October is Here

Autumn colors from my last ride. But that was two weeks ago, now those leaves are on the ground and the snow is creeping down the mountains.
We are only a few weeks away from shoveling snow. That's ok, I got a lot of miles in this summer!

8K This Summer

 I took my road glide in for its 20,000 mile service the other day. Actually, I'm only a couple hundred miles short of 21,000. They convinced me to put on a new rear tire as my old one (new in June) was cracking in a few places. So, that's two rear tires and one front tire this summer. I tell ya, those things aren't cheap.
  But, if there is one place a biker should never scrimp, it's tires. Especially in Alaska where the roads aren't always he best and most speed limits are 65 mph.
 So, with fresh oil and rubber, I'll be ready early in the spring. Not that riding is over for this year, but it's awful close. It is getting pretty cool outside, in fact I put the liners back in my riding jackets.
I got about 6,000 on the road glide this season, and about 2000 on the super glide, so all in all it was a decent riding year.

Unions Blow!

Jimmy Hoffa Jr gave a quick intro speech just before Obama in which he called the tea party 'sons of bitches'. That's reeeeaaaal nice you liberals. Just call more names and spew more profanity, that's all you got! HAhahaha. And where are the liberal women groups when women get called bitches? Unions suck!
Yes,I know Harleys are made by union workers, but that's the trade I have to make to ride American. The question is for how much longer? Most of their apparel is made in China, that bothers me.
We have the worst President of my life, we have a wider divide between conservatives and dumb a...., I mean liberals, and it looks like the worst is still ahead.
F-it, I'm going riding, I need my usual therapy.
Later

Last Long Ride of the Season?

It's Labor Day weekend, a sign that the riding season is almost over for us in Alaska. A few other signs are school has started, the State Fair is almost over, and the leaves have begun to change color. I doubt if we'll see another day over 60 degrees.
 So a buddy and I decided to ride to Soldotna for a shirt from the dealer down there. It was a good day of riding where we managed to skirt any real rain showers all day. We had some occassional sprinkles, but never really ran through any hard rain.
I put on about 350 miles for the round trip, but RP had closer to 400, as he had a little farther to go before nightfall. Both bikes ran great with no issues. And the best part was how light the traffic was for the trip. I'm sure the brunt of the weekend traffic was Friday night, which we spent in the garage listening to Skynyrd and drinking whiskey. We took off Saturday morning about 10:45 and returned around 6:30 pm.
Along the way, one stop was at Cooper's Landing for a bread bowl full of Buffalo chili.
 At the Harley shop I saw a beautiful new Road Glide Ultra CVO. It was really something. Chrome all over the bike, special order gauges, custom two tone paint, and a $36000 price tag. Whoooops! Slowly step away from the bike Old Bull!
Then, the sales manager cranked up the stereo on a new Ultra Glide. George Thourogood and the Delaware Destroyers at 400 watts. You read that right, 400 watts out of 8 speakers and a hidden sub woofer. It was the loudest bike stereo I've ever heard.
So, will I get any more riding in this season? Yes, of course. September always has a few nicer days for motorcycling, but they get fewer and farther between. I'll still be commuting to work when I can, but yesterday may have been the last full day of distance riding for this year. If it is, it was a good one.
Later.