A Day in the Life...

Kevin, I'll see your 10 years and raise you 4. This was from late in '03. Norfolk VA Fleet Week, Rumble through the Tunnels. About 1000 bikes Police escorted through the three tunnels under the rivers in Norfolk.

Unique experience, but I never want to ride with that many bikes again.

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Cool pic!

Yeah, riding with that many folks can be interesting. :cool:

Kevin
 
Busy day today!

Besides all the normal stuff to do at the shop-

Stopping by the HD Dealership to test fit a new part on a bike we don't have here.

Going to the T-shirt place to approve some art for a couple of new T's

Then tonight is the first night this year of Bike Night on Beale Street-

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Kevin
 
beale st

Busy day today!

Besides all the normal stuff to do at the shop-

Stopping by the HD Dealership to test fit a new part on a bike we don't have here.

Going to the T-shirt place to approve some art for a couple of new T's

Then tonight is the first night this year of Bike Night on Beale Street-

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Kevin

Kevin

Where is Beale street located. Looks like a place I would like to go this summer
 
This afternoon Devin and I spent some time looking over a part we had spent over 8 hours designing and fabbing up.

We decided it was NOT the way we wanted to go, and we've started over at square one.

(Doh)

I'm going to get a bit of work done this weekend...but going to be doing some riding too! :clapping:

Kevin
 
Just finished prepping a small load to go to Powder Coat today...

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...special high heat rubber to keep the powder off the threads.

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A lot of work goes into the metal before it's ready for powder....

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...and more welding....

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...then finishing...

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...then tumbling, where it is also coated with a rust inhibitor.

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Kevin
 
After raining all weekend, the ride in this morning was under a completely cloudless sky....

AND it was 47 degrees!

What's up with that?

It's been in the 80's for the last week or so.

Seems like winter is taking one last breath before it dies down here.

Kevin
 
Uneventful & relaxing ride in today. North Mississippi has very little traffic on the roads.

This afternoon Mary and I have an appointment up in Memphis. We'll see more traffic this afternoon than we do in 6 months in Mississippi!

....and there's no lane splitting in Tennessee!

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Kevin
 
From where we live it is about 8 miles to the closest signal light.

In Red Banks, where I work, there is a 4 way stop, but no signal lights. It is about 7 miles to the closest signal light.

While we have ridden all over North America, including the 405 from San Diego to LA, traffic in NYC and D.C. and 100+ other cities...we prefer the relatively traffic free roads of Mississippi and other rural areas.

Below are a few photos from our ride yesterday into Memphis and back.

On the main artery from where we live...

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...up toward suburbia.

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Hitting the outskirts of Collierville, a suburb of Memphis

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The traffic is not so bad today....

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...but there is some stop-n-go on the interstate.

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I know tons of folks have it a lot worse, but there is no lane splitting here, and this stuff is a stark contrast to my daily riding...

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Back in Mississippi, there are a couple of cars up a ways...

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...nothing behind us.

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It's nice to live and ride in the "backwards" State of Mississippi. :)

Kevin
 

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