Southern Throttle Rally - Greenville, SC

[SpyderWolf]

This is the first year they are having a motorcycle rally in Greenville, SC. It is a 2 day event being held June 4th and 5th.

They are having a free ride in bike show on June 5, starting around 10:00 AM. I am planning on ryding up for that and putting my Spyder in the show. I was thinking it would be really cool if we could get a good group of Spyders to show up for this and we all set up in one section of the show area.

It should be a fairly easy ryde for most owners in SC, as well as the Charlotte and Atlanta area people.

They currently have hotel rooms available for about $80 per night if you want to attend both days. If you pay in advance, you get admission to the event for both days for only $10. More details can be found here: www.southernthrottlerally.com (http://www.southernthrottlerally.com) .

So, if anyone else is interested in participating just let me know. I would love to meet some other Spyder Owners there and have a good time together. Oh yeah, I don't expect to win anything at the show but still think it will be fun to show off the Spyder a little bit.

[SpyderWolf]

Just a little bump for the weekend crowd.

[bruceofthebronx]

I'm going to shoot for coming up on Saturday morning, should be nice to meet some new faces and owners. Hope to C ya.

[SpyderWolf]

I'm going to shoot for coming up on Saturday morning, should be nice to meet some new faces and owners. Hope to C ya.

:2thumbs: Sounds great. Hopefully we will have nice weather for it.

[ynot]

:2thumbs: Sounds great. Hopefully we will have nice weather for it.

we plan on attending. will be looking for you Saturday.

[SpyderWolf]

we plan on attending. will be looking for you Saturday.

:2thumbs: I'll be looking forward to meeting you there.

[patches]

If I can get everything taken care of this week, will try to make it down.

[bruceofthebronx]

Paid for admission online. What time are Y'all getting there? Never been there (park), any idea where we can meet?

[SpyderWolf]

I haven't received any updates about the Ride in Bike Show yet, except that it will be from 10:00-2:00. They are supposed to open at 9:00, so I am going to try to make it there before 10. I figure if you tell them you want to be in the bike show they will direct you as to where to go, and we could all meet there. :thumbup:

I also paid my admission online, received a confirmation email message, but nothing else so far. :dontknow:

According to the weather reports I have seen so far, these storms are supposed to break and hopefully give us decent weather on Saturday. Keep your fingers crossed. :D

[bruceofthebronx]

Hope the weather holds. I just back from a ride and got caught in a storm, should dry out by then??? I'm hoping some other Spyder folks will be there?

[SpyderWolf]

I hope it holds as well. I am currently fighting with a bit of a head cold, but am still planning on going. I should be leaving here at 6 tomorrow morning to make it up there and get into the Bike Show section.

I have been tossing around the idea of taking my rain gear, but I think I will just wear my mesh jacket and take my chances at this point. :dontknow:

[bruceofthebronx]

I hope it holds as well. I am currently fighting with a bit of a head cold, but am still planning on going. I should be leaving here at 6 tomorrow morning to make it up there and get into the Bike Show section.

I have been tossing around the idea of taking my rain gear, but I think I will just wear my mesh jacket and take my chances at this point. :dontknow:
I'm taking my rain gear for sure. There was a post on Facebook, it poured there today, let's hope????? Feel good, hope to meet you tomorrow.
Ride safe

[SpyderWolf]

I'm taking my rain gear for sure. There was a post on Facebook, it poured there today, let's hope????? Feel good, hope to meet you tomorrow.
Ride safe

Okay, on that note I may go ahead and pack it. :roflblack: After all, it doesn't take up that much extra room in the frunk.

I am going to hit the Nyquil before bed tonight, and will hopefully be good to go in the morning. I am looking forward to meeting you, and hopefully some others, tomorrow as well. You be sure to ryde safe also. :thumbup:

[Roger]

GOODLUCK to you all!!

[SpyderWolf]

GOODLUCK to you all!!

Thanks Roger. I am not expecting to win anything, just going to have a good time and let more people see the Spyder up close. :D

I will be leaving here shortly, and hope to see some other Spyder Lovers there as well. This cold is not going to keep me down. :thumbup:

[bruceofthebronx]

Leaving around 6:15. Ride safe

[SpyderWolf]

Leaving around 6:15. Ride safe

:2thumbs:

[bruceofthebronx]

:2thumbs:
Sorry, I was heading up 85 and the fog was pretty heavy and the trucks were just kicking up a ton of water. I turned around, sorry. If we ever get to meet and I explain what's up with my spine, you'll agree I did the right thing. Hope you had a great time.

[SpyderWolf]

Sorry, I was heading up 85 and the fog was pretty heavy and the trucks were just kicking up a ton of water. I turned around, sorry. If we ever get to meet and I explain what's up with my spine, you'll agree I did the right thing. Hope you had a great time.

No problem at all. It was very foggy riding on the 2 lane roads for 1.5 hours trying to make it to the interstate for me. I made it and met up with SCDoc and Ynot, which was pretty cool. SCDoc and I were there for the bike show, and talked to a whole bunch of people about the Spyders. We then went to Quaker Steak and Lube for something to eat, and parted ways after that.

I got caught in a pretty decent storm on the way home, started outside of Columbia and lasted all the way to the other side of it. I was already fighting a head cold, been sucking on Hall's cough drops all day, and that didn't help my resistance at all. I am still at home trying to get over the crud right now. :(

Your turning around may have been a very wise decision, and hopefully we will meet up another time.

[bruceofthebronx]

Thanks for the backup, hope to meet someday soon. :2thumbs:

[SpyderWolf]

Thanks for the backup, hope to meet someday soon. :2thumbs:

Thanks for the well wishes, I have not made it to work at all this week. My wife had to go to the ER and was diagnosed with Bronchitis, so she is still quite a bit worse off than I am. I am hoping I can keep ahead of the battle and not get as bad as she has been.

I have a few pictures that I took at the event, but am going to wait until I feel better before trying to post them.

[SpyderWolf]

Here are a few pictures I took of some of the bikes in the bike show at the rally.

SCDoc's RT and my GS:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10273


SCDoc's RT:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10277


My Spyder:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10276


A custom chopper:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10282


A cool paint job:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10274


Interesting custom details:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10288


And a trike:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=879&pictureid=10286


More pictures can be seen in the album I posted here: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=879

[bruceofthebronx]

Looks like I sure missed some fun. Hope you and The Mrs are feeling better

[SpyderWolf]

Thanks, I am on the mend much faster than she is right now. Looks like I will be going back to work on Monday, which is a very good thing for me. :thumbup: