IRON BUTT MEL.
WELCOME COME ON IN SIT YOURSELF DOWN HAVE A COLD ONE SMOKE IF YOU GOT THEM....LET ME START THIS TALE OUT BY SAYING I HAVE A HABIT OF DOING THINGS TO THE EXTREME...MY LOVING COUSIN BEV CALLS IT THE SUPERMAN SYNDROM...I DECIDED TO GO ON HOLIDAYS , AND ME AND MY SPORTY (THE WIND DANCER ) GOT PACKED UP AND TOOK OFF FOR THE BORDER AROUND 1AM ON JUNE21/03....THIS WAS NOT TO BE A PLEASURE RIDE ....OH NO I WAS HEADING SOUTH FOR TULSA OKLAHOMA THEN TEXAS AS FAST AND AS HARD AS MY BODY AND BIKE COULD TAKE IT....I MADE THE BORDER AT WINDSOR/DETRIOT AROUND 5AM....AS I PULLED UP TO THE BOOTH THE AMERICAN BORDER GUARD LOOKED AND SMILED ( DUDE HAD A SOUL PATCH UNDER HIS LIP MAYBE A BROTHER ) "883 SPORTSTER WHERE YOU HEADED?" NOW YOU KNOW HIM AND HIS PARTNER WAS THINKIN' MICHIGAN OR OHIO...SO WHEN I SAID TULSA THEN TEXAS THEY BROKE OUT LAFFIN' TOLD ME I WAS CRAZY AND TO GET...2 MINUTES AND I WAS ACROSS THE BORDER...RAN 15 HOURS THE FIRST DAY MICHIGAN TO OHIO ON I75 THEN OUTSIDE OF DAYTON GRABBED 170 WEST AND HEADED OUT ACROSS THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA...INDIANA AND ILLINOIS ....STOPPED ABOUT 60 MILES SHORT OF ST.LOUIS IN A TOWN CALLED ALTAMONT....780 MILES THAT FIRST DAY
FIRST ORDER OF BUSSINESS WASTHE CITY'S PENGUIN
ME AND FREE AND THE HARLEY PENGUIN
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FREE ON HER SPORTY
ARNI THE VIKING ON HIS
I GUESS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW, IF YOUR LOOKING FOR SCENERY TYPE PICS ( " NOT GOING TO SEE THEM " ) I DID THIS TRIP IN THE HARDRIDER FASHION ....STOP FOR GAS , WATER AND A STRETCH AND GRAB A ROOM AND SLEEP 5 HOURS WHEN NEEDED....

FREE AND ARNI PUT ME UP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN TULSA....FREE IS A MEMBER OF THE HARDRIDERS WEBRING ( SKULLFREAK69 ) THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH VIA E/M AND INTERNET FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ....IT WAS GREAT MEETING THEM AND FREE'S TWO TEENAGERS SARAH AND JAKE......
FREE'S CLEAN RIDE
2000883 WITH SOME COMFORT AND SPEED MODIFICATIONS
ARNI'S BURGUNDY SPORTY
THE VIKINGS SPORTY WITH MINE
I GET TO MEET THE NEIGHBOURS...
DENNIS SHOWING OFF HIS EASYRIDER HELMET
FREE & ARNI
THX JAKE FOR ALL THE HELP...
THIS IS SARAH...FREE'S DAUGHTER AND QUITEA RIDER IN HER OWN RIGHT
THIS IS SARAHS ITALIAN125CC HD
AND THIS IS ME WIPED OUT BY THE HEAT..WATER WATER....
SARAH'S FATHER IS SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING HER A SPORTY SOON
GOT MY SELF UP AT 3AM LOADED UP SPORTY AND HEADED OUT THE PLAN WAS TO BE THROUGH ST. LOUIS BY SUN UP...HAHAHAHA...ST LOUIS IS ONE MESSED UP CITY THE EXPRESS  IS SO TORE UP THERE ARE HOLES THAT SWALLOW SPORTYS WHOLE....I MISSED THE RAMP TO I44W AND ENDED UP HEADED TOWARDS KANSAS CITY ...FROM PAST EXPERIENCES I'VE LEARNT TO GET OUT OF THE CITY AND FIND YOUR WAY BACK....I CUT ACROSS 40/61S TO 270S ( WHICH NOW I KNOW IS THE PERIMETER HWY ) GOT ON I44W AND WAS SAILING....
THE OZARKS WHERE BEAUTIFUL ...GREAT UP AND DOWN TWISTING HWY....NICE CROSS BREEZES....THEN I CAME OUT ON TO THE FLATS OF OKLAHOMA....HOT AS HELL 95 OR SO WITH A HUMIDEX OF 70%...THE LAST 80 MILES ZAPPED ME RIGHT OUT...THIS IS WHERE WE GET PICS....