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Offline thefrenchowl

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #75 on: July 01, 2014, 08:49:54 AM »
Problem:



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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #76 on: July 01, 2014, 02:05:39 PM »
Thanks Mike! Very much appreciated :-)
Now about getting the bike properly assembled..... why do you think I got the t-shirts made with a blueprint on them? :-D. In all seriousness, if no parts have gone missing, I hope it'll be a straight forward 5-6 hour job   :-)

Hi Patrick. Real glad to hear you'll be there. Really looking forward to meeting you in person. So is my friend Lars who's coming along. He rides a 1945 ULH and is a huge HD sidevalve fan :-)

WW, thanks for the help trying to ease my mind a bit. Everyone (including UPS themselves :-D) tells me not to worry. They know what they're doing. Well, I can honestly say, they have been extremely friendly and helpful all the way through (Karsten, if you're reading this, I don't have any sponsors at all :-D)

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #77 on: July 01, 2014, 07:44:46 PM »
Ivan, my mate Dave who owns a mega fast 125cc "postie bike" (111 mph record holder) has found a use for Aisin blowers


Thanks for your kind offer too mate
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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #78 on: August 06, 2014, 01:14:30 AM »
Damm Tiny seeing that kind of hurts  :-o

Short update: got a phonecall from UPS last Friday (yes 4 days ago, one week before SW), my bike had been "misplaced" and had been found in Hamburg Germany!!! Can't even explain how that made me feel, but it wasn't good  :cry:
Was leaving home early Sunday, not knowing anything else than UPS would try to figure something out, and being in a miserably mood. Had my airplane ticket been refundable I would have cancelled and waited another year :-(
Is in LA at the moment, and woke up this morning to an email with good news. Bike is being flown into SLC. ETA Thursday morning :-D
There's still hope. See you on the salt :-D

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #79 on: August 06, 2014, 01:30:18 AM »
No tour is complete without a visit to Hamburg!. :-D

Glad they sorted it out.

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #80 on: August 06, 2014, 01:31:46 AM »
Jeeez Ivan, your cutting it fine  :-o
At this stage, Wilso will be at Bonneville before you (he would make a great addition to your pit crew)
The dunny roll Aisin was beyond repair before making it to the rest room (dunny) wall, so there's some more good news for you.
I HOPE your bike gets reunited with you SOON mate.
Tiny
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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #81 on: August 06, 2014, 01:37:31 AM »
Good luck, Ivan.  It looks like everything will turn out OK.

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #82 on: August 06, 2014, 08:51:14 PM »
Ivan:

Friday is not bad, pits are open until 8pm. Just be a busy day. Good luck and glad your scoot is in route.

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #83 on: August 07, 2014, 12:13:40 AM »
And with the rain there is a day delay----- :-(
Bonneville 2001,2002,2003,2004,and NO stinking 2005,DLRA 2006, next?
Well,sure can't complain about 2008--6 records over 200 and 5 hats from Bonneville,Bubs, and El Mirage for the team!

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« Reply #84 on: August 08, 2014, 01:27:51 AM »
Thanks a lot guys. Really appreciate it :-)

We rolled into SLC this morning after a long drive from LA only interrupted by a short stop for a few hours of sleep. Didn't have an address to go to or any paperwork, as all papers had been made in the very last minute and had to be sent with the crate. The first UPS we went to couldn't do anything without any paperwork and told us to go another office. Here we where told to go to customs, which we couldn't do, again due to the lack of papers. After a lot of explaining a very nice lady said: I can see this is important to you, so she left her desk, got with us in the truck, and went all over SLC to locate the crate, get the attached paperwork and get us through customs. A couple of exciting hours that helped restore my faith in humanity.

We rolled into Wendover this afternoon.
Sadly, as most of you probably know, to see the lakebed covered with water. So far we've been told the pits are closed until Sunday morning. We'll hope for the best   :-)

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #85 on: August 08, 2014, 03:16:53 AM »
Hey Ivan, what an adventure!!!.

Glad you met that nice lady. A bunch of flowers?. :cheers:

Holding thumbs for you.

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #86 on: August 08, 2014, 03:29:55 AM »
Gee Ivan, I think you were kissed on the **** by a fairy  :cheers:
I can imagine how you felt jumping those hurdles, and I can see how you felt after the bike was back in your hands.
Well done lads  :-D :-D :-D
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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #87 on: August 08, 2014, 10:15:59 AM »
Ivan:

Good to hear you were finally re-united with your crate. Nothing is easy at Bonneville.

Looks like you will get to run on Monday. On the bright side you will have some time to mill around and meet people before you get busy racing.

Good luck

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #88 on: August 18, 2015, 01:13:53 AM »
Congratulations on your Mohave mile times.  It looks like you got a bunch of nice runs.

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Re: It`s it`s The Ballerum Blitz. Room for another Beeza?
« Reply #89 on: May 31, 2016, 10:25:27 AM »
Hello Ivan,,, my Great Friend from the Mojave Mileā€¦..

Are you planing on coming over to try the salt this year ?????

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