Moonshine lunch run coming up.

[Kevin B in Illinois]

I ended up riding in the snow this past week as I did my Moonshine Curt Gran Memorial Saddlesore. Myself and my friend Nick rode through a blizzard like condition with freezing rain and snow and eventually made it home . Did 1321 miles in 20 hours. Very cold conditions , so be safe if it's snowing.



KB

[VoyKimmer]

Left Wisconsin state line mid day and hit a snow storm south of Chicago and 30,s the rest of the way but made it to effingham Hampton inn on my 96 with no problem. Had Mexican food and margaritas to thaw out.

[ekap1200]

Wow, you guys must love the cold, I got chills just reading this post.

[Chris near Kansas City]

Rick and I are headed out in the morning. Should hit Effingham mid-afternoon. Kim's joining us this year???? Awesome!

[Jim Loiselle]

We went to the BBQ lunch at noon and then stopped by the Roadhouse to pick up tickets and found Kim there was there getting his ticket for the awards dinner tonight. He had his 93 Voyager in the parking lot and I got some pictures.

It is cold here with on and off rain, we have seen hundreds of bikes of all types.

Tomorrow sunny but in the 40s.

Jim from Indy.

[Lucasind]

Best wishes to everyone attending the "moonshine run" ....have been thinking about y'all all day at work today ! we started out here in Toledo with sunny skies today,...but are having a hell of a blizzard here now ! this really SUX !
* too depressed to go out back and take a picture and post it !

[Highway Rider]

Thanks for thinking about us as when I left this morning I was a balmy 36 degrees and on the 475 mile ride it did not get above 46. But with the heated gear it really was not to bad. Did run into a few snow squals though.

You got to love it

[Lucasind]

Old man winter sure thru us a curve ball yesterday , We got DUMPED on ! 8 inches of new snow on the streets



Hope all you guys at the moonshine run are safe and "hunkered down" somewhere if this storm hit there as well !

[trikebldr]

Geeze, Tony, that pic almost makes my heart bleed p-nut butter for ya! FWIW, we have a couple of houses for sale right down the street from us!

[Jim Loiselle]

Here is a quick Picture Show of this years Moonshine Lunch. We started back to Indy at 10 am because of the cold on our old bodies. Ha ha

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Jim from INDY

[ekap1200]

Nice video Jim, seems like the turnout was not as large as last years.
To cold of a ride for me.

[VoyKimmer]

My first Moonshine Lunch run but I thought the turnout was huge considering below freezing temps. I'm guessing high hundreds at least. Bikes lined up way back on all roads to Moonshine Store. We had to walk quite a ways to Moonshine Store.

Hope everyone made it home ok. I drove thru rain in low 40s all the way home. But that is what Moonshine is all about. Got home early afternoon.

Neal had an incident coming to Moonshine. I'll let him tell what happened. Sorry about your bike Neal but I've seen worse and it will be whole again.

[Chris near Kansas City]

Yeah, the numbers were down, I think. But still fun! Got home around 1pm. Rick and I ran into about 15 minutes of ran and then half and hour of wet roads after, but the temps were much better than Friday or yesterday. Also, you may be happy to know, that most (not all), but most of last year's bugs on the front of my Voyager are now gone due to the rain. See, it all works out.



A very clean Big Red for sale....


The World's largest rocking chair....


6 Voyager 12's....

[Highway Rider]

This was my first time also and I had a good time. It was net to see all the bikes of different types and from all over the country meeting up in the middle of nowhere for a burger. Oh but there is more to it then just the burger it has to do with mingling with the other bikers and swapping stories about there adventures.
I arrived at home around 11:30 am Sunday morning Yep when I left it was 39 degrees and when I arrived at home after 475 miles it had risen to 59 degrees. There were spotty rain showers also.

So the question is would I do it again and my answer to that is yes. Already thinking about next year.

[metric]

I was there just for one day, got there at 9:00AM and left at 3:00PM, it was one of the coldest ride I been on at 5:30AM the temp. was 25degF with wind chill in 10s but was worth it to see the guys and had the Moonburger..I try to make a video with the ride it's my 1st one so I'm still learning...



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[Neal]

Dave and I got home at about 6 last night. drizzle and cool till just into Michigan, then hit pretty much heavy steady rain the rest of the way. At least we didn't get snow coming home. Missed seeing you Jim............

[Jim Loiselle]

Neal,
I am sorry we were already gone by the time you guys arrived, maybe better timing next year.

Very good show Metric!

Jim in INDY

[ekap1200]

GREAT SHOW made me feel like I took a ride there and sat across from Kim K and had a burger. Thanks

[VoyKimmer]

Hardee's now has a moonshine burger. I bet it isn't as good as the original moonshine burger from moonshine Illinois.

[Chris near Kansas City]

You're probably right, Kim. They posted on the Moonshine-Run website that they sold just under 1600 hamburgers. I think last year was 3000???? So, yeah. Definitely lower numbers. That's ok. More for me!