Until next year

This weblog will stay online as an archive of the event but posting has now been disabled. Thanks to everyone who used it, it's been fun.

Simon

'ello

Hey- I didn't write in here so I thought maybe I would. Thanks to everyone who came out and cleaned the shop last night. It was looking about 87% better by the time I left, which was only in about an hour. Sweet. Also, I'd like to thank the family of bunnies that we saw, because they were cute. As well as I'd like to say this is my 2nd BBQ, the first where my moped actually worked, so that was amazing. I'm glad I could ride even with my bum ass leg. I'm glad I got to get to know some people from other branches better, especially peddy cash who are some grade A guys, no matter what anyone else says. Sorry I can't make it to the Bling bq, or probably any other events, but I'll be in France renting mopeds and you'll all be crying about it. & Thanks for Hells Satans taking that amazing picture of me. & I love just about everyone, they were all super cool.

<3, Kelly G

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Reply to Chris Salmonson

Dude! At the captains meeting, I so loved to hear and see all those mopeds riding around. Every couple minutes, just another group of bikes going to do something else. Awesome. And recognizing bikes. So fired up to look over and see another Gun riding around. I loved it. -- Jason

Great Jeeeroooob!

sweet!!

Eric and Andy you guys Rule! Thanks for putting up with us! hope we did not use up too many of your carrots. and Chad thanks for the loaner bike and Kalamazoo where sorry but yes we will be back.

HS

Man that was good

Lots of thanks to go round.

Thanks to Lisa and Justin of Noviy Lef, and Kim and Sara of the 'Cons for putting us up.

Thanks to the folks from Noviy Lef and the Guns for getting us to and from the BBQ and getting us in and out of downtown Detroit alive. I'm never going to use the word pothole outside of that city now. Fricking awesome.

Thanks to the Mosquitoes who drove my ped there and are now on the way back. Try not to break down this time.

Thanks to all the 'Cons for making this whole thing happen.

See you all in Seattle for the Blood Drive hopefully. Back to the Jay Oh Bee.

-mattsmith

cleanup day

We've having a clean up day at the old 1977 Mopeds, bring all the cleaning supplies you can tonight at 7:00pm. There is plenty of damage and filth to fix up so the more hands the better. Also, if you want any of that furniture of lamps you're welcome to come take it.

Simon

we're oldschool

http://www.jaakan.com/news3moped_56k.mov

Here is the news clip that ran in the 6:00 news yesterday, It ran in the 6 and 7 am news this morning, same stuff just different anchors Look at 'em go!

Jaakan D-cons

[MA Mail] - Awesome...

Once again I had a great time at the BBQ! It was great to see everyone! What a great time! We got back around 8pm, a good 24hours after we left. We broke down at the MA, NY border...and dropped our drive chain. We got towed and while they fixed the car took the 'peds out for a good 2hour ride.

I would like to say thanks to everyone for making the weekend such a blast. I miss you all already!

-Fred

kHz

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BBQ 11

I just want to state that the best part of the weekend was to ride solo in Kalamazoo and see mopeds cruising the streets, or relaxing in a park to hear the buzz overtaking the streets around you. Last weekend, we not only owned the streets, we owned Kalamazoo. -chris salmonson

Off the chain+

this weeknd was sooo ruling it is insane. Everyone from The Ca$h crew had a rad time and kept it aggro. Big up to Hellz Satanz, it was awesome to meet y'all. Same goes for TBS. See you dudes in your city. D-cons held it down and again showed us all the model for an amazing rally.

Epic.

Patrick

Peddy Ca$h Chicago

t-shirts

There are still some t-shirts at 1977 Mopeds if you want to get one, sizes range from YL to L. Contact me directly if you need one shipped to you.

Simon

RE: TBS Post BBQ comments

This weekend was super cool. My first Kzoo Bbq. We partied pretty hard and did some dancing. I made a pant load of new friends who i'm honestly going to miss. I'm officially taking a trip to Richmond as soon as I finish school. Some folks got offended by the male nudity. For all of those who went home last night, you missed the roman candle joust between Hells Satans Travis and myself. We have a real cool community here and I've never felt better about being a part of it. I love mopeds. -Eric S

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TBS Post BBQ comments

Sorry. I just read that. I meant Errin. Cause that's her name! An' shit. -- Jason

The Guns had a sweet time a the BBQ, thanks to everyone who helped make our weekend wonderful. Thanks to MFer's Matt and Matt and Sean for hanging out in Ann Arbor tonight.

I understand that Guns may have brought guns or something. Sorry. Airsoft pellets are reasonably easy to vacuum. I'll come clean something if need be. Sorry. We're Guns, what do you expect? But thanks Decepticons, it was great!

P.S. The Guns flag (and Patches!) were sweet! Thanks Erin and Chris.

-- Jason

sorry about all the boners

Peddy Cash had a blast. Thank you Hell's Satans for you sharing the love of loving your bodies and thank you Grandma Sage for realizing Team Mayhem will win and for dumping em. Two of us almost lost our voices, and all of us lost our dignity, so it must have ruled. I have 70+ polaroids, so probably 15 of them will actually make it on here.

channel 3

The news blurb they just ran on the 11 o'clock news was about 15 seconds long and full of factual inaccuracies. They said there are 130 members in the Decepticons when I told them that there was roughly that many at the BBQ. They also said it's our 11th year when it's actually our 11th event. We had two per year until BBQ 10, so it's our 6th year. That last one was a tricky statistic but the first was annoying.

Did anybody see the 6 o'clock segment? Was it longer?

Simon

don't fence me in

Post BBQ

I'm home from the Monday events. After leaving, I got a friend of mine who had never ridden a moped asked to try mine out; he was all geeked to ride one after he stopped by the shop earlier and saw the whole group.

It was great to meet so many of you from all around. I especially want to give shout-outs to the folks from Motion Left who were kind enough to lend me their soldering iron twice, the guy who let me have some of his two-stroke oil, and everyone at the BBQ today who had some proper Motobecane tools.

I've got a handful of Polaroids I'll scan this week.

-- Charles

oh well

I guess this weblog isn't as useful or interesting as I hoped it would be. Apparently people are mainly interested in posting message or photos about genitalia. For those that aren't in Kalamazoo this weekend I'd like to let you know that this weblog isn't a good representation of the fun we've been having this weekend. Yesterday we went on a 100 person ride for example, which was incredible.

Update: Maybe I'm being too negative here...everybody please continue to post photos from the weekend, it's a great way to share. Also remember that you can view all the photos at Flickr, even as a slide show. This weekend has been really great, thanks to everyone who was here to make it that way.

-- Simon

[MA Mail] - Don't waste

Mmmm roadkill.....

...who's hungry?

-Kim

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i just heard from one of the servers at the crows nest that they waited on a table of 9 or so ma members who only left them a $4.50 tip. now i understand that we're all poor kids but try to remember that we're a force to be reckoned with as far as being served goes. try to tip as well as you can wherever you go this weekend.

thanks. caseycola

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if alex pukes or if i see his dick one more time, he's paying for me to get to seattle.

tbs totally puked in my bed. and the tom cruisers slept in a bat cave. i slept in my own goddamn bed. who said that left over thai food was a good idea after a long night of drinking? favorite quote of the night: "he totally rubbed your confirmation dress on his crotch caseycola

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hey weblog, what's up? mary and emily and I are hanging out at the rocket star....drinking coffee, dancing on the tables, and dressing bill in women's clothing. good times, good times.

bbq11 owns you all.

-liralen

yo tbs totally slept in my bed. and the tom cruisers are spooning on my pull out wwwwhooooooooah.

caseycola

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tbs in t-minus:

anticipation...

i'm sitting in the basement stacks at the public library in scenic cincinnati, oh awaiting the strike of 11 to get the eff out of here and on my way to kzoo. sleep is not an option this weekend, as i am already operating off of a cumulative 6 hours for the past 2 and one half days. i'm an avid sleeper, so that means a lot, trust it. regardless of my schedule, im certain sheer giddiness has kept my fellow bombers awake all night. this is the wrestlemania of mopeds. this is moped christmas morning.

the vans are hopefully loaded up and pointed north.

tbs is bringing unruliness. believe it.

some special surprises await all.

-cool nathan 6/11 tbs god

ross

Jeb made the mistake of letting Ross post anything he wanted via phone as long as he said "Lauren" 3 times. That explains it, maybe. Thank god the other phone posts we tried didn't work.

Hello from Sizer!

Hey Army members!

I know many of you are on your way across the country to be at this year's BBQ.

I am planning on being at some of the key events with plenty of new stuff to show everyone from the nearly-ready-to-go-to-press MOPED ARMY graphic novel! I'll have previews, posters, flyers, patches, sample pages of the entire book and the option for you to PRE-ORDER the graphic novel now so that you can get it BEFORE it hits stores nationally in September! I'm really excited to share this stuff with all of you, and am hoping this year's BBQ is the most kick ass one yet!

Drive safe and arrive in one piece,
Paul Sizer

Cruiseing...

Some of the Tom Cruisers are on the move. I am looking into flying standby, but if I don't luck out, Jeb and Ira will be representing the southwest as a duo. We prepared our shirts, and our livers, so watch out.

Jon Read

Tom Cruisers

[MA Mail] - On the move...

Both trailers are loaded with mopeds, both vans are stuffed with people. 2200miles and 40hours from now we will be in Kalamazoo.

MOPED BBQ11 or BUST!!!

See you there.

-Brendan & the Mosquito Fleet

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Preparation

bbq11

looks like you guys were taking notes when you came to richmond for our rally. looking forward to the events.

\m/ bainesworth

ready

The east coast is all ready and psyched for the biggest moped army BBQ ever. Our secret plan seems to be coming along well. See you guys soon.

Kalamazoo Mo-lympics

So you've probably heard the word Mo-lympics tossed around a bit, but what the hell is that? On Saturday we're going to play some moped related games at Spring Valley Park, with each branch competing against each other to win Olympic style. For every game you can nominate one member of your branch to participate (or multiples depending on the game). We'll keep track of bronze, silver, and gold to announce a branch winner at the end.

The games are:

Obstacle Course
The fastest wins, but won't knock over the obstacles.

Solex Toss
How far can you throw a moped?

U-Locks
Sort of like a modern day horse shoe toss.

Pedal Race
How close can you go?

Carb Race
Assemble your carb before competing in a race. Ready, set, go!

Trick Riding Competition
Bust out those skills; scored by applause.

6-pack Relay
Assemble ateam of 6 (energy drink) drinkers, repeats are okay.

Start honing your skills to take home the gold. Afterwards we'll do some grilling, kickball, and hang out in the park.

Race Info

We've once again rethought the race and devised a plan to make it better than ever. The new setup should be safer, attract less attention from cops, and will be a nice change from past years.

The course will be entirely contained within the "student ghetto" neighborhood of Kalamazoo. Racers will start off at the Vine Street Alternative High School parking lot and proceed down Pearl Street. Each racer must get four out of five possible flyers, which will be handed out at any one of ten corner locations within the neighborhood. To win you must be the first to bring back four flyers to the starting point.

The best way to get a handle on how this will work is to consult the map of the race neighborhood.