This Tuesday's RAT pack ride will bring us to Horn Creek. Horn Creek is a
Hunter's Pub
east of Delton. We will stay on main roads for most of the ride since the deer
traffic is getting
a little heavier. This ride will be a little shorter than the past few have
been, since we are also
losing a lot of day light. It should be about a forty minute ride. The weather
forecast calls for
some showers on Tuesday, but who knows it could clear up by the evening hours.

Get signed up for the RAT Pack Color Tour October 20th. See the Life Cycle web
site for
details.


Have Fun!
Ludwig

This Tuesday our RAT pack will ride north.  We will once again head north on
Sprinkle Rd. We
will cut through Yankee Springs Recreation Area, and then follow the Thornapple
River to
Middleville. This is a really nice time of the year to ride in the Yankee
Springs Park area ,
many of the trees  are showing quite a bit of color already. Just hope the rain
holds off, and
according to the accuweather web site this morning no rain is forecasted for
Tuesday. Will
will stop at a Sports Pub called Champs. Champs is located right on the
Thornapple river. It
has a nice outdoor deck over looking the river , Mill pond, Stage Coach
Park/Boat launch, and
a nicely paved parking lot for the bikes (This should help keep em' up right &
clean). We will
depart from the Life Cycle parking lot at about 6:15 p.m. For those who may want
to just
meet us at Champs the address is 116 W. Main St. Middleville, Mi. All
riders/bikes are
welcome.  You'll have all winter to think about the Great Rides you SHOULD have
gone on,
but missed out . Or you can take all winter to reflect, and talk about all the
great times you
had this season riding with Life Cycles RAT pack.  The throttle is in your hand,
Twist it!




Let's Go!
Ludwig

The Life Cycle RAT PACK color tour is planed for October 20-21 this year. We
will meet at the
Big Boy Restaurant in Wayland just off  US 131. We will depart from the Big Boy
parking lot at
9:00am. Please top off your fuel tank before then.
	 The overnight stay will be at the Waters Edge Resort. The rates vary depending
on the
room or cabin occupancy $14.00 - $20.00 approximately. Call D.R. (Dave Reynolds)
at Life
Cycle for availability 269-388-5590.
	 We will go to dinner at Pearls restaurant (Elk Rapids) Saturday evening. Sunday
will be
opened riding. This is a good opportunity to explore some of northern Michigan's
most
scenic roads. One group will be going north to the famous Highway 119 near
Harbor Springs
and taking lunch at the very interesting Legs Inn Restaurant. Don't miss out on
this fun filled
RAT pack event.


Ludwig

Life Cycle's 10 year anniversary celebration will take place this weekend
(October 6th 2007)
10 years of selling Triumph motorcycles! Rocket Show & Go contest. Dyno runs, Q
It up B.B.Q.
will be catering the event. West Michigan's favorite Catering company will be
serving up their
famous B.B.Q. and it's free. Demo rides, contests, prizes, special deals, Meet
the factory reps.
Stop in this Saturday and join in the fun. Extend your riding season, check out
our great
selection of cold weather riding gear.

This Tuesday we hope to ride off into the sunset again. Refer to last week's
ride for details
(post#23). Thanks to all who showed up last week. I was glad to see we have more
than one
"real biker" in the pack. Sorry about the rain delay, Those in charge of the
weather were not
willing to compromise until it was too late.


Ride Safe.
Ludwig

This Tuesday's ride will take us west through Allegan County. We will stop at
the North Lake
Inn (Gugle's favorite salad bar).  The North Lake  Inn is located on county road
384 just north
of Breedsville where CR 215 meets CR 384. We will once again leave Kalamazoo via
Sprinkle
Rd. heading north. We will be heading west for most of the trip so bring some
shades!  We
will depart from the Life Cycle parking lot at about 6:15 pm. If anyone might be
coming late
from Holland. Go to South Haven turn left on Phoenix Rd. (CR388). In Grand
Junction turn RT.
on 215. Join the RATs riding off into the sunset this Tuesday.  RAT's Northern
Michigan Color
tour is October 20th-21st.  Mark your calenders! See the Life Cycle web site for
details.


BE THERE!
Ludwig

This Tuesday's Rat Pack ride will cover some back roads in Barry county. We will
head north
on Sprinkle Road just to get us out of town. We will mainly be traveling north
and east, so the
sun should  stay out of our eyes. Our destination will be the Bedford Steak
House in Bedford,
Mi. Come on out and enjoy these awesome warm fall riding days. We will depart
from the Life
Cycle parking lot at about 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Don't miss out! Warm days are
limited in
the `07 season.


Days are limited!
Ludwig

Sorry about the confusion with the posted route.  I just thought the
route for a good future ride, either as a group, or for your personal
enjoyment.  I guess the timing was just bad with your ride in that area
upcoming.

John

I have posted a few pictures taken at The Battle of The Brits, a British car and
motorcycle
show.  I  guess there must have been over two hundred vintage, and new Brit
Bikes at the
show.  They had the new Street Triple on display, and they also had a nice Speed
Four (The
Ripper, Orange & Black). There were many really nice vintage Triumphs, BSAs, 
Nortons,
Vincents, Vellocette, Royal Enfields, and many others. I also collect vintage
British sports cars,
and I thought the motorcycle section of the show was far more interesting than
the cars. The
cycles had a much nicer variety of vintage iron.  Many of these bikes looked
better than new.
I would like to encourage a stronger participation of Brit Bikes at our local
British car show,
Mad Dogs and Englishmen.  The Mad Dogs show always falls on the Sunday after the
4th of
July. It is held at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners,  MI. I will work
on getting a Life
Cycle RAT tent set up at the show next summer. Mark your calenders for this
event.


Bring out the British Iron!
Ludwig

R.A.T.s the up loaded file is a suggested route from one of our past leaders, , 
John Ensing.  It
is not this week's route.  This week we will  follow the route to P.T. Customs
and the 747
since we have already made arrangements. We will use the route suggested by John
for a
future ride. Thanks for the suggested route John.  Participation is always
welcome.



Ludwig

2 different things.  To give us a suggestion of a nice ride route our
old group leader John Ensing posted a ride route that we did about 3 or
4 years ago.

Bill


--- Mike <timberwolf@...> wrote:

> ok, I am confused, the first email I got said we were riding to a
> stop
> at PT Customs, then on to 747 Bistro.  The directions in the
> attachment say nothing of PT and it says we are ending at London
> Grill.
>
> Clarification?
>
>
>
> --- In LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com,
> LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This email message is a notification to let you know that
> > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the
> LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo
> > group.
> >
> >   File        : /ride route otsego.doc
> >   Uploaded by : ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>
> >   Description : The text route for a past RAT ride
> >
> > You can access this file at the URL:
> >
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo/files/ride%20route%20otseg\
o.doc
>
> >
> > To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
> > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>
> >
>
>
>




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ok, I am confused, the first email I got said we were riding to a stop
at PT Customs, then on to 747 Bistro.  The directions in the
attachment say nothing of PT and it says we are ending at London Grill.

Clarification?



--- In LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com,
LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> This email message is a notification to let you know that
> a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the
LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo
> group.
>
>   File        : /ride route otsego.doc
>   Uploaded by : ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>
>   Description : The text route for a past RAT ride
>
> You can access this file at the URL:
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo/files/ride%20route%20otseg\
o.doc

>
> To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
> http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files
>
> Regards,
>
> ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>
>

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo
group.

   File        : /ride route otsego.doc
   Uploaded by : ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>
   Description : The text route for a past RAT ride

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo/files/ride%20route%20otseg\
o.doc

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

ensing2000 <ensing2000@...>

Hey all in MI....

John here...past Lifecycle RAT leader.

It's good to see the site is back in place.  I miss the group there
and the rides.  Since moving to Rhode Island, I've noticed a bit of
regional difference in the world of motorcycling.  First, the sheer
number of bikes here is amazing.  I would estimate that there is at
least double the bikes per capita here than in MI.  That being said,
they are 95% Harleys...  The organization of the Harley groups here
is excellent, but the Triumph ,or any other brand for that matter,
organization is not what I experienced there.  Maybe, I have yet to
find the right group (or to build the right group), but it is
unfortunate.  The second observation is that the roads are
incredible...sorry to throw that out there :-)  Roads here follow the
lay of the land, and carved through the hills, and obviously follow
roads established by early settlers, instead of following DOT
planners efficient visions.  It's great for riding, but sucks for
driving.  Anyway, I miss you all, and am planning to come back for a
visit in April for the 2008 Team Chicago track day.  I will also post
a few pics from the Northeast, and see if I can find some older RAT
pics.  Cheers

John
Rockville, RI
2004 Jet Black Sprint RS

This Tuesday's ride will bring us to Allegan County. We are going to visit a
M.C. shop named
P.T. Customs in Burnips.  ("P.T." Primarily Triumph) P.T. Customs specializes in
vintage
Triumph Motorcycles, and other British iron.  After a brief visit we will ride
to the 747 Bistro
just north of Plainwell.  This week's ride will be lead by Kirk of Spring Valley
Motors. He will
be riding a vintage 1969 Bonneville. We will depart from the Life Cycle parking
lot at about
6:15 p.m. All riders old, or new are welcome to join in  the fun.



Have a blast!
Ludwig

This Tuesday's ride we will cover some back roads of Van Buren county.  We will
take Sprinkle
Road to D Ave.  just to get us out of town with a minimum amount of traffic
lights. We will
end up at Gallagher's Eatery & Pub in Paw Paw ( A great beer selection and a
deck on the
river).  We will depart from Life Cycle at about 6:15 p.m..  All riders are
welcome.  Spread the
word! Bring a friend.



Friends Ride On!
Ludwig

This Tuesday's ride we will cover some back roads of Van Buren county.  We will
take Sprinkle
Road to D Ave.  just to get us out of town with a minimum amount of traffic
lights. We will
end up at Gallagher's Eatery & Pub in Paw Paw ( A great beer selection & and a
deck on the
river).  We will depart from Life Cycle at about 6:15 p.m..  All riders are
welcome.  Spread the
word! Bring a friend.




Friends Ride On.

Ludwig

This Tuesday's ride will cover some back roads in Barry County and will end up
at  Bayview Gardens on the bay at Gull Lake. We will be leaving Life Cycle
parking lot at about
6:15pm. All riders are welcome even the "real bikers".

--- In LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com, "Matt"
<fastaction_2000@...> wrote:
>
> --- In LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com, "Ludwig Betz"
> <ratpack_leader@> wrote:
> >
> > The ride this Tuesday has been cancelled due to a combination of
> poor weather conditions
> > and the difficulty of cleaning water spots off of chrome parts.
> Let's hope for clear skys next
> > Tuesday, Sorry.
> >
> >
> > See You Next Tuesday!
> >
>
>
> I was hoping to make it out tonight, radar shows nothing.  Lets
> reconsider having this ride please?

Jeepers what would make one cancel a ride this time of year? We all
know of the possibility of getting caught in the rain SO WHAT? Real
bikers don't care,
Eric we all clean our bikes anyways.


>

--- In LifeCycleRatofKalamazoo@yahoogroups.com, "Ludwig Betz"
<ratpack_leader@...> wrote:
>
> The ride this Tuesday has been cancelled due to a combination of
poor weather conditions
> and the difficulty of cleaning water spots off of chrome parts.
Let's hope for clear skys next
> Tuesday, Sorry.
>
>
> See You Next Tuesday!
>


I was hoping to make it out tonight, radar shows nothing.  Lets
reconsider having this ride please?

With only a 20% chance of precipitation I was really looking forward
to this.  Any chance of reconsidering?

The ride this Tuesday has been cancelled due to a combination of poor weather
conditions
and the difficulty of cleaning water spots off of chrome parts. Let's hope for
clear skys next
Tuesday, Sorry.


See You Next Tuesday!

This Tuesday's ride will cover some back roads in Barry County and will end up
at the Bayview
Inn on  the bay at Gull Lake. We will be leaving Life Cycle parking lot at about
6:15pm.  All
riders are welcome.

08/18/2007 - 08/20/2007

Gingerman Raceway, South Haven,Michigan

Come out to the track and visit the LIFE CYCLE tent, and run your
bike on the DYNO!

Gate Entry $ 5 per day
Camping $ 5 per day
Sponsored by DucsUnlimited
Fellow Ducatisti,
Our club has undertaken a plan to start the next Midwest Ducati rally
and have chosen this already existing and very successful weekend
that we have been co-hosting with STT for going on 4 years now.
We have enlisted the aid of our fellow D.O.C. clubs including
Desmohio, Hoosier Hooligans, Mocha and Drill in the Chicagoland area
to help us promote and put on what we hope will be a great Ducati
rally and one of the best in the country.
We have also invited regional dealers to come out and show their
wares and hope to have a number of corporate participants on board
such as Red Bull, Repsol and others.
Several companies are on board as sponsors or participants with more
coming and hope to have a carnival atmosphere with special giveaways,
merchant area, great food and live entertainment throughout the
weekend. Also as always STT will provide the top-notch on track
experience we have all come to expect from them. The Orbitsuns will
be playing live on Saturday night so come out and check out one of
the hottest bands in Detroit! Check them out at www.orbitsuns.com.
This event will be held the weekend of August 18, 19th and 20th at
Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, Michigan. If you have never been to
Gingerman we think you will be impressed with the level of the
facilities and the challenging track that the owner has built there.
We hope to see you all out at the track and look forward what will be
a great event for all participants.
For more info you can contact us at info@... or you can
register and sign up at www.sportbiketracktime.com.

Good to see the site is back.  I have posted some pics from this years
Lakeshore Blessing and the 2007 Team Chicago track school.  Enjoy.


Bill

Join us at LIFE CYCLE June 29th & 30th for the National Premiere of the
Ducati Hypermotard 1100. Ducati is finally releasing this long awaited
street fighter. The new 1100 Desmo engine pumps out potent torque and
horsepower that is smooth and linear. One ride on the 1100 will make it
clear why journalists worldwide claim it's the perfect motorcycle
engine. Come down Friday and Saturday to see this awesome machine, demo
rides, food and refreshments!