The giant WG National threadfest

[Luap McKeever]

Very nice campground.  I hated to leave so early but when I got home at 1:00 Saturday, I had a 103* fever.  The moldy tent wiped me out.  I slept all day and night and felt like new again on Sunday to put in 8 hours at a dentist office upgrading all their stuff and then home in time to mow before dark..

No rest for the wicked.  What's scary is I don't remember the last 45 miles of my ride home...

[SmithSwede]

Sickbay--glad to hear you made it home from Cedir Veil.   

PJ and I thought you had kept going to Louisiana.     Paul also stopped in Paris last night.   

[Michael D]

What a great day to meet up with my fellow felons after a long absence.  Thanks Dusty and Doug and all the others who made it a fun and enjoyable event!   

[LowRyter]

Here are my random photos, with a couple of artsy processed images.

Battle Ship Row - CX100 and LM-III up to Norge.


The barn at Hewins Park with the moon rising



and I'll finish off with FUBAR Guzzi dancing around the campfire.



Beautiful weather.  Nice venue.  Friendly locals.  A bunch of good Guzzi friends.  Life don't get much better.   

dang man, how much of FUBAR's 'shine did you drink? 

Enuff to git yur cam-marie drunk to?   

I shudda hadda watch ya was a drinkin'.

[PJPR01]

Good riding Sickbay - Prescott and I stopped at the light just before making the loop around Paris to say our goodbyes hoping you would stop too...must have made a turn 1 block earlier...great riding the Indian Nations Autobahn...the 3 amigos covered a lot of ground...felt like we were sailing in the Americas cup at times with all the wind pushing us around...

Now...would you good folks like to buy a bible or would you like to me to r r r r read it to you!!       

Joke night was fun!!!

[twowings]

I wanna go back...I was happy there...

[oldbike54]

I wanna go back...I was happy there...

 Yeah , Cedar Vale is my happy place also .

 Dusty

[twowings]

Maybe they'd let us set up a Guzzi commune? With GuzzistaJohn as Supreme Leader??   

[delrod]

That's an Astore....  They have tube shocks and hinged rear fender.  Who's the owner?

Ronnie Storm, Grand Prairie Texas

[PJPR01]

Maybe they'd let us set up a Guzzi commune? With GuzzistaJohn as Supreme Leader??   

1st decision of the Supreme Guzzi leader of the Cedar Vale Commune - Add another bathroom!  :)

We could suspend a giant screen inside the barn and show movies as well next time...maybe even a Moto GP race or two and we could alternate commentators!  That would be almost as amusing as the camp fire discussion on Marquez/Rossi!

What a great place, great people, great camping, perfect weather...thanks to Dusty and Delrod for a really great gathering of the Guzzisti and to all who showed up...it was great fun!

[oldbike54]

 No racing videos , folks get angry when "their" rider loses , crashes , gets beat by another racer . While we're at it , no football of either type either 

 Dusty

[PJPR01]

The barn at Hewins Park with the moon rising


Beautiful weather.  Nice venue.  Friendly locals.  A bunch of good Guzzi friends.  Life don't get much better.   

This is Amazing!  Beautiful shot!

[Silver Goose]

What the hell, Dusty, two bikes from Alma,Arkansas and no a mention.

We enjoyed the outing and meeting many people that I had only known on the forum.

Rocker 59, I must apologize, I hello but could not remember your name. Old age allows you to meet new people almost every hour.

We enjoyed the venue and the turn out, we did not enjoy the wind on the way back home. Harrelyn's GPS went out and the wind was taking her strength away at an alarming rate, but it was her first ride of the season. After a few days rest she will be ready again.

Dusty you and DelRod did Yoeman's work for the rest of us, THANK YOU both.

Next year?

Good Luck

[Sickbay987]

Good riding Sickbay - Prescott and I stopped at the light just before making the loop around Paris to say our goodbyes hoping you would stop too...must have made a turn 1 block earlier...great riding the Indian Nations Autobahn...the 3 amigos covered a lot of ground...felt like we were sailing in the Americas cup at times with all the wind pushing us around...

Now...would you good folks like to buy a bible or would you like to me to r r r r read it to you!!       

Joke night was fun!!!

Sorry guys, I had to make a left right there at the bypass. I saw that you two had stopped and I waved, however the light changed and I had to roll or die. Made 3 more miles before the Holiday Inn Express. I'm not a comedian, but I stayed at...... well, you get it... Looking forward to next Ceder vail.....

[oldbike54]

 Larry , and everyone else , of course there will be a Cedar Vale 5 . Heck , only 361 days away 

 Dusty

[PJPR01]

A few pics to share from the rally, and a link to the rest of the photos I have pruned down...

http://s130.photobucket.com/user/PJPR01/library/Cedar%20Vale%202016?sort=3&page=1

Great to put a face to more of the names on the board here and also to meet others again and have a fun 1300 mile trip as well to boot!







































So long Cedar Vale:


A short stop at Woolaroc:




This one is for you Bill!  :)

[rocker59]

Rocker 59, I must apologize, I hello but could not remember your name. Old age allows you to meet new people almost every hour.

No worries.  Good to see you both out riding!

 we did not enjoy the wind on the way back home. 

Man!  It was fierce, wasn't it?  The wind was a little gusty heading east to Joplin, but not too bad.

But, when I turned south at Joplin, it was nasty.  25-30 mph south wind straight in the face.  Add 70ish mph rolling speed, and that last 70 miles was pretty tiring, the Dart Flyscreen showing it's limitations.

[leroysch]

Another (comfortable) wimp...

Neat structure...

Downtown once order was restored...

And...of course.....


Thanks Dusty and Doug...

[fubar guzzi]

I thought it was time I said something so I want to thank everyone for the presence of my being there I know its the least I can do I would like to think I was somewhat responsible for the success of the Cedar Vail (nar) however a small amount of credit should go to OLD BIKE +DELROD for making this class act not a rally possible and lets not forget MRS DELROD,ya know she offered to clean my windshield,what a gal huh!!! I went around the campground and salvaged all the beer I could find,hey that was a pretty good hall Two wings left some  1543 for me + I must say Im gonna visit there brewing facilities next week when I visit DENVER I was invited ya know it says so on every bottle!!! Thank you MR. Broken Wing While Im ranting on Id like to suggest the name of CEDAR VALE (nar) be changed to CEDAR VAIL FAMILY REUNION Thanks to every one your a great group :1:

[kirby1923]

Well having breakfast in needles ca this morning on the last leg!

 Yesterday was special with wind across NM and AZ 32 gust to 52 out of the SW. Flagstaff had heavy snow in places with that wind but the temp was 37* so not slick.

This am light winds to cross the Mojave (144 miles of nothing). Faring rattling but hanging in there!

Thanks to Mr. D and Delrod and wife!! a very good bunch indeed.
Happy to hear that big john and tim made it home with no oil leak!!!(check that vent!)

Headed to SEA tomorrow and back to work.

Cedar Vale is a real jewel!!!Looking forward to #6.

:-)

P.S.

Nice to meet some of the people on the forum..that makes it extra special!

And thanks to PJPR01 for the great stickers!!

[ozarksguzzi]

Dusty recognized the "original six" at the first Cedar Vale rally. It's growing nicely. Well done. A few more pics.

I'm not sure if I am posting pic's correctly. The only way to know is hit the button. Here goes. Apologies in advance.

You know what? I give up trying. I have "modified" this post a half dozen times and can't seem to get any pic's to work. Look's like enough people are doing it correctly so the others have an idea of how the weekend went. I'm done with this electronic crap for today. Think I'll hit the garage for a while. Thanks again to Dusty and crew. Until next time.

[oldbike54]

 Thanks Tim .

 Mike , you are a tough hombre .

 Rocker , yes the wind made for some , er , interesting riding .

 Dusty

[rocker59]

I'm not sure if I am posting pic's correctly. The only way to know is hit the button. Here goes. Apologies in advance.

You know what? I give up trying. I have "modified" this post a half dozen times and can't seem to get any pic's to work. Look's like enough people are doing it correctly so the others have an idea of how the weekend went. I'm done with this electronic crap for today. Think I'll hit the garage for a while. Thanks again to Dusty and crew. Until next time.

You have to upload your photos to a hosting site like Smugmug or Photobucket, etc.

Then use HTML [img] tags to link it in your post.

[LowRyter]

No racing videos , folks get angry when "their" rider loses , crashes , gets beat by another racer . While we're at it , no football of either type either 

 Dusty

Who's angry?

[oldbike54]

Who's angry?

 No comment .














   Rossi is over the hill 

  Dusty

[LowRyter]

I just call balls and strikes. 

[PJPR01]

Watching the weather pattern, we certainly lucked out with some incredible 4 days of sunshine and perfect weather for this year's Festival under the pines at CV...just a few days later and I'm afraid tents and motorcycles would be blowing over at Hewins Park.

[Silver Goose]

I think we should renew the weather man's contract for next year, what do you think, Dusty.

Good Luck

[CalVin2007]

Watching the weather pattern, we certainly lucked out with some incredible 4 days of sunshine and perfect weather for this year's Festival under the pines at CV...just a few days later and I'm afraid tents and motorcycles would be blowing over at Hewins Park.

   There were PINES at Seadure Vaell?  I musta been drinkin' summa' that there Fubar-concoction. 

   Terry

p.s.  Nice meeting you and Prescott!

[PJPR01]

Great to meet you as well Terry...must have been the Fubarshine creating a reality field distortion!!!

Great video by the way!  Looking forward to now doing the editing on the couple of hours of GoPro footage taken on the trip.