[MDairheads] Summer Soltice Gathering. A big thanks

Tue Jun 25 08:41:10 EDT 2019

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 On Sunday, June 23, 2019, Jim McKinna via MDAirheads <mdairheads at casano.com> wrote:

Chris I want to first thank you for thanking Dale and Carol on behalf of the troops sparing me at least from further embarrassing them by reiterating what wonderful and tolerant hosts they have both been (particularly Carol) these last years.  I’d be running out of type.

I would also like to thank the “New Guy”, who will likely never see this, for bringing such an interesting problem with his R65 to engage our minds for so many hours.  I’m always amazed at the trust the uninitiated put in us as we spin wrenches steadily disassembling their new to them problem bike.

And John Eckenrode, what can I say?  After last years main seal debacle you naively returned allowing us to “assist” you installing those emulators on your RS.  Thank goodness Chris Kennedy was there to direct operations.  And please note that Chris knew that at the first cocktail it was time to lay down the tools till the next morning.  A sign of maturity most in this group have yet to attain.  Myself included.  Not sure where we would be without Chris’s guidance.  Hope you made it home OK John....

Bill Lambert old man.  How wonderful it was that you brought Mark Lipchitz’s Ronald MacDonald bike to our gathering.  Certainly bittersweet for me and others I’m sure.  I look upon that bike with new eyes and see it for the piece of art it is.  (Jim are you reading this?) Funny how time changes ones perspective.  I remember Mark saying once as he rode up on the bike and removed his helmet, I don’t want to hear about it!” cutting off any comment about the color scheme.  

And a quick thank you to our new associate Russ from Florida, on his fourth TechDay in a month of constant traveling, for his assisting Peter Gruner in adding the necessary wiring for rear light functions on Mark’s bike so no one gets arrested test riding the bike.

And a big thank you to myself for patiently draining Mark’s tank of the nasty degraded gasoline while the rest of you enjoyed a second cocktail.

The DC BMW Group.  Always look forward to seeing you guys too.  Steve and Dale it’s refreshing to know that after all these years you still trust Dale with regards to your motorcycles.  (If little else) It gives his newer Maryland friends confidence that eventually Dale might,  well, maybe, answer our newby questions.

You PA guys.  What am I saying, Guys, plural, Craig Barnhart alone, without fail, always steps up to to represent the PA crowd.  Craig is such an upstanding individual covering for the rest of you.  We are always glad to see him.  This year he brought his wife with him which is braver than the rest of us have managed.  

To our Air Marshall Will Andalora, never has there been such an inspirational wrench!  No matter how dire the technical difficulty appears to mere mortals Will is always there to see the problem to the end.  Even when most of the rest of the wrenches are slumped at the picnic table having far exceeded the kings ration of booze.  Not that our Air Marshal wasn’t keeping up, he is just so much more, hmmm, persistent than the rest of us.  To the benefit of us all! 

Alex Balmaceda.  An excellent wrench himself.  Showing up on Sunday morning of a three day event.  All the coffee was gone by then!  Always great to see you even if only for a few minutes.  Glad we could entertain your riding companions with a SlicedCycle demo run. 

Always great to see everyone. And Dale, good luck with the turtles.  I’d be interested to know how the soup turns out.

If I missed thanking anyone, my apologies. Probably time for my first cocktail as my memory seems to be fading out.

Jim McKinna

> On Jun 23, 2019, at 6:14 PM, Chris Kennedy via MDAirheads <mdairheads at casano.com> wrote:
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> Evening Dale,
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> Want to thank Carol and yourself for providing the facility, tools,
> friendship and lovey dining for an outstanding weekend. I know I can speak
> on behalf of all that attended that the event was a smashing success.
> Particularly nice to welcome new Airhead to the fold.
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> Looking forward to coming back next year.
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> Cheers Chris
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