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| The weekend before the Rodman
Plantation H/S , as you recall . Somewhere , hidden from view , a perfectly good 2001 KTM
EXC 250 was waiting to be found !!!! Lets see , approx , 5 square miles of
good old Florida Woods , I guess you could call this the preverbal needle in the haystack
. We kinda remember where we left the KTM laying in the weeds , and the Land Owner
kinda has an idea where two dummies left a good motorcycle , in the hidden spot .
His directions were , well they seemed pretty easy to follow , go west thru two
gates , turn right and follow one of the major roads all the way to the north side of the
property . Well , as we thought about things , we figured , you know , being as we
kinda know where we left the scooter , and we kinda know our way around the property , we
can use the land owners directions , and you know shorten up on the process , you know
trim the mileage down a little ....... Well it seemed like a pretty good plan . Mike
Shirley on his 4 wheeler , and me on the back of Jason Chambers 4 wheeler , set off for a
quick run out to where we left the KTM. Well , after about 3 or 4 miles of ridding
around and not seeing anything that looked familiar , Jason said , Big Man , you need to
get your old 500 , cruise these roads at a higher rate of speed , and find where you
left that bike . After all , we pretty much followed the land owners directions and
couldn't find the bike . So back to camp , and off on the old CR 500 .
Just so everyone remembers , The # 1 Rule for checking out large pieces of
property on your scooter is , Always make sure you have a full tank of gas !!!! Huh
, Imagine that !! After some decent high speed Road Riding , I finally found the
major road that the land owner had told us about . But what was a major road to him was
indeed not a major road to me . Anyway , away I went . Guess what , It led me straight to
where the KTM was hidden . Good deal , the bike was found , so off I go heading back to
camp at a high rate of speed , then all of a sudden , you know the
feeling , just like you hit the kill button at 60 mph . Remember RULE #1 !!!!
Well , luck was with me . The fuel tank on the Old 500 held about 4 extra ounces of
fuel on the side opposite side of the petcock . So I leaned the bike over and got all the
fuel to the petcock side of the tank . Hoping that meager 4 ozs would get me back , off I
went . So I rode back to the camp , pulled right up in front of everyone like
nothing had happened . Whew !! Can you imagine , It was bad enough to loose a bike ,
but to run out of gas looking for it , Well , I would never live that down !! Boy , I'm
glad no-one knows that I forgot about , ( RULE # 1 ) The KTM was found , and
life is good !! Big Man |