ABioBikers

What a day! John and I took a ride today up to Caesar's Head--a beautiful spot in the mountains between South Carolina and North Carolina. It goes without saying that bikers were abound in the hills, taking advantage of the sunny, yet a bit nippy day. All in all, we rode about 315 miles which took us about 8 hours with stops for refueling (bikes and bellies) and rest here and there. This was my test ride for our upcoming trip in a couple of weeks to the Blue Ridge. We can't wait!

These riders went from Miami to South America. I've not read it all yet but it is interesting and has good pictures. Start at the bottom; it's written in English and Spanish. http://www.vamumansu.blogspot.com/

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Check out this video (scroll to the bottom of web page, have volume on): http://tinyurl.com/z5fke

Did you ever notice that when you work in your home, lunch becomes a series of snacks while sitting on conference calls? Same with working in the field as most lunches tend to be eaten while staring at traffic on the way to the next customer site. This usually means indigestion as well as mustard stains on your pants. That is why, with the temperature in the mid forties and my phone silent, I chose to skip a meal that would surely find its way to my mid section and do something for my soul. I took a ride. I think that I had unconsciously been setting things up for the last few weeks as my helmet found its way out of the storage closet and into general population. As I had set the bike up to accommodate a bonus day, I simply had to check the air pressure, lights and unhook the battery tender. The bike started on the second pump of the pistons and I let it warm up while I got on my gear. Five minutes later, I was being cut off by my first clueless cage dweller, but the rest of the next f...

I finally found a great tire pressure gauge at a good price from www.roadgear.com . I find most dial gauges and cheap stick gauges to be either inaccurate or fragile. Roadgear sells a talking digital gauge and a silent small digital gauge. They are sold individually or as a package. I bought the pair for $40. The talking gauge is great to have at the house and the portable lives with my motorcycle tool kit now. They claim 1% accuracy and I found both gauges read the same pressure and agree with my expensive, non portable, 3 inch diameter dial pressure gauge. Here's a picture of the set. Robo

Hi all, I just wanted to put in a good word for the riding course I took from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Scott Nelson, one of the ABIOBIKERS, is an instructor. The course was 4 hours class Friday night, all day Saturday (about 1/2 day on the bikes), then all day Sunday on the bikes. Sunday ended with the riding exam and then the written exam. It was $100 from the local community college. Even for guys like me who have been riding a long time, I found that I learned a lot. I had serveral bad habits to break. You ride their bikes so you don't have to worry about having your own or damaging your own (people do fall). It also allows you to get your motorcycle endorsement w/o taking the riding exam at DMV. I highly recommend it: http://www.msf-usa.org/ Robo

Hi All- Here's my ST1100, taken last year when I actually found time for a leisure ride.

(taken from the 1962 Honda motorcycle handbook): 1. At the rise of the hand by Policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him. 2. When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel him with vigor and express by word of mouth, warning Hi, Hi. 3. Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him. Go soothingly by. 4. Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport in roadway. Avoid entanglement of dog with wheel spokes. 5. Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon. Press the brake foot as you roll around the corners, and save the collapse and tie up. Melodiously avoiding the grease demon, Scott

Nice work Chris. Here's John's Jackpot:

ABioBikers I can't be the only one out there who rides sitting back instead of sitting up or hunched over. I may have to coerce Cooper by telling him his bike is ugly to get him to post some pictures. I'm giving him one more week and then I start to harrass and humiliate.

Hello All! Scott Nelson asked me to post this photo for him. He's clearly doing his fatherly duty in training the little ones early. Stay tuned for more photos of Scott, his bike and family. Cheers! Lisa

Hi all, This is Rob C. Bob Newman asked me to make this post for him because he's not yet unpacked from his move to Florida. Bob has two Triumphs, the newer one is pictured here. Bob lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his new wife Jean. I'll let him add more but I can tell you that Bob always has an interesting story to tell; he's been a Merchant Marine Engineer and owned his own gas station. Unlike me, he can stand cold temperatures with no heated seat, handgrips, or electric vest (all of which would probably blow the Triumph's electrical system) and is therefore a 'real' man.

If anyone wants to post a photo on their profile and needs the pic. hosted, you can email it to me and I can host it and send you back the link.

Lisa and Rob, Thanks for making this happen. I hope that this thing grows. The thing that I have always liked best about AB is the energy that comes from the people that work here. This seems to extend to friendships outside of the office and this blog proves it. I do not know if you can now see my profile, but after about thirty years, I find myself back in motorcycling. Out of the dirt and onto the street. This time with a Honda VTX 1800 C. I can't plan out as far as April, but the ride to Suches seems like it may be to much to pass up. We will have to see.

Hi Guys, I must say I'm impressed with what a simple idea turned into. Already we have a ride planned, a BLOG, and several postings. I'll put my details in my Blogger Profile but will post the picture of my BMW R1200RT here. I couldn't get my wife to take a picture so it's just the bike alone. I have some pics of me that I will put in my profile if you can stand them. Looking forward to April with Lisa, John, Bob, and Bob. Regards, Rob Courter (aka Robo)

Hello AB Bikers on the lower east coast! Here is the route of a ride that we (me and John and Rob) planning to go on at the end of April--27-30th. We're planning to stay 2 nights (Thursday and Friday) in Suches, Georgia at Two Wheels Motorcycle Resort ( http://www.twowheelsonly.com ). You are welcome to join us for what is sure to be a fun- filled weekend of riding and cutting up (but we have to agree not to talk about work TOO much). We're going to make the reservations soon, so let us know if you're interested.

Bob--thanks for getting us kicked off. Now it's my turn to put up a photo of me and John and the bikes. (The photo of us in Hawaii didn't quite fit the theme of the blog, but I didn't have a decent bike pic at the time). I am a first time biker. I've only been riding for a couple of years now and me and my Shadow haven't been too far, yet. John had a VFR in a previous life, but is enjoying the SV1000 quite a bit now. We ride on the weekends around town mostly, and we are looking forward to our first tour togther.