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A first ride….report
Remember your first ride? The anticipation before the ride had you really excited and slightly nervous. As it got closer to the time of the ride you felt those little butterflies in your stomach. Then when sitting on the machine waiting for it to start a little voice inside your head said ” this is not a good idea” When the ride starts and for the first few minutes you are terrified and quite sure you made a big mistake. But after a few minutes you open your eyes and start to enjoy the speed and the feeling of leaning side to side. By the end of your first ride…
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Hooky for a Harley…with a new suit to boot!
Today was the first day in a long while I got a chance to ride my red Ducati. And of course I wanted a few friends to come along with me. Not all my usual riding buddies could join me today, but I did get Gary, Dave and Phat Pat to come along with me. The other thing I was looking forward to was wearing my new one piece riding suit I just bought. The local weathermen were warning us of rain for the day so I figured it would be a great time to see if this thing is really waterproof. We all met in Worcester near Gary’s place…
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woods, snow…a super sport, no way!
It started the night before, I was reading several trip reports from bikers with KLR’s & BMW GS’s and I got bitten by the dirt road bug. I had to go find some dirt roads my duck could do. I knew today’s temp was going to be under 40, it was 33 when I left my office and headed out. I was careful on the side streets for the standing water was starting to ice over, including the ponds So I figured the small dirt roads would be safer because I would be going a lot slower. My first road brought me by a water fall and then another road just…
