2 Day Mississippi MINI-Ball Test Run

I put together 2 different test run trips for my 1919 Cannonball Motorcycle, before the start of the actual event in September. My first trip planned, was a 2 day trip around Mississippi. I mapped out a 500 mile circle; place an overnight stop point in the middle.

Lisa & Kimberly about to run down the road together

I invited a few close friends to join me. Mark Cantrell, Willard Gargis, Ed Dacus, Shane Dorton, Roxanne Spencer, Bob Kenney, Les Cooper and CCM Cannonball Riders #25 Scott Byrd and #54 David Lloyd signed on and the 2 Day Mississippi MINI Ball was on. We left out of Olive Branch Mississippi on Friday morning, around 10 am, after breakfast at Hazel’s restaurant. We rode down Old Highway 78 to Holly Springs. Fellow Confederate Chapter member, Pat Jones rode his Honda Dream critter bike with the group on that first leg of the journey. After running through the Holly Springs National Park, we cut across to Oxford. After that, we cut back across to Pontotoc. Down to Houston Mississippi for lunch, then we went south to Sturgis Mississippi. I had pre-arranged a museum visit at Craig Vech’s BMW motorcycle shop / museum Friday afternoon. Vech showed us around his shop, museum and parts department. When we left his place, we spent the night in Louisville, Mississippi.

Early the next morning, we left Louisville, heading to Clarksdale Mississippi, to meet a couple more friends for lunch and continue home. We met Johnny Whitsett and Bill Walters at the famous Abe’s BaqbQ, located at the Crossroads in Clarksdale MS.

Nice looking Spark plugs after 220 miles

Vech's Museum in Sturgis, Mississippi

When we arrived back in Olive Branch, we had traveled 460 miles over 2 days –