| | Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana |    |
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Gar Gentry
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 66
Age: 63
Location: Natchitoches, LA
Points: 431
Registration date: 2011-06-05
 |  Subject: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana  Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:05 pm | |
| Purchased a new 2010 Silverwing 600 last fall and it's great! Hope I don't experience some of the issues I've read about in this forum. Have 2000 miles on it so far. Ordered the Givi E55 topcase yesterday. That oughta help with storage! Having owned several cruiser and touring bikes, I am surprised at the Swing's performance. I blast down the interstate faster than I did on the "big" bikes. Looking forward to many miles of scootin' fun.
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pancho
Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 219
Age: 56
Location: Brownsville Texas
Points: 792
Registration date: 2010-11-03
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:59 pm | |
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DennisB
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 2397
Points: 4095
Registration date: 2008-12-28
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:04 pm | |
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wayneliz
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 98
Age: 60
Location: Spacecoast Florida
Points: 720
Registration date: 2010-09-10
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:06 pm | |
| Hi Gar- welcome from sunny Florida! |
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"Hi Yo"
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 860
Age: 63
Location: North Texas
Points: 1834
Registration date: 2010-02-17
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:08 pm | |
| Welcome to the forum. Now for the test. Can anyone not a coonass pronounce Natchitoches?  |
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Buickguy
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 86
Points: 504
Registration date: 2011-04-09
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:52 pm | |
| Anyone who has ever watched a John Wayne movie should be able to...  |
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KurtPerthWA
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 944
Age: 63
Location: Belmont, Perth WA
Points: 2750
Registration date: 2009-01-19
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:13 am | |
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Waspie
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1739
Age: 60
Location: Portland, UK
Points: 2905
Registration date: 2009-07-26
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:51 am | |
| Hello and welcome from a rider from across the mighty pond!! |
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Opalsboy
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1279
Age: 67
Location: Rison, Arkansas
Points: 2696
Registration date: 2009-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:00 am | |
| Nacogdoches, TX is a near neighbor. I have gotten the two confused in the past. |
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Windrider
Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 133
Age: 73
Points: 827
Registration date: 2010-07-05
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:01 am | |
| Welcome from Tyler, Texas, We need to have a meet and Greet ride in the 3 state area. Ark., La, Texas. |
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Opalsboy
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1279
Age: 67
Location: Rison, Arkansas
Points: 2696
Registration date: 2009-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:15 am | |
| I am all for that... when it gets a little cooler... Go for it!!! |
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joncallihan
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 786
Age: 74
Location: Lafayette, Colorado, USA
Points: 2109
Registration date: 2009-02-16
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:15 am | |
| Hey Gar, My wife and I spent a night, scared half to death by the lightning and thunder during a storm in a motel in Natchitoches. We were returning from Key West on our TX750 Yamaha (this was in 1975). The local TV said that it rained 9.5 inches that night. Bear in mind, I was born and raised in the semi-desert of Colorado, so 9.5 inches of rain was about 7 months of our weather in one night. Welcome to the forum. Jon  |
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Gar Gentry
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 66
Age: 63
Location: Natchitoches, LA
Points: 431
Registration date: 2011-06-05
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:51 pm | |
|  GAR from Natchitoches (Nak-uh-tish), LA. For those who get the two towns confused, it's 120 highway miles East of Nacogdoches, TX. Glad to see all the replys. If I'm all over this forum it's because I don't know what I'm doing. Learning as I go. This is my 2010 scoot and UPS says my GIVI E55 topcase will arrive tomorrow. |
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"Hi Yo"
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 860
Age: 63
Location: North Texas
Points: 1834
Registration date: 2010-02-17
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:16 pm | |
| | Windrider wrote: | | Welcome from Tyler, Texas, We need to have a meet and Greet ride in the 3 state area. Ark., La, Texas. |
In keeping with the spirit of this forum where we meet should be Uncertain.  |
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Opalsboy
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1279
Age: 67
Location: Rison, Arkansas
Points: 2696
Registration date: 2009-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:15 am | |
| We could have a contest to name the strangest town and start there. |
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Windrider
Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 133
Age: 73
Points: 827
Registration date: 2010-07-05
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:31 am | |
| Welcome from Tyler, Texas, We need to have a meet and Greet ride in the 3 state area. Ark., La, Texas. In keeping with the spirit of this forum where we meet should be Uncertain. That would work for me, My Bad, I forgot Okla. Lots of good fokes there too. any and all from anywhere. |
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Gar Gentry
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 66
Age: 63
Location: Natchitoches, LA
Points: 431
Registration date: 2011-06-05
| | Subject: Topcase added Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:16 pm | |
|  Very pleased with the Givi box. Glad I got the 55 liter version cause it holds items that I would otherwise have to strap down on the seat. |
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Waspie
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1739
Age: 60
Location: Portland, UK
Points: 2905
Registration date: 2009-07-26
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:21 pm | |
| | Opalsboy wrote: | | We could have a contest to name the strangest town and start there. |
Here ya go;
'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'
Town in Wales.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Above is the link to it's location and background!!!!!
It was always a school kid thing to see if you not only knew it but could pronounce it! |
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dspevack
Site Admin
Number of posts: 1146
Age: 47
Location: Miami, FL
Points: 2588
Registration date: 2008-12-27
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:11 pm | |
| "I know! Lets open the word processor application and let the cat lie down on the laptop keyboard. Whatever he comes up with, that's what we'll name our town."
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch _________________ I ride on two wheels cause I feel very unsafe on one wheel.Dan in Miami. The king of custom! Check out my bike mods hereReality is irrelevant. Its perception that counts. Control people's perceptions, and you control their reality. |
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Meldrew
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 602
Age: 61
Location: Cumbria, England UK
Points: 1163
Registration date: 2010-11-16
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:31 pm | |
| I'll lower the tone here and go for the town of Wankum, in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. I've passed the sign on the autobahn quite a few times on my way from the Netherlands into Germany, and can't help sniggering as I ride past! |
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GaryL
Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 237
Age: 59
Location: Casa Grande, Arizona
Points: 943
Registration date: 2010-07-09
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:02 pm | |
| There is a town in the Amish part of Pennsylvania named Intercourse, and is located not too far from Paradise. No Kidding!!!  |
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Buickguy
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 86
Points: 504
Registration date: 2011-04-09
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:11 pm | |
| I live a few miles southeast of Hell... |
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honda_silver
Site Admin
Number of posts: 2258
Age: 51
Location: Georgetown, Tx
Points: 3605
Registration date: 2008-12-23
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:26 pm | |
| | GaryL wrote: | | There is a town in the Amish part of Pennsylvania named Intercourse, and is located not too far from Paradise. |
I have been there many times ... literally._________________ Bill - Georgetown TX 07 Silver Wing ABS Clearview w/vent, Givi E96/TB19/E52 with Admore Lighting, Alaskan Leather, Wrist Rests, 3M Solas tape, K&N air, Hyperpro spring, Grip Puppies, Airhawk, Utopia backrest, Stebel, Apexcone HIDs, StingerZ LEDs (w/Backoff WigWag), Knight Rider Sequential LED, NGK Iridium, Power Commander III, Manic Salamander, Saeng mirrors, Garmin Zumo 660, Dark-Side Sumitomo Tire  |
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kbcmdba
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 87
Location: Illinois, US
Points: 482
Registration date: 2011-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:50 pm | |
| Welcome to the forum! Nice bike & box :-)
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Opalsboy
Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts: 1279
Age: 67
Location: Rison, Arkansas
Points: 2696
Registration date: 2009-01-10
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:28 pm | |
| Waspie... that place sure gets my vote for the strangest name. Gonna be hard for me to get there for a meet up... but just added that town to my bucket list. Can I stay at your place? |
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Tagg
Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts: 439
Points: 1082
Registration date: 2010-11-14
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:08 pm | |
| As a teenager i lived in ifyoudontstopthatyouwillgoblind Oklahoma. Which, by the way, isn't true, i can see just fine . . . . .still! |
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Meldrew
Silver Wing Expert
Number of posts: 602
Age: 61
Location: Cumbria, England UK
Points: 1163
Registration date: 2010-11-16
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:26 am | |
| | Tagg wrote: | | As a teenager i lived in ifyoudontstopthatyouwillgoblind Oklahoma. Which, by the way, isn't true, i can see just fine . . . . .still! |
Is it Twinned with Wankum in Germany?
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scootingranny
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 20
Points: 460
Registration date: 2011-03-15
| | Subject: Re: Hello from Gar in Natchitoches, Louisiana Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:16 pm | |
| Gar...I'm somewhat familiar with your neck of the woods. My Mom was from Zwolle (famous for the best dang tamales you ever flapped a lip on) and my Dad was from Hornbeck. Us kids still maintain their house in Hornbeck. Every year at Christmas we used to go to Natch for the lights and some of the meat pies that are the best in the world. Man, I miss those days.
Hope to be in that area soon.
Ride safe
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Gar Gentry
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 66
Age: 63
Location: Natchitoches, LA
Points: 431
Registration date: 2011-06-05
| | Subject: Hello, Scootingranny Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:55 pm | |
| Good to hear from someone familiar with the area. You're right about the Zwolle tamales. Still the best. Occasionally, I ride around the Toledo Bend area. Good pavement going up to Shreveport. As you know, most of our roads are pitiful. If you haven't been to Natchitoches in the last few years, the Christmas Festival has grown. Fireworks on the river take place 5 weekends in a row from November thru December. And yes, it seems like meat pies are served everywhere! Post a note if you're heading this way....Gar  |
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Gar Gentry
Scooter Rider
Number of posts: 66
Age: 63
Location: Natchitoches, LA
Points: 431
Registration date: 2011-06-05
| | Subject: Got a new gadget today Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:41 pm | |
|  Just received and installed a Backoff tail light from Custom Dynamics. (Top lights came with the Givi). Middle bar is 21 LED sequential running and pulsing brake lights. Nice attention getter at night. Since it is not DOT approved, I wired an on/off switch. Now with the DennisB driving light arrangement and triple tree brake lights I feel much safer in traffic.  Happy scootin' Gar |
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