Originally Posted by
BibaResto
It sounds as if everyone on the event had a marvelous time, ticket and all.
Are there by any chance enough Crossfire owners on the West coast to have an event? Probably a poor thread in which to ask this question - in that I assume none of you are westcoasters.
I'm currently a newbie in waiting - for my 'new' car to be shipped to me from Texas. When scouring all of the available sources for Crossfires on the Internet, it appears as if by far the majority of Crossfire sales were made from the Midwest East.
I apologize for interrupting your 'had a great time' fest.
Biba
Many of the westcoasters ARE on this forum and have events listed - look here:
Regional Forums - CrossfireForum.org
There is a WEST and a NORTHWEST forum.
Our 2014 Spring meet here is set for - April 4, 5, 6
Mark (Pizzzaguy) has signed the contract with Fontana lodge
Mark will be creating a new thread soon for those of you to post and let him know if you will be coming.
Mark , put me on that list
Gary
I will put the thread up as soon as the Lodge starts taking reservations at our reduced rate. If you call now, they will charge $129 a night - she told me just now they have a "snafu" with the reservations computer/system/robot/drone/whatever and that as soon as it is fixed, she will let me know and at that time, I will throw a thread up and Gary will "sticky" it.
Give it a day or two and we should be good to go.
AS FOR MY TICKET
It was for
8mph over. Can you believe that? I only got it because, as the office said, "I heard you guys coming... by the time I got my car turned around and radar on, the first pack had passed. I KNEW they were really moving, but can't ticket anyone without a radar hit. When you two (Me and RedDog) came around the bend, I had you..." He then told me he wanted ME to deliver a "message" to the "others". Unfortunately, his message was hand written.
The waitress at the Lodge had yet another story about that officer, he ticketed his father in law for no seat belt - while
LIVING with his father in law.
I had fallen behind (see? ANOTHER reason to not fall behind when running with the big dogs!) and this gave the officer his chance.
I will be buying a radar detector even before I pay the ticket.
PLEASE DON"T JUDGE THE SPEED OF NICK'S GROUP BASED ON MY TICKET, I really lucked out. He COULD have nabbed me BEFORE the curve.
ON ANOTHER NOTE
On Saturday, after an almost
EPIC Dragon run (at the end of the ill-fated "ticket" run) I stopped to talk to the EMS unit at the gap. They had pulled in to use restrooms and were the team stationed on the Dragon to reduce response times. I really just wanted to ask them about their radio coverage in the area.
We ended up talking about a lot of stuff, some things the (rather cute) girl told me:
1) The officers with the county on the Dragon have a two ticket quota per shift.
2) Reasonable speeding on the Dragon is expected and seldom ticketed (keep it under 50, but I've personally been caught doing 50-58 and got away with it.)
3) Don't tailgate or harass slow traffic (even if they won't pull over) or they will nab you.
4) Get caught across or on the yellow line and they will nab you even if they have to chase you into North Carolina. As she said, "If everyone would stay on their side of the road, we'd have a lot less trouble here..." She also said that the most likely vehicle to cross the centerline and cause injury or accident will have two wheels.
5) Average deaths are 2.5 per year on the Dragon, somewhat higher on the Skyway.
6) She said she could not remember a death or even serious injury to anyone NOT on a bike.
7) Almost all deaths are sportbikers, but she personally attended to a Harley rider killed when they hit a tree at about 30 mph.
8) She has attended quite a few injured Harley riders, they just aren't usually hurt very badly.
Sorry guys, I did not get a picture of her... If you crash up there, maybe she'll give you mouth-to-mouth!
