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• More About Me

  • From: gaqt466
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    I am a Black American Woman, 43 yrs old, I am kind, patient, smart, have a great sense of humor. Unfortunately, I am also a paradoxical anomaly. Why? Because I ski, swim, make awesome baked ziti, love classic rock and pop music, old country, and of course 70’s disco. Apparently I missed the memo that says black girls aren’t supposed to swim, ski, ride motorcycles, or date white guys.

    LMAO I also enjoy: museums, antiqueing, going down the shore, walking, shopping, plus the usual stuff that everyone likes such as; movies, theater, dining out etc. I root for the NY Giants and the NY Mets.

    I am currently disabled due to Meniere's Disease and I am the sole caregiver to my 81 year old father who has Parkinson's Disease, and my 79 year old mom who is in the early stages of dementia. The worst part of being a live-in caregiver for my parents is that my mom is so afraid of my having another nervous breakdown, she can be a bit clingy. My mom can't tell me being depressed from me being lazy. Sometimes I just want to lie on the sofa, eat junk food, and watch tv in my jammies. That doesn't mean I'm depressed, I just don't have anything better to do. There are times when being lazy actually makes me happy. :)

    I should probably clarify that Tex (the guy on the blue Honda Shadow) and I are friends, but no longer dating.  Yes, I do have his permission to use those pictures.  I told him about the site and as soon as he gets his laptop fixed he'll probably become a member here as well.

    I blog on Google too, so I may just add some of those blogs here, if y'all don't mind

     

    
    

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• Burnt out wires #2

  • From: Shadow2357
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    These are the wires I burnt out and described in my blog " Is someone trying to tell me something ?? "

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• Burnt out wires #3

  • From: Shadow2357
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    These are the wires I burnt out and described in my blog " Is someone trying to tell me something ?? "

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• Burnt out wires #1

  • From: Shadow2357
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    These are the wires I burnt out and described in my blog " Is someone trying to tell me something ?? "

  • 5 days ago
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• Is someone trying to tell me s

  • From: Shadow2357
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    As anyone who read my first blog would know ... I was going to go to Sydney to be a marshall at the last ever motorbike race to be run at Oran Park. Because of a few unexpected bills I was sort of humming and harring about wether or not to go, but that decision has been taking out of my hands.

    I was getting ready to go ... had the trailer all packed ... route planned out ... all needed to do was do a bit of food shopping and I would be on my way on Monday 16th Nov. Seeing as all was ready and I had a bit of time I decided to do a job I had been meaning to do for a while and that was wire up a cigarette lighter through the tralier plug wiring so that I could run a gps,charge a phone ...you know all those sort of things.

    Well the wiring part went well but I couldn't find my soldering iron so I thought I would just plug it in and check to see if I had it right ... which I did untill I put it down on the groung to go get something. when I got back to the bike ... all within about 30 seconds ... there was smoke coming from the wiring loom on the bike. Seeing this I quikly pulled the plug out but it was too late. The whole thing was burnt out back up to the battery.

    Had some fun trying to get the battery disconected .. a few sparks flying ...but once done .. started the bike and tested lights ect. and all seemed to be working ...lucky. The bike is now in having the trailer wiring redone and won't have it back till Wed so there is that trip gone.

    As I said in the title .. I think someone was trying to tell me not to go.

    Ray.

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• Pocket photo for Tony

  • From: vstargrl
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    Hi Tony, Here is the picture you requested in your blog titled Calender for Vstargrl. Hope it's all you thought it would be!!!!!

     

    Psssst: Got ya Tony!!!!

  • 6 days ago
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• Couldn't wait 2

  • From: vstargrl
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    Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!

  • 6 days ago
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• Couldn't wait 3

  • From: vstargrl
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    Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!

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• Couldn't wait 1

  • From: vstargrl
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    Well all, I just couldn't wait any longer to get out and ride. 70F here today and I wasn't about to let this day slip past me without getting out on the Silverado. We have very few nice days left so hey.....need I say more? The side covers are out getting custom paint work done on them and like I said in the blog yesterday....they should be back mid week! Oh La La Hope all my family here had a fabulous weekend and Kyle, I don't know how your doing it without riding. Man I really feel for you. I go through major withdrawl and become a biotch when I can't get out!

  • 6 days ago
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• Calender pic Vstargrl

  • From: tonyl
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     In a recent blog Vstargrl said one of her nicknames/handles was  "Pockets" because as she said "My shorts were so short all the time that my front pockets hung out...hence the name pockets.  Now that is a pic(s) that should be posted for all (lechers) to see.

    All in favour vote below with your comments.  Those against, we don't want to know..

     

    Pssst Vstargrl, gottcha!!

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• New to Blogging

  • From: JCRiggs
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    This is my first blog. I have been riding since my early teens. Been riding steady for the last 20 yrs.. Took my family to the Texas Hill country last spring. Now everyone is riding except for my wife. She likes to sit on the back and watch the world go by. I bought my last bike in the spring of 07. Been to Big Bend twice and up and down the river Road numerous times when I was there. What A great ride! My oldest daughter has been on me to start doing this blog so I thought I would give it a try.

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• ThunderRun to Port Dover – Nov

  • From: kimmer127
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    6:00 AM – The alarm has not gone off so I shut it off so Maureen can sleep in.  Cold!  It is 23 F and white frost covers everything.  Find the woollies and start layering on clothes.  I have to make a 20 mile run to join my fellow HOG members at a Tim Horton’s near Fonthill.    Timmies as we call it is a chain of coffee shops like Starbucks but, they sell real artery clogging donuts, there is no one there called a barista; just Helen on the cash and Fred In-Training.

    7:20 - I am in the garage putting on my leather neck cover, helmet, and insulated riding gloves.  Boomer (my ’06 Road Glide) starts with the first push of the starter.  The Rinehart exhaust is singing in the cold air.  The cold is burning  my cheeks as I clear the village and turn up the wick heading towards the rendezvous.  It is 28F.

    7:45 – I pull into Timmies about 45 minutes early.  Make a note to self: put on the thin inner gloves then the insulated gauntlets or my fingers will be numb at 30 miles.  Ordered a bagel/egg/sausage breakfast and a calorie-soaked donut and a large coffee. 

    8:20 The others begin arriving until all 6 are present and accounted for.  As they get a quick coffee, dozens of bikes are rolling past.  A continuous roar.  It has warmed up to the freezing point.

    8:30 – Time to go.  I take some shots of Dave’s Bobber he built last winter.  Everyone is layered with lots of clothes and don face cover too.  We roll out onto the local highway in a tight formation and Nancy in the lead turns up the wick and we are off.  Just less than 100 miles away is Port Dover.  Someone said the news forecast 12,000 bikes would arrive today  for this one day event.  The population of this fishing village is 5564.  If the estimate is right, the population for the day will be about 3 times more than the number of permanent residents. 

    9:30 – Bikers are feeding into the route from all directions.  Single riders, duos, and groups of 10, 20 or 30. We are toasty warm and making great time.  We blow through Dunnville and avoid the main drag knowing the Timmies there will be overloaded with bikers seeking a caffeine hand warmer.  Nancy keeps a fast pace and we are riding in a disciplined formation responding to hand signals.

    10:05 am – We roll off Highway 6 into the village.  The village centre already has a lot of bikes but the side streets are clear.  We get prime spots to park behind a restaurant on the main street.  A group picture and we are off to the Timmies up the street to warm up and get a coffee charge.  It is now a balmy 46 degrees.  The air is filled with roar of bikes pouring into the village from both main roads.  Every imaginable make and custom jobs too.  Cruisers, choppers, trikes, bobbers, crotch rockets and dirt bikes.  There are even bikers here from the USA

     

    11:30 – I am waiting for my friend David who has come about the same distance from the opposite direction on his Honda Valkyrie.   The parking lot that was half full is over full and bikes now line both side of two main streets for as far as the eye can see.  The roar is continuous.  Wait; is that a guy in a Santa’s hat and a red thong riding that CB500?  David arrives and we go as a group looking for T Shirts and other memorabilia.  I bump into Brad who sold me my Sportster last summer.  He rode his Ultra down from near Toronto.  Soon it is lunch and some of our group line up for the restaurant.  It could be an hour’s wait.  Dave, Brad and I go in search of street meat.

    1:30 – The cops have shut down the roads into town to all vehicles except bikes.  .  There are continuous lines of bikes 2 abreast streaming into town from both directions.  The vendors are out of stuff.  They figured November?? Who will come?  I head back to see if I can get Boomer out of where I parked.  Yep, there is a narrow lane between the metal and chrome.  Some of the group left early but now the others return and we begin to suit up.

    2:00 – We are on the road out of town.  The cops are waving us through and we roll up the hill towards highway 6.  We go over the rise and ahead of us a line of bikes 2 abreast stretches as far as we can see and, there are still hundreds more heading into town.  Nancy ramps up the speed but hauls it again down as we approach villages along the way.  Bikes are along the roadside getting their tickets for missing the reduced speed limits.

    3:00 - We roll into Dunnville on highway 3 for a Timmies break and to don our cold gear again.  I envy Nancy and Lee with their heated vests and gloves.  After a quick pit stop we are off and as we continue on towards Niagara Falls our group is reduced as riders peel off to head for home.  Lee and I bail to pick up the road into St Catharines.  I am a bachelor for the day.  Maureen is away with the grandchildren.  I am wiped so I head to Puddy’s bar for a plate of wings and a cold ginger ale before heading home to download pictures from the day and write my blog.  I take a shot of the long sleeved T I bought  I got the T short to prove I was there.

    11:30 – The blog is done and so am I.  It seems we hit or exceeded the estimate on attendees the 13^th.  We all plan to be there next August for the 13^th.

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• November 13 th Port Dover run

  • From: kimmer127
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    Tomorrow is our regular Friday 13th ThunderRun to Prt Dover.  Every Fruday 13th motorcyclists of every age, riding style, and bike make descend on Port Dover for a day of fun, bike oggling and buying must have doo dads and duds.  Our Hog chapter is riding down as a group.  The town shuts down all car traffic there are so many bikes there.  I hear the police will be checking exhaust sound levels so I may need to put a sock in Boomer's Rineharts.

    It is about a 2 hour ride from here and I will blog on our run sometime on Saturday and post pictures.

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• Bye-Bye Hurricane!

  • From: CromagnaMan
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    Because of the minor Hurricane coming our way, for the last week or so it has been grey and rainy here in the "Big Bend" area of Florida.  For the first time in days the weather this morning is bright and beautiful with nice warm sun, and since I have the day off I'm going to jump on one of my bikes and take a nice short ride!  This is the kind of day that’s made for the best rides, for I have no particular place to go and no particular time to get there and best of all, my pain meds have kicked in this morning and I’m not in my normal achy agony! 

    I truly miss the days when I could jump on my bike and ride for hours and hours and the only thing I needed to worry about was a sore “Monkey Butt” … but with age, comes the endless hassles of age.  Aching back, stiff legs, screaming hips, cramping in my lower back and all of the other assorted ills and woes are a part of my every-day life now.  It’s almost worth dying young and not having to deal with all of various complaints.  Dye young and leave a beautiful body … that’s the ticket!

    Well, this blog post isn’t supposed to be about my aching back and screaming hips or even about feeling like I’m going to puke because of all the pain meds I’ve had to take this morning.  This post is about “expectations”. 

    I didn’t expect to eventually have to pay the price for my life-style up to this point, and now because of that life style being in constant pain.  I don’t expect to go out for a nice little ride and have an accident on my bike and be hurt.  I don’t expect to be riding today and have a rain-cloud come up from nowhere and ruin my ride.  I don’t expect whatever bike I take will break down somewhere and leave me stranded and fuming on the side of a road. I don’t expect to be calmly making a turn in some parking lot and have the bike slip out from under me dropping my arse onto the concrete in embarrassment. 

    “Expectations.”  We as humans in general … and as bikers specifically … go through our lives with more or less good expectations.  I know I do, and I’m sure of all you do as well.  I don’t worry and “expect” that bad or horrible things will happen every time I go out in the world.  Like you, I “expect” I will be just fine … and have a wonderful and enjoyable day.  After all … I expect to!  And in the end … isn’t that what being a “biker” is all about for most of us?  Not hiding away in some dark corner being afraid of life and the consequences it can bring … but rather a huge celebration because of that life! 

    We as bikers seize every moment and live it to the fullest … and despite the sometimes disapproval of society and all the “non-bikers” that cannot or will not understand … we rejoice in our life!  It’s expected!

    Ride on and be safe … and please … take the long way home on your ride!

     

     

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• Intimacy

  • From: manybikes
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    Photo uploaded for my recent blog post.... 

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• Repost of Rob

  • From: australian6
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    Thought it would be timely to do a {ever so slightly modified} Repost of Rob's original "Blog" relating to the ‘’The Inaugural CC River Run’’.  Now that it has been confirmed that it will be happening, along with the fact that we will be having a VIP in attendance, as well as a number of our Aussie Lady riders too
    

    "Dr. Phil and I, Robin001 (better known as Rob) have been thinking and talking. Now I know that you are probably thinking that could be dangerous but between us we have half a brain and what we think is a brilliant idea.

    We are calling it ‘’The Inaugural CC River Run’’. We are inviting all Aussie members of the CC Community to meet in the beautiful River Murray town of Mildura. We envisage this will take place in early April of next year.

    This will give us all an opportunity to meet, have a couple of meals and a brew or two together and talk about our mutual passions, motorbikes and the open road. We can check out each others bikes and enjoy a cruise around the Mildura area. Phil has a few ideas for a ride to various close destinations which include local wineries for the wine lovers out there. If we can entice our favorite American honorary Aussie, Clyde, out here we might even take him for a visit to the roo poo pill factory. What do you say Clyde.

     We would also like to extend a special invitation to Kyle (manybikes). This would be a great chance for CC to promote this great site here in Australia. What do you think Kyle? It would be another great trip to another great country on the company credit card mate. If you come out here mate, could you pack a bit of chrome for my Harley in your suitcase? Save me a bit on postage.

     Accommodation in the Mildura area is reasonably priced and Phil has already checked out a Motel with bar and BBQ facilities if we all wanted to stay at the same place.

     So are you interested?" 

    Any new or for that matter established, Aussie Members there is still time so put forward your expression of interest and join with a great bunch of fellow enthusiasts in what will be a most enjoyable and memorable event. 

    Just let either Robin001 or Phil Cole know that you would like to come along and you will receive a personal invitation with all the details from the infamous Dr. Phil!

    Cheers

    A6

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  • 1 week ago
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• My Cruiser Customizing Experie

  • From: Robin001
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    I first found Cruiser Customizing.com when searching for the best price for a set of Kuryakin ISO grips with Throttle Boss. I not only found the grips but found an amazing community of bikers from all over the world. Bikers helping bikers. People with the same passion for life and lifestyle.

    At first I was a bit wary but then came an invitation from the infamous Dr. Phil Cole to join him for a coffee in the Adelaide Hills town of Stirling. From enjoying a couple of hours interesting conversation with Phil things have grown. It started with easy banter between us which grew into an idea to get Aussie CC members together somewhere in Australia. As most will know that idea is starting to come together with the inaugural River Run in April next year.

    I then met the King of America. Mr. Clifton 'ÇLYDE' King. I have written a blog about what a mate means to me and Clyde has certainly become a real mate. I introduced Clyde to the concept of SKYPE ad now we talk every few days. Unfortunately I cannot repeat the conversations here. I might get kicked off the site.

    From there I met the wonderful Dimitra and her elusive hubby Adam. What a remarkable young lady. I take my hat off to you Dim.

    Next came a SKYPE call to manybikes himself, Kyle Bradshaw. Interesting young man. He has a wonderful habit of calling things 'sweet'. I wonder if he said that when he broke his wrist. I am certainly looking forward to meeting him in person next year.

    As you all would know Phil and I had fun making a couple of videos we uploaded recently and in the process we met that man from south of the border, Cehszar and again thanks to SKYPE we managed to get all three of us on film.

    Earlier this weekend I caught up with that man in the ''mother country'' Geoff Baker on SKYPE. We have since had a couple of conversations interrupted by Geoff being called to dinner by his daughter.

    Finally, today that bloody trouble maker, Als1953, managed to download SKYPE. We had a short chat, hour and a half, about what else but bikes and bikers. Great t meet you Albert – I think. LOL

    I want to thank Cruiser Customizing for giving me the opportunity to meet all these remarkable people from around the world and indeed here in Australia. I have since bought more products from CC and have found the service brilliant and the product excellent. As time goes by I hope to buy more bling and more importantly meet and interact with more bikers within the community.

    Stay Upright & Safe folks

     P.S. Forgot to mention A6. Poor bloke is having trouble with technology but he will get there. Sorry I forgot you mate.

     

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• Arai and Shoei...

  • From: ftelenta
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    I love my Arai and my Shoei and Shoei has the best customer service...

    See my Blog on my profile for my recent exerience with Shoei and my helmut.

    I always get a laugh when I see anyone on a Big Dollar, Overpriced ride that they get financed over 144 months and then are too cheap to spend a buck on a helmut....

     

    Yes...I point and laugh...   2 weeks ago

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• Funds collect

  • From: Cehszar
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    Today afternoon we went to San Benito Tx, to participate in a funds collect for this nice guy, Andy Mireles

    here is the story

    Help please blog

  • 2 weeks ago
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• Continental Tire Review - Part

  • From: greyfalcon2112
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    The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and... Wait... Wrong story... Rewind.

    The time has come, finally, when my VT1100C Shadow Spirit's odometer turned 20K and my Conti-Milestones now officially have a full 5000 miles on them. Here are the results of what I have discovered about them...

    Wow. Is as good a description as I can think of. If you go back and search for my original post, I said this already, but it still fits. I have done a careful examination of the tread, both front and rear, and although the rear tire does exhibit more wear than the front, (go figure) I am confident that there is still approximately 60% of usable tread remaining on the rear and I can't really see any visible tread wear on the front. In all, I'm impressed. Really impressed. I don't remember if I had mentioned how I ended up with them, but my OEM Dunlops were worn WAY past where I should have let them get to, (really dumb, wouldn't recommend it), and I was in the market for new shoes for baby. Following the advice of a friend who is a long time rider and the advertisement stating for 'heavy cruisers' pretty much sold me. I plunked down about $125.00 for the rear and $95.00 for the front, threw forty bucks into getting them professionally mounted and balanced, away I went and here I am.

    For the ride and handling, I am still very pleased with them. the turn in is still very neutral and the ride is still very smooth. The thing that suprised me is that they actually got more quiet as they broke, or rode in. I attribute a lot of my luck with them from becoming anal-retentive about tire pressures. I wish I had some actual tread depth numbers for you, but go figure, my depth gauge flew the coop. (I'll stop at a local tire shop and get a reading for you and stick up another post really soon.)

    I also promised some photos of the tires to go along with the blog post/review but since there's only enough room for a thumbnail on here, they really wouldn't do the Conti-Milestones much justice, so I'm gonna stick some tire photos in my profile for you guys, (and ladies) to take a peek at.

    In conclusion... Am I happy with the Continental Milestones?  -  Yeppers!

    Will I buy another set when it's time?  -  HELL YEAH!

    

    P.S. Accoring to the rules I think you now have to include... "No I do not work for nor am I getting paid for this blog posting for Continental Tires." Regulations... Sheesh.

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  • 2 weeks ago
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