Tennessee Ride – Day 8
I finished packing the bike, said goodbye to Heather, and headed for Birmingham, stopping for donuts and coffee at Dunkin Donuts. The ride was pretty uneventful, except for the downpour about 30 miles...
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Last day of the ride, and the longest. Not much to report, other than it being a long day. I left at around 8:30 in the morning, and rode all the way back to the house, a total of 683 miles, arriving...
View ArticleSuper Secret Party Ride – Day 1
Yeah, it’s on the blog, but it’s not the ride that’s the secret, it’s the party. Today was just me beating feet for Springfield, MO. I left around 9:00 this morning, heading up TX-121 to US-75, then up...
View ArticleSuper Secret Party Ride – Day 2
Today was a short day, which was exactly as I had planned, because I had a special stop intended for lunch. There’s a great barbecue restaurant in St. Louis called Pappy’s Smokehouse. I’ve wrote about...
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Super Secret Party Ride – Day 3
As has been my tradition, since I’m only a few hours away, I rode up to Peoria to see Reese. I’d texted with Joi and she knew I was coming, but we decided not to tell Reese so that it would be a...
View ArticleSuper Secret Party Ride – Day 4
It’s never long enough, and it was time to head home. I got the bike packed up and pointed it towards Texas. I wasn’t planning on getting home today, just trying to get about half way there, taking my...
View ArticleSuper Secret Party Ride – Day 5
The last day. I got the bike packed back up, and headed down the last few hundred miles of highway towards home. The heat was really building by the time I pulled in to the garage, but it was good to...
View ArticleNew Ham Radio Project
I’ve got a new Ham Radio project coming up. I just ordered a Yaesu FTM-10R, a waterproof 2m/70cm transceiver, and accessories, that I’m going to install on the BMW. I picked up the newer model of the...
View ArticleWhy We Ride
I finally got to go see this, after being in Kentucky for the first showing and being iced in for the second one. I almost didn’t make it to this one though. After a nice dinner with my sweetheart and...
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That’s An Expensive Staple
I was getting ready to ride in to an on-site meeting with the client this morning, warming up the bike and putting my cold weather gear on, when I noticed that it wasn’t rolling as well as it should...
View ArticleTaking A Road Glide Special Out For A Test Ride
I’ve been thinking about picking up a new bike for a while now. I really enjoy riding the RT, but the maintenance costs, both in terms of time and money, have soured the relationship. I had been...
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