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Moabiker's Tall Tales
- Thread starter Moabite
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...i appreciate it sooo much...i worked all over the usa and world for years, special places all over...
...but...omg...moab....really interesting peeps come here too...
...time to start a smile day...
...relaxing now, but soon on way to more live music...
...big yellow bike...
...they didn't pave paradise, listen to the birds and the yellow beees...beees
....err it a yellow bike, buzzzz...
...and this how i am feeling now, but the show must go on...
...more like...deep yellow... playing...lazy...
...big yellow bike...
....err it a yellow bike, buzzzz...
...and this how i am feeling now, but the show must go on...
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...rats, river too low to go downstream from here 30 miles into National Park...
...so no way with patrons we have thursday grotto concert...
...but tonight ranch concert setup in a few hours...
...river mirror images at sunrise...
...and...
...small ranch concert for big charity donors here...plus catered gourmet meal...yum day...
...so no way with patrons we have thursday grotto concert...
...but tonight ranch concert setup in a few hours...
...river mirror images at sunrise...
...small ranch concert for big charity donors here...plus catered gourmet meal...yum day...
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...contingency plan in effect for today...it will be first time we try and setup piano on boat...then we bring patrons on separate boats next to piano boat...pics later today....will not be in National Park in ampitheatre in wilderness area, but maybe another unique concert landscape....
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Play us a tune, on the piano boat
Play us a tune tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
Play us a tune tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright
...in the spring, water level was up to the rebar sticking out on the left....
...got steinway on waterway...
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...bummer, not enough room for piano crew to go on concert boat (had 2 violinists, piano player, boat captain, and two music fest chiefs) or patron boat (over 100 peeps and full)...
...if you look careful you can see my boss sleeping under piano...
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Everything I see here is just beautiful. I live in North Central Florida. We got nuttin. We have some rivers. Can’t really ride along them though. We have some springs for swimming and maybe some cave diving. Can’t ride along them though. Fine dining? Nah. I kinda miss living in South FLA. I had a ritual. Every Sunday morning I would take a ride down A1A all the way to Ft Lauderdale and back up to Palm beach then back home to Boynton Beach. What a beautiful ride. Early enough to pretty much have the road to myself. Up here in NCFL I’ve got country roads here but nothing like the stuff you guys have.
...others going downstream river 30 miles on jetboat...
...to see if any possibility to have last grotto concert happen...
...i got the stage and heading upstream 30 miles on colorado river road to another fancy hotel/horse ranch. ($500/night+ for a room)
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...4 or so more days of moving music then back to bike life...
...gs1100 fix in a few more days too i hope....
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...6 motorbikes hidden under the bed trick...
...from bedroom...
...to living room...
...to outside...
...to... it is alive, with idle jet to clean...
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I had to do some research on that Scorpa. Their website shows only trials bikes. I assume these are not in production anymore?
There’s also lots of videos on YouTube regarding those bikes. They seem quite a capable little trials bike. Kind of a mash up between an MX bicycle and a trials bike.
A 70-80cc motor?
You gonna go embarrass some rich tourists and their high end machinery again?
Did you ever ride competitively? ( sorry if I’ve asked that question before )
There’s also lots of videos on YouTube regarding those bikes. They seem quite a capable little trials bike. Kind of a mash up between an MX bicycle and a trials bike.
A 70-80cc motor?
You gonna go embarrass some rich tourists and their high end machinery again?
Did you ever ride competitively? ( sorry if I’ve asked that question before )
...i think they were only made in 2005, 13 came to usa, around 300 total made...
...70cc yamaha motor...
...99% time i ride for fun, 6-7 years rode lots trials events in illinois and wisconsin though..
...very,very good slow speed technical rider, but have a few friends beyond exceptional...
...can trick ride( stay balanced forever,start motor while balanced, balance with one wheel in air, hop front and rear wheel sideways , etc...) on mountain bikes and trials motorcycles...spent more than alot of my life doing that ...
...but also enjoy cruising on any bike, just sightseeing at slow pace...from honda cub to gs1100...
...70cc yamaha motor...
...99% time i ride for fun, 6-7 years rode lots trials events in illinois and wisconsin though..
...very,very good slow speed technical rider, but have a few friends beyond exceptional...
...can trick ride( stay balanced forever,start motor while balanced, balance with one wheel in air, hop front and rear wheel sideways , etc...) on mountain bikes and trials motorcycles...spent more than alot of my life doing that ...
...but also enjoy cruising on any bike, just sightseeing at slow pace...from honda cub to gs1100...
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I did a lot of open desert riding when I was young, I also enjoyed doing hill climbs. The deserts I rode in were very mountainous, so the hill climbing just kinda came with the territory. I always gravitated towards four stroke dirt bikes for that reason, they were heavier but had much more torque way down to just off idle. The two stroke dirt bikes ( back in the seventies anyways ) had a bad habit of running out of steam about 3/4 of the ways up some rocky rutted steep hill, where the four strokes would just chug right up. I was always interested in trials bikes but never owned one , too bad, I think it would’ve been a heck of a lot of fun!
...you taking the piano down here???...
...but all that work and not get to ride in guest boat, so in a few minutes heading on truck on road upstream to find concert on the river...
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...concert soon...
...piano parked...here comes the patron boat...
...could hear the patrons and musicians singing as they came upstream and approached the piano boat...
...merrily,merrily....life is what you dream...
...piano parked...here comes the patron boat...
...merrily,merrily....life is what you dream...
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That’s some crazy stuff. Grand pianos on boats, open air concerts in a river canyon. Bet it was actually pretty cool!
...completely in water, except my head, whole concert, i had best seat in house on sunny hot day...
...piano player and girl singing, sound carried fantastic across water to where we were.
...wow...an understatement...unbelievable show and atmosphere...
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