Stator, The GSR travelling mascot.

[dpep]

My thoughts would be. Send him to dpep in Florida this Spring(Don gets around to all the Rallies) Then pass him off to the PNW guys for the fall/winter (they ride all year) Stator could then make his way down the west coast and eventually to tkent. tkent could then take him to Europe... my $.02

If we got Stator down here this spring I would try to organize a ride in central Florida for him to meet up with the Sunshine State riders. We haven't had a Florida ride in several years. After that I could deliver him to someone at Brown County in June.

Or I could pick him up at Brown County in June and hand him off to someone at the West Virginia ride in July. Or......

My tentative itinerary for this season is to hit Brown County in June, WV in July, then stop off at the Sturgis, SD rally in August on my way up to Alaska from which I will return by way of the Cranbrook rally in September. There is a place on my bike for Stator for any of the legs of any of those trips. I may even be returning from Cranbrook via friends in Colorado, so I could drop him off at Tkent's if that were the way it worked out. Throw me and my routes into the mix as needed if needed.

Is there anyone from the East Coast/New England who will be making it to either Brown County or WV?
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[Guest]

Bit embarrassing really , for us Aussies .
He had such a good , well documented time in NZ .

Bugger .

Cheers , Simon .

 

[Colin Green]

Stator is alive and well and arrived in Finley this morning.I've got a couple of rides planned for him in the next couple of weeks so stay calm and if you want to be his next chauffer put your name forward.

I vote for dpep. He has concrete plan that would see good initial coverage.

Any idea if Ozman is going likely to touch base and update the thread with a few photos?

If we got Stator down here this spring I would try to organize a ride in central Florida for him to meet up with the Sunshine State riders. We haven't had a Florida ride in several years. After that I could deliver him to someone at Brown County in June.

Or I could pick him up at Brown County in June and hand him off to someone at the West Virginia ride in July. Or......

My tentative itinerary for this season is to hit Brown County in June, WV in July, then stop off at the Sturgis, SD rally in August on my way up to Alaska from which I will return by way of the Cranbrook rally in September. There is a place on my bike for Stator for any of the legs of any of those trips. I may even be returning from Cranbrook via friends in Colorado, so I could drop him off at Tkent's if that were the way it worked out. Throw me and my routes into the mix as needed if needed.

Is there anyone from the East Coast/New England who will be making it to either Brown County or WV?
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[Guest]

Just a thought: If everyone can wait till end of May, when Simon is comming to the USA. Simon could bring Stator with him and hand him off in Ohio.

Or you could just stick Stator in a box and mail him.

And if Simon is game - he could document Stators trip and clearing customs (does he have a passport??).

Of course Simon would have to promise to not involve the "Mile High Club".
I think we can trust Simon - as long as Deb is with him we should be ok.

 

[dpep]

Just a thought: If everyone can wait till end of May, when Simon is comming to the USA. Simon could bring Stator with him and hand him off in Ohio.

Or you could just stick Stator in a box and mail him.

And if Simon is game - he could document Stators trip and clearing customs (does he have a passport??).

I think this is the way we should go. I thought the whole idea was for Stator to travel with GSR members and be passed from one to another for each next leg of his journey. Last I checked FedEx wasn't a member here or using GS's to make their deliveries.

Once Simon has him on the ground in Ohio in May we can start his North American swing. From Brown County in June I will be returning to Florida via DC/Richmond area if someone wanted to pick him up for an East Coast/New England swing. However it works out Cranbrook seems the logical place to pass him to the West Coast members.
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[Dogma]

Is Stator finished with Australia? We need to see him hanging onto Simon's 1000S for dear life.

 

[Flyboy]

I reckon there is enough to keep Stator busy in Auzzie until Simon leaves end of May, it gives two months, hell between Pete and Simon they could still give him a good time, I would suggest he moving on to Pete next then Simon, to be taken across the pond.
What say ye?

 

[Steve]

I thought the whole idea was for Stator to travel with GSR members and be passed from one to another for each next leg of his journey. Last I checked FedEx wasn't a member here or using GS's to make their deliveries.

True enough, but without occasional assistance from members like tkent or Flyboy, he is going to have a bit of difficulty hopping from one continent to another. :-\\\

Then there is Simon. (And Deb. )
They do their own continent hopping every once in a while, so they can move him right along.
Any other members on that short list of continent hoppers? :-k

OK, it's not a GS, but FedEx does use bikes in some areas:

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[landshark]

I hope Simons game, good chance for us to redeem ourselves.

 

[ozman]

Stator prowling with the skunk pack

Stator prowling with the skunk pack

ok guys im back, sorry about the delay its finally rained and i have a day or 2 off !
ive been working 7 days a week traveling 75 mile to work 10 to 12 hrs on the machine and 75 mile home again for 4 months ... im over driving atm

Stator has been passed to another forum member max parsons for a trip into the mountains



so Stator arrived safely then hibernated as bears are known to do we managed to rouse him for the outback poker run
after many late nights cleaning carbs and repairing previous owner bodge repairs i got 4 skunks up and running


rounded up sons Sean and Dillon to ride a couple of the skunks and a mate Non to ride chucks bike

poker run was a trip to the Maude pub back to Hay the the Booligal pub plus a stop at the One Tree pub about 150 mile all up

Stator on my 78 Blue Skunk






hanging out on the skunk i got from Chuck Hahn




79 E model in 78 C model colours paint by larry


Black and white 78 skunk



Stator and his chaperone for the ride my daughter Tyler jane



Maude pub well known watering hole




teaching Stator bad habits with the demon rum





me ans Non in depth discussions about the GS1000 finer attributes

 

[ozman]

parts 2 !!

on to Booliga

number 2 and 3 sons with Tyler jane




another mate Screw has his nice looking car along for the trip




skunk pack



sadly the old pub burnt down and was replaced



then on to the One Tree pub










sadly Stator proved to be a very average poker player pair of 7s ....so not a winner

 

[Guest]

Hey , well done old mate .
We were getting a bit worried Stator was buried in a State forest somewhere .
I know about the work stuff .
I'm doing 12ies as well , with a 1 hour commute either side and only getting a day or two a month off . Glad to hear you're OK as well (we was getting a bit worried about Stator and about yourself).
I'm only to happy to accept Stator and bring him to the States in May , possibly after a trip to Brisbane with Pete and those Katmen (although they look like a pack of bear molesters) . Maybe Sharpy could be encouraged to give him a bit of a cuddle as well ?
Can't guarantee what condition he'll be in when I'm finished with him though .

Cheers , Simon .

 

[Colin Green]

WooHoo! Well done Ozman. Good to see the little fella hasn't been too neglected and still has his head (arms and legs) about him.

 

[steve murdoch]

Excellent travelogue, Ozman.
Beautiful stable of Skunks as well.

 

[Flyboy]

Good on ya Ozman, beautiful stable of skunks, damn, do you own all the skunks in Oz?
Nice travel log, thanks for that. :clap:

 

[Guest]

Great picture of the GS1000's all lined up. And thanks for posting the bear, good to see him up and around finally.

 

[rustybronco]

I wanna know how in the heck one of Chuck Hahn's bikes ended up down under!

What's the story on that little escapade?

 

[ozman]

Good on ya Ozman, beautiful stable of skunks, damn, do you own all the skunks in Oz?
Nice travel log, thanks for that. :clap:

not all but a fair portion of them !

 

[ozman]

I wanna know how in the heck one of Chuck Hahn's bikes ended up down under!

What's the story on that little escapade?

with chuck being very helpful it was not to much drama had to ship the skunk to LA then onto down under

oz

 

[posplayr]

Good show you guys, been missing the updates on lill stator.