A Motorcycle Thread About Absolutely Nothing!

Reba said:
I finally got some new boots yesterday. They are Bates military boots from the Navy Exchange for $49 (no sales tax). They were on close-out sale because the Navy is switching to another style boot.

I ordered some pink laces to customize them. ;)
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lol! pink obsession, eh? :giggle:

Reba said:
We got our patches sewed onto our vests.

This picture shows the front view of one vest, and the back view of the other. They are both the same.
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:thumb:
 
rain riding.... what a fun. heavy rain. I was completely drenched today on the way home :cool2:

anybody's done rain riding?
 
Jiro said:
rain riding.... what a fun. heavy rain. I was completely drenched today on the way home :cool2:

anybody's done rain riding?
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Yes, we did, once on Interstate 5 in Oregon a couple yrs back and it was in August so it was a nice, soft, and warm rain.....lasted maybe three hours.
 
:)
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wow beautiful one, Endemic. Now I've gotta post a pix to compete with that :nana:
 
Endemic, that looks like a beautiful area to take a ride. :)
 
this is why you should wear quality gear :ugh:

Hit A Dog Yesterday
As I was passing a truck at about 40mph a dog was crossing right behind it, as soon as he cleared the rear of the truck, BLAM. I was not ATTGAT. I was wearing hiking boots, a mesh jacket, gloves, jeans, and a fullface helmet. Nothing held up but the helmet, lost one of the boots before I stopped rolling. The jacket melted and shredded, the armor was on top my elbow when I finally stopped. The gloves helped but as I was trying to crawl out of the road, I got a good look at my hands. It was quite an awakening as far as my gear goes. All in all I came away with two broke toes, 3 broke ribs, 9 stiches and a little road rash.

Here's my favorite part. as I was rolling around on the ground tring desparately to breathe I seen a guy running towards me. I had tried to stand a couple of times, but could not stay on my feet and decided to crawl out of the road. I was thinking " this guys gonna help me ". Wrong, he ran right past me to his dog, and before they loaded me up in the ambulance, he ask the deputy what he was going to do about me hitting his dog.

The deputy came by this morning to get my insurance info and told me the dog did'nt make it. And the owner had been ticketed for having an animal at large.

Here's a few pics, did'nt get my jacket is was cut off at the hospital and by the time I left had already had a few IV cocktails.

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somebody asked him
I always thought if I hit a dog I would make it, as long as I held the bike and did not fall from swerving or hard braking. Did you fall from the impact or from evading?
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he replied
impact, it was a big lab. Don't know if I ever really got a handful of brake. when I hit him, I went right over the bars. it was like hitting a 2 foot high concrete wall.
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yike! I better prepare for this mentally in case I ever come across something like that :ugh:
 
Ouch! Glad that biker is alive and walk away from the hospital. Poor lab. I've always like the labs. Stupid owner. :(

Btw, what does ATTGAT means?
 
Texan Guy said:
Ouch! Glad that biker is alive and walk away from the hospital. Poor lab. I've always like the labs. Stupid owner. :(

Btw, what does ATTGAT means?
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ATGATT = All The Gear, All The Time
 
I go away for a few days and find out you were talking about me:shock:

I finished the MSF 3 day course. It was HOT! 90+ with black asphalt. Line up and wait your turn while idling. My bike was ok thanks to a radiator. Poor guy on a HD Softtail Classic. He was "stressing".

Twelve of us. Eleven metrics. Two crashes in the slow, tight figure eight. One was on a 250 training bike. No problem, it already had the turn signals destroyed from a previous student. The other guy had a large Yamaha. Thankfully he had a crash bar :lol: No one hurt.

The second day I rode to class in the rain. The course had many puddles that morning. Instructors said "perfect training day".

After it was over, I learned that the instructors had me leaning over so far that I had scuffs on the tires almost to the end of the grooves. That taught me and my bike's limit. :D

Reba needs to go though the course to understand the riding aspect. I learned the hard way in 1969. Less traffic back then.
 
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TinCanSailor said:
I go away for a few days and find out you were talking about me:shock:

I finished the MSF 3 day course. It was HOT! 90+ with black asphalt. Line up and wait your turn while idling. My bike was ok thanks to a radiator. Poor guy on a HD Softtail Classic. He was "stressing".

Twelve of us. Eleven metrics. Two crashes in the slow, tight figure eight. One was on a 250 training bike. No problem, it already had the turn signals destroyed from a previous student. The other guy had a large Yamaha. Thankfully he had a crash bar :lol: No one hurt.

The second day I rode to class in the rain. The course had many puddles that morning. Instructors said "perfect training day".

After it was over, I learned that the instructors had me leaning over so far that I had scuffs on the tires almost to the end of the grooves. That taught me and my bike's limit. :D

Reba needs to go though the course to understand the riding aspect. I learned the hard way in 1969. Less traffic back then.
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heck of a day you had there, sir!
 
Yes, it was quite an interesting three days.

This morning Reba and I participated in a Patriot Guard Riders mission. The service was for an Air Force officer retiree.

Reba and I stood with American Flags at the entrance road to the church. An eight-member highway patrol motorcycle escort led the way into the parking area, followed by the funeral procession vehicles. At the rear were the Patriot Guard main group who branched off to the cemetery across the street to set up.

We then joined the rest of the PGR to form a long flag line along the cemetery road.

After the church service ended, the procession to the cemetery commenced with a lone bagpiper playing while walking down the road, followed by a military caisson drawn by two horses, followed by a single riderless horse with backward facing empty boots.

After a soloist sang the U.S. Air Force song, the priest made remarks and led in prayer. Then, there was a three-gun salute by the Air Force honor guard, while an Air Force C-17 cargo plane did a flyover.

When the funeral was over, we all turned in our flags, went to our bikes, and on command fired up our engines for the requested "rumble".

We had many people come up to us and say thank you for our participation. It was touching to say the least.
 
Also, this afternoon I rode to the dreaded DMV. Waited for over an hour to just get to a window.

Took the road course test. PASSED! :laugh2: No more restrictions.

It was 91 degrees today from the funeral to the road test. :cool2:
 
Jiro said:
this is why you should wear quality gear :ugh:
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That story is very eye opening. I think the motorcyclist should get the dog owner's insurance company to reimburse him for the loss of his gear. The dog was roaming free. I love Labs. We had two. But still.....
 
TinCanSailor said:
That story is very eye opening. I think the motorcyclist should get the dog owner's insurance company to reimburse him for the loss of his gear. The dog was roaming free. I love Labs. We had two. But still.....
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I know. I'm basically calling kettle black as well :lol:
 
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