September 9-12, 2021- MD Airheads Last Days of Summer Rally!

[Jim McKinna]


Will continues the tradition of 5 star restaurant meals at LDoS.  Just amazing.  My culinary skills are just down right embarrassing in comparison.

Thanks to Mike Adams who carried the torch lighting up the generator for coffee.  That is one thankless job.  Waking up the camp so early.  Lots of smiles though at the first sip of coffee.

To any who did not hear the woes of my GS sputtering up the hills on one cylinder it was not the bad spark plug lead Chris Kennedy at first diagnosed.  That for sure was the cause of my hard to start issue.  A big thanks to Mark Foster for putting me in touch with Rob Price and Rob Price in particular for ripping the wires off his bike so I could verify 22.4 ohms across the coils lead to lead.  In fact the cause of the sputtering was a maladjusted float tang.  Previously the bike had run fine around town but under WTF acceleration on that first hill one cylinder starved for fuel creating what felt like an ignition issue.  All is good now.  A test run up the same hill at 80mph revealed no hiccups.  Just goes to show “if you think it is ignition it is probably carburetor related and vise versa”.

Great to see everyone and catch up after so long.

Next time, Jim McKinna

> On Sep 13, 2021, at 10:19 AM, John Chevalaz via MDAirheads <mdairheads at casano.com> wrote:
> 
> Will,
> It was a great time.
> People, knowledge sharing, FOOD, weather, roads.
> Thanks for orchestrating this.
> And jury rigging my tent.
> I just ordered the replacement junction which comes in pairs.
> 
> John Chevalaz 
> 1995 R100RT special Chris Kennedy gold edition.
> 
> On Sunday, September 12, 2021, 07:18:15 PM EDT, Gabriel Ganser <gv.gans3r at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I can’t say it any better than that. 
> 
> Special thanks to who ever arranged the weather. 
> 
> Will,
> 
> Thank you and your family for all your hard work to make sure we have a great time and to anybody else who has hand in it. 
> 
> LDOS has become a highlight of my year for quite a while.  
> 
> Gabriel 
> 
> > On Sep 12, 2021, at 18:21, Zwicky, Eric <ezwicky2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Will, Jim, et al,
> > 
> > Thanks for another great LDoS rally.  It was great seeing old friends, and meeting new folks.  The fine weather was an especially nice touch, thanks for arranging such a clement weekend forecast!    The camaraderie and riding and just hanging out was top-notch as usual.
> > 
> > Will, send me please off-list (or on if you want) your recipe for the Boeuf Bourguignon we enjoyed last night.  I need to try and replicate it here.
> > 
> > See you all at the next gathering,
> > 
> > Eric Zwicky
> > Richmond VA
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> On 6/17/2021 12:16 PM, Maryland Airheads wrote:
> >> 
> >> Please join us for the return of the MD Airheads Last Days of Summer Rally. We have reserved the same group camping site and pavilion at the Little Orleans Campground. Looking forward to seeing everyone again.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Will Andalora
> >> MD Airmarshal
> >> ABC 11737
> >> 410 596 0812
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