WFO-6 Curtain Closes

Update, 10 a.m.

Tim just rolled in......very, very slowly. To say he "walked" in would be an overstatement. I'd say he "ambled tentatively" at best.

According to Mike-H he became very relaxed, friendly, and sang all the way back home in the rental turned drunk limo he drove. Good call.

His only real statement was that he will never, ever let Cdogman mix his drinks again. :blink:

Damn it.

Did Slapnpop fly out there and rent or what?

Noon

Escaping from the registration desk, staff went AWOL and wandered the streets of Park City. First we found a BBQ joint and Big Chief Stinky Pants gorged on a plate of Tri-Tip. No more yanky my wanky, the Tobie needs food!



With guts full we opened up this cute little map provided by the BBQ joint and realized we had somehow already walked half the distance to downtown Park City.

.....or so we thought.

After I pronounced on three separate occasions, "I think it's just two more blocks." we all realized the map LIED!

If it weren't for meeting locally colorful inhabitants....we might have ridden the frickin' free bus. This chap seemed to sport a great ball cap.



We tried to stop at the liquor store, but either Park City or the State of Utah has a mean sense of humor and sent us into the basement of very old building with an old jail. Vectervp1 sits and ponders the bad things he did with his FJR the day before riding at FJR nominal speeds from L.A. He'll get out in 3 weeks if he cleans everything out.



IronMaiden is just always cute....especially when she's riding in some ancient contraption that was like the ski lift subway. I have no clue what that was about, but .......hey.....it's Utah.



Needless to say we rode the free bus back to the hotel.

Great shots Matt, and fantastic job on the badges!!

More photos uploaded:

https://rickweller.com/Events/325699

Update, Saturday, 8:25

It was a fun evening. Besides gorging ourselves on BBQ ribs and chicken, we had some entertainment with SkooterG and Toecutter giving away prizes for things like most farkled bike (TurboDave), farthest traveled (Gypsy from Nova Scotia), loudest ticker (Slapnpop....to the flinching of the Yamaha folks), most public bike drop (somebody that wouldn't raise their hand and dumped the demo '07).

Probably the biggest news of the evening was from Warchild is that....

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wait for it.....

you ready?........

[SIZE=14pt]Representatives met from WFO, CFO, EOM, SFO, and CFR and in 2008 there will be a NAFO![/SIZE]

As in an international [SIZE=14pt]North American FJR Owners[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] meeting....probably in Denver.[/SIZE]

TwoWheelNut will reprise his roll and be the rallymaster for NAFO. Because of this huge undertaking WFO itself will be NAFO. WFO staff will work along side other regional gathering staff so that the following year or other year will then have NAFO hosted by another regional organization.

And we're calling it North American and not National because it's so important and apparent that Canadian involvement in these gathering is so spectacular.

So, start planning to block out your last weekend of July 2008 to come to the next evolution of FJR gathering.

Now, I'm off to ride. Headed to Cascade Loop and lunch.

I could've told you that slapnpop was gonna' win that one! He spits oil clouds when he opens the throttle hard. His bike ticks WAY louder than mine.

So, did Yamaha pay attention? Maybe he'll get something done about it out of this occasion.

Ignacio said:

Update, Saturday, 8:25
So, start planning to block out your last weekend of July 2008 to come to the next evolution of FJR gathering.

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Already saving for it-and why I didn't press to make this one.

exskibum said:

Wish I was there.

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Me too...

Whatcha doin' tomorrow, Ex?

Jb

More photos uploaded: (starting on page 26)

https://rickweller.com/Events/325699

Took these pictures on today's awesome group ride. Robin/CDogMan did a fantastic job of leading us through the Alpine Loop ride.





I'm headed home tomorrow morning. Four days to NC.

Damn it. Woe is me.

Glad things are going well. I will be there next year!

Update, 10:30 p.m. on Saturday

It's a bit bittersweet this evening, but things are winding down. I'm in the event nexus lobby soaking in the scene and can hear a myriad of converstations, a parade of contented smiling faces, and many new friends making plans for nexst year.

Exemplifyingd is RenoJohn walking by. He finished a Bun Burner Gold about 16 hour ago and is feeling no pain. I asked him why his whiskey glass (straight by the way) never gets any less full. He says, "Oh it's been empty, but my best friend just filled it. Mind you, Dcarver was just an aquaintance before this......but he's now my best friend."

In the balcony is one of my new friends FJRPig (and I'm too lazy and tired right now to go validate handles) and we ran the zip line together. We're probably riding back in th morning.



Or the ride I took today with about 14 people led by Cdogman culminated in a true group shot of every rider at 9,400 feet above Brighton Ski Resort. With my Gorilla-Pod tripod and timer I was able to get even myself. The Alpin Loops just rocked as a ride....and nobody even thought about crossing the centerline.



Or the contest winner for the evening banquet (I just can't do that subject justice at this point) Ponyfool was also a Zip Line runner.



But more important than the few pictures I happen to have taken is how much the tone has changed over the weekend. It seemed like Thursday the hotel was a sea of kevlar and mesh clad acquaintances bumping into each other politley saying, "Hi.", "How are you?", etc. Friendly and inviting, but not a deep level.

Now it's Saturday night and quieter. But quieter in a deeper way. We've each made at least a dozen new friends and mingle around sharing ourselves far more personally than we would have imagined when we first arrived.

Sappy? Maybe a bit.

But, I think the FJR is more than just a piece of well-done engineering. It's a vehicle for making new friends into close friends.

WFO-6 is done. Now we get to look forward to NAFO and see all our friends again.

This is Iggy signing out.........

Great stuff guys :friends:

Have a safe trip back alla y'all.

Stef

Well, I had a great time this weekend! Too bad it's over now though...

I am headed back home today and i am going to be a tourist in Colorado and take in the beauty there!

Ignacio said:

Update, 10 a.m.
Tim just rolled in......very, very slowly. To say he "walked" in would be an overstatement. I'd say he "ambled tentatively" at best.

According to Mike-H he became very relaxed, friendly, and sang all the way back home in the rental turned drunk limo he drove. Good call.

His only real statement was that he will never, ever let Cdogman mix his drinks again. :blink:

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Yea, I got tired of having to hold him down to pour it down his gullet too

We've each made at least a dozen new friends and mingle around sharing ourselves far more personally than we would have imagined when we first arrived.

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GUNNY!

To say I've met some fun and interesting people is an understatement!

I'd like to thank the WFO-6 staff again... Job well done folks. A HUGE thanks to the dungeon crew for watching over our steeds. You guys went above and beyond the call.

I'm home now (Vegas is just a hop, skip and a jump away.) Already missing those rides. Thanks to the nameless soul who clued me into UT-35. Friggin' awesome ride!

Is it July 2008 yet?

A little late to the game, but I just stumbled across this photo on my snap-o-matic camera. Anybody spot the issue in this picture?



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Notice the two hands of Skooter plainly visible. He appears to be attempting to set Playa Dancer II to roam free on the Alpine Loop…..which will only result in her flopping around on the ground like a fish........catapulting his soon-to-be-angry girlfriend into the air.

BAD Skooter!