The Red Brick Times

Back from round one of the road wars. Been to Lake George, NY and Tampa, Fl and then Knoxville, Ky in the past three weeks. Guzzle water, wear hat. Leaving next Sunday for Boise, Idaho then to Paonia, Colorado thence to Burlington, Vt on subsequent weekends. The motorcycle accessory season is apon us. Save the children. Hide Timmy in the well. Back in August.
Posted 6:28 AM by Andy (5) comments

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Lake George was the Americade motorycle rally. All brands of bikes, and lots of loud pipes. It rained two inches the first night I was there. Some of the vendors' tents were wading pools. Tampa was to help with some housing rehab. Knoxville was the Honda Hoot rally. In Knoxville I worked with an Indiana vendor named Cycle Gadgets (look 'em up on the web). We installed GPS, Satellite radios, radar detectors, cell phone interfaces, lights and other doodads. Some bikes got all of them at once. Now you can simultaneously use the intercom to talk to your passenger, talk to the other bikes in your group using the CB, hear the turn-by-turn directions from the GPS, listen to Jeff Foxworthy and Russ Limbaugh via satellite, look around for the cop with the radar and take phone calls from your lawyer all while dodging semis and SUVs on your motorcycle. The web of wires and modules required defies description. My bike has an AM/FM radio and a radar thingy, and I leave them off sometimes. Ride is a verb, not an abstract concept. Some of the bike owners got so wrapped up in punching buttons and exploring their new technologies that they lost touch with reality, and had to be gently wrapped up and carried to rehab facilities.

# posted by  Andy : June 26, 2006 7:06 AM
 
From Burlington, VT I-89South to I-91South to I-90East to US 146South to I-295South to I-95South to RI SR4 South to US-138East. Time 5hours +/-. Welcome to Jamestown RI.

# posted by  A. O. : June 26, 2006 10:53 AM
 
Tony. Send me phone number and physical address via email (alldrew@peoplepc.com).

# posted by  Andy : June 28, 2006 12:15 PM
 
OK. The bike is packed by the toolbox with care, in hopes that low gas prices soon will be here. Fluids changed and checked. Tire pressures good. New tires within the last 800 miles. New brake pads within the last 100 miles. Installed an intercom thingy that lets me hear soft and soothing music in my earplugs. Also when the radar deflector clears its throat. Put BRIGHT high-mounted LED running/stop lamps on the rear at SUV-driver eye level. Got lots of lights in the front. Got directions to Idaho, Colorado, Vermont and the State of Tony. Hit the road tomorrow before dawn. Did I forget anything? Too late. Bye for now.

# posted by  Andy : July 01, 2006 1:43 PM
 
Hey Andy! I just got laid off again, feel like packing a rider?

# posted by  whatley : July 01, 2006 2:51 PM
 
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