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Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Re: [emrat:15463] Shirt Order

E-Steve,

I will take a long sleeve Large.

Thanks,

Vince

On May 19, 2026, at 5:11 AM, 'sfr4201' via RMRAT <rmrat@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I am ready to take shirt orders for the 2026 Triumph Rally down in Meeker.Need to submit the order to BullFrog by Monday June 15th.Will have both long and short sleeve styles available in one colour only ( yellow).Please state size when ordering S,M,L,XL,etc) Will have additional information this afternoon,have a great day....

E-Sreve

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Re: [emrat:15462] Shirt Order

I'll take XL, please. What do we owe you / how do we pay you?

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM 'sfr4201' via RMRAT <rmrat@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I am ready to take shirt orders for the 2026 Triumph Rally down in Meeker.Need to submit the order to BullFrog by Monday June 15th.Will have both long and short sleeve styles available in one colour only ( yellow).Please state size when ordering S,M,L,XL,etc) Will have additional information this afternoon,have a great day....

E-Sreve

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I am ready to take shirt orders for the 2026 Triumph Rally down in Meeker.Need to submit the order to BullFrog by Monday June 15th.Will have both long and short sleeve styles available in one colour only ( yellow).Please state size when ordering S,M,L,XL,etc) Will have additional information this afternoon,have a great day....

E-Sreve

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Saturday, 9 May 2026

[emrat:15460] RetroTours

At this morning's meeting, I mentioned Retro Tours (retrotours.com), and how I will be participating in one of their rides next month.

"They" are Joel Samick. He is an older guy who has collected a bunch of older bikes which he rides. I suppose at some point he decided that his bikes could be put to use. So ... he organizes rides in the Eastern United States, and provides cool old bikes on which to ride.

I chose the Redneck Gyro. I also asked to ride his 1976 Honda GL1000. I've always had a fondness for the Mk1 Gold Wings but never enough of a fondness to actually buy one. There will be others on the ride, and we will periodically swap bikes. I think Joel mentioned another guy wants to ride the 1975 Suzuki T500.

Due to some regulation/statute, Joel cannot charge for the ride but he suggests a contribution of $150/day. As far as I can tell, the only downside is the need to drive to Pennsylvania. I don't fly.

I'll report back when I see you in Meeker.

Bob

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Thursday, 7 May 2026

RE: [emrat:15459] Mert Lawwill has passed

Add journalist Clement Salvadori to the list.....

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From: Curtis Graves <ikonoklass@gmail.com>

Date: 5/7/26 8:26 AM (GMT-07:00)

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Subject: [emrat:15458] Mert Lawwill has passed

Ride in Paradise …

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[emrat:15458] Mert Lawwill has passed

Ride in Paradise …

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Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Re: [emrat:15457] Anyone up for a mid-summer week long ride?

I'm up for it too to end for me at Rat In Meeker.

On Tue, May 5, 2026, 6:44 PM Martin Richard <martinarmy1961@gmail.com> wrote:

Jim: Looking at my itinerary, we could do this the week of the RAT rally and it would just mean that on Friday in Thermopolis we'd part ways, you'd ride to Meeker (344 miles) and I'd ride home. So that could work.

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM Jim Baker <beaker@pobox.com> wrote:

I would love to do this.

Is June in play at all? Barring that, since the rally is in Meeker this year, what do you think about timing it to start on Monday and roll up on Meeker on Friday, on day 5 instead of home?

I agree with Steve, this is pretty aggressive, but doable for me. When you get up in this part of the country, towns with hotels at all are spaced out enough to force you to choose between very long or ridiculously short days. And Salmon River Valley is completely worth it. US 12 west from Lolo is even better, but it goes in the wrong direction for what you are planning.

Agree about not camping 😁

Cheers,

Jim

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM Steve Smith <shmitty74@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Martin,

Just my perspective, but if that’s not Iron Butt pace it’s not far off. It’s at least a 3 Flags pace!

I’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled to all those places and they are definitely worth the trip. Have fun!

Steve

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 16:04 'DAN PILCHER' via RMRAT <rmrat@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Martin, just a few thoughts on your route ideas.

After Sturgis in 2008, I rode upto Glacier NP and rode east to west over Logan Pass on the famous "Going to the Sun Road." The descent, however, was much more like the "Going to the Hell Road." The road was jammed with tourist traffic and road construction immobilized passage. It was stop-and-go in the sun and the heat and I was miserable.

Out of this came my maxim: never ride in a national park between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But, if you entered the Park early and there was no heavy traffic, perhaps you would be OK. It is a spectacular NP.

The Salmon River valley and Beartooth Pass are, of course, must-rides for motorcyclists.

The Sun Valley to Stanley road is a great motorcycle ride, but I have never been on the Stanley-Challis segment on ID 75. By the way, Ernest Hemingways's grave is in Sun Valley. If you visit it, leave a minature liquor bottle on the grave.

Dan

On 05/05/2026 2:39 PM MDT Martin Richard <martinarmy1961@gmail.com> wrote:

Rats: I know I've been out of the net for a while but I wanted to ask if anybody would be interested in going on a ~ 5 day ride in July or August? I haven't done a multi day ride in way too long and while I'm happy to go by myself I'd be more happy in good company!

Since I'm just starting the planning I'm very flexible. About the only things I'd be somewhat firm on are the duration (5 days/4 nights) and the time of the week (mid week for better availability of motels.) So in essence I'm looking at: Depart Monday morning and return Friday afternoon.

Given that it's mid-Summer my goal would be to head North: Utah, Idaho, Montana and then back. I do have a tentative route in mind but I'm not married to it and am open to suggestions. Right now my route would be:

Pueblo > Spanish Fork, UT via US-50, I-70 and US-6 (1st night)

Spanish Fork > Salmon, ID via Sun Valley and the Salmon River valley (2nd night)

Salmon, ID > Great Falls MT via Kalispell with possible diversion to Glacier NP depending on what rules are (reservations, etc) (3rd night)

Great Falls, MT - Thermopolis, WY via Red Lodge, Beartooth Pass, Dead Indian Pass and Cody (4th night)

Thermopolis WY > Home.

And just to be clear, this is just a tentative plan, I'm not fixed on it, but it incorporates a lot of places I've wanted to ride for years (Salmon River in Idaho, around Glacier NP, Beartooth and Dead Indian Passes.) Any suggestions or recommendations would also be welcome.

My plan would be to ride for a full day every day, but I would absolutely NOT be trying to keep an "Iron Butt" pace. I plan to take time to enjoy the sights and take some photos.

(It probably goes without saying but I'll say it anyway: I will be on my BMW, NOT the Sportster!)

I've slept on the ground enough in my life so I would be finding a reasonably priced motel rather than moto-camping. Am absolutely open to sharing a room to save costs.

Anyway, if anyone is interested in joining me either reply to me here or at my main email at Martinjmpr@yahoo.com.

I will also post this on the BMW MOA of Colorado FB page.

Thanks and hope to see you all some time this Summer!

Martin

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