Pics from the SabMag MN/WI, July 13th - July 15th 2001
This is me (your author) all packed up and ready to go.
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This is what one sees when crossing the Mississippi along route 10 from WI
to MN.
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The Cargin Campground (aka his backyard) proved to be quite convenient.
That's my $5 tent on the left with Brian Denhert camped next to me.
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Next to Brian we see Rob's site. Note to self... don't have an open flame
near Rob's tent... especially when he eats pork'n'beans.
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Stoppin for lunch and relaxing in a quaint air-conditioned dining facility,
we see Scott and Dani engaging in social intercourse.
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This shot show half of Brian Denhert's face, Rob Parker, Bruce Cargin and Scott
Ellickson.
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Here we see a full face shot of Brian along with a friend of Bruce's. I never
did get his name... so I'll refer to him as the BMW guy. BTW, he was very
smooth (almost Phil smooth) through the twisties.
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For the record, Bob Sunley is really not angry here. He's just hungry.
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Here we see Ron Rosensweet wondering why I always have to take a pic of him
with his mouth full.
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Hmmm, a bridge crossing a river.
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Not sure if I zoomed in close enough for this pic... but I'm told this boat
was powered by a V8.
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Riding through WI the entire day... it makes sense to stop at a Cheese
Factory, eh? FWIW, we didn't eat any cheese. We just ate some very delicious
ice cream and pounded down some fluids.
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Parked in front of the Cheese Factory we see the usual pic of our beloved
V4s parked all in a row.
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Here's a pic of Mark Muelhausen and Dani. I think they were discussing
maybe picking up the pace a bit.
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Here's Ron and Rob probably talking about their next HSTA event.
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Here's Scott and Brian. You probably can't tell... but that's a Sturgis
T-shirt that Brian is wearing. Judging by the bandana look... I got the
feeling he'd rather be on a Harley.
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Here we now see a not-so-angry and very refreshed Bob.
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Here's Bruce (note his T-shirt as well) talking with his bud the BMW guy.
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Well, what can I say? We were on our way back to Bruce's place and this is
what happens when one hits an S-curve a bit too hot. That's Scott's lower
backside pictured with the green spooge on it. If you look close... you'll
even see some brown residue.
But (no pun
intended) seriously now... we were all glad that Scott was OK as his bike
('84 VF700F) didn't look it as it had to get trailered back.
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Brian, unfortunately, pulled a Scott in the same S-curve. Like Scott, Brian
was pretty much unhurt. Fortunately for Brian, his bike was rather untouched.
You can barely see any damage to his bike. If you look closely, you'll
hardly notice the broken front left turn signal and slightly pushed in left
side handlebar.
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This is a portion of the S-curve that took out 2 bikes within minutes of
each other.
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If you look closely at the sign... you'll see that in a few more years our
bikes can be classified as what's posted.
BTW, that's Bob's bike on the left and mine to the right. Note the '83 V65
Magna wheels (thanks Jack Hunt) on my V65 Sabre. I did this to lower the
overall seat height so I can almost flat-foot it now. FYI, the V65 Magna
has a 16" rear wheel whereas the V65 Sabre has a 17" rear wheel. I also
used one size smaller tire (130/90-16 in the rear and 110/90-18 in the
front). If you decide to make this type of mod, you might want to check
out this
picture and change out the numbered parts.
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We were getting ready to head back (after everyone was deemed OK). Mark
wanted to get an early start.
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These remaining pics are what I like most (this includes meeting the
faces behind the keyboard) about attending SabMag events as
one get's to see the ingenuity of other 'maggots when having to fashion
something for a specific need. This first pic is Bruce's design of a rack
to hold a backrest mountable T-Bag. He also fashioned some rails to move his
rear turn signals further back so that saddle-bags wouldn't hit them. These
rails also protect his paint from the saddle-bags.
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This Holeshot 4:1 setup is on Rob's V65 Sabre.
I thought they were unobtanium.
The sound this setup made wasn't as annoying as I though it would be.
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Unfortunately... this is what you'll have to deal with for this type of setup.
Now... if you're a SUCKS member... then this is a non-issue.
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Earlier a pic of Bruce's custom V65 Sabre rack was shown. Here's a pic of
Brian's custom V65 Magna rack.
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This next pic is a shot of Brian's complete backrest and rack setup. Nice
touch on the V4 logo.
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In addition to his custom V65 Magna backrest and rack, Brian also custom
made some highway peg mounts. He mentioned that at some point he'd like to
convert this setup to forward controls.
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Here's a left side shot of how he mounted the highway pegs. It may look
the same as the right side... but if you look a the next pic you'll see that
it's not the same.
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This close-up shows how Brian had to mount the pegs to the frame. Not quite
as easy as the right side which was a direct bolt-on setup.
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You want lights? Check out how Bob mounted dual 55W driving lights. Very
nice and very bright.
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Remember the "redlight" thread? Well... Bob took it to heart. Not sure if he
ever had a chance to test this as we were too busy on the back roads.
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Since Bob has recently been putting several thousand miles per SMx... he
needed to add a fuel cell. Nice setup. When the bike is running... the fuel
tank is alway enabled.
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This pic shows a better view of how Bob mounted a rack to hold his fuel cell.
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Not sure how well it can be seen here... but this close-up was supposed to
show a Y connection from the fuel cell to the main fuel line (before the
filter).
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This is me (your author) all packed up and ready to go.
This is what one sees when crossing the Mississippi along route 10 from WI
to MN.
The Cargin Campground (aka his backyard) proved to be quite convenient.
That's my $5 tent on the left with Brian Denhert camped next to me.
Next to Brian we see Rob's site. Note to self... don't have an open flame
near Rob's tent... especially when he eats pork'n'beans.
Stoppin for lunch and relaxing in a quaint air-conditioned dining facility,
we see Scott and Dani engaging in social intercourse.
This shot show half of Brian Denhert's face, Rob Parker, Bruce Cargin and Scott
Ellickson.
Here we see a full face shot of Brian along with a friend of Bruce's. I never
did get his name... so I'll refer to him as the BMW guy. BTW, he was very
smooth (almost Phil smooth) through the twisties.
For the record, Bob Sunley is really not angry here. He's just hungry.
Here we see Ron Rosensweet wondering why I always have to take a pic of him
with his mouth full.
Hmmm, a bridge crossing a river.
Not sure if I zoomed in close enough for this pic... but I'm told this boat
was powered by a V8.
Riding through WI the entire day... it makes sense to stop at a Cheese
Factory, eh? FWIW, we didn't eat any cheese. We just ate some very delicious
ice cream and pounded down some fluids.
Parked in front of the Cheese Factory we see the usual pic of our beloved
V4s parked all in a row.
Here's a pic of Mark Muelhausen and Dani. I think they were discussing
maybe picking up the pace a bit.
Here's Ron and Rob probably talking about their next HSTA event.
Here's Scott and Brian. You probably can't tell... but that's a Sturgis
T-shirt that Brian is wearing. Judging by the bandana look... I got the
feeling he'd rather be on a Harley.
Here we now see a not-so-angry and very refreshed Bob.
Here's Bruce (note his T-shirt as well) talking with his bud the BMW guy.
Well, what can I say? We were on our way back to Bruce's place and this is
what happens when one hits an S-curve a bit too hot. That's Scott's lower
backside pictured with the green spooge on it. If you look close... you'll
even see some brown residue.
Brian, unfortunately, pulled a Scott in the same S-curve. Like Scott, Brian
was pretty much unhurt. Fortunately for Brian, his bike was rather untouched.
You can barely see any damage to his bike. If you look closely, you'll
hardly notice the broken front left turn signal and slightly pushed in left
side handlebar.
This is a portion of the S-curve that took out 2 bikes within minutes of
each other.
If you look closely at the sign... you'll see that in a few more years our
bikes can be classified as what's posted.
We were getting ready to head back (after everyone was deemed OK). Mark
wanted to get an early start.
These remaining pics are what I like most (this includes meeting the
faces behind the keyboard) about attending SabMag events as
one get's to see the ingenuity of other 'maggots when having to fashion
something for a specific need. This first pic is Bruce's design of a rack
to hold a backrest mountable T-Bag. He also fashioned some rails to move his
rear turn signals further back so that saddle-bags wouldn't hit them. These
rails also protect his paint from the saddle-bags.
This Holeshot 4:1 setup is on Rob's V65 Sabre.
I thought they were unobtanium.
The sound this setup made wasn't as annoying as I though it would be.
Unfortunately... this is what you'll have to deal with for this type of setup.
Now... if you're a SUCKS member... then this is a non-issue.
Earlier a pic of Bruce's custom V65 Sabre rack was shown. Here's a pic of
Brian's custom V65 Magna rack.
In addition to his custom V65 Magna backrest and rack, Brian also custom
made some highway peg mounts. He mentioned that at some point he'd like to
convert this setup to forward controls.
Here's a left side shot of how he mounted the highway pegs. It may look
the same as the right side... but if you look a the next pic you'll see that
it's not the same.
You want lights? Check out how Bob mounted dual 55W driving lights. Very
nice and very bright.
Remember the "redlight" thread? Well... Bob took it to heart. Not sure if he
ever had a chance to test this as we were too busy on the back roads.
This pic shows a better view of how Bob mounted a rack to hold his fuel cell.
