Great Chilly Ride Today

I finally got to ride Big Red today. It was only an hour long ride, but it was worth it. Checkout my photo.

Pappy's Place

Just added a new edition to Pappy's Place. It looks good in the "man cave".

4th of July Ride

Slick and I just got back from our motorcycle ride to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Stone Mountain Park in NC. We started about 9 am and hoped to beat the heat. Our ride took us from home and west on highway 421. We followed highway 421 to 21 North. 21 North took us up toward Stone Mountain Park in NC. We enjoyed that park of that ride. 21 North allows you to start enjoying the nice country roads and has very little traffic. We didn’t stop at Stone Mountain Park because we had driven our car up there before. After passing the park entrance continued to head north on 21 until to we got to the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance. It was a great day to ride. There were motorcycle and old guys driving their classic cars everywhere. We saw all types of bikers. Here is the route we took.

We always enjoy riding the parkway. Slick came up with a good ideas to pack a picnic lunch for us. That was nice. We ate some awesome P&J sandwiches and chips. She also made us a nice chocolate chip cake too. We had our little snack, enjoyed the scenery and laid on a blanket on one of the overlooks and enjoyed the day. It has been a long time since Slick and I just relaxed in the park. As a matter of fact, the Blue Ride Parkway was the first place we went on a date over 28 years ago. Here are a few photos from our ride:

We always enjoy riding the parkway. Slick came up with a good ideas to pack a picnic lunch for us. That was nice. We ate some awesome P&J sandwiches and chips. She also made us a nice chocolate chip cake too. We had our little snack, enjoyed the scenery and laid on a blanket on one of the overlooks and enjoyed the day. It has been a long time since Slick and I just relaxed in the park. As a matter of fact, the Blue Ride Parkway was the first place we went on a date over 28 years ago.

After our picnic, we headed west through the park. Our exit out of the park was 18 south toward Wilkesboro NC and back to 421. It was a about 20 south from 18 to Wilkesboro. The ride was nice. We went through several some towns and enjoyed the scenery of the wide open farm lands.

One we got back on 421, we headed south back toward home. By that time it was getting a little toasty, but Slick hung in there. The ride took about 4.5 hours. It was a great way to enjoy park of our 4th of July weekend.

If you get a chance check out the route. We plan to do it again. Of course we want to stay longer.

Until next time and remember to not be so busy making a living you forget to make a life.

Pappy

Twelve Important Things My Motorcycle Has Taught Me

Twelve Important Things My Motorcycle Has Taught Me

1. The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rear view mirror.

2. Four wheels move the body; two wheels move the soul.

3. I'd rather be riding my motorcycle and thinking about God, than sitting in church thinking about my motorcycle.

4. Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about 75 mph.

5. Midnight bugs taste just as bad as Noon time bugs.

6. Sometimes it takes a whole tank full of gas before you can think straight.

7. A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

8. Young riders pick a destination and go; old riders pick a direction and go.

9. When you're riding lead, don't spit.

10. Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 75 mph can double your vocabulary.

11. If you can't get it going with bungee cords and duct tape, it's serious.

12. Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

13. (Bonus) I've never seen a Motorcycle parked in front of a psychiatrist's office.

Enjoy the ride!

Pappy

New Motorcycle Slide Show

Since I haven't been able to put on any good miles on Big Red lately, I thought I would put together a new slide show of some of the good times we have had over the last year. Take a look at the slide show. It is a fairly large file so I suggest you download it. Or you can checkout our PappyandSlick YouTube Page . You will find the same slide show there.

files.me.com/rogeryounce/1kb30y.mov

I have started a new business called PS Media Creations . My son Jordan has a business too called 83 Productions . Both of us plan to take a lot of video and photos of our 2010 trips and put them into a nice slide show, video and photo book format. That will be a great project to show case our adventures next year. Of course, when we get any other projects completed I will let everyone know.

Until next time and remember to not be so busy making a living you forget to make a life.

Pappy

Big Red and VTX Upgrades

This weekend was a nice relaxing one. I did a little riding but best of all my son Jordan and I had some upgrades made to our bikes. My upgrade included having my new Garmin GPS mounted and hooked up on Big Red. I have always wanted to have a GPS system for the bike, since I enjoy getting lost so much. My Garmin was purchased about a month ago but I had to have an electrical plug installed in the left pocket of the bike. So, as always I went to my trusted biker buddy Craig for the upgrade. Craig can do just about anything on a motorcycle. He installed the electrical plug for the bike in about 20 minutes and my GPS was ready. Actually had don't most of my upgrades to Big Red. Below are a couple of photos of the new GPS.

Afterwards, Craig started working on Jordan's VTX. His upgrades included have a new ignition switch put on the bike. Craig had no problem with that. The fun part was when the VTX was going to get a new backrest. There was more to putting on backrest on a cruiser and it was the first time Craig ever installed backrest on a cruiser. Craig had to basically take the whole seat apart to install the backrest (now I see why not a lot of cruisers have backrest). Once the backrest was install, Jordan tested it and loved it. It looked pretty nice too. Jordan wanted to get a new backrest because he heads to the beach in 2 weeks. Now he is set. Below are couple of photos of Craig and Jordan installing the switch. You can see the backrest too.

Craig did a great job on both bikes. I tell everyone I know if you have a bike that needs anything installed or repaired, Craig is the man and I trust him more than anyone with my Goldwing. He is good with VTX's too. He can fix just about anything.

Until next time and remember, don't be too busy making a living you forget to make a life.

Pappy