Motorcycle Alabama

Location                                             

Our Shop in Leeds
8001 Parkway Drive   
Leeds, Al. 35094                                                                                     

Date & Time
Sept 23
9am-4pm

What You Need
yourself
A bike. Any Bike.
Preferably the bike you ride everyday.



This is a full Gymkhana in the streets of Leeds. We will be closing 1st. Ave. SE between 6th ans 7th streets. If you are familiar with the area that is the closed Windstream office. There is also an additional parking lot we can use that the city owns.

The Bike Shop is providing lunch.

If you know you are coming please post in the thread so we can make sure we have enough food. I already have 4lbs of Conecuh sausage.

We are also giving a 20% discount on any parts ordered at the event. Tires Excluded (Standard BR discount on those).
 
We have AC and a restroom.

If any other shops that would like to attend please let us know. You are welcome to set up at tent.

Woohoo! I AM IN!!!
(Well, I do have the cones :D)

That's #14 of my 20 days straight at work. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Y'all have fun. ???

 Should be off-work that Saturday so...IN I am!!

Dangit I will be off celebrating the wife's birthday!

I know she would love a bike ride on her birthday. ;D

Definitely not on the back of the KTM but maybe if the goldwing is roadworthy by then!

as of now, I'm off. i'll have to cut out early enough to make it to peewee football that evening.

Quote from: Slede on September 06, 2017, 08:29:47 PM
as of now, I'm off. i'll have to cut out early enough to make it to peewee football that evening.

WOOHOO!

Awesome. Sledge

Just an FYI. We will have the Bama Rides trailer at the shop for the event.
If you would like to bring any vintage festival donations.

Hey, Lawny, I would like to bring some donations and the cones one day next week. I'll get in touch with you about access to the trailer.

I'm a maybe.  Not sure if Sarah has anything planned that weekend.

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Looking forward to it.
Hopefully Lynn can come play too.

That would just make the event to have the Kris at another Gymkhana.
I hope she can Norton. You guys are awesome.

and if anyone has any vintage stuff we will have the BR trailer at the shop.

i'm in

I'll be there.

Ha Ha that is great.
Can't wait to see everyone.

For all you speedy track only people. We have the new TV in with a whole collection. If old world Superbike DVDs. We also have some old Moto GP, Troy Story, Twist II, and a few other things.

Let's not forget to post this stuff up in AMGRASS.com too.  Especially pics and vids after it's over. 

We got a new member from Dallas on 9/6.  It would be good for everyone to welcome him.   

Quote from: LawnmowerRG on September 07, 2017, 08:36:43 AM
Awesome. Sledge

Just an FYI. We will have the Bama Rides trailer at the shop for the event.
If you would like to bring any vintage festival donations.

I see if I have anything laying around.

Planning on being there.

I'll be there

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and killing some cones :DANCING-banana-032:

Quote from: klaviator on September 22, 2017, 02:47:32 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and killing some cones :DANCING-banana-032:

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A big thanks to everyone who put this on.  I had a great time :applause-003:

A few pics from today:

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THANK YOU! :applause-003: to everyone that came out. We didnt get to ride much, but we have a great time.

I talked to at least one person that said he learned a lot on the coarse yesterday. I believe Skill trumps luck any day. So, that is awesome. :bike-038:

We had a Friend from Japan come by and prove that an actual license test would make better riders as he killed :battle-6: the course on a Dyna.

A big THANKS to Buzz and Karla. Really you guy should have stayed home. You were obviously not felling good.

Awww, man. Did I look THAT bad?  :thinking-022:   :sad-055:

Well I would like to thank Rodney and Clarke at The Bike Shop, as nobody has ever fed us like that, gone to such extremes to get permits with the city to CLOSE DOWN A STREET, or make everyone feel as welcome.

I think this should be a model for events in the future?

Maybe we should all stop by the shop sometime in the next 30 days in say thanks in person?
Seems like the very least we could do, even if you could not make it to the event, a thanks should be in order.  :respect-058:

And damn those Conecuh Dawgs were damn good!!!

I had a blast!  And thanks Win, for the pic of me on a Motus, which I might have to make my FB profile pic.  Talk about deceptive advertising!

I'll look later to see if I have any pics worth putting up. 

Huge thanks to Buzz, Karla, Clark, and Rodney.  And to Don for promoting the event like no one else could.

That was a great meal!!! 

Here's a link to some of the photos I took. I'm still sorting through them and should have more tomorrow.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/difFI9o30M9weQWq1

Somebody was having a good time.  :bike-038:

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I really really hate that I missed this one! Hopefully the next one is equally as awesome!

My set of not-so-great pictars:

Banners up! (I did everything I could to get this pic turned around.  Photobucket is being bitchy.  I'll try again later)
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The Circle of Trust:
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The lot, laid out by Buzz:
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The street, getting laid out by Buzz:
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The signup table, laid out by Karla:
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The back of some folks, including Sandy, being all badass and beautiful:
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The backs of some more people, including the Reverend Johnny Robinson:
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Speaking of badass, Lynn's Norton:
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More badassery in the style of Norton:
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A close inspection by Yamahamer:
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Don, enduring some sort of internal pain, surely.  Or maybe someone was playing The Devil went Down to Georgia
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Buzz, feeling like crap but still blowing us out of the water with his course-building skills:
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Tiger!  And some other folks:
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Standing in an admiration ring, around the Sunshine yellow 1947 Indian:
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Aforementioned Indian:
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Again, it was a blast.  I can't wait till the next one.  Rodney and Clark, thanks again.   :respect-058:

The rest of the pics I took have been added to the link I posted yesterday.

 :respect-058: Great pics Johnny!
I can't thank all who were involved is set up, location, and participation of this event.  :applause-003: :applause-003: :applause-003:
I brought a green rider who had never even heard the word Gymkhana before and in the true Bama Rides tradition he was welcomed with open arms. Mighty can't stop talking about all of you and all he learned in a single day. I am so proud to call this my family!

Nice video!
Every bit of the effort that I put in was paid for by THAT dude's ear-to-ear grin, and watching him improve all day!  Loads of satisfaction comes from seeing a shaky(average) rider dramatically improve and double his confidence in a few hours of having fun.

Seeing everyone else RIDING was the gravy!

Growing up on a dirt bike had taught me fairly well how to handle my bike. Not to boast but the Gymkhana wasn't much a problem..

One thing I found I needed to practice a few times was a u-turn with a hill on a 2 lane road, going up hill and down hill turning, without dropping a foot the first time or two was difficult. Once you got it, you got it.

Throw that in the gymkhana!

Imho:
The most important part of riding is being able to handle your bike during the unexpected
The most important part of handling the unexpected is expecting the unexpected and having planned out.

Saying "I had to lay my bike down" is most often admitting to not handling the bike properly.