Triumphant Triumphs! ISDTRR 2010!

Last race of the season. Amazing. It hadn't exactly been a trouble free year, but the end was truly near and a long winter's nap was nigh. Max's bike had been far easier to trouble shoot than thought. As we were in his shop one night poking it with sticks (genuine Lucas approved sticks, of course) trying to determine the cause of the mystery ignition gremlin that manifested itself at Barber, sparks helpfully lit up the location of a chafed wire. Luckily, the sparks didn't also light up the whole bike, so a couple snips and some "electrical streamlining" later it was running happy as a hardwood tree. If hardwood trees can happily run...whatever. So the three 5 hunnerts and their Floridian riders were on their way to the last installment of the three race ISDT series, the Reunion Ride. For a reminder what this type event is like, read HERE . Decent pics on this one, so I'll keep the word things to a minimum. Anyhow, I'll sum up at the end, so...Pics! Here we go:
Three goons of various descriptions, bikes in impound so nothing to do but drink coffee for an hour or so

The impounded bikes, George's in particular

On the line, waiting for our minute

And we're off!

Max approaching the lunch stop

George, doing the same

Back on the line, leaving the lunch stop

Single lap of the grass track at the end of the first day

Day two was a bit wetter, it rained a bit the night before, but the weirdest thing was the morning fog. The first transfer stage took you straight up a dirt road onto the mountain where visibility was in the single to low double digits. For a good chunk of the way you were following the tail of the bike immediately in front of you, and that was your entire view of the world. But I'm getting ahead of things! Pics!
On the line again

Then it was back to the bright sunshine and a finish on the grasstrack

Max's bike ran great all weekend, meaning he got the points he needed to win Classic Expert, I had already accrued enough at Barber to win Classic Intermediate, and George ended 3rd in Classic Int. George got a bit turned around on day one and got spat out of a special test, which sadly earned him a DNF. Max and I got our 6 Days Awards for having survived the whole enchilada. Damn fun events, those Ahrma Isdt's. I seriously cannot say enough good things. Do one, you'll love it.