Motorcycles of Bill's Past

Greetings!  A few years have passed and I will return to the good ole USA this summer!  I am looking forward to riding my motorcycle again and meeting up with Brad for some long rides.  I was just remembering the motorcycles of my past.




 

I've owned two Harley Davidson Motorcycles.  The first one was purchased in 2001 in Virginia Beach.    It was the 2002 Soft tail Deuce.  I enjoyed some fantastic rides on the east coast such as to the Outer Banks and a couple Easy Rider Rodeos.  It was Thanksgiving weekend in 2005 when the Deuce was tucked away in my Oceanside, California garage and an electrical fire started.  The Deuce was baked in the garage and scorched from the fire.  She was barely broken in with only 15,229 miles.














After the ashes settled, I purchased a 2006 Street Glide.  It is Black Pearl and was stock with the 1450cc but I had the big bore kit installed for the 1550cc five speed.  I use both the short windshield and the longer 14 inch windscreen.  I prefer the 14inch to block the wind and keep me from getting tired on long windy rides.  I miss them both. The Street Glide is waiting for me in Illinois.  I am looking forward to riding her again ;)

NowhereSummer Ride 2011

During the Labor Day Holiday, Brad took an awesome ride from Utah to New York.  He could not resist taking a ride over the Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee and North Carolina.  That is 318 curves in 11 miles or on this day it was 626 curves in 22 miles for Brad!! 

 

Brad finished up at Deals Gap and rode south to Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas.  Brad must have gotten hungry for some good steak because he ended up staying at Sooner Legends in Norman, Oklahoma on the way back to Utah.  When Brad left Oklahoma he rode through Kansas passing the underpass where we took shelter from the hail and a tornado in May 2010.  This was when I had a flat tire near McPherson during our short ride in the 2010 tornado season.

At the end of the NoWhereSummer Ride 2011 Brad had logged about 5,200 miles.  This includes the two trips leaning the 318 curves in the Tail of the Dragon.  AWESOME!!