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Offline entropy

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2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« on: December 01, 2009, 04:39:12 PM »
My ever suffering ZX12 & I am planning on making 2010 BUB our 1st foray onto the salt.

Q:  is the hotel situation as tight as I hear it is for Speedweek?  Any tips?

sorry to be such a noob, but I hear that white stuff calling  :cheers:

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2009, 04:41:38 PM »
nowhere near as bad as speedweek. Shop around for best prices but they are usually under $80 a night

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2009, 04:44:31 PM »
come on man.....do it right....

bring a sleeping bag, you can sleep for free at the bend in
the road.....rough it a day or two...then you can get
rooms easily a day or so into it...

for some reason....bub 2009 had virtually no bikers camping
at the bend......whats the deal with that...?...

Joe :)

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2009, 04:49:26 PM »
I had a medical emergency on Tues. of Speed Week and had to go home.   If that hadn't have come up I would of been there thru all the meets.  In my opinion the Bend in the road is fine, if you prepare ahead of time for intermitent crappy weather! The food at the Salt Flat Cafe is good and the people that stay at the Bend in the road are the finest of peoples!   See you there next year!!!    Crow.
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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 05:27:06 PM »
The salt flats cafe is the other reason to go to Bonneville IMO!!

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2009, 07:15:40 PM »
I have done a couple of nights at the bend in the road during BUB but with rooms being as little as $45 on a week night it is hard not to take advantage of it. Friday and Saturday tend to be much higher. This year during Speedweek I camped at the bend and it is a completely different experience (thanks Willie, Old Crow and others for the great hospitality!).

My experience for BUB is the Nugget for $45 and the EconoLodge $35. Makes it worth a hot shower at the end of the day.

Cole
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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 08:44:25 PM »
cole...come on man....Entropy is a FNG.....still moldable
and impressionable......easy target...etc...


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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2009, 09:35:39 AM »
Entropy, after a good nights sleep to think on this I have a clearer picture of the issue of overnighting. My first trip to BUB I arrived in the late evening and slept in the cab of the truck at the bend in the road. Meeting the other folks camping there made for the perfect introduction to the Salt Flats. Regardless of room availability always be ready to camp and you will meet some great racers to enjoy a camp fire with.
Cole
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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2009, 10:30:31 AM »
 :-DGlad you enjoyed yourself Cole.  See you again in '10..... (Maybe even borrow a shower from ya if ya go for the high priced livin quarters).   C U on the Salt!        Crow.
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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2009, 03:27:29 PM »
Crow and others:

In the back of the Truck stop salt flats cafe are showers you can take from what I remember (afterall it is a truck stop), I think the cost is only a few dollars and I think they provide the towels?

John

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2009, 04:20:54 PM »
 :-o  Your right John!  Completly forgot about that......7 dollars and they do give you BIG towels, wash cloth and the condition of the shower's are excelent!     Don't forget the large glass of Apple cider, ice cold either!         Crow.
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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2009, 11:27:56 PM »
Hey I stayed at the Bend, during Speedweek and BuB..

 Ya mustsa seen the ugly, old, overloaded, 750 Honda Four when I was there..

 Altho I just threw my jacket down, and sleeping bag on top of that.. so when I left, looked like no one had been there.

 Get up with the sun, eat brekkie at the Salt Flats cafe.. great food.. breakfast is cheaper than the showers .. :-o

 crow, was wondering why I never saw ya at Speedweek..

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2009, 10:08:28 AM »
cole...come on man....Entropy is a FNG.....still moldable
and impressionable......easy target...etc...

i'm a FNG??  I KNOW I have been called worse, but what's FNG?

Sleeping on the ground at the Bend in the Road... hmmmmm... maybe after a drink or 2  :-D

Thanks for all the tips, you guys are great!
Karl

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2009, 10:15:42 AM »
cole...come on man....Entropy is a FNG.....still moldable
and impressionable......easy target...etc...

i'm a FNG??  I KNOW I have been called worse, but what's FNG?

Sleeping on the ground at the Bend in the Road... hmmmmm... maybe after a drink or 2  :-D

Thanks for all the tips, you guys are great!
Karl

It's a military term for use to describe a New Guy. I believe  :wink: there is a pejorative the begins the phrase that would be squashed by the adult filter installed here on the board. But if you use a little imagination, I think you'll be able to figure it out...
I almost never wake up cranky, I usually just let her sleep in.

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Re: 2010 BUB - hotel situation???
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2009, 10:57:18 AM »
 :cheers: 754.....  was camped up on the gravel by the tear drop trailors......I had the flat black chopper with the ape hangers and Moon Eyes on the tank..  Met a bunch of people..   Also sold 50/50 tickets for SSS at the Salt talks, had on my Old Crow Speed Shop crew shirt and cowboy hat.   Will be doing the same and in the same place in 2010!    C U there!      Crow.
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