rolling thunder 2009-ride of the patriots

here is a great video posted by sterlingevo of his ride during rolling thunder this past sunday.

rolling thunder xxii!

participate in honoring our serviceman by attending the rolling thunder events sunday, may 24th, 2009. meet at the hyatt regency crystal city parking lot @ 6:45am, departure time is 7:00am to the pentagon parking lot. rolling thunder xxii departure to washington, dc @ noon. rolling thunder speakers program begins at approximately 1:30pm at the reflect pool across from the lincoln memorial.

rolling thunder 2009: saluting the troops

salute our troops today, 11-3 at the reflecting pool across from the lincoln memorial

rolling thunder 2009: dont forget candlelight vigil

dont forget: Candle Light Vigil is scheduled for 9:00 P.M. tonight at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC

exile motorcycles

maybe this trike is more my style. on sale from exile cycles.

rolling thunder ride to the wall

may 24th is the annual rolling thunder ride to the wall. i live outside dc and have made that ride so many times: it is fantastic. this except of the documentary about the ride was posted on youtube by jeff mcshay in 2007. events actually start this friday night with a candlelight vigil beginning 9:00pm at the vietnam veterans memorial. here is the complete schedule.

bmw trike conversion

i have seen a lot of trikes: not really a fan! but this bad boy caught my eye: it is a bmw k1200lt trike conversion from hannigan! cool.

new harley

my 1999 road king made some weird noises this morning so i bought a new bike! this ones a harley...next week: the hayabusa!

R.I.P. myrtle beach bike week

i have been coming to myrtle for bike week so many years now, i really didnt pay attention to the media. in preparation for the trip a few weeks ago i started this blog and started hearing about the anti-biker attitude currently in place in myrtle beach. well...i am here, but not too many others are: about 20% of last year's crowd showed up and only 30% of the hotels are filled. no one enters the city of myrtle beach because of the drag pipe/helmet law combo. wtf? hmmm...interesting strategy, myrtle beach, in this economy: closing the door on 300,000 paying customers! whatever...we are still having fun, just elsewhere.

headed south

we are outta here! we will be riding in the sun- with helmets and without drag pipes-by noon today: righteous!

myrtle beach bike week or bust!

looking forward to seeing old friends and taking long rides in myrtle this year: we leave tomorrow! we are planning a ride down to charleston and savannah one day, but where else are we going? the myrtle beach flea market at the state park has 350 vendors in air-conditioned space and is open 9-6 daily. (great if it is stormy or super hot). friday the 15th at 1:00 there is the iraqi freedom charity ride beginning at the red barn tavern. friday or saturday we may ride north to new bern, north carolina where the carolina harley-davidson dealers association has relocated their spring rally from myrtle beach due to all the controversy. new bern is about 30 miles from myrtle. maybe we will cruise through the croatan national forest on the way back to our motel.

cruisin' the coast 2009

apparently bike week, (or "cruisin' the coast" rally) was almost cancelled in myrtle beach this year! the city of myrtle beach doesnt like bikers and inacted a number of laws to keep them in check. in addition to the helmet law. they are also having police checkpoints for the first time ever: here is a list of the checkpoint times and locations.

myrtle beach helmet law

so, the city of myrtle beach has passed a helmet law that the boys in blue are ready to enforce. business owners in the enclave are fighting the city over their enforcement practices: the suit has gone all the way to the south carolina supreme court! what is your opinion? (photo courtesy of diesel bear: i have a feeling he is looking forward to seeing everybody!)

inclement weather

as thunderstorms bear down on the mid-atlantic with some of us under tornado watches all night, i am reminded how volatile the weather in may is: not a year at myrtle beach has passed without inclement weather of some type! so, i ordered a new rainsuit. i also got the radar in motion app for my iphone.

fish-o-holic

thinkin about chartering a boat during bike week and going deep sea fishing on the fish-o-holic.

these guys sound like my kind of watermen!

ready for myrtle beach?

one week til i leave for myrtle.