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2009 Wild Hogs (focus group)

6731 miles and 13 states.

Why the focus group and how did it start. Every year at least three of us California wild hogs take a bike trip somewhere. This year we had planed on four of us but as the time got closer to our departure it came down to just two of us, Howard Hong and me, Bill Codori.

Our destination was a BMW motorcycle rally in Johnson City, Tennessee. All was going well till the heat of Needles, Calif. (111 that day) hit us but hit Howard's 2004 Harley hard. See the first few photos of the damage that was done.

Now for the forming of the focus group. Howard being a true biker wasn't going to let a dead bike stop him from attending a motorcycle rally so he rented a Ford Focus and thus the focus group was born. Howard rack up a total of 5355 miles on the rental.


Dead bike parts. ________________________________________________

At the Indian Petroglyph National Monument. Albuquerque, New Mexico.	At the Indian Petroglyph National Monument. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
__________________________________________________________ Howard in the Batmobile in the bat cave of Mike Esch. ABQ, NM. _________________________________________


Al Unser Museum at ABQ, NM.	Al Unser Museum at ABQ, NM.
Al Unser Museum at ABQ, NM.	Al Unser Museum at ABQ, NM.
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From the movie Wild Hogs filmed in the town of Madrid near Albuquerque, NM. Bill Codori and Howard Hong (the focus group) in front of Maggie's where the Wild Hogs and Del Fuegos fight took place.

Main Street Madrid. ____________________________________________________________

The Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas.
Ten Cadillacs are buried nose first	Tools of the trade for the many artist that paint and sign (tag) the cars. The owner of the ranch encourages the painting.
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The reflecting pool at Oklahoma bombing site.

Each end of the pool has an arch with the time of 9:01 and the other end of 9:03 the time for the senseless crime to do it's dirty work.
What looks like chairs is a monument to those who dies and are placed between the 9:01 and 9:03 arches for their time of death.	The many visitors to the monument leave a part of themself
Art works by youngsters and now a permanent part of the memorial.	The rescue workers leave their mark.
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Home of the blues, Elvis and Beale Street.
B. B. King.	Elvis.
Electric Street cars cover the sights and sounds of Memphis.	The tram to Mud Island.
Beale Street	The sound of Beale Street
I saw the movie.	The only way to save the flavor and history of Beale Street.
Memphis art.
Fifty cents a ride....not bad. ___________________________________________________
Graceland and home of Elvis
	Elvis art.

View of the back of the house
R.I.P.	Only a fraction of the many silver, gold and platinum awards.
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Johnson City Tennessee and the reason for this years trip. BMW MOA Rally July 2009.

Everyone likes camping out. __________________________________________________
Side trip to the Smoky Mountains with former Wild Hog Ron Musuial (now living in Orlando, FL.) and his friend Steve in the background.



Roads that were made for motorcycles.

Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap.....318 hair pin turns in just 11 miles. Me on the Dragon.

Great roads but a great view as well. _____________________________________________
Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, AL. Also, see more photos from the museum from two years ago at: http://motocodori.com/barber_motorsport_2007.html
A rare Kawasaki V8 powered bike.	Before they made cars ....a 1933 BMW single.
From Easy Rider ....Captain America. This is a reproduction since it is not known where the original is. _________________________________________________________
My cousin, Carol Codori of Guntersville, AL. she's the focus of our focus group. After a few days in Alabama we depart on the second half of our trip.
Kudzu plant which grows crazy in Alabama and other parts of the south. These three photo were taken in Gunterville, AL. July 2009.

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Bourbon Street New Orleans......this is before the night life.
Lady....wants some beads
	Street artist, one of many.

Night life on Bourbon Street. __________________________________________________
Remember the Alamo.	Wall of the Alamo.
Only a few block form the Alamo is the river walk of San Antonio. The river at one time was the main sewer system for the city.




The river walk now has many restaurants both on the walk and on the water plus shops and even a shopping mall. _______________________________________________________________________________
Don't mess with Texas

This was only a warning	I was not that lucky
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Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. the opening you see in the center of the photos is the opening the bats will use near sunset to begin their hunt for food.

The long one mile walk to the caves floor 750 feet below the surface.
So simple a cave man can do it.

The cave is everywhere.	The Bat Flight show but no cameras allowed....sorry.
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Roswell, New Mexico for the Si-Fi nuts.



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We all remember F Troop.
F Troop greeter.	Smoke house
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Seligman calls itself the birth place of route 66 and was once called the main street of America.
This is a friendly town.....do you have a sister?

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