Hey Evel, thanks for the DVD.

 

Nads,

Would that be the same Mark that crashed his car into a chalet in Hemsby several years ago?

 

The one and only!

 

Nads, zip up ur pants!............OLDBEET

 

I'm talkin about traditional Hot RODS......OLDBEET

 

Nads, Paul from the Jockey Journal here....It was awsome to finally meet the legend himself. If you ever swing back through Austin let me know! Hopefully next time you won't be driving into the wind on your way out.

-Paul

 

Wow, I wish I would've gone. Did you moonwalk across any bars??

 

I made a total ass out of myself without any need for the exertion that moonwalking requires.

Miss you

xoxoxo

 

Kinda figured.....

 

if you that was fun, you should try the hamb drags. make it easy on yourself, fly in to st louis, you can ride with us to joplin...

 

After reading this post, I wondered if I walked into the wrong bar!
Sounds like Roundup was a grand time.

 

Nads, it was great meeting you. I only called you because you said that you were walking down the street to drink with me. I weeped all night when you didn't show. I drunk dialed you like a jilted lover.

For everyone else that I met. I am sorry. Yes, that is really how I am, I don't get out much. Ha Ha Ha

I would pay 5 whole dollars to watch monsterflake ride Nads bike!

 

Plowlad, I finally heard your message yesterday (I'm cheap, I accumulate the messages so that I don't have to pay as many 25 cent access fees, Nextel=thieving bastards), it was sweet, you were expecting me to be gone in the morning, but I was happy to see you the next day at Flyrite's.

Like boomerangs we return.

Next time I'll bring shrooms and peyote and we'll know the true meaning behind the 'out of body experience.'

I've already had the out of money, out of luck and out of play ones.

 

Nads, it was cool to meet you man!! I like your style dude..
Jimmy White

 

Jimmy White, your humility despite the fact that you are beyond talented was refreshing, but I'd heard that about you from many others.
That coupe you and Circle City built was the first car I saw when I got to Congress on Thursday night, it would take a month of Sundays to drink it all in.

Here's to you building even more amazing stuff in the years to come.