Yesterday's official ROMEO (Retired Old Motorcyclists Eating Out) lunch was canceled due to nasty weather in the Eastern part of Kansas. Not wanting to waste a perfectly good (no active tornadoes in area) riding day Neil, Richard and I meet up to try out the 56 & Main cafe in Galva, on his antique Honda XL, and I on the REB rode to Lindsborg to meet Richard who rode his Scarabeo. Joining us was Jim and his little dog. Jim had a bad crash a year or so ago and is sticking to four wheel for now. He followed in his truck.
56 & Main is in an old house but is fixed up pretty nice on the inside. With table cloths, tasteful wall paper and pictures it was not what ROMEOs have come to expect. Since there was only one other person there we had our choice of seating. Interestingly enough four other people came in while we were there and I knew them all. Menu was varied and tasty if a bit pricey. My hometown of Galva has five places that you can get food and no beer joint, go figure.
We had a nice lunch and visit with the highlight being Neil showing Richard a trick with a cloth napkin that I am sure will be repeated at many future lunches. Of course Richard may have to bring his own napkin giving the class of eating establishments that he usually selects.
The drizzle we hit just before arriving stuck around and we rode in the wet all the way home. The REB seems to like the cold and wet, never missing a beat and the valves clacking out a nice tune as I thumped along at 60mph (Royal Enfield indicated). Neil's straight piped XL doesn't thump, it barks. Sounds pretty cool when he is backing off on it to stop.
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