2006 Madness in the Wallowas (Joseph, Oregon - June 23-26)



The motley crew gathered in Eagle Cap Chalet Clubhouse, eagerly awaiting the annual divvying of the loot.


The honorable Hobatz acted as MC and shared his twisted thoughts without
concern for his reputation.



Some of the more normal members of the crew found this a little disturbing.



Fortunately, there was a wonderful lady serving up lots of tasty Terminal Gravity IPA fresh from the keg.
This helped lighten the mood considerably and even loosened a few lips.



Here is Colonel Blood recounting his kill earlier in the day, much to the amusement of Jeff Smith. Apparently, the Colonel
caught Dan Jenkins off guard and was able to t-bone him when he wasn't looking. At first the Colonel thought he made a clean kill but the ever resourceful Dan was able to "McGuiver" a solution in no time flat.


With a little help from the local hardware store Dan re-plumbed the cooling system of his ST4s (minus the thermostat).
Clever, Dan, very clever...



Did I mention the wonderful lady serving up lots of fresh Terminal Gravity IPA?


Jeff Smith had his wife Wendy in stitches while he performed a topless dance for the crowd.


Jeff wins a t-shirt, a string of beads and one of the ladies even tipped him a dollar for his sexy performance!



Hobatz has the crew in stitches again. Those with the most twisted sense of humor are laughing the hardest.



Eric Smith won a t-shirt also but, no matter how hard the women begged, there was no strip
tease dance for them to enjoy.


Pete Rado and Bob Pave are not sure what to think of Hobatz's performance. Is it real or is it an act?


Five hopeful winners, eyes glazed, anticipate the next drawing,
Dan "McGuiver" Jenkins, Bill Anderson, Mike and Lynn Wolf and Bill's son Daren.



Greg is anticipating a win but Lanny Stover looks skeptical anything good will come his way.


Greg "Bugman" Pinchon was the only rider to have attended all 4 Annual Madness events as well as the
2006 East Coast Madness. His lucky card won him a very nice Marsee backpack.


Jim Bourque of Sacramento won one of the highly coveted Avon tire certificates. He was so psyched
about this he decided to burn up the remains of his existing tire by riding 1174 miles back home
in one day.



After Paul "DD" Geller had a few beers to loosen him up a couple of us cornered him to inquire about the high cost
of his headlight assemblies. This is all we could get out of him: "Seriously guys, this is a real low margin business.
After expenses I only show $2.79 profit per light.....Honestly, here, look in my wallet."



After Fariborz had his fill of fresh Terminal Gravity IPA he tries to convince us he's OK by stepping heel-to-toe and
proudly proclaiming "Itz jis water!" OK Fariborz, are you talking about what's in your bottle or what's on your pants?



"And that's the honest to God truth! No embellishment whatsoever."



It looks like the Colonel is still fondly recounting his kill earlier in the day.



This was the early morning view out of my units window. At 5:00 am every morning Paul could be found hard at work polishing his bike.



He figured if he rubbed it enough it might turn into a Ducati. On this particular morning he was groovin' to Cindi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and was moving so fast he's just a blur.
C'mon Paul, I haven't even had my coffee yet...

Group photos on the intro page
Trip pictures to and fro the Madness

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