zzrbikes.com 02west10 rally july 16-18 2010

[99 900ss duc]

i am hosting the 02 west rally this year from my house in minden
we have people signed up from washington, idaho, arizona, california and even florida.
we will have organized rides on friday, saturday and sunday all of which will be aprox 250-300 miles in duration.
come enjoy the ride, some great food, great company and meet some new people.

camping avail in front yard if needed. we have quite a few from zzrbikes already confirmed.

[SPL]

Hey there,

We would love to however we would have to base this on our track schedule. If we dont have a track day we would consider it based on your turn out as that is quite a bit of gas to haul the trailer out there.  Our track days our are money maker and pay our bills.  The schedule comes out in April. Email me again as a reminder and we will look at those dates.   

[99 900ss duc]

we have 20 confirmed so far, and if a track day falls on same day we may do that as part of rally as well

[n10sive]

holy cow Alan...your sig line is as big as your head! LOL

[99 900ss duc]

holy cow Alan...your sig line is as big as your head! LOL

living large i guess

[Oneup]

Its not a AFM weekend so might be fun

It is a Z2 weekend.

[Oneup]

I have to pay attention.  Looks like I might be on track every weekend in July.

[99 900ss duc]

we are making this a benefit ride for connorwatch.org
we will be selling ride t shirts and green mohawks for this event with all the proceeds going to texx and his family to help offset medical expenses. the green mohawk story is below. anyone who would like to support this cause let me know by pm what size shirt(s) you would like. they are long sleeve white shirts priced at 30 dollars including the green mohawk. i would like to see everyone in attendance wear the mohawk as a show of support.

here is texx's post on zzrbikes.com concerning the green mohawk story

If I've gotten the chance to ride with you lately, or you've seen the photos, you may be wondering what's up with this



I mean, what's a 47-year-old dude doing wearing such a thing, anyway?

Well, assuming I haven't told you in person, and because XXXL mentioned something about it on the 2West 2010 thread, it seems like the right time to tell the story, so here goes...

Back in June 2008, I was prepping for the ride from NorCal to Colorado that I was scheduled to take with moto and sacowan to attend the Anarchy Rally. While at Cycle Gear, I saw a green, stick-on mohawk which matched my gear fairly well, and I thought it would be funny to stick it in my tankbag and put it on my helmet just outside the rally site. I could roll into the rally with this green thing sticking off my helmet and everyone could get a good laugh out of it. So I bought the thing and threw it on the pile of stuff I had to pack onto the bike.

Well, I never got to take the trip - the afternoon before we were to launch for Colorado, we got a phone call from the camp my teenaged son was attending, telling us he'd been in a swimming accident. We dropped everything and headed to Fresno, where he had been medivaced. Naively, we thought we'd be there a day or two while he got fixed, and then be back home, so we didn't take much in the way of gear. Well, most of you know that we got to Fresno to find he had broken his neck and was paralyzed from the neck down, and the doctors didn't give him much hope for either survival or recovery.

I of course had bailed out of the ride to Colorado, and after about 2 weeks living in the ICU waiting room, he was stable enough that I could come back to the house to grab my bike (for the quickest possible transits between Fresno and work/home) and clothes and stuff for the family. When I got to the house and was throwing stuff together, I saw the green mohawk sitting on the pile of bike stuff, and I thought "Connor will get a kick out of seeing this". So, I stuck it on my helmet and headed back to Fresno. When I got there, I took the bug-encrusted helmet up to the ICU to show the boy, and indeed did get the smile I was looking for.

He asked me "what's up with the mohawk?".

And I opened my mouth and these words popped out - I didn't think them beforehand, they just came out -

"I'm gonna wear this on my helmet until the day I take it off and put it on yours, and we'll go riding together, OK?"

Today marks the 608th day since the accident. Connor remains paralyzed from the neck down, and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. And I still wear the green mohawk as a public and visible testimony to my confidence that God is going to heal my son, and to my belief that one day he is going to throw his leg over his motorcycle, fire it up, and go for a ride. And on that day, I'll be right next to him, and I'll look over and think "so, that's what that green mohawk looks like in motion!"

So that's what the green mohawk is about. Hope the story encourages you a bit in whatever you're facing these days.

God bless,

Tex

[99 900ss duc]

last 2 days to order shirts
ends tuesday

[99 900ss duc]

bump

our saturday ride is the same path as ssa's sunday jeromes swim ride
(get a preview)

[99 900ss duc]

bump,, its getting closer
come ride with us for a great cause

[99 900ss duc]

yes by all means post up, it is open to all riders (yes there will be at least 2 harleys and a few cruisers too)
raising funds for a good cause

[99 900ss duc]

cool thanks for your support
if you want to reserve a shirt and mohawk let me know what size long sleeve t shirt

[99 900ss duc]

bump