Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Carb

Cleaning the carb on Pam's Honda Shadow Spirit 750

Nickerson, KS 11-3-10

Lunch at the Sunshine Cafe and visit to AFW motorcycle shop and furniture store.

Council Grove, KS 10-20-10

Saddleback Cafe

Hillsboro, KS 9-29-10

Lunch in Hillsboro, KS

2010 Rally on the River

Royal Enfield Rally near Steelville, MO

ROMEO Fall Rendezvous 2010

At The Hub in Marble Falls, AR

Haddam, KS 9-15-10

Black sky and lightening scared us off so we cancelled the ride to Haddam.

Walton, KS 8-25-10

Lunch at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

Sterling, KS 08-18-10

Lunch at Paddy's Restaurant in Sterling, KS

Woodbine, KS 8-11-10

Brigitte's Country Cafe

Hauling the REB

  My, my, it has been a long time since I've posted anything.  Bought a trailer hitch for the Sienna and a utility trailer that I can use to haul motorcycles.  It is a Buck Dandy trailer, cool name.  It has no tie down points so I tried placing the hooks under the angle iron supports.  That would have been OK except that they would bounce loose unless the bike was pulled down really, really tight.  I was afraid that the forks and shocks would suffer from such treatment so on the way home I looped the strap around the railing.  Worked great except for rubbing the straps to the point of replacement.  Guess I better talk to my welder and get some loops someplace.

 

 

  Oh, yes, we went to Georgia first and then to Virginia.  Kids, dogs and grandkids was the mission of the trip.  With almost three weeks away I decided I needed a bike to ride.  Besides the REB still needs break-in miles on the new piston and rings (never bloged).  I got to explore lots of back roads around Athens.  There was less opportunity to ride in Virgina but I did manage to get in some quality time on some fantastic country roads.  No pictures as I didn't want to interfere with my riding enjoyment.  Thinking back, stopping now and then to snap a photo would be a good break-in technique.

"The Rig" from a motel room in Evansville, IN 

  Anyway, back home now and trying to motivate myself to ride in the heat.

Glasco, KS 7-7-10

A rainy ROMEO lunch at the Pepper Pot Cafe.

Bushton, KS 6-30-10

Lunch at the Thunderbird Cafe.

REunion 2010

Royal Enfield Reunion in Lanesboro, MN

Tampa, KS 6-23-10

Pictures are Pat's

Heart of America Antique Motorcycle Show Kansas City, MO6-6-10

My birthday present

Enterprise 6-16-10

Jewell, KS 6-2-10

Cottonwood Falls, KS 05/26/10

ROMEO lunch at the Emma Chase Cafe.  Beautiful day, nice ride, good company, good food and Dairy Queen in Council Grove on the way home.  Doesn't get any better than that.

Yeah, I know it's been a long time since the last post, just didn't have anything to say.

Photos: http://wil6831.multiply.com/photos/album/131/Cottonwood_Falls_KS_052610

Cottonwood Falls, KS 05/26/10

Herrington Reservoir

ROMEO lunch at the Emma Chase Cafe in Cottonwood Falls, KS

Macon, GA 5-4-10

Tour of historic home and church.

Hesston, KS 4-21-10

Lunch at Panda's Chinese Restaurant

Holyrood, 3-17-10

It was darn cold and spitting rain as I pulled into Spangles at 10am.  Emmery and Larry were there on their scoots and we wasted little time in getting on the road west.  Emmery and his red Vespa were in the lead and I guess he thought the faster he went the sooner we could get out of the cold.  Good plan, my fingers were seriously hurting by the time we rolled into Ellsworth.

My electric vest was pumping out the heat and it was a strange sensation to be sweating on my chest and have my hands numb with cold.  I've got to look into heated gloves.

The scooter boys called it a day before heading south to Holyrood, having decided that breakfast in Ellsworth sounded better than lunch in Holyrood.  Although it wasn't as bad going with the wind it was bad enough that I bought a cup of coffee at the C & V just to warm my hands.

For the record I was the first one to arrive but I waited on lunch until a few more showed up.  The special was a brat and triangle potatoes.  What you ask is a triangle potato?  Turns out it is a big triangle shaped tater tot.  The triangle was much more tasty than the dried out brat.

Had a nice visit with everyone and headed home at 12:45 to find that things had heated up a couple degrees so the hands weren't in pain by the time I got home.  Even saw a couple patches of blue sky.  Supposed to be 65 tomorrow and snow on the weekend, ya can't beat Springtime in Kansas. 

Holyrood, KS 3-17-10

Lunch on a cold St. Patrick's Day at the C & V convenience store in Holyrood.

Holyrood, 3-17-10

It was darn cold and spitting rain as I pulled into Spangles at 10am. Emmery and Larry were there on their scoots and we wasted little time in getting on the road west. Emmery and his red Vespa were in the lead and I guess he thought the faster he went the sooner we could get out of the cold. Good plan, my fingers were seriously hurting by the time we rolled into Ellsworth.

My electric vest was pumping out the heat and it was a strange sensation to be sweating on my chest and have my hands numb with cold. I've got to look into heated gloves.

The scooter boys called it a day before heading south to Holyrood, having decided that breakfast in Ellsworth sounded better than lunch in Holyrood. Although it wasn't as bad going with the wind it was bad enough that I bought a cup of coffee at the C & V just to warm my hands.

For the record I was the first one to arrive but I waited on lunch until a few more showed up. The special was a brat and triangle potatoes. What you ask is a triangle potato? Turns out it is a big triangle shaped tater tot. The triangle was much more tasty than the dried out brat.

Had a nice visit with everyone and headed home at 12:45 to find that things had heated up a couple degrees so the hands weren't in pain by the time I got home. Even saw a couple patches of blue sky. Supposed to be 65 tomorrow and snow on the weekend, ya can't beat Springtime in Kansas.

First ROMEO Lunch of the Year, Minneapolis, KS 03-03-10

First off it was too damn cold to be riding a motorcycle but I had a heated vest and we haven't had a lunch ride in weeks so I was going cold or not.  Anyway it was supposed to be up to near 50 in the afternoon.  I made it to the meeting spot all cozy in my vest but it must have come unplugged waiting around for everyone to show up cause it would come on no matter how hard I punched the green button with my over sized winter gloves.  So it was a cold ride to Minneapolis.

Fifteen of us eventually settled in on KT's Grill and Pizza Parlor for lunch.  The little place was filled up with ROMEOs.  I found out later that Richard hadn't told them that we were coming so I'm sure they were shocked at the crowd of old men on motorcycles.  They handled it well and everyone got to eat.  I had a decent hamburger and didn't hear anyone complain.

After lunch there was the usual visiting and swapping of lies and sitting around in the sun.

The ride home was quite pleasant, the vest was working and I ever had to turn it off a couple of times it got so warm. 

 Below are four stalwart ROMEOs bundled up for the ride to lunch.

Minneapolis, KS 03/03/10

First ROMEO Lunch of the Year, Minneapolis, KS 03-03-10

I had something all written up and accidentally deleted it. If I get in the mood I'll write it up again.

Spring???

It is getting dangerously close to a decent riding day.  temperature is flirting with 40, sun shining and the wind is light.  A couple of years ago there would be no question.  I think this back surgery has screwed up more than my foot.  It must have messed with my brain also.

Spring???

It is getting dangerously close to a decent riding day. temperature is flirting with 40, sun shining and the wind is light. A couple of years ago there would be no question. I think this back surgery has screwed up more than my foot. It must have messed with my brain also.

Slow Time of the Year

  Just not a heck of a lot to write when the world outside is frozen.  There is this glacier in front of the house that refuses to melt when the sun is shinning.  The rest of the roads could be clear but I couldn't get to them without risking my life riding over my own personal sheet of ice.

  Not that I'd want to ride when it's 4 degrees.......just saying. 

Slow Time of the Year

Just not a heck of a lot to write when the world outside is frozen. There is this glacier in front of the house that refuses to melt when the sun is shinning. The rest of the roads could be clear but I couldn't get to them without risking my life riding over my own personal sheet of ice.

Not that I'd want to ride when it's 4 degrees.......just saying.