Life imitates art or is it the other way round? It turns out the “inconsiderate douche bag’s on Harley’s” are creating noise as they ride up and down the street wrecking everyone’s quite time on South Park.
It’s a protest movement in episode 12, where Cartman calls out a pack of bikers whose loud Harleys prove [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Motorcycle’
It’s All About Kids
Posted in ABATE, Charitable Cause, Clubs, Events, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Oregon, Organizations, Pub, tagged ABATE, Brothers Speed Motorcycle Club, Events, Francine West, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Musician’s Toy Run Benefit, Musicians, Oregon City, Shriners, Toy Run, Trails End Saloon on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 8th Annual Musician’s Toy Run Benefit is set for this Saturday, November 7th at Trails End Saloon. The ABATE/Shriner’s Toy Run is a motorcycle event sponsored by ABATE of Oregon where hundreds of riders take toys to the children at Shriners Hospitals for Children. The actual Toy Run will take place on December 6th.
Like previous [...]
Stormy Monday
Posted in Fatalities, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Life Lessons, Motorcycle, Safety, tagged 1971, Age 24, Allman Brothers Band, Berry Oakley, Blues, Def Jam Music Group, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Eat-a-Peach, Georgia, Guitarist, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Macon, monday, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Fatalities, October, riding, Sam Hall & Sons, Skydog, Sportster on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was born in Georgia and “eat-a-peach” has always had a special meaning to me.
It was 38 years ago last week when Duane Allman kick-started his Harley-Davidson Sportster on an autumn evening in Macon, Georgia.
It had been only a couple months after the summer release and success of the At Fillmore East album which was [...]
Now And Zen
Posted in Harley, Harley-Davidson, Life Lessons, Living Life, Motorcycle, tagged Acoustic, Balance, blogging, Burnout, Digital Fasting, Distractions, Harley, Hiatus, Motorcycle, Perpetually Superficial, Reboot, Refresh, Unplugged, Unplugged Harley, Zen on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As many of you know I’ve been on lock-down for much of October and posted few articles onto the blog. Candidly, I experienced few withdrawal pains once I stopped constantly checking my iPhone for comments.
I waded through the good, the bad and the ugly during my semi-hiatus and debated whether to continue blogging or not. [...]
The Perfect Storm
Posted in Safety, Safety-Conscious, tagged Harley, Harley-Davidson, Accidents, Safety, Motorcycle, Fatalities, NHTSA, ODOT, Halloween, H-D, FARS, UO, OSU, Caution, Impaired Drivers on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It happens this Saturday, October 31st. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and it’s a particularly deadly night due to impaired drivers.
The ODOT Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data reveals a startling fact. It turns out that 90% of the fatalities (10) on Halloween night (6:00 p.m., October 31st to 5:59 a.m., November 1st) [...]
Reconsidering Happiness
Posted in Brand, Celebration, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Life Lessons, Living Life, Motorcycle, tagged Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Buell, Finance, CEO, Music, Layoff, Buell Closure, 4-Piller Strategy, Erik Buell, American Innovation, Dealer Failures, Bummer Zone, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Vince Gill, All for the Hall, Keith Urban, Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me, Sommet Center, Nashville, Shutdown, Factory Closure, Keith Wandel, Country Music on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whoa! My two previous posts on the current state of the Harley-Davidson state was clearly like a sad country song in an old rundown coffee shop, yup one of those “bummer zones” so, we need a change of scenery.
Speaking of, have you been to Nashville? If you haven’t been to the Country Music Hall of [...]
Blogging Timeout
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Living Life, Motorcycle, tagged Ambition Unfulfilled, Bad Behaviour, blog, Bloggers, blogging, closet journalist, Cross-Roads, FOM, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Link-baiters, Motorcycle, NWHB, Sabbatical, SPAM, Taking a break, Timeout, Trolls, Wallow on the Web, WOW on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. That translates to 95% of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to WOW (wallow on the web), where they become public remnants [...]
Road Trippn’ To Street Vibrations 2009 – Part 3
Posted in Events, Fall Rides, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Posse Ride, Reno, Routes & Maps, Street Vibrations, Travel, tagged 546 Miles, 72 Arrests, 77 Traffic Citations, Accidents, Ashland, Boze fire, CA-44, CA-89, Catch A Rising Star, Event, Grand Sierra Resort, Grants Pass, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Hat Creek Complex, high-desert valley, Honey Lake, I-5, Jagermeister Super Stage, Lake Tahoe, Lassen National Forest, Left of Center, Medford, Motorcycle, Mount Shasta, Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Old Station, Randy Burke, Reno, Road Shows, Rogue River valley, Rose City Rollers, Roseburg, Ryan Capes, State Route 342, Street V, Street Vibrations, Susanville, Tiller OR, Umpqua Valley, US 395, Virginia City on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Street Vibrations is a 4-day event that brings two-wheel enthusiasts from all parts of the country to show-off customs, parade the vendor booths and enjoy the entertainment. Oh did I mention the local rides? Yes, there are plenty from Virginia City to Lake Tahoe as well as the various poker runs.
The weather (mid-90’s) really made [...]
Road Trippn’ To Street Vibrations 2009 – Part 2
Posted in Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Posse Ride, Reno, Routes & Maps, Street Vibrations, Travel, tagged Alturas, California, Event, Goose Lake State Park, H-D, Harley, Harley-Davidson, High Desert State Prison, high-desert valley, Honey Lake, Just Stuff, Lakeview, Likely, Litchfield, Motorcycle, New Pine Creek, Nobleas Train, OR 31, Oregon Route 31, Outback Scenic Byway, Ravendale, Reno, Standish, Street V, Street Vibrations, Summer Lake, Susanville, US 395 on September 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After an early morning continental breakfast we brought the bikes to life in the motel parking lot and after a quick fuel stop we shake, rattled and rolled down the US 395 trail.
The road encourages a relaxed pace and many of the trappings of modern travel are just not on this road. About 40 miles [...]
Road Trippn’ To Street Vibrations 2009 – Part 1
Posted in Fall Rides, Forest Fires, Harley, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, Oregon, Posse Ride, Reno, Routes & Maps, Street Vibrations, Travel, tagged Harley, Reno, Street Vibrations, Bend, Harley-Davidson, Event, Motorcycle, El Aguila Real, Outback Scenic Byway, OR 31, La Pine, Street V, H-D, US 20, Santiam Pass Highway, Tumblebug complex, Oregon Route 31, Fort Rock State Park, Hole-in-the-Ground, Summer Lake, Deschutes National Forest, Elk-Hunter, Eagles Nest, Lakeview, Chin-up Champ on September 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
On the first day of fall the saddlebags were loaded and ready for another motorcycle trip. This time the posse pointed our motorcycles south and headed toward some promised fun in the Nevada desert. Street Vibrations was the destination, but our journey through country roads and byway’s was the largest part of the reason that [...]












