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[Roger2561]

Hi all, to all my fellow motorcyclists;  On Sunday, June 23rd in Colebrook, NH. (it's near the Canadian border) at the Our Lady of Grace Shrine, Route 3 in Colebrook, NH is the blessing of the motorcycles.  I believe the festivities begin on Friday June 21st and conclude with the blessing.  I haven't been in years.  My younger brother and I are going this year, weather permitting.  Neither one of us like riding in the rain so if it's bad weather, we're staying home.  We're going up on Sunday for the blessing only.  We'll be taking Rte 3 through the White Mountains and "The Notch".  I'm very much looking forward to the trip.  It'll be about a 3 and 1/2 hour ride up and a 3 and 1/2 hour return trip.  We hope to get there early enough where we can walk around a bit (stretch our legs and backs) and get a bite to eat before the blessing starts.  The last I went there was approximately 20,000 motorcycles of all makes, models, etc... that went through the blessing.  Impressive show to say the least.  Let's pray for nice weather.  Roger   

[willieG]

i'll pray for your safe trip roger. i have a Virago 1100 (1998) but have not rode it in two years. i am considering renewing the insurance on it next year (when i will be fully retired i think) and doing some weekend rides.

[Roger2561]

i'll pray for your safe trip roger. i have a Virago 1100 (1998) but have not rode it in two years. i am considering renewing the insurance on it next year (when i will be fully retired i think) and doing some weekend rides.

Thanks for the prayers, WillieG.  My co-worker has a Virago 1100 too and I believe it too is a '98.  He loves the thing. 

By the way -  I got that circ pump installed per your directions.  I have tested it a few times and it runs great.  Thanks for the advise and all the help you provided me with that project.  Roger

[Roger2561]

Update on blessing trip.   We attended the motorcycle blessing this past weekend.  It's in Colebrook, NH (Northern NH near the Canadian border).  We ran into a lite shower on way to the event, nothing too great.  The blessing was well attended considering the rain we had earlier in the week.  The return trip home was quite interesting.  About 5 miles into our return trip we scanned the skies in the distance and noticed the dark sky.  We pulled off the road to put on our rain gear.  That was the smartest thing we've ever done.  We got about 2 miles down the road and the skies opened up on us with thunder, lightning, torrential down pour and very heavy winds.  We pulled off the road to wait the storm because we couldn't see where we were going.  The wind was so strong that it pushed my motorcycle backward while I sitting on it with the kick stand down.  My younger bro has a large Harley and it pushed him back too.  We had to grip the hand brake and press the foot pedal to keep the bikes from moving further.  The rain subsided about 5 minutes later but we waited for an additional 10 minutes before continuing our trip home.  I think we were on the last legs of the trip when we decided that it was safe enough to remove the rain gear.  The round trip was nearly 300 miles and we enjoyed every bit of it - except the heavy rain storm.  At the moment we're contemplating a motorcycle trip to Nova Scotia and perhaps a side trip to PEI.  My brother(s) and I would have to plan it out over a couple of years and save our pennies for the trip.  Plus, we'd have to get passports.  Roger