Fairs and Rallies

This is the time of the year when fairs and rallies reach the peak of the summer in the northeast of the country. Do we ride or do we take a cage? Cage riding is for the off weather seasons, which here is usually mud season which is followed by wet season and sometimes we have two or three more mud seasons! Fair time is usually around the wet season (first or second one) where we go to see people we haven't talked since the last fair came to town. Rallies are the things a lot of us enjoy, rain or shine, mud seasons, wet seasons or such! We see many faces we recognize from one rally to another and eventually talk and share stories with. Sit around a campfire, BBQ, burger joint or soft ice cream stand and find out when, where, and the hows of a rally or fair. Summer is about midway done and we will be thinking toward how long we can ride for another fair or rally. I would prefer a rally over a fair anytime, anywhere! Your choice fairs or rallies?
See you on the Road!

Lost Pets

One rally point to the next I see people on bikes, trikes, and numerous odd toys we call motorcycles. Some are home built and thanks that most are factory built. With that out of the way, I can discuss some of these at length and take pictures when possible to show proof. The extreme cases of these can be seen at the biggest of rallies, spotlight on center stage! Three tires are what seems to be required, an odd number of seats, usually two, sometime up to five. I am guessing this started out as a vehicle to take the mother-in-law along and ended as the family sedan with the front cut off. I attend one rally at the end of season every year where the last year the front of the car showed up with the seat of the bike and rear tire, and the next, the front of the bike with the rear end of the car came into attendence. I am looking forward to what parts come back this coming year. I am thinking maybe a couple lost pets, too?

Two Up

You have seen that I write about safety and training, a bit here, a bit there. Any rider will tell you many trips are made two up and always with someone very valuable to the one in the front. Whether it be a loved one or one that is to be needing loving in the physical or mental states. I prefer to make my longer trips with someone and do so many times a year, weekly or daily at best. We were not trained by anyone on how to ride with a pssenger and only get that experience on our own. Passenger safety comes from the passenger which include riding gear, IE: proper attire, including footwear, helmets depending on the state and general attitude! Flipflops and open toe sandals are not what I would call proper gear, but have been know to try it myself once or twice, not recommended from my point of view. Helmets in my state are required on your head not in your hands as you try to brush your hair at 60 plus MPH (just doesn't work). Other than shoes and helmets, I don't care what a person wears, as long as your not overweight and wearing a sundress that blossums up to your belly (yes, this does include you gents!) Unsightly legs are just as bad as undies that weren't thongs, but look like them at higher speeds and big legs. As the backseat rider/passenger do everything you can to help the driver, not annoy or hinder the person in front. Just remeber two up means just that, keeping the bike two up!
See you on the Road!