May 19th, 2008 6 Comments

On the road again

We finally got a NICE weekend here in New England for a change (it’s been raining for about the past EIGHT!). Despite the best efforts of the meteorologists to tell me that it was going to rain they were thankfully proven wrong.

It was nice to spend some good, quality time with my metal-baby, giving it a good detailing since I busted it out of winter slumber. I know that everyone has a different method to their madness when it comes to cleaning their bikes, but I still swear by my own method (which I wrote about in detail last year). There’s such a great amount of gratification to see all of that chrome glistening in the sun after you spend time cleaning it up (here’s the pictorial from last year so you can see the difference!).

Gloucester Fisherman statue
Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial Statue

Yesterday we (along with everyone else and their motorcycles) went for a nice, relaxing ride up the coast to Gloucester. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect (although there were those few jackasses that you see riding around in short sleeved shirts, shorts and sandals…*sigh*). We stopped off for lunch: embarking on the the first of the summer seafood season that is paramount in this region, and soaked in some afternoon sun before heading back home.

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  1. Dean "D-Day" says:

    Yeah, it’s kinda tuff being a biker when you live in the North. Winters are too long, Spring is sometimes pretty rainy. I’ve often thought that I need to checkout the Southwest where it’s warm and dry all the time.

    Glad you were finally able to get out. It must great riding up the coast!

  2. daniej says:

    Dear Rippin Kitten, Big fan of the web site, can’t even know how i came across it now.

    As a former car driver, i was stuck in a jam on a hot day and saw someone on what i think was a Sportster, all dressed up and looking cool. Decided from that moment on that I wanted to be a biker…

    Since then all I have ever done has been dreaming about bikes, drooling over bikes, and checking out pics and vids on the internet constantly! Done my CBT (Compulsory Basic Training and theory test) (it’s a very bureaucratic process to get a bike here in England), got a Kawasaki kh-125 (max CC we can get here until passing the full test) and now ready for the big test that will let me go to any bike size on the 28th of this month – wahoo.

    Ready with the deposit to go to the Harley dealership on the 29th and get an 883 Sportster brand new (I hope that this will be ok because i don’t know anything about mechanics!)

    Just wanted to say that since I found it, been a BIG FAN of your web site and hope that it just keeps going!

    PS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSPUvUl0hj8

  3. Crusty says:

    Hi Liz, one of my Spring rides will be to the Concord MA National Park, then North West up into NH (Jaffrey) for icecream. Spring seems slugish this year for us New Englender’s. Hope this holiday weekend is nice!

  4. Joker says:

    Hi Liz,

    I was out all weekend myself, did a dinner ride Saturday and a Poker Run Sunday. It was beautiful wasn’t it? Drop by for some great pictures if you’d like to read about it:

    http://harley-davidson-mystique.blogspot.com/2008/05/waterfront-marys-and-south-shore-hog.html

    Ride Safe.

  5. rick says:

    Hey! I don’t know how you guys handle that weather! I have a buddy in N.H. and he has a tendency to get a little depressed when it seems summer will never arrive! Glad you were able to get out.

  6. Lizzie says:

    Wow, it’s really nice to hear from everyone! We had a great little ride (even though we wanted to keep on going!) but it felt good to finally get out. We New Englanders definitely get a bit cabin feverish when the weather doesn’t cooperate the way that we want it to. I do envy you guys who live in milder climates-to a degree-but I do love where I live.

    Welcome to daniej! Good luck on that upcoming test!

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