By Michael on 9/25/2009 10:29 PM

Today was a busy day.  It's Friday; not the busiest day of the Rally by far, but we seemed to be all over the place.  We started at Sierra Gold this morning for a great breakfast and some billards to get us rolling.  We went from there to Reno Harley and they were already hopping. It's like they had their own rally going.  Booths, Rides, Bike techs, Bands and a mechanical Bull to name some of it all.



Well Bill put some new brake pads on his Bike and then we were off to Downtown Reno. We have favorite parking spots so we headed there. It was already getting hot as we headed downtown.



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By Michael on 9/24/2009 10:15 PM

We Rode to all the major stops for Street Vibrations today. The crowds were light because it is Thursday and the masses really don't show up until tomorrow.  I had some fried catfish for breakfast around 10:30 at a booth in downtown Reno.  It was delicious and I got a huge portion for $10. We walked the full length of Downtown Reno and went into the Pavilion for the inside booths and to checkout the Tattoo artists.

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures today. I didn't want to worry about my camera all day so I could enjoy myself.  I really plan to use it on Saturday when the crowds are at their best.

Tomorrow we plan to eat a good breakfast, ride to Tahoe and meet up at Tamarack Junction about 2:00 with more riders showing up.  There is a planned ride out to Mustang, back into Carson and up to Virginia City we might be going on Friday night, we'll see.

After our ride today we spent about 2 hours at the Ol' Time Saloon playing pool. Good Times! Last year we spent a whole evening playing pool at the Alturas club.  We're kind of aiming for that again tomorrow night.

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By Michael on 9/23/2009 8:40 PM

I'll likely be blogging and tweeting about Street Vibrations all week. Today my friends and family rode in from Sacramento and we're planning to enjoy every bit of it.  To get ramped in we plan on taking one of our bikes downtown and getting a new Metzler front tire for one of us.  I had to get a new battery for my Valkyrie today.

I ride 2 different bikes and if I am off one long enough I can lose a battery. Even though I run float chargers all year I lost the battery on my Valkyrie this year.  Too much time on my Trike I guess.

I'm thinking about making a video of the ride up to Virginia City this Saturday when the masses are all lined up in Parade fashion.  It should be a popular video - it is a popular ride.  More Soon.

By Michael on 9/22/2009 8:40 AM

We were rather excited to be part of Reno's very first La Tomatina (link). This event was advertised as the largest food fight in America and we always enjoy Club Cal Neva events so we really wanted to go.  We had a scheduling conflict where we were supposed to be on the MS Dixie that day but fortunately it all worked out and we made it after all. (Video and Pictures included)

We arrived early at the Cal Neva in case there was traffic or lines. We also thought that showing up early would give us some time to walk the vendor booths. When we arrived there was not that many people. We wondered if there were just not enough people willing to get covered in tomatoes. So we went to the registration table and paid our $10 each (went to charity).  We were officially there.

We got there just in time to see the media was playing tomato games with the Reno and Sparks Mayors. Turns out they both got creamed ahead of the event as part of some additional fundraising and promotional efforts. Pretty much all the management and staff were already covered in tomatoes.

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