Grand Finale

Doffo Winery

Doffo Winery

Right before take off 

Right before take off

Cindy and Jen

Larry and Cindy

                   Me leaving for the last day 

Larry leaving for the last day 

Mike leaving for the last day

Randy mom and Mary

Randy and mom

Me coming in to the finish line

Mom happy I didn’t hurt myself 

Mike at the finish line

Mom and Mike 

Larry and finish line 

Larry

Jack loves motorcycles 

Sammy and grandpa

Allie Sammy and Larry

The girls and Sammy with Jared

Alex and Larry

Joe and Larry

Cindy Larry Julie and Dean

Team Butts

The brothers 

Coming into the finish line 

Larry at the finish line 

Putting grants number on an Indian 🤣

Mike coming in to the finish line 

Sammy and Larry 

Larry Sammy and Cindy 

Sammy with the Team Butts trailer 

 We made it!!!

Sunday was a whirlwind of a day. We started off in Palm Desert CA. We headed up a mountain with the big group of people and due to different engines and people pulling off to take pictures we ended up just a few. Eventually we find others. 

For lunch we stopped at Doffo Winery which was a cool place. They had motorcycles everywhere as decorations. They also had wine labels with motorcycles. As we were parking I was putting my front break on because I was rolling backward. Well the ending of my cable broke and obviously there was no way to fix it. I was left to only have my back brake. 

We only had about 40 miles to go to the finish line, but boy did they challenge me in terms of braking. I ran a lot of stop signs (which isn’t unusual) I slowed down and there was definitely some close stop lines I didn’t think I’d stop in time for. One I didn’t and I ended up talking a right turn and luckily no one was there and I could then take another right turn to get on the road I was on. We got down to the beach and we were welcomed by a shit ton of people. I’m talking like there had to be something going on. And there was. There was a women’s surfing competition and I believe a concert. So the roads were flooded. People don’t understand how hard it is to stop these bikes, start them, keep them running and all of that. They just see a normal motorcycle. We got through it. 

When we got to the finish line we were welcomed by an even larger amount of people. We saw a big blob of maroon shirts for Team Butts! It was so wonderful passing that finish line and feeling the redemption I felt. This was no easy feat for me, it was draining and frustrating but it was also a great way I learned more about myself and pushing myself. I don’t doubt my ability to do pretty much anything anymore. 

I know I can say from all of  Team Butts how much we appreciate each and every one of the people who have reached out to us, followed along, cheered from home and from the sidelines as we made our venture. We were tested from every time of roads, weather, elevation, etc. Mountains, deserts, wind, rain, hot weather. 

We got welcome by our support team Mom (Linda), Cindy, Jen, Tony, Bryce, Britt, Nash, Jack, Mary, Steve, Brie, David, Michael, Morgen, Allie, Sammy, Dean and Julie.  It was so special being welcomed by all these people cheering us on 

Last long day

 We took a nice ride to Palm Desert California. We started off with having to pull off the road because Larry had to loosen his brake. 

We started by going over Park Dam. Then we went into Joshua Tree National Park. We really just drove in the desert today. It was long roads but honestly I didn’t get overly hot until we hit the interstate. 

During our ride Mike had part of his bike came undone. He was sounding really shitty. One of his cylinder pipes was disconnected. So we fixed that.  Larry had to fix something too but it was pretty minor and now I can’t remember. I also had my decompression rod lose a bolt so we just took that off. Zip tied it to my handlebar 🤣

We all made it in! It was hot. Like real hot. So we cooled off a bit and started working on our bikes. I noticed I had a gas leak. I probably could have made it the 109 miles by refilling but we figured why not just fix it. So we did. We called Steve Rinker and asked him what we needed to do. We found that it was leaking by the connection of the hollow hole put in for the decompression rod. So we filed it all up. And our good friend Alex Trepanier soldered it for us. Then we replaced the tank. 

Hopefully today goes off without any issues! For the Grand Finale! 

At the hotel we had a little party without trying. We were staying at a different hotel than everyone else- but it was just across the street. It was fun because people wandered over and hung out with us so we had a little party at Team Butts. 

Mom and Mary took the veno to go get beer. I think we have too much fun riding two up on it. 

Unruhly Butts is the new team names we are joining forces! Many things were said and talked about. I was asked if I have any nurse friends to set up Bryce with… and well I may have made magic.