Columbia, SC Area Roll Call
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: North of Hell, South of Heaven
I just got back from my first bike ride to Columbia to see my daughter who attends USC. Great weather! Hit Timms HD on the way, then had a beer at Bull Feathers' tiki hut. Once I got to Columbia, I went by Harley Haven and purchased an Gamecock HD t-shirt. I take the cage to visit her 'cause I usually have crap I need to take her, but the weather was too good to pass up the ride!
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: SC
Hey if anyone is able this Saturday The kickstand is having their 10th annual charity poker run. It's the big one. The have an ad in this months carolina chrome, I think it's the back cover. If anyone else is going send me a line we can meet for the start.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: North Lima, Ohio
I'll be going there today as a matter of fact. Wife wants to look for some things. And my truck needs new speakers. As always, I will look at the bike stuff they have there.
Went riding yesterday. The destination was Scotts BBQ in Hemmingway. I took Hwy#6 to Santee and I-95 across Lake Marion. Then Hwy #261 to Brunsons Crossroads, just before the town of Hemmingway. Scotts was featured on the Food Network and was the subject of a newspaper article in the Myrtle Beach paper last week.
This is no fancy place by a longshot. It is a Black family owned country store and farm. It is take out and there is not much on the menu except pulled pork, chicken, and skins. I ordered 2 sandwiches at the takeout window inside the store. Served up by an elderly black lady, she weighed 1/2lb. of pork in styrofoam sandwich boxes and put 2 slices of Sunbeam loaf bread on top. I grabed a bag of skins and a Pepsi from the cooler, paid and went across the road to the dining area. It is an old run down shed in the barnyard with some old homemade picnic tables.
I went back towards Sumter. I was just crossing the I-95 overpass about 21 miles east of Sumter when my rear tire blew out. I had picked up a screw. I limped to a gas station and called HOG Roadside Assistance since I had used My AMA roadside twice last month. They sent a rollback and brought me home at no out of pocket cost to me. I was about due for a new tire anyway and had a new tire and tube at the house. I changed it out and the Street Bob is ready to go again.
I bought a set of mag wheels off a forum member here. I need to get off my butt and build them up and put them on the bike. If I had had tubeless tires on the bike I could have probly made it home just by adding some air. But I could have plugged it and been on my way in 15 minutes. I love the look of the black rims and chrome spokes but if you have a flat you are dead in the water. You ain't fixing it on the side of the road. I would hate to have to pay a shop to remove the rear wheel and replace a tube or maybe a tire and tube.
This is no fancy place by a longshot. It is a Black family owned country store and farm. It is take out and there is not much on the menu except pulled pork, chicken, and skins. I ordered 2 sandwiches at the takeout window inside the store. Served up by an elderly black lady, she weighed 1/2lb. of pork in styrofoam sandwich boxes and put 2 slices of Sunbeam loaf bread on top. I grabed a bag of skins and a Pepsi from the cooler, paid and went across the road to the dining area. It is an old run down shed in the barnyard with some old homemade picnic tables.
I went back towards Sumter. I was just crossing the I-95 overpass about 21 miles east of Sumter when my rear tire blew out. I had picked up a screw. I limped to a gas station and called HOG Roadside Assistance since I had used My AMA roadside twice last month. They sent a rollback and brought me home at no out of pocket cost to me. I was about due for a new tire anyway and had a new tire and tube at the house. I changed it out and the Street Bob is ready to go again.
I bought a set of mag wheels off a forum member here. I need to get off my butt and build them up and put them on the bike. If I had had tubeless tires on the bike I could have probly made it home just by adding some air. But I could have plugged it and been on my way in 15 minutes. I love the look of the black rims and chrome spokes but if you have a flat you are dead in the water. You ain't fixing it on the side of the road. I would hate to have to pay a shop to remove the rear wheel and replace a tube or maybe a tire and tube.
I think it was about 60 miles. They sent a rollback and picked me and the bike up. I asked them to take me home instead od the Harley shop. At first they said I would have to pay the extra mileage(11 miles) past Thundertower out of pocket but the driver said it was fully covered.
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