ANOTHER PRETTY NICE WEEKEND—LOVE THIS GLOBAL WARMING THING
MY BACK IS STILL A LITTLE ON THE HURTING SIDE BUT I DID MANAGE TO GET OUT SOME..THE NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLES I SAW COULDN’T BE MORE THAN TWENTY (KIND OF SURPRISED)..AND AS TEMPS CONTINUE THEIR INEVITABLE DOWNWARD TREND THERE WILL BE LESS AND LESS SCOOTERS TO BE SEEN..JUST LIKE ANIMALS THAT HIBERNATE FOR THE WINTER, COMING OUT JUST ONCE IN A WHILE DURING THE OCCASIONAL WARMER DAYS..FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS I DIDN’T EVEN OWN A CAR—KIND OF A TRICKY TIME IN MY LIFE—IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE BUT I EVENTUALLY LEARNED THAT IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, A CAR IS DEFINITELY A NECESSITY..ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS..
AN OCCASIONAL VISITOR TO OUR BACK YARD |
UNLESS MY POST DEALS WITH SOMETHING OR SOMEPLACE SPECIFIC I WILL ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO INTRODUCE A NEW BIKER ACQUAINTANCE OR AN OLD BIKER FRIEND..THIS WEEK IS NO DIFFERENT..I WAS HEADING BACK TO CIVILIZATION FOR A COFFEE WHEN I SPOTTED A CLASSIC BIKER TYPE SITTING ON HIS RED 1977 ELECTRA GLIDE FLH..HE WAS JUST LOOKING OUT OVER THE BEAUTIFUL WILD COUNTRYSIDE, THINKING THINGS THROUGH AND ENJOYING BEING ALONE WITH HIS BIKE (I COULD RELATE)..I REALLY HATED TO INTERRUPT HIS THOUGHTS AND I USUALLY PASS BY THESE SCENARIOS WITH ONLY A FRIENDLY WAVE..BUT I COULD TELL THIS WAS NOT A FIRST YEAR RIDER-THIS WAS NOT A GUY THAT RODE ONE OR TWO HUNDRED MILES A SUMMER AND THEN WRAPPED THINGS UP FOR THE WINTER..NOPE—THIS GUY WAS MY FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE—NO B.S.—ALL AMERICAN—HARD WORKING-HARLEY RIDER..
THIS SWEET OLD 1977 FLH HAS SEEN SOME BEAUTIFUL MILES--THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING BACK WHEN IT HAD CLOCKED UP OVER 68,000 MILES |
RICK (62 YEARS OLD) IS A LONG TIME RIDER WHO STILL OWNS SIX TRIUMPHS --ONE YAMAHA --AND SOLD A SWEET 1975 BMW.. DOES LACONIA EVERY YEAR AND IS A 30 YEAR MEMBER OF CONNECTICUT MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION (CMRA)..RICK AND I WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL BUT NEITHER ONE OF US REMEMBERS THE OTHER..BACK IN THE DIM DARK PAST WE ALSO DID SPEND SOME TIME HANGING WITH A LOCAL M.C. DOUBTLESS OUR PATHS CROSSED..RICK IS ONE OF THE FEW BIKERS I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO CRUISE ALONGSIDE WITH..E-MAIL ME RICK,, MAYBE WE'LL DO THE LACONIA THING THIS YEAR...MAYBE STURGIS??
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I ENJOY THESE 'JUST CRUISING' POSTS-KIND OF EASY AND FUN TO DO-WISH I COULD GET PAID FOR IT BUT I GEUSS I'D HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING AN EMPLOYER...IF ANY OF YOU BIKERS OR READERS OUT THERE HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON A POST OR WOULD LIKE TO RIDE ON ONE OF THESE 'JUST CRUISING' THINGS WITH ME LET ME KNOW..IT'S A GOOD TIME
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TILL NEXT WEEK
JIM