LakeErieLoop
XIV Results: (June 10, 2017)
#1 Overall winner,
Deb Canter, 1982 Honda CM250, 645
Miles, in 10:34 Minutes
(that is Average of 61 mph!)
Class I -50CC, (110CC
Vintage):
1st place: Bruce Gordon, 1966
Yamaha Twin Jet 100CC Two
stroke, Made it half way, (in record
time !) then layed it
down in a "unscheduled maneuver"
Class II-, 125 cc (160CC
Vintage):
1st place: Sean Lynch (from
Arizona!) 2016 Kymco K-Pipe 125,
- 20:50 (got in after 3am) I dont
have the miles, but he
took two lanes all the way!
2nd Place: Vern Ebert, 1994 Suzuki
GN 125, Did Not Finish.
518 Miles before engine failure
(Stock bike, Too lean?).
Class III: -200cc (220 CC
Vintage):
1st Place: Tim Gron 2016 Suzuki
Burgman 200 CC 693 miles
(took a "detour") in 10:48 (think
about that for a minute, 64 Average
mph)
2nd Place: Allen Robertson (Team
Canada!) 1977 Honda CB125 (with
200CC Engine), total time 11:20
3rd Place: Paul Smith, 1974 Honda
CB200T, 651 Miles in
18:04. (stopped to help a few
others, at lunch, took it
easy)
DNF
Vince Smith, 1972? Suzuki GT185
(bored to 200cc), Ran out of fuel,
went lean too long, burned a hole in
his
piston) 75 miles in about one hour
Bruce "the Commish" Gordon overshot
a off ramp and layed it
down... a few scratches but
otherwise, not permanent damage to
him or the bike!
We had 14 participants overall, thanks
to all of you!
For the First time in this events
history, Bill and Joyce let the rest of
us take over the details for the event
preparation. It was a little more work
than we thought! I must say this
event preparation was made possible by
the efforts of many people, but a few
people in particular put a LOT of time
and Effort into putting this together:
Bruce Gordon... Man,
without his enthusiasm, continuous
effort, constant communication and
doing all the local "leg work" this
simply would not have happened.
Vince Smith... His whole
family jumped in. Tents, food, tables,
the coffee maker (very important), But
his wife, Sandy was his biggest help!
She sort of ran the place, while we
were "busy with our Bikes". The effort
that he and his wife put into this was
greatly appreciated.
Eric Bechtal... what can I Say, this
guy can COOK! He supplied (donated) a
Massive amount fantastic cooked pork,
and a lot of the cooking gear we used!
We did eat good!
Paul Smith.., Sort
of kept track of things, sort of....
But his wife Robin, worked with Sandy
to make sure we all had our Food and
Coffee, They "set everything up" and
kept it going while us guys basically
did our thing. Their contributions was
greatly appreciated!
I also must thank Terrie Leighliter for
being our "Chase Vehicle" picking up
all the Broken bikes. Because of her
efforts, even the guys that were
having a "bad day" ending up having a
good time anyway!
As for everyone else, I know you all
helped to pull this thing off and it
was greatly appreciated. Without
everyone's help and contributions,
this simply would not happen.
I can not thank Bill and Joyce
enough for creating and running this
event for so many years! What they
have done is truly amazing, and we
plan to keep it going for years to
come!
Next year, maybe it will be bigger
and better, and hey, if not, we will
still get together like family!
So, LakeErieLoop XIV is now in the
books. See y'all next year!
