LION vs ICEMAN

[Mudpuppy]

From this past weekend:





I like your thinking Iceman but I'm going to have to respectfully decline on riding to vegas - I'm not that young, lol. I'd be crippled and unable to bowl by the time I got there - the R1 is not made for cross country trips.

Seeing as I posted this 4x now and it keeps cutting out thoughts to be continued..

[Mudpuppy]

Hey you should ride your bike out to Vegas... I remember doing it back when I was close to your age, on a Ninja 100, with a Belly Dancer I was dating at the time on the back! YOU TALK about tough.... lol 1500 miles two up Ninja,, it was in 1987 as I remember it. What a story that was!!

Maybe we could hook up on the way,,,, Drive in together.. Just a thought! I might go on into California just for the heck of it, after the bowl off!

I am going to have to get one of those Camera's!! What is the best way to go, in regards to equipment for the buck!

Nice flick,,, reminds me of my NEED FOR SPEED DAYS back when I was in my 30, 40, and early 50s...... Now that I am still alive and in one piece, I just decided to ride the Goldwing and tour! I used to ride the mountains in Colorado like a MAD MAN in my day.... LOL.... drag my knees on the turns... YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.... ( Good OLD days,,,,, now I am just OLD, but better then not being old and dead! (

I can push that Black Goldwing pretty good through the mountains, even with that trailer I made on the back! I am looking forward to the ride out, just as much as the bowl-off, and defeat of what's his name....

Anyway will be good to see you ,,, thank about riding that bike out.... put you bowling balls in a gunny sack and strap it across your back!!! Hey if I can make a 1500 mile trip with a hot belly dancer leaning into me all the way,,, then I know you can with your HOT bowling balls... LOL

YOUR not the Anti-Christ,,, your a lot like me, a Rationalist! LOL..... You and me put our Faith in Logic, Math, and Science to find truths? Rationalist!

GoPro - they have the price locked down at $399 for the Hero 3+ black edition - get it anywhere: Amazon, Best Buy, local camera shop, etc. Don't get anything but a GoPro - i.e. contour or other knockoff - as you will be disappointed. Tons of mounting options for infinite possibilities. Tons of accessories. I am about to buy the extended battery and LCD screen. The Hero 3+ you can install a smartphone app to view the shot or footage as well. I had major issues with battery life in Ohio. Going to buy a recharging stone and the extended battery so I can have extra battery life and charge on the go. I had my powerocks charger that I use for my phone but it doesn't have enough juice to charge fast enough and it only has 1 charging port. I will bring the GoPro to vegas so you can check it out. Well worth the $. It's a true bargain in terms in capability vs. way more expensive cameras. And an expensive camera you can't submerge to 131' or ride in the rain or mount on anything (very easily). I mounted the remote on my handlebars so I can turn it off and on while riding - big plus so I don't have wasted parking lot footage, etc. I also mounted a radar detector with LED HARD light in my helmet:



The remote for the GoPro is mounted just to the right of the radar detector with velcro and safety wired to the radar detector mount (it's $79 for the remote so don't want to lose it - $0.0001 of safety wire is cheap insurance). You can control up to like 6 or 8 cameras with 1 remote. Eventually I am going to buy 5 or 6 to get multiple angles, etc.

[Mudpuppy]

Here is the bluetooth receiver mounted on the helmet that gets the signal from the bluetooth transmitter mounted on the handlebars to the left of the radar detector:



And here is what the LED looks like when the detector goes off in your helmet:



Called a H.A.R.D. - Helmet Assisted Radar Detector

Looking very much forward to meeting, bowling and hanging out with everybody in vegas. Just need to get my plane ticket nailed down. Mrs. MP is really stringing me out on this. Need to do it soon. Where are we bowling at? I need to figure out hotel too. Probably stay at the bowling hotel for Sept 23 & 24 and then move somewhere else until Sunday.

And I hear you iceman - people misunderstand me and label me the anti-christ. Rationalist or realist is more accurate.

[Aslan]

Just out of curiosity, what is its scent?

I'm betting it smells like "old man head".

But seriously, Iceman's weird smells aside...

I think we've gotten the place nailed down...we're still narrowing in on a time.

Are we okay with the format??

4 games, the first practice, each for qualifying then a stepladder finals??

I think we've settled on scratch...but I AM still open to making this a handicap tournament since that will GREATLY increase my chances of winning.

Rob, do you think the 4 games qualifying then stepladder finals will be do-able at Sam's down in the mid-afternoon?

I also propose the rule that no player can practice on the pair we will be using BEFORE the event begins. Practice is fine the night before or even that day if you get there early...but NOT on the actual pair we will be playing on once they've been oiled that day. It would be nice to have them freshly oiled before the event begins, but I doubt even Rob has enough "pull" to get them to do that without some serious bribage.

Also, given his advanced age, if Iceman passes away mid-game...does he receive zeros for the rest of the frames and have a chance to move on, thus giving the next player an automactic victory (because he's dead and can't bowl)? Or is his death automatic disqualification and thus whomever he is bowling advances regardless of the score at the time of death? Just wanna make sure we have all contingencies covered.

[Mudpuppy]

I'm betting it smells like "old man head".

But seriously, Iceman's weird smells aside...

I think we've gotten the place nailed down...we're still narrowing in on a time.

Are we okay with the format??

4 games, the first practice, each for qualifying then a stepladder finals??

I think we've settled on scratch...but I AM still open to making this a handicap tournament since that will GREATLY increase my chances of winning.

Rob, do you think the 4 games qualifying then stepladder finals will be do-able at Sam's down in the mid-afternoon?

I also propose the rule that no player can practice on the pair we will be using BEFORE the event begins. Practice is fine the night before or even that day if you get there early...but NOT on the actual pair we will be playing on once they've been oiled that day. It would be nice to have them freshly oiled before the event begins, but I doubt even Rob has enough "pull" to get them to do that without some serious bribage.

Also, given his advanced age, if Iceman passes away mid-game...does he receive zeros for the rest of the frames and have a chance to move on, thus giving the next player an automactic victory (because he's dead and can't bowl)? Or is his death automatic disqualification and thus whomever he is bowling advances regardless of the score at the time of death? Just wanna make sure we have all contingencies covered.

Format - good
Practice rule - good
Scratch - good
Death rule - should be -10 if they bowled at least 3 frames otherwise disqualified and their estate invoiced for the remainder of our beers and stay

[MICHAEL]

thanks for all the info Mud!! I am defiantly going to look into one of them puppies!!! GREAT INFO. I am at this very moment thinking about getting a new Goldwing,,, still in the crate! Some great deals on most of the 2013 models, brand new! Yesterday I posted my Goldwing 2002 on Crags list. Check it out,,, Missouri, Goldwings! Anyone want a babied perfect condition 2002 load wing, drop me a line. I hoping to get the NEW Wing for the trip to Vegas! If it happens SOON, I would have time to build a new trailer to pull behind me, like in the pictures I posted. I think it took about half a day to put that one together.

I am getting pretty excited about this FRICKEN TRIP!!! I might put my wife on the Goldwing and bring her too. She is working on getting the time off from the Railroad. (she works for the BNSF Railroad), 35 years now.

Aslan,,, SCRATCH,,,, MAN UP!!#$# Unless you have a ligate handicap, other then your word-E-ness!!!!
Bikers are MEN of few WORDS, but lots of Action, as you will find out, my West Coast radiated friend... (don't swim in the ocean before the bowl-0ff)

Real men don't ask for handicap!! I want a TEAM Challenge also, or I won't PLAY!!!!! Mud, and Ice,,, against You and Mike! figure out the
format!! Let's see if you can beat Two, Bikers, in Vegas!!! (SOUNDS LIKE A MOVIE) ( Two Bikers in Vegas )

Thanks again mud for all the GREAT INFO,,, I might look into getting one for my new Goldwing,,, I just hope I can get this all taken care of before the 20th of September.... I would like to sale my wing first, if for no other reason then I don't have the garage space for two goldwings... LOL

[MICHAEL]

WILL BE THERE!

[MICHAEL]

WANT YOU Aslan @ Mike

[Mudpuppy]

Awesome stuff Iceman. Legendary as usual. Hey on that Goldwing the GoPro would definitely work REALLY well. You could easily manipulate the remote control to turn it off and on. I hodge podged mine together - not a lot of room or options to mount the remote and it's a little tricky turning it off and on but it works. I spent about 30 minutes literally staring at my bike trying to figure out what would work and ended up just putting by detector up out of the way so if I go into a high speed lean it's not going to get in the way. That new Goldwing looks bad a$$. Good luck on putting all that together.

Oh one more thing about the GoPro. From my experience with using it for about 5 years is you want to mount it somewhere to give perspective. I really don't like helmet mounts due to moving head around too much and lack of perspective but the one I had was a bit different than my friend Joe used this weekend - the new GoPro side helmet mount is pretty cool because of the fisheye you see part of the helmet and the handlebars, gauges, front tire, etc. so it gives good perspective. But in terms of the ultra versatile suction cup mount I always mount it so I film the front tire and suspension. Mounting it way forward, say on the fender, all you get is a shot of the road and unless there is another bike up there it really doesn't look that good. It's hard to gauge any perspective on speed, etc. Shooting facing back is usually different because typically when I do there is a bike or 6 back there and that helps with perspective along with catching some of the rear fairing. But it's like photography - play around with it and there is no right answer - it's what you like.

Check out Joe's short video:

[MICHAEL]

man you know HOW to get ICEMAN"S Need to ride going!!! NOTHING I have ever liked more then hitting the road on any of my bikes!! GREAT music, and video bud!!