Let's see your CB1100 out on the road!

[Houtman_imp]

When we lived in the Southern part of Holland we had some really great meals in Belgium.

 

[Wisedrum]

Concerning food, especially bred, corny and dark, is better and much more delicious than in every other country I bought one. And beer....

Wisedrum

than you've never been to my country obviously

I've been several times in your country but not long enough on my way to France, to find out how good the food of Belgium tastes. Only ate very good pommes while stopping at a gasoline station on the highway but didn't drank a beer while riding.

Wisedrum

 

[RockHop_imp]

The Harvey House in Slaton TX for any train fans

In the 1870's, there were no dining cars and train travelers headed west had to find whatever was available when the train stopped to take on fuel and water.

The Harvey House concept began in 1876 when Scottish immigrant Fred Harvey recognized the need for quality meals and lodging for railroad travelers. He then persuaded the manager of the new Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe (AT&SF) Railroad that he could provide just that. The first Harvey House restaurant opened in the Topeka Santa Fe Depot Station that same year. It was an immediate success and led to other Harvey House restaurants and hotels about every 100 miles along the entire Santa Fe route.

The Slaton Harvey Hose operated from 1912 to 1942, but the facility continued as a passenger and freight depot for many years. The building went into disrepair after ATS&F ceased operations from Slaton and was facing demolition when a group of locals and others with close connections mounted a successful effort to save and restore the building.

 

[Rocky_imp]

Thanks RockHop, I love reading about history like that

 

[GaryMNM_imp]

Great pic's and write up RockHop.

Years ago when my work took my son & I to western, OK the OKC Honda Dealer sponsored an annual Ride Oklahoma event each year. I believe it was co-sponsored by the Indian Territory Riders as well. They'd give you a booklet to record your travels and then give you various towns to hit and show proof of your visit either by dated receipt or photo. Hugo, OK just happened to be one of the many towns on the hit list and had a great Harvey House location and museum. The actual towns listed weren't always something to shout about (it's the journey...) but this had some nice history to share.

This is also where Buster Brown hailed from if memory serves me correctly. Ringling, OK was also in the general area from the old Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey days.

I couldn't round up any of my old pic's but here's a link to that site.
Hugo Harvey House

Thanks again for the ride-a-long.

 

[RockHop_imp]

Great pic's and write up RockHop.

Years ago when my work took my son & I to western, OK the OKC Honda Dealer sponsored an annual Ride Oklahoma event each year. I believe it was co-sponsored by the Indian Territory Riders as well. They'd give you a booklet to record your travels and then give you various towns to hit and show proof of your visit either by dated receipt or photo. Hugo, OK just happened to be one of the many towns on the hit list and had a great Harvey House location and museum. The actual towns listed weren't always something to shout about (it's the journey...) but this had some nice history to share.

This is also where Buster Brown hailed from if memory serves me correctly. Ringling, OK was also in the general area from the old Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey days.

I couldn't round up any of my old pic's but here's a link to that site.
Hugo Harvey House

Thanks again for the ride-a-long.

I have become a fan of historical buildings and the efforts to restore them. The story that went with the Slaton Harvey House was that a crew showed up one day to demolish the building. Fortunately they hired a local plumber to salvage some of the fixtures and he immediately notified city officials. Story may have been exaggerated, but supposedly people showed up to link arms and stand between the bulldozers and the building.

 

[dsan1964_imp]

. Great hi-way. San Francisco. The other night Pacific Ocean


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[Bosti]

Just a quick warm up run to an old plane from WWII ....

 

[the Ferret]

Cool plane...beautiful CB

 

[emptysea]

That's just not an "old plane from WWII". I don't know much about these things, but I am quite sure that there others here that do, but that is an example, if I'm not mistaken, of one of the most significant aircraft models in the history of aviation.

All the more reason that a CB1100 should be in the same photo.

 

[redbirds_imp]

Douglas C-47 I think. One of the most useful aircraft ever produced and many still flying today.

 

[Bosti]

That's just not an "old plane from WWII". I don't know much about these things, but I am quite sure that there others here that do, but that is an example, if I'm not mistaken, of one of the most significant aircraft models in the history of aviation.

All the more reason that a CB1100 should be in the same photo.

Yes, it is a Douglas DC-3. It is a monument to a first allied airfield in the first liberated area in Slovenia in WWII. That plane has carried many injured people to safety.

 

[max]

Nice shot, bosti!

Just so happens i caught one of these taking off in Auckland.
It's for hire for trips around the area and whatever the customer wants it for, a real treat to hear it come overhead.

here's a screen grab and the video of it has just finished downloading.

Handheld, big zoom so yes, it shakes a little.

max

 

[Banned_imp]

I got the rare opportunity to skydive out of a DC-3 in '98 in Perris Valley, CA - it was an awesome experience. I was the first guy out the door so I had to hang onto a bar on the fuselage while waiting for everyone else to get into position for the dive. Afterwards I noticed my jump suit was covered in oil from the engine. I was amazed that it could still fly spewing that much oil.

What a great historic plane.

 

[Nortoon_imp]

Buffalo Airlways operate from Yellowknife in Canada's North West Territories. The company's flagship aircraft are the Second World War-era DC-3s and DC-4s, as seen on TV's [url=https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ice+pilots+season+6+full+episodes+]Ice Pilots NWT for six seasons.

 

[flynrider]

I got the rare opportunity to skydive out of a DC-3 in '98 in Perris Valley, CA - it was an awesome experience. I was the first guy out the door so I had to hang onto a bar on the fuselage while waiting for everyone else to get into position for the dive. Afterwards I noticed my jump suit was covered in oil from the engine. I was amazed that it could still fly spewing that much oil.

What a great historic plane.

It's typical to put large barrels or catch pans under the engines when parked. In flight, they generally burn/leak about a gallon of oil per hour.

I'm also a big fan of the Gooney Bird. Many are still at work, over 80 years after the type first flew in 1935.

I saw this one at West Yellowstone a few years back. It's been converted to turboprop engines and delivers smoke jumpers to forest fires every summer.

 

[lash_imp]

When I was first starting out flying I always wanted to fly the 3 until I saw one being loaded one day and realised everything you put in it has to be pushed uphill.....never did fly one!

 

[Wisedrum]

It was cold, dry and sunny but beatiful over a length of 87km. And smokin'. Two bikers crossed my way, one on aTransalp, the other on a BMW Rninet. Both doing the same coldtest round 0° as I did. We could stand it.

Wisedrum

 

[Ulvetanna_imp]

When I was first starting out flying I always wanted to fly the 3 until I saw one being loaded one day and realised everything you put in it has to be pushed uphill.....never did fly one!

I once flew with Clay Lacy in his "Mainliner O'Connor" DC-3. It's a marvelous plane. Nowhere near as noisy as one might imagine, although the entire interior had been redone by Synchro Aviation with plenty of soundproofing. I had not ridden my CB1100 to the airport that time as I hadn't purchased it yet.

It seemed to lift into the air effortlessly. He did some very steep turns and it was clear the plane was a pilot's aircraft.

And of course, he greased it right in on One Six Right.

 

[the Ferret]

It was cold, dry and sunny but beatiful over a length of 87km. And smokin'. Two bikers crossed my way, one on aTransalp, the other on a BMW Rninet. Both doing the same coldtest round 0° as I did. We could stand it.

Wisedrum

I like how the CB1100 stands out on the side cover of the bottom pic