Story Time

[Lee Weiler]

Todd, Thanks for sharing about Ronnie & Glenn-makes me miss the wind in my face, the faithful rumble of the boxer, and the cast of characters met and those I am yet to meet. 
Lee Weiler

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> On Jan 31, 2021, at 12:45 AM, Todd Trumbore via PAAirheads <paairheads at casano.com> wrote:
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> Story Time
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> It’s been quite cold, not doing much riding in a week or more, so the other day I gave my old friend Ron LaVoie a call.  Ron lives in the mountains of New Hampshire, an Army vet, been riding his whole life, class of ‘52, just like me. Born of French Canadian parents, very independent and operates completely off the grid.  No credit cards, no cell phones, no answering service, pays everything with cash, a self described recluse and I swear his land line is an old dial tone.
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> He is not easy to reach, I usually have to call a few times in order to catch him.  Most likely outside chopping and stacking firewood, his only heat source.
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> Ron is a long distance rider also.  He has a couple R100 boxers, both with 11 gallon Heinrich tanks and puts them to good use.  I first met Ron at the BMW Finger Lakes Rally around 40 years ago, he would be there every year without fail.  Karl Duffner and I used to look forward to running into Ronnie and listening to his stories.  Karl would of course respond with a few good ones himself.   I swear the Canadians are by far the best story tellers.  Ronnie would go on for hours telling one story after another giving us a good laugh.
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> So after trying for a few days, I finally reached Ronnie, it’s been a few years and he doesn’t recognize me a first.  I told him I was looking for “The Fool on the Hill”, then he figures out who it is and is happy to hear from me.  He told me his birthday was the day prior.  I told him, if he would answer his phone once in awhile, I wouldn’t have been late with my birthday greeting.
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> Ronnie’s been laying low lately, said he didn’t ride at all last year, mostly virus related, just being extra cautious and generally acting like the recluse he is, but we both agreed, what “A big old goofy world” it is we are living in.
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> We talked for hours, trying to catch up the best we could.  It’s riding friends like Ronnie that I miss the most....his big smile, long bushy beard and non stop stories are precious. So we talked and talked and I listened to all his stories, before we said our farewells he left me with a story by one of his good friends Glenn Hall and here it goes:
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> True Story.
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> Glenn Hall is a free spirited long distance rider who crisscrosses the country frequently.  On one occasion many, many years ago, Glenn was riding his R90 six in the southwestern part of the country on a long lonely highway and had the throttle wide open, traveling the speed of sound as there was nobody anywhere in sight...until he crested this hill, where a state trooper was parked on the other side.  Glenn knew he was dead to right, pulled over on the side of road, turned off the engine, when the seasoned trooper sauntered over slowly, uniform clean and neatly pressed, belt buckle in perfect alignment, his Drill Instructors hat angled forward at just the proper angle, stared directly into Glenn’s eyes and said in a deep deliberate voice “You know............I’ve been waiting here all day for someone like you” !  Without hesitation Glenn immediately responded, “Well officer, I got here as fast as I could”.
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> Happy Motoring, Keep your Spirits High and Enjoy the Ride,
> Todd Trumbore
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