BRITTOUR 2001: RIDERS

The AMA UK/Isle of Man Tour (25 Aug - 6 Sep)

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Here's a photo of most of the people on the tour. And I was NOT taking a dump when the photo was shot - I was going to kneel but since no one was behind me, I decided to stand and Steve (the photographer & chef of the Cherry Orchard hotel in Port Erin, IOM) caught me rising.

Bruce & Brenda (BrucenBrenda) Preston, tour leaders, native Brits & Beemer riders.

Bruce Gullifer, retired fed from Maine and Harley (and ST1100) rider; became a grampa during tour and didn't let us forget it; got a photo of the rugrat off the Internet and showed to half of Britain

Ned & Patti Greeneltch, a biomed tech and a teacher from West "BYGAWD" Virginia, ride a Triumph, a KTM and a Husaberg, won the shirt for playing chicken with a Range Rover

Travis & Tricia Lierly, a dentist and a dental office financial manager, from Oklahoma City, ride any of 7 bikes, including 3 Harleys, an ST1100 and a Ducati

John Mattern, an engineer from Pennsylvania, rides a Honda Transalp & a Suzuki DRZ and is into racing

Gary Ressler, a millwright from Pennsylvania, has 7 bikes in his stable, including a Harley, an ST1100 & two Beemers

Bill Usilton & Dianne Kallina, an adjunct instructor and an account technician from Illinois, ride a Suzuki Bandit 1200

Bob Ward, a retiree from Washington state, rides a Yamaha FJ1200 and a Harley FXRT

Ed Webster, a software engineer from Virginia tools around on a Yamaha R1 and does a fantastic job of painting motorcycle helmets (check out his website), became a Red Bull addict during the tour

Dottie Wood, a retired college prof, left her hubby home in Florida with her BMW F650 to go on fourth AMA tour (she'll get it right on one of these tries)

John and Maggie Zwinak, an artist and a dental technician from Illinois, have a BMW K100 and a little Ninja

BrucenBrenda have a "tradition" (begun this trip) of bestowing upon the person who makes the biggest goof or causes them the biggest problem a shirt with a bulldog on it (English bulldog, of course).� The shirt is given out each night - based on a consensus vote of the tour members (and Brenda hustling up votes like an old time ward politician in Chicago).� When you get the shirt, you have to wear it until the next night and sign it.� I got it for dropping my bike in Wales, almost got it for the diesel incident (not for putting diesel in the bike but for telling Bruce the wrong town where I got the stuff), and I'd have probably gotten it when my bike died on the M25.� But Ned won the shirt for crashing his ride, hands down.� Gotta ride on the WRONG side of the road in England, Bubba!

Here's what we put on the shirt (a bit more was added after I took this photo).�