Howdy folks,

This post is out of order and is part of an email to the Lone Star group on Tuesday after we arrived in Ventura. I figured I would post it here for foolks not on that email list.

Howdy Lone Stars,

 We made it to Ventura! Dan Farr and I had a smooth trip out from central Texas, with a stop at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, that a visit to Jim Stoleson to see the Jack Surtees Black Shadow that was just acquired by his son Mark. Beautiful bike that will be fixed up by Big D over the winter!

We got to Ventura at about 2PM Monday, in time to catch the arrival of the Vincents Across America group at the hotel (see video link below). You could smell the 5,500 miles on the bikes as they rode in! Lots of great bikes in the parking lot, and a big group of Lone Stars in attendance. I’ll get photos and names in the next note but we got to visit with Peter Allen, Jonathan Chaikin, Lon McCroskey, Dave Marshall, and Richard Asprey.

Short video of the arrival of the Vincents Across America group: https://rumble.com/v3h2qg8-vincents-across-america.html

Stay tuned for reports on all the action!

Mark Scott

Dan Farr, Jim Stoleson and Mark Scott with the Jack Surtees Vincent in Phoenix


 

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