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Blue Ridge GS

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I found these pictures of a lot younger wedoo2. A couple of picks of a friend and me and one of our trips to the Smokies. At the time this was my second bike, a GS400 that I had had for about 3 years so that brings the time to about 1982. As you can see I did add a couple of things to the bike, a new paint job, Rooster Fairing and a dippy seat. But it was a lot smarter than the stock seat for distance riding. The Rooster held a radio / cassette combo that worked great. Played my Journey and Alan Parsons tapes! My bud had a Silver Wing, but it was not silver. Neat bike to ride and smooth as a big Wing with all the same goodies.

Here we are on the Blue Ridge Parkway loaded down.

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This is in a campground in Tennessee somewhere.

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This is a picture of young wedoo2 celebrating another day of living. Mt. Mitchell in the background. On top of ole Smokie is actually wedo hair. That is as gone as the 400.

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Bikes near Mt Mitchell. This may be have been taken in Virginia, (not the mountain) but a lot of days have passed since then.
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This is how skinny we were. My bud in this one. We camped out along a stream just north of the main drag in Pigeon Forge, TN. Probably built up by now.

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Nice!!

Nice!!

Too Cool!!
And I know about the hair and being "skinny" as well.
Thanks for sharing.
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Those were some fun times. There were a few of us that used to go to the Smokies every year from Indiana. All of them had larger bikes, a GS750, 1000, Wings, and I had to keep up with them. I managed. One year I rode a Triumph Bonneville down there and it was a lot of fun, and not a whole lot different than my 400. Except it did not have rear brakes. Just used the front. Imagine taking off for a week without rear brakes in the mountains and riding like maniacs????
 
Very cool, thanks for sharing. Perhaps an old times/ the way we were thread might be cool. My cycling days have spanned from chubby faced, bad haircut early 20s to less chubby faced/long haired mid 20s ( if i ever had a chance of being cool, this would have been the time ) to now. 41 and boring. i may need to look thru my pictures...
 
Looks like you had a great time. It is always nice to go for a trip with buddies and have a fab time once every year.
 
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