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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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See what happens when I’m not guarding that cooler ... I would have held him off with Canadian Club ...

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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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Gord,your killing me!!! I had to have an afternoon 😴
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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And Gord... It's Crown,now... Except when I'm on a budget,then it's Black Velvet😆
1975 GL 1000 "Street Fighter"
1976 GL 1000 "Screaming Yellow Zonker"
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1981 GL 1100 "Crown Royal"
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1976 GL 1000 Limited
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(And those are just the Gold Wings! With an exception..)
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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Photos from day 1.
Easiest for me it to put them in my Amazon album and share the album. Hope it works.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/Bk ... PTXQsWSyUY
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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Day 2 of the Gathering of Possums is in the books. For those that may wonder how the name came to be, there is a prestigious vintage motorcycle show in California with linen table cloths, wine and cheese, etc. for the elite collectors. I believe it is called "the Quail". Well, ours was in a fair grounds with a moonshine distillery on the other side of the river that flows by. We had camping and a barbecue vendor for food. Tennessee is a bit less elite, but we had fun!

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When did you guys break down?
I arrived at 3:30 and there was nobody.
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pidjones wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:48 pm Photos from day 1.
Easiest for me it to put them in my Amazon album and share the album. Hope it works.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/Bk ... PTXQsWSyUY
this link doesn't work. :(
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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It worked for me earlier.... not so much now
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"Love 'em all.... let God sort 'em out!"
Ex 2006 GL1800 - the Black Pearl SOLD! to make room for:
2021 Can-Am Spyder RT Limited Dark Chalk Metallic
1975 Red GL1000 project - ex Pistol Pete project
1972 Triumph T150V Trident rescue - finished and FOR SALE!
1976 Yamaha RD400c
1978 GL1000 with '75 engine - the Hunley
Ex 1978 GL1000
Ex 1979 GL1000
Ex '79 CB750F rat bike
Ex '86 SEi
Ex '77 GL1000
Ex '76 RD400
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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I, too, sadly missed it. We got there at 1:30 and it had mostly skedaddled.
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Plan B: ride the Foothills Parkway to 129.
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The weather just cleared up and dried most of the roads - but not enough time for the sport bike flies to gather on 129. We passed 1 bike and 3 cars on one pass and hardly much more on the next. I never had anyone in front of me. That was a first.
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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We’re off to the Skyway this morning. Thanks for the excuse to get out PID!
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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Patrick made the executive decision to finish-up judging, give out plaques, and rap early due to threatening weather. I've been to a lot of shows that have done it just because of the heat. I only had a 50 mile drive home, but was caught in the rain for the final half. The faigrounds was never at risk for getting very muddy as it seems to be on a gravel base and there was a large flat oval track paved that we parked around. Patrick had the competing bikes move to a music hall on site so that if rain came early the machines and spectators were protected. Our weather guessers had forecast thunderstorms. We didn't get them.
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1975 Red GL1000 project - ex Pistol Pete project
1972 Triumph T150V Trident rescue - finished and FOR SALE!
1976 Yamaha RD400c
1978 GL1000 with '75 engine - the Hunley
Ex 1978 GL1000
Ex 1979 GL1000
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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pidjones wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:05 pm Try this one for Day 1: https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/TS ... PgCeN1z_zO
and this one for Day 2: https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/Oh ... rjVDm7v0N6
that worked. tks for posting them.
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1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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Re: Vintage MC show in East Tennessee "the Possum Motorcycle Gathering"

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I headed East about 7 PM and found the storms in Western NC. Was an adventurous night for sure. Got home just about 3 AM. Was a fun time!
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