Arya Ebrahimi Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 They're lower on the sides of the rollbar, blacked out. FYI, the boss hoss bikes of the neighbor were purchased and heavily customized. He tends to get a bit excited when he has an audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvbtte Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 We had a fantastic trip and missed the rest of the gang. Glad to hear you are back in your seven Jon, lets try to get together soon. The weather was terrific and Mazda set a fantastic white-knuckled pace through the twisties and switchbacks. While his LS2 powered monster 7 roared through the twisties effortlessly, probably without down shifting to add insult, my humble powered Zetec VCT 7 was wailing at 6500 to 7 k plus second to third gear shifts just to keep up, it was wicked cool. To have the car in its element and feel what a 7 is capable of doing, and to have the Caterham scream for more and sometimes my sidekick Jen was screaming and laughing hysterically louder than the Caterham, very exciting to say the least, yea the adrenaline was pumping. My cheeks still hurt from smiling for 3 days straight. A few times when driving behind Dean, I could hear the turbo spool up, sounded real neat. He is being modest because every time I looked in my rearview mirror, he was right there. Once, glancing back after going over some rolling hills, I saw his Lotus almost leave the planet, that must have felt real great Claudia. Another time in the switchbacks on the way up to the observatory, I looked in my mirror again and he was right there with me. I was going to wave him on by, we all know our 7s could handle it, but I had looked over the side of the mountain, don’t ever look over the side of mountain. I was thinking “holy crap that is along way down.” A man has got to know his limitations and today was a good day for low flying, we would save soaring for another day, so I backed out a little bit, sorry Dean. I am sure, for the most part, we stayed within the speed limit, you know, everything is amplified when you are in a 7. Well anyway, that’s my story and I am sticking to it. While at Mazda’s brother’s house, we met the neighbor. He was a truly talented man with a passion for all things mechanical. He was eager to show his projects to us and he had a wonderful sense of humor. He is the kind of guy that gets an idea and then sets out to build it. I am sure he is valuable to the community. Later that evening, we built a fire pit and we cooked chicken and steak. Dean proceeded to anesthetize our sore backs and butts with some real Lotus vodka. Note to ones self, eat first before drinking deans rare Lotus vodka. Shortly after, we were all laughing and having a grand time and our backs and butts did not hurt anymore, thanks Dean. Jen and I would also like to thank Mazda and his wonderful family for their generous hospitality, I cannot wait to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlbtrans1 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 This pic I took is for Mike (Croc). He was there in spirit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Mazda: I can see your brake lights in the rollbar, but what about tail lights? on the vertical legs of the roll bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 They're lower on the sides of the rollbar, blacked out. FYI, the boss hoss bikes of the neighbor were purchased and heavily customized. He tends to get a bit excited when he has an audience we didn't see the bikes... Just his Olds, which was gorgeous, and his twin engined monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Ebrahimi Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 we didn't see the bikes... Just his Olds, which was gorgeous, and his twin engined monster. Yeah, bikes are gone. Sold the small block one for the 502, and then the 502 to buy a solstice GXP since his wife's back pain precluded them from riding much. Great guy, loads of stories. I make it a point to go spend an hour or so with him every time I visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanG Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) We all forgot to mention passing the horse & buggies. Because I was at the rear of the line I got to see the faces of the kids as they pointed at the cars. I don't think of WV as an Amish or Mennonite area but it is. I guess it is as exciting for little kids to see Se7ens and an M100 as it is for a big kid like me to see horse and buggy (there was even a fully enclosed 2 horse rig). At next year's LOG in Gettysburg we will see more horse drawn wagons. I guess as long as we keep the noise down and give them plenty of room the horses will be happy. Edited September 10, 2009 by DeanG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 yeah, i totally forgot about that... the first Buggy was piloted by a teenage boy. He gave me a wave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjslutz Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Any near misses by the forest rats (deer)? A friend was in the same area last weekend, and a couple that was riding with them on cycles woke up at the E.M. after hitting one. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Any near misses by the forest rats (deer)? A friend was in the same area last weekend, and a couple that was riding with them on cycles woke up at the E.M. after hitting one. Gary I had one. I had an 18 wheeler come around the corner and into my lane in order avoid an already dead deer in his lane. had to hit the brakes for him to clear my lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjslutz Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 We have lost a few cars to them around here. With daylight going south it is a large problem here. At night I doubt you can miss them, if they make it into your lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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