Sunday, September 13, 2009

WOW! I have been slacking on this. There have been so many rides and events and I haven't posted a single one.
It took awhile for me to get my right arm up to strength to ride a long distance but I think it's there now.
We spent a nice week in Florida with my Dad and Marlene. We took the bike with us and rode close to 900 miles in the Sunshine State.
The Tanked 09 ride was a fun weekend too. We had a nice time and went on north toward Cleveland to Hudson, Ohio where we discovered Main Street Cupcakes. We're now fans and have found out that they will be selling them here in Cincinnati at the Nordstroms. YAY!
Anyway so many rodes, miles, and smiles so far this summer that I can't remember them all.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

I decided to get the bike ready for the spring riding season. I had a slight wobble in the front end at low speeds which appears to be the steering head bearings.
Honda puts flat bearings in the GL-1800 and they wear causing a wobble to start between 12,000 and 20, 000 miles. Mine has 17,000 + on it.
I dropped it off for a bearing change at Fairfield Honda last week and they are going to put tapered bearings in and we should never have a problem again.
They're changing out the air filter and prepping the bike for spring so i'm looking forward to getting it back and warmer weather.
We have some good rides planned for this summer such as a possible trip to Florida to see my dad, Kansas, the Outer banks of North Carolina, Deals Gap, and a lot of day rides to parts unknown.
Come on SPRING!

Sunday, January 4, 2009

January 3, 2009

After missing all of the fall color rides due to my becep repair surgery and really wanting to ride that bike sitting undercover in the garage I decided that the time had come.

The arm has gained a lot of strength and seems to be doing fine. It is 45 degrees out and the sun is shining.

I put on my leather chaps, inserted the liner into my Goldwing jacket and off I went.

It was a short boring ride just around town but the Yee Ha's and Whoo Hoo's were definatly coming from my mouth. It felt great to be back on two wheel after four long months of not going for a ride.
I was only out for an hour and a half but I found this worthy of a post.

As for the arm it felt great with no pains or problems handeling the bike.