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Congratulations Pam. I knew you'd get it done! (and hey, I like your photo)
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Congratulations to all Cannonballers including those who didn't make it for either mechanical issues or personal injury.

You are all The Dream Team but please permit me to give a mention to #103 and #173 being the two Cubs with trailers. I have been supporting them since before they left home.

Great stuff and Party On.

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I really enjoyed using the dedicated website to keep up with the events. The end of day videos were super cool too to put it all into perspective. I ran out of time to list the full list but it's curious to see the mix of weapons in the top 25! Sort of leads me to the idea that it is the incredible riders who make the difference and not the machines. I would love to see a list of mechanical issues or parts replaced list by rider as a follow on..

1. 2016 Yamaha SMAX
2. 2019 Honda c125 SuperCub
3. 2002 Vespa ET4
4. 2007 Vespa GTS 250ie
5. 2019 Vespa Sprint 150
6. 2014 Honda Forza 300
7. 2018 Kymco Like 150i
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14. 2021 Honda ADV150
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16. 2008 Piaggio BV 250*
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19. 2021 Honda ADV 150
20. 2015 Honda Forza 300
21. 2018 Yamaha SMAX
22. 2018 Vespa Primavera
23. 1986 Honda Helix
24. 2008 Vespa GTS 250ie
25. 2020 Vespa GTS 300ie
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Is there a winner?
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Is there a winner?
jtaggart (#43), 5275 points

https://follow.scootercannonballrun.com/scorecards
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It should be K66on front and K58 rear. This was not a heavily researched contemplated purchase - I like how they feel in the rain and they will get replaced after 2000-2500 miles regardless of the brand.

Edit: K66 front, K58 rear
Congrats on the ride!

How did the Heidenaus fare?
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Congrats to all, especially George's mean banana who finished on a 150cc Bajaj chetak two stroke! And kraken for what looks to be making it almost the full way there on a p200!

Speedy recovery to all the injured.
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I watched the incredible jubilation on Facebook. It must have been quite something to go past the finish line.
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Pam, if you want to keep going and finish today, YOU CAN DO IT LADY!

Unconventional sports analogy, unknown to the children and forgotten by the elders…

You’re like Kerri Strug, the little gymnast at the ‘96 Olympics who famously made a perfect vault and landed on one foot because she was in so much pain, winning the gold medal for team U.S.A. (But hopefully your coach won’t celebrate by carrying you around like a baby, unless you’re into that, and in that case, go for it, baby!)

Go Pam GO!
Haha love it. Thanks everyone for the love & concern. My ribs are just sore. I’m going to get checked out once in LA. I’ll see my chiropractor & doc if needed. But most likely chiro will do the trick.
I’m a baby so I’d know if they were broken or a dangerous/lung issue. And I know they are just sore.
And to clarify it was never a question of getting up to finish…more a question….do I get up at 4am or rest until 5am
I was supposed to ride the GT200 further south in NorCal to celebrate my friend’s birthday then ride home to LA……but…..when GotMojo offered to trailer my scoot home from
Sonoma where his lady was meeting him with his truck/trailer ….we decided instead of riding scoots with issues…..to instead get a U-Haul truck to load scoots & stuff to get to Sonoma. Then unloaded scoots & stuff last night.
Today I slept in….I’ll leave this Sonoma hotel and drive an empty 15 foot U-Haul to Davis. Return U-Haul. Celebrate my buddy’s bday. And figure out when I want to fly home to LA.
I dream of sleeping for a month haha but it will be back to work time very soon. I feel like Tim Robbins in Jacob’s Ladder. Leaving the road to madness and slowly returning to sanity. Scooter Cannonball is in my heart and blood. I know I’m crazy. I Love it. What a thrilling adventure. Pushed to the limits and past, dangling deep over the edge!!
Huge thanks to this community!!!! much love ❤️ -gopam
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You guys are cut from a different cloth, that's for sure. Everyone who made it more than two days in that environment has incredible endurance, patience, and perseverance. And those who actually finished...wow. Congratulations to everyone who managed to even get to the start.

The website was spectacular. Was that entirely developed just for this event, or is it a customized template? Feb31, did you develop that AND plan the route AND plan the logistics AND participate AND finish? Geez.

That winners' ride list, KevinT, is fascinating. I can discern zero success factors out of it: it isn't the new ones, nor the big ones, nor the Japanese ones, etc. So it is clearly the RIDERS.

I'm curious as to how much success is tied to driving skill and how much is maintenance skill. I get how DaBinChe, having selected relatively new equipment, was laser-guided in the spares and tools he brought along (his YT video on that was fascinating), but he is also an extremely experienced rider and had already ridden cross-country to get to the event. I wouldn't bet against him leaving tomorrow for Tierra del Fuego.

But the rest of the finishers...was there anybody who couldn't, didn't, or wasn't prepared to change tires, belts, oil, plugs, etc. once or twice on the route by themselves? And were there any hotshot home wrenchers who had never ridden more than a few hundred miles in a day before the event? I guess you just have to take your chances/lumps on not being able to source parts for relatively infrequent failures like goPam's water pump. But it does make me wonder if there might be a strategy next time of creating a federation of similar scooters who can draw from a common pool of spares and expertise.

Really impressive. I don't want to touch that activity with a ten-foot pole myself, but it was super exciting to watch the daily progress and see the check-ins/pleas for help from the participants here. Congratulations again.
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In recent days, when I looked at the Cannonball on FB, together with my scooter riders friends, I told them referring to the MV community: "that's our GoPam!".
But the others were good too and the crazy laughs when we saw the videos of the Honda Super Cubs with the cart behind them.
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How did the Heidenaus fare?
I had to plug them a total of 5 times due to punctures so I don’t have a proper mileage/wear report for this year but the combination was great for the 800-900 miles of mostly heavy rain riding on Days zero thru 4.

Once I get home I will do a ride report for this year.
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I had to plug them a total of 5 times due to punctures so I don’t have a proper mileage/wear report for this year but the combination was great for the 800-900 miles of mostly heavy rain riding on Days zero thru 4.

Once I get home I will do a ride report for this year.
Please do. I have a set of Heidenau K58 tread that I rode for a short time and took back off. They just never seemed to balance out. I tried DynaBeads and everything. I thought about trying them out on the Stella when the weather gets chilly.
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Everybody was trying to find me a pump but they just aren't to be found right now.
I wish I had found out you needed one sooner. I had a spare assembly I would have given you. Didn’t find out you needed one until after you had abandoned.
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I didn’t make it through Scooter Cannonball 2021 without needing antibiotics, because I’ve had this cellulitis rash for days. Starting antibiotics now on my slow journey home!!!
Typical circus clown on fire stuff for Gopam hahahaha 🤡🔥

This is what I texted my Babers:

Omg it is cellulitis!!! I thought maybe cuz it feels hot & similar to before. Same arm! Similar place on arm!!! Getting antibiotics.
I told doc I had cellulitis in 2019 on the same area of arm…and asked isn’t that weird? He said yes.
I’m one of those people that get weird shit with a like 1% chance. Time to call Guinness book of records. As a kid I always wants to be in those records!!!
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Congrats to all you Cannonballers! Finish or not, you all have what it takes.

Respect!
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I wish I had found out you needed one sooner. I had a spare assembly I would have given you. Didn’t find out you needed one until after you had abandoned.
Oh, ouch, that hurts! I had put the call out on Discord, but I don't think people used that much.
It's funny, I was pretty confident that I would finish. I was also pretty sure that if I didn't finish it would be because of me and not the scooter. Wrong on both counts.
But man, what an experience!

When the wife and I were discussing the idea of SCBR 2021, it was discussed as a Once in a lifetime experience. I'm now trying to define that as Finishing the SCBR can be the once in a lifetime experience.
Wish me luck!
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When the wife and I were discussing the idea of SCBR 2021, it was discussed as a Once in a lifetime experience. I'm now trying to define that as Finishing the SCBR can be the once in a lifetime experience.
Wish me luck!
If it is any consolation since I had my wiring harness melt on day 4 my husband and I were discussing that I it was wrong to let my last cannonball be the only DNF out of my 3 cannonballs. I also like the idea that 2023 will be a shorter cannonball.
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Oh, ouch, that hurts! I had put the call out on Discourse, but I don't think people used that much.
Ask *EVERYBODY* when you need help. You can't be shy about it. Focus on the parts hoarders. Me, OAD, Motovista, anybody with a similar scooter and a support truck.

I lost my keys at one of the hotels and Pam just started hollering to everyone in sight and they turned up right away. I had left them on someone's seat when helping them with a spark plug. I was going crazy looking for them and was starting to panic.

I PMed you about the housing. Call Scooterwest. They have them in stock and can get it out to you today. Order 2 gaskets and 2 o-rings (in case you tear or pinch one). You should also pick up a tube of permatex at the parts store. It is a messy but straightforward job if you want to tackle it yourself.

Put out the word here or on the cannonball forum if you need help. Someone will answer the call!
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Ask *EVERYBODY* when you need help. You can't be shy about it. Focus on the parts hoarders. Me, OAD, Motovista, anybody with a similar scooter and a support truck.

I lost my keys at one of the hotels and Pam just started hollering to everyone in sight and they turned up right away. I had left them on someone's seat when helping them with a spark plug. I was going crazy looking for them and was starting to panic.

I PMed you about the housing. Call Scooterwest. They have them in stock and can get it out to you today. Order 2 gaskets and 2 o-rings (in case you tear or pinch one). You should also pick up a tube of permatex at the parts store. It is a messy but straightforward job if you want to tackle it yourself.

Put out the word here or on the cannonball forum if you need help. Someone will answer the call!
I have been reading about what people needed during the event, and I returned home with one water pump rebuild kit, starter motor, voltage regulator and a complete engine gasket kit for the 250-300, two fuel pumps for the GTS 250, a complete stator and flywheel, voltage regulator, starter motor, engine gasket set and ignition switch for the GT200, a variator, variator outer plates, clutch, bunch of filters, belts and rollers for Vespa and Kymco bikes, and brake pads. I added a 2015 Yamaha SMax and a trailer to take the SMax and my Vespa home to the collection in South Dakota. I spoke to many participants and don't remember hearing anyone needed any of these parts until I got back here and read the threads. I probably should have brought variators for the ADV 150. Everyone who rode one complained about how slow it was to climb.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34v69XJFdak

The Official Trailer for my upcoming video series: Scooter Cannonball 2021 GOPAM The Road to Madness, Circus Clown on Fire.....


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Go Pam! Go Pam! Go Pam!
Yeah, what Attila said!
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When the wife and I were discussing the idea of SCBR 2021, it was discussed as a Once in a lifetime experience. I'm now trying to define that as Finishing the SCBR can be the once in a lifetime experience.
Wish me luck!
Same for me...my crash on Day 4 forced me to retire. Before I left for Cannonball, my wife told me the same thing - Once in a lifetime kinda thing. But now I'm determined to finish one, and I think we are on the same page.

After my crash, I found I had no cell service, could not call or text. So I rode 15 miles with a broken left arm and broken right hand to safety. Fortunately the handlebars were tweaked significantly to the left, allowing me to at least get my left hand to the grip.
AGONIZING is the only way to describe it.
Heartbroken...My Little Red Bastard has been totaled by insurance  I'll never forget the last 15 miles with her.
Heartbroken...My Little Red Bastard has been totaled by insurance I'll never forget the last 15 miles with her.
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Same for me...my crash on Day 4 forced me to retire. Before I left for Cannonball, my wife told me the same thing - Once in a lifetime kinda thing. But now I'm determined to finish one, and I think we are on the same page.

After my crash, I found I had no cell service, could not call or text. So I rode 15 miles with a broken left arm and broken right hand to safety. Fortunately the handlebars were tweaked significantly to the left, allowing me to at least get my left hand to the grip.
AGONIZING is the only way to describe it.
Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon You are a giant among Cannonballers!
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Heartbroken...My Little Red Bastard has been totaled by insurance I'll never forget the last 15 miles with her.
I know just how you feel. Someone rear-ended me on my first scooter - Bo. It's been close to 10 years and I still miss that scooter.

My spouse came around pretty quickly to needing to actually finish the cannonball for it to count. So as long as we go to the star trek convention next year I'm clear for the 2023 cannonball. I'm not sure why she thinks Star Trek is her thing and not mine - I'm the one that introduced her to Star Trek!

I can't wait to find out more about the 2023 - rumors of just 3,000 miles, rumors of all paved, indications of southern route...

I hope you heal well and quickly. Have fun scooter shopping!
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After my crash, I found I had no cell service, could not call or text.
Cripes, if the crash itself wasn't bad enough.

Curious as to exactly where you crashed. Somewhere between the U.P. and northern Wisconsin by my estimation.... we have the crappier roads, IMO....
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same here after reading this thread today, I also had a spare water pump assy. never heard a peep about it in the parking lot.
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Oh, ouch, that hurts! I had put the call out on Discord, but I don't think people used that much.
It's funny, I was pretty confident that I would finish. I was also pretty sure that if I didn't finish it would be because of me and not the scooter. Wrong on both counts.
But man, what an experience!

When the wife and I were discussing the idea of SCBR 2021, it was discussed as a Once in a lifetime experience. I'm now trying to define that as Finishing the SCBR can be the once in a lifetime experience.
Wish me luck!
yeah I am not a social media type when riding. so I don't check FB, MV, or anything else.
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Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon You are a giant among Cannonballers!
THE most cannonballiz(s)ed!😁
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Kymco People 150 (sold), Suzuki TU 250 (sold), 2010 Triumph Bonneville T100, 2006 Vespa GTS 250ie
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Molto Verboso
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Kymco People 150 (sold), Suzuki TU 250 (sold), 2010 Triumph Bonneville T100, 2006 Vespa GTS 250ie
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Enjoyed going through all 11 pages of this thread but can somebody PLEASE explain to me why the routing of this trip has to include gravel roads? It seems ambitious enough to do this on asphalt and concrete. The introduction of gravel just seems like someone is adding insult to obvious injury.

w.
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
2007 GTS
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
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2007 GTS
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Bald Wasp wrote:
Enjoyed going through all 11 pages of this thread but can somebody PLEASE explain to me why the routing of this trip has to include gravel roads? It seems ambitious enough to do this on asphalt and concrete. The introduction of gravel just seems like someone is adding insult to obvious injury.

w.
because its there and if were easy what fun would that be?
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
GTS 300ABS, Buddy 125, Buddy Kick 125
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GTS 300ABS, Buddy 125, Buddy Kick 125
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Bald Wasp wrote:
Enjoyed going through all 11 pages of this thread but can somebody PLEASE explain to me why the routing of this trip has to include gravel roads? It seems ambitious enough to do this on asphalt and concrete. The introduction of gravel just seems like someone is adding insult to obvious injury.
If I understand correctly, the gravel stretches were optional routing and resulted in bonus points if completed.
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Hooked
GTS 300, BV250
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Bald Wasp wrote:
The introduction of gravel just seems like someone is adding insult to obvious injury.
Learn to ride and this won't be a problem. The bikes can handle it just fine!

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Molto Verboso
2018 GTS 300 Touring Rosso Vignola, 2020 BV 350 Matte Green, 1956 VL3
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Molto Verboso
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2018 GTS 300 Touring Rosso Vignola, 2020 BV 350 Matte Green, 1956 VL3
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Do you become a Man even if you’re a Woman?
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Hooked
GTS 300, BV250
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Lebo wrote:
Do you become a Man even if you’re a Woman?
Yes, but only in Colorado. You switch back automatically when you cross back over the border.
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Molto Verboso
2018 GTS 300 Touring Rosso Vignola, 2020 BV 350 Matte Green, 1956 VL3
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Molto Verboso
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2018 GTS 300 Touring Rosso Vignola, 2020 BV 350 Matte Green, 1956 VL3
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GotMojo wrote:
Yes, but only in Colorado. You switch back automatically when you cross back over the border.
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