• Stories from the Road

    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…

  • Stories from the Road

    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…