Saturday, January 30, 2016

Rally Pins

I know that a few are missing and I'm still looking for them, hopefully I haven't tucked them away in too safe a place.  Up in the top right corner, the pie-shaped one is my oldest.  Dad, my brother and I joined a Dice Run put on by the Thunderbolts Motorcycle Club out of Plainview, Minnesota.  Dad and I on our 750 Honda touring bikes, my brother on his Norton Commando.  Bruno was the president and I remember him and that group very well, joining them for numerous rides.  More than one toy run, Poker Run, Dice Run, and then there was a huge convoy of riders that I joined, our destination the Wisconsin Dells.  State Patrol escort and the whole deal.

Curious, I easily found Bruno's Obituary online, his passing back in '95.  Mom and Dad joined Bruno and the Thunderbolt group on various Retreads rides.

My AMA pins up to year 7 are here in a row, the only other pins from my first generation of riding (pre-2004) are right in the center from our Aspencade visits in the late '70's.  Dad and I did it together, lots of fun and big adventure for the two of us.

All of the other pins are for the most recent years of rallies, the two I'm most proud of are my 1st and 5th year Wildcat Mountain Rally pins; I'm getting very close to another anniversary award and looking forward to it.


6 comments:

  1. A collection like that is a nice way to keep the memories fresh. They'd look nice in a shadow box, hanging on a wall in a den.

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    1. David, I believe you started this, or jogged me into at least doing something. I've been collecting them in a couple of coffee cans (must be 3??) and not really doing anything with them. Your idea is a good one though there will be more so that has to be a consideration.

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  2. Nice collection. Great idea putting them all on a board.

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    1. Brandy, they really should be somewhere. Some of my riding friends use a vest, others stick them in a hat. I tried the hat idea and all it did was give me blisters, that with only half a dozen or so pins. For the photo I used one of those bubble wrap mailing pouches to push the pins into, behind the manila envelope. Worked at least kind of for the photo but isn't the long term solution.

      Just like photos, they do bring back memories.

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  3. they should be placed oldest first.. because some of us older guys forg

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    1. Mike, I had them arranged a few ways and finally just settled on "where they'd fit." Your suggestion is a good one and was considered but it was at that point that the missing ones got me wondering. There are some Blind Lizard pins that aren't here, the sad thing one of them was seen just the other day and must have wandered off.....

      Talk about forgetting.

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