travel pro

i have just finished installing all the accroutements i will need for my next trip. from the corbin solo saddle to the travel cases and rack: i am ready.

bike week

an old-but not dead- biker at arizona bike week two weeks ago...from rick the lawyer's very great flickr photo stream.

motorcycle with sidecar

motorcycle builder francois knorreck took random parts from multiple bikes and cars to construct this beautiful 1000cc laverda motorcycle and sidecar, entitled the snaefell project. pretty wild...perfect for transporting the mother-in-law.

the raw & the beautiful exhibition of motorcycles and motorcycle art

if in upstate new york visit the arts &cultural council of greater rochester's gallery to view "the raw & the beautiful" exhibition of motorcycles and motorcycle art. nice indian!

weekend ride

put a little over 300 miles on the new bike this weekend riding with pete from dc to reedville, virginia and back. we hit major storms on the way down friday afternoon for about 30 minutes: thank god for the ferring! once we arrived, the wife cooked us some great grilled shrimp, drank something and we chilled out. did a little fishing in the morning...had a bbq saturday night...ate sunday brunch at buenos nachos. the ride home was perfect and fast. a nice weekend was had by all!

headed south

finally got 500 miles on the new bike, so its ready to rip! leaving for the cabin on the northern neck tomorrow with pete. its really hot...august is hot, but i am looking forward to a chill ride south: maybe there will be a bay breeze!

john deere motorcycle

this is cool...taken at this year's sturgis motorcycle rally by andrew earnshaw.

great photo...wonder how the ride is.

live web cams @ sturgis motorcycle rally

you can keep tabs on what your missing this week in sturgis on these live web cams.

sturgis motorcycle rally 2009

Pete Kocefas posted this video of day two @ the sturgis motorcycle rally.

just like i'm there, yet i'm totally not!

sturgis 2009

sturgis starts today and runs through august 8th. i wont be heading out this year (too much fishing to do), but, hopefully next year. here is the official site for all your biker needs! the above photo was taken yesterday of shade tree fabrications setting up shop at the buffalo chip.

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.

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.

top 10 restaurants in myrtle beach

im sick of hotdogs, hush puppies and deep fried seafood at bike week...i can get that type of food at red lobster, any where. so when we head to myrtle beach this year, i want to eat right! i found this list on a site called 10best.com, which has rankings for a lot of different cities in various categories. some of the places sound a little too romantic for four married bikers, but if the food is good, i don't care!

1. webster's low country grill & bar.

2. the parson's table

3. carriage house

4. the library

5. louis's at pawley's closed it's doors in 08

6. divine fish house

7. frank's restaurant/frank's out back

8. gulfstream cafe

9. oliver's lodge

10. seablue tapas restaurant & bar