I gotta replace my tires if I want to participate, and that's not looking like it's going to happen in the next month.

Oh, I imagine it will take more than a month to get to you.

Nothing' but love for you Steezin...    He and I have been PM'ing about his progress on the GS. 

The good news is that thanks to Steezin, we have a banner.  A real one.  Not a mincy one, but a real one.  And Dry_Humor created the graphic that went on the banner that goes in the tube that is strapped to the GS that lived in the house that Jack built.

WOOT!! Can't wait! Should be great timing for me.

- Bboy

Quote from: Paulcet on April 26, 2013, 02:50:29 PM
Oh, I imagine it will take more than a month to get to you.

It's a bit of a catch-22. If I have enough money to replace the tires, it's because I'll have a job, likely in Michigan.

Heck, by the looks of the route, Michigan could be months away or longer... Just keep checking the thread and don't get discouraged about it. You don't necessarily have to travel very far with it at all either.  The route could easily mesh with another member who could meet you and travel through your city. We just don't know where it may end up, but it will be cool to get a lot members in on it. As jester said, it's not about the destination, it's how we get there.

- Bboy

Thus far it looks to be "Hit all 48 states" is the winner.

Rough route thus far...Cincinnati, Ohio (Where I live)...head west to Indiana and Illinois.  Pick up some riders along the way.

Then head east.  Pick up some riders/drop other riders off along the way...Give said baton to Steezin and Wheezin in WV/VA area. 

He can pass to someone who will take the baton to New England.  Once New England is done, Baton heads South along the I-95 corridor to Florida, then I-10 corridor west to California, then up to Seattle, WA through the West Seattle Bike Cave, then meander about in the rest of the USA.

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

Quote from: BockinBboy on April 27, 2013, 08:53:46 PM
Heck, by the looks of the route, Michigan could be months away or longer... Just keep checking the thread and don't get discouraged about it. You don't necessarily have to travel very far with it at all either.  The route could easily mesh with another member who could meet you and travel through your city. We just don't know where it may end up, but it will be cool to get a lot members in on it. As jester said, it's not about the destination, it's how we get there.

- Bboy

I'll definitely keep up with the thread, but for now I'm going to remove my current area from the map. I'm afraid the mid-atlantic leg of the relay is not in the cards for me. When I do get a job, I'll update the map with my information and start planning from there.

One thing that might be a good idea is to take a picture of your bike and banner next to the "Welcome to..." State sign when you enter/exit a certain area.

For instance, I call Ohio home.  When I leave OH soil, I'll take a picture of the "Welcome to Indiana" sign, then cross the street and take a picture of the "Welcome to Ohio" sign to document that I was there.

To document this, there are websites that designate by color what states you have visited.  That picture can be updated in the OP of the official thread to keep track of where we've been, and where we need to be at a high level.  Each of us can also post a picture of the rough route that we took...

Ross, I hear you.  I'll spare you the details, but I have been on top of the world one day, only to be at absolute rock bottom a week later.  After several situations like that, I tend to live a little more 'in the moment'.

Right now, I'm posting on GSTwins.com/gsboard looking to the future.  At the end of the day, that's all you can do.

The fact is that people's lives and situations change on an instant.  I, for one, have been there countless times.

Right on, man! Sorry if my posts sound depressed, I don't mean for them to be that way. My head is still well above the water, and I'm perfectly fine with not knowing where I'll be in a week at any given time.

A lot of my time right now (when I'm not applying for jobs) is spent looking at Reddit's r/motorcycles deciding what I want next, and at the NASIOC classifieds deciding what I'm going to do to my car when I get the money. I'm like Joe Dirt with the newest issue of Jegs magazine.

(First post)

Just added myself to the map.  I can cover most of upstate NY west of the Adirondacks, and most of the Susquehanna Valley in PA.

Quote from: RossLH on April 28, 2013, 04:35:04 PM
Right on, man! Sorry if my posts sound depressed, I don't mean for them to be that way. My head is still well above the water, and I'm perfectly fine with not knowing where I'll be in a week at any given time.

A lot of my time right now (when I'm not applying for jobs) is spent looking at Reddit's r/motorcycles deciding what I want next, and at the NASIOC classifieds deciding what I'm going to do to my car when I get the money. I'm like Joe Dirt with the newest issue of Jegs magazine.

No worries.  Hope to see and meet you some day on the road.  That's all a man can ask for.

Yeah, the wheel is moving quick on this! Can't wait to see the first leg of the Relay take off!

+1 on photos of state line crossings! And the USA map showing states we've tracked.

Looks like we have the east coast covered, but the west coast is looking bleak.. Hope we pick up some more people interested as we make progress. Would hate to see the baton go missing quicker than the west coast Kerry shim kit

Quote from: jestercinti on April 28, 2013, 03:54:33 PM
Thus far it looks to be "Hit all 48 states" is the winner.

Rough route thus far...Cincinnati, Ohio (Where I live)...head west to Indiana and Illinois.  Pick up some riders along the way.

Then head east.  Pick up some riders/drop other riders off along the way...Give said baton to Steezin and Wheezin in WV/VA area. 

He can pass to someone who will take the baton to New England.  Once New England is done, Baton heads South along the I-95 corridor to Florida, then I-10 corridor west to California, then up to Seattle, WA through the West Seattle Bike Cave, then meander about in the rest of the USA.

It's not the destination, it's the journey.

Who is this Baton guy and why do you expect him to make so much of the journey with the bat...  Ummm never mind 

I may be doing a long trip out west this summer to visit some old friends from the military. If I did I would go as far northwest as corvallis, oregon and as far southwest as San Diego, CA. I'd be leaving Chicago and could pass it off to anyone on the way if you'd like. I haven't set any dates/routes yet just hoping I can save up enough money to make it happen. Let me know if I can help you out with at least getting the baton out west.

This is pretty cool haha always wanted to do something like this. I'm in middle northern Tennessee (Sumner county to be exact). If it comes this way I'm in. Added my circle to the map lol no where near as big as everyone else, but every bit counts right?

Hiya jestercinti!   I just now started looking at this thread.  Wouldn't you know ... I was riding through Cincinnati on my GS500 right about the time you wrote the first post.  (Visiting family in Somerset, KY and Dayton, OH with my Dad on his VStrom.)  I got to add 6 new entries to the list of states that the ol' girl (my GS) has visited, for a total of 25 so far.  (Not counting 2 Canadian provinces.)

Anyway ... given my location in northern Utah, I could clip the corners of Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado as needed, without too much trouble.  (That is, once I clean out my carbs and get the bike to start again.  Sigh....)

Awesome Kerry!  This starts 6/29/13. Can't wait!  By the way, been to SLC. Nice town.


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ummm question.... how do we get in touch with the next person in an area to hand off to? or even to gather some riders to make a hand off?

Also, i have added my area im willing to travel in and perhaps could be persuaded to go further funds permiting.