2014 Grand Tour Theme

[Don Q]

So if your first name is Matt, Barry,Scott or Penny, Do you get to start with 1 point?

[paper]

Oh, Danny Boy!!

[Willie]

(12-20-2013 03:11 PM)Don Q Wrote:  So if your first name is Matt, Barry,Scott or Penny, Do you get to start with 1 point?

I take exception to that

wiLLie

[Don Q]

-1 for Willy, Wally, Dolly,Holly....

[Ghost rider]

What if your name starts with LL do I get double points. Lloyd

[texnmidwest]

HEY!!!! I get to start with a point??????? There are two "C"s in my lastestest name!

[MikeH]

(12-20-2013 10:20 AM)Willie Wrote:  Does WEST KINGSTON, RI count with the ST in West and the ST in Kingston ??

Willie

No that does not count. The double letters have to be consecutive.

[paper]

(12-21-2013 07:33 PM)texnmidwest Wrote:  HEY!!!! I get to start with a point??????? There are two "C"s in my lastestest name!

There's no C in Dork..

[texnmidwest]

(12-22-2013 12:17 PM)paper Wrote:  

(12-21-2013 07:33 PM)texnmidwest Wrote:  HEY!!!! I get to start with a point??????? There are two "C"s in my lastestest name!

There's no C in Dork..

Yes there is! In Czech it is spelled DorCC!

Wait...why do I keep throwing up puff balls for him to knock out of the park? Sheesh, I am such a Dorcc..

[drphill]

so what's the over/under number for the top doggs to chase?

will it be a 4 digit number? 3 digit?

I'm thru the letter g within 4 surrounding states and have just over 3K+ names....hehehe

PhiLL

[Shooter]

(12-23-2013 10:40 AM)drphill Wrote:  so what's the over/under number for the top doggs to chase?

will it be a 4 digit number? 3 digit?

I'm thru the letter g within 4 surrounding states and have just over 3K+ names....hehehe

PhiLL

ummmmm....yeah I have "gotten" a "little" start.

I will be attempting to get me a "hooker" and it won't be by "accident". I would go as far as "brilliant" for my planning but it doesn't count.

Four digits?????? Maybe????

Only the Grand Pumba (AKA MikeH) in Spirit Lake will know what I'm doing this year. And you guys laugh when I say I need 3 months to route....hehehe

No further comments from me until about the end of September (we all know this won't happen....lol)

Really cool rules this year!!!!! It's going to be a really fun "summer"!!!!!!!
Rider #1 will be out to see some of you fun characters along his adventures!!!!!

[UncleLumpy]

OK, I know it's too early to talk about 2015, but while looking through a list of places in Ohio tonight I thought of a possible GT theme for next year..."Saints or Sinners." Any place name with either "Saint" (or a variation like St. or STE) or "Sin" counts. Lot's of "Saints" but not so many "Sin" locations, so the "Sins" count for 2 points.

Just throwing it out there...:-)

Lumpy

[texnmidwest]

I am going to make the most of this year! I plan to break my all time record (too embarrassing to mention here) and hopefully have a good time making a long weekend run up to Copper Harbor MI! Heck, I might even have company!

All in all I am very much looking forward to getting out and riding!

[Shooter]

(12-23-2013 08:40 PM)UncleLumpy Wrote:  OK, I know it's too early to talk about 2015, but while looking through a list of places in Ohio tonight I thought of a possible GT theme for next year..."Saints or Sinners." Any place name with either "Saint" (or a variation like St. or STE) or "Sin" counts. Lot's of "Saints" but not so many "Sin" locations, so the "Sins" count for 2 points.

Just throwing it out there...:-)

Lumpy

I would just go back to Canada for the Saints and rape it like I did in 2012. I could get over 50 a day up north....just saying

Gotta watch the "loop holes" cause guys like me will exploit them.
On the other hand...finding the honey hole is part of the game. JohnF has been fortunate that every year western PA has had a ton and this year is no exception so what do you do?

You go out ride and have fun all summer and let the points falls where they may. The true reward is getting to see all the towns you visit not how many you visit. The contest is designed to be fun for everyone although a few of us like to chase each other and get hundreds, the point is to just get out and ride somewhere new.

I would like to see just the "sinners" no saints then we can all be really bad for the year!!!!!

Back to routing doubles.

[Lapchik]

(12-23-2013 11:49 AM)Shooter Wrote:  

All those pins in Florida, and a line of them going towards Alaska . . . .and he just got a KLR . . .something about conch shells and dead horses comes to mind.

[Shooter]

how much of the Dalton HWY is paved now? It would be a more comfortable ride on the ultra classic....hehehe

Still not going to Deadhorse this year.

Key West is a go!!!!! Going to go visit my grandparents in Sunrise, FL. No full blown massacres of the GT's on that trip but I do plan on hitting "some".

Going to try and make it back to Accident, MD again but this time with Jean and last but not least I want Hooker, OK. Yes I want to be able to say my wife and I went and got a hooker.

Quality not quantity....it's going to be a fun summer.

I wonder what JohnF, Willy, Bart, and the other crazies are planning? Makes you wonder.

[Bob C]

Can't wait to start looking for some double "D's". Maybe I'll actually find some next year.

[StarWolve]

Just throwing it out there - if anyone needs an East Coast stop, I'm in Charlotte, NC. I still have a spare bedroom, secure garage, and plenty of cold beverages for anyone that wants to stop by.

Plus the Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherohala, Moonshiner 28, Brown Mountain, Wheels Through Time Museum, and lots of other great rides are easy day trips from my house. (Have I mentioned that I love living here?!)

[MikeH]

So I've mostly got the official rules done, still need to get some details on prizes squared away but 2 big things I should mention
1. Welcome to town signs that the locals put up will count this year, they better look cool & unique! Still no green highway signs.
2. If there is a space between the two letters like Blue Earth, that will NOT count. I've gone back and forth with this for awhile but its really not consecutive so no points.

[LSGiant]

Grand Tour rules.

That's what I get for doing my route planning before the rules are official. I was really looking forward to seeing some really big numbers for GTs but oh well. It is the Rally Masters choice.