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Title: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 06, 2007, 04:24:17 PM
HEY!

I have posted this on here for the past two years and no one comes...

YOU ARE MISSING ONE OF THE BIGGEST RALLY'S IN THE US!

http://www.visitjohnstownpa.com/thunderinthevalley/


Dont let the lame website fool you... This rally is AWESOME! There are TONS of sport bikes, even organized sport bike only rides  :thumb:

This is a sport bike ride a couple years ago during the rally.. (thats where I work in the background)

(http://www.visitjohnstownpa.com/multimedia/files/25runs_funs.jpg)

So.. over 200,000 bikes expected this year year! Make your GS one of them :cheers:

COME !!!
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: brk_05 on June 07, 2007, 11:18:25 AM
I plan on being there with my buddy's dad and some of his riding friends.
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 07, 2007, 08:10:56 PM
AWESOME!

Now.. Who else  :icon_twisted:


:icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: Jace009gs on June 08, 2007, 10:30:55 AM
if I get my bike on the road (assembled that is) i'll be there but that's in 2 weeks.....it'll be close....I'll let you know a bit later in the week
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 08, 2007, 01:01:43 PM
Are you close Jace? Maybee I can help ya?
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: Jace009gs on June 09, 2007, 02:33:09 PM
i'm hagerstown md....about 1.5hours away...maybe a bit more...pitts is 2hours.....

if you see  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=34154.0 ou'll see what I'm doing...but right now before I would venture that far is to get the carbs synced (replaced exhaust valves) then tuned. That is of course after I get the fairing back on, the cables/lines hooked up, brake calipers back on, and all the fluids replaced, then a gentle 100mile break-in or so so the vavles don't cup again
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 11, 2007, 03:09:12 PM
Wow... That sounds like a bit of work  :icon_mrgreen: I hope that you can get it all done and make it up here  :thumb:
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 17, 2007, 05:51:26 PM
Ok... it starts this Thursday - Sunday...


who is in?
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: Jace009gs on June 23, 2007, 07:18:51 PM
how did it go? 
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 25, 2007, 08:04:10 AM
It was AWESOME! Over 200,000 bikes.

My GS was off the road for repairs so the boss let me take an 06 Shadow 750 that we had traded in.  :thumb: Very cool.

All in all it was one AWESOME weekend. I put over 350 miles on the Shadow just crusin around and joining up for diff rides  :thumb:

You guys should have came  :cookoo:
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: JS on June 27, 2007, 09:14:24 AM
It sucked. Well, it sucked because I got home from reserves on Saturday, crashed on teh couch, and didnt wake up until well after dark. :) Sunday was the same deal too. Didn't get back until later, and by the time I hit the Altoona/Ebensburg area, all bikes were heading away from the Johnstown area.

I did make it down for the Clarks show on Friday, and although the show was good (as was their opening band, the Marauders), I hit the food area looking for something to eat. Holy freaking crap! The vendors should be in jail for robbery. $8 for a chicken on a stick? $6 for a burger? I forget the vendor's name but they seem to rail the customer when it comes to prices year after year after year after year.... Somebody should have told those vendors that the event was Thunder in the valley, not Thievery in the valley.
Title: Re: JOHNSTOWN PA 6/21-6/24 150,000 + BIKE RALLY !! COME !!
Post by: scottpA_GS on June 27, 2007, 05:22:22 PM
Quote from: JS on June 27, 2007, 09:14:24 AM
Somebody should have told those vendors that the event was Thunder in the valley, not Thievery in the valley.

:laugh:

Dude.. I know, Funnel Cakes $6  :o That was nuts  :cookoo: