r.i.p., my brother

my brother passed away two weeks ago from lung cancer. here he is on our trip to myrtle beach via tail of the dragon this past may...great time.

liquid steel

sculpture of indian larry who was a great bike builder i only knew from tv. he died six years ago while performing his signature stand-on-the-bike-while-going-very-fast stunt.

myrtle beach bike week 2011

myrtle beach bike week is in full effect!

super hot chicks suck bang and blow

i am almost ready for myrtle beach bike week, which some how lives on despite the town's best efforts to shut er down. we always cruise to the suck bang blow bar for beers, burnouts and etc. this year, the chicks will be hotter than ever: freaky women blowing fire (and tending bar) will be the big draw. note to self: stay out of their line of fire!

midget wrestling at bike week

here at midget wrestling, i saw more bikes at one bar than I saw total in myrtle.

bike week is over

yeah...bike week is over so i came home...without a new bike this time. myrtle beach bike week is really done, but it was great to get out of town for a few days and a change of pace is a good thing...probably my last year... we did a lot of riding and added a lot of miles, ate some decent food and generally had a great time. on the way home, big black kept flashing the "check engine" light: i am a little concerned...wondering if it has anything to do with the salt air. 

bike week kicks into gear

myrtle beach bike week-i mean: spring fling-got busy today

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kawasaki 1100 at bike week

at ruth chis' with everybody...randy road down on his bad-ass kawasaki: ball-z.

myrtle beach or bust

pete's bike is ready.

new windshield for the harley

i will be heading for myrtle beach in a couple of weeks for bike week-or bike-couple-of-days i still have a few things to do...today i cleaned out the trailer-even vacumed it-and got rid of a lot of trash that had accumulated over the winter. i tried to put a new, slightly taller windshield on the harley, but i didnt have the right tool. 

bike week(s)

i am getting everything ready to head south for myrtle beach bike week-or what's left of it! it's sad that one of the country's oldest rallies has been so down-sized because the dollar bills of 300,000 bikers are not good enough for the town of myrtle beach...interesting point in history to decide to limit revenue...i am still going, and so are a lot of people to the myrtle beach spring fling because the weather is good, the people are nice and the rides are great: just not going near actual myrtle beach (again). there are a lot of places that welcome bikers with open arms, however!

bike week new orleans: may 5-9 it's just the second annual!

myrtle beach spring fling: may 7-16 you are not welcome here

black bike week: may 22-25 you are also not welcome here

laconia motorcycle week: june 12-20

gettysburg bike week: july 8-11 been here: needs work

little sturgis: july 10-18 it's in kentucky

sturgis motorcycle rally: august 9-15 seventy years...really?

killington classic rally 2010: september 9-12 ben and jerry's? what?

delmarva bike week: september 16-19 seems to rain really hard every year

reno street vibrations: september 22-26 my in-laws got married here

myrtle beach fall rally:  september 29-october 3 again?

las vegas bikefest: september 30-october 3 10th annual

south padre island bikefest: october 8-10 sounds hot!

biketoberfest: october 14-17

ninja harley

today i left work early to shop for bikes with my oldest brother who will be going to myrtle beach bike week with the boys this year...

these  bikes from shi jinsong were not on his shopping list. 

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!