- Fall has been very nice to me this year. Riding almost daily, Erin enjoying the nice weather, and the prospect of heading east to celebrate Thanksgiving in the forecast.
- My Grand Cherokee crapped out, so I worked a deal with Lithia about a pickup truck. Taking possession today. Will post a pic later.
- I’m sorta glad I’m going back to a pickup. I missed sitting high up and viewing things in front of my over the tops of the cars.
- Still delivering Harleys for SFH-D. Did 3 trips this month and I’m enjoying the chance to explore the state on the dealership’s dime. I’ve met some great people while doing this and this month I got to meet two that stand out, Jimmy from Roswell and Andy from Taos Ski Valley. Jimmy owns the H-D dealership in Roswell and he bought me lunch after I was loaded up. We had a great time and had a lot in common. Andy is the police chief in Taos Ski Valley, which actually is a town that sprung up around the ski area.
- Still on track to be a new rider coach for the store, but still waiting for the MSF to release the new program. Murrae, the head of the program in our store is looking to retire and hopes to push his duties off to a younger person. (not me)
- Murrae is an interesting guy. He’s been a motorcycle racer for many years and even at his age he was finishing in the top 5 consistently nationwide. He’s been racing electric bikes for the past several years. The electrics are scary fast and don’t have transmissions. They’re direct drive from the motor and can create high G’s in acceleration. He’s retiring to travel more.
- I recently found out I can ship my bike across the ocean on the same plane I’m on if I fly Air Canada. It means I have to bring it to Quebec to do so, but I’m thinking about it. Cost $1500. Cost of a rental for a month in Europe, $3500-$4500, depending of destination. I told Murrae about this and he said he’d be interested in such a trip considering how reasonable the cost is. Yes, we’re thinking of doing a month or two in Europe via Harley in the next year or two.
- I’m even thinking of letting the HOG group know about this trip soon and seeing if there’s others that may be interested in joining us and make it a group tour of sorts. Spend a week touring the UK, then jumping on a ferry to the Netherlands and head to Germany and work our way south to Italy and Rome through the Alps.
- There’s a young couple doing this on YouTube that gave me the info about shipping the bike and had some great suggestions on the routing. They’re doing their ride on an Ural with a sidecar, not a bike I’d enjoy riding on a long trip.
- Oh well, later everyone. Have a great weekend!
I am a husband, father, grandfather, friend, business owner, traveller, Harley rider, citizen, patriot, gun owner, politically eclectic person of strange personal habits. I support police, trust no politicians, and can argue any side of an argument just to amuse myself. People love me or hate me and those that are in-between don't know me.
