Who Got To Ride Today?

Me? Nope. This guy? Hell yeah, and in drier weather than we had here in Fred Wing. Mark squeezed in his December ride near Fun Du Sac, 'Sconsin. Look, Ma... no snow, neither!!!! (But snow on the grass is OK, though; it covers a lot of dog pooh.) Mark has officially joined the Early Spring Rider's Faction of the Red Wing Ironworks Motorbike Club.

Zen And The Art of Smithsonian

The Zen bike from Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is landing at the mother ship of all things culturally significant: the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Story here:

Zen Bike

Pirsig, born in Minneapolis, wrote "Zen" as both a narrative of a motorcycle trip with his son and his personal beliefs in philosophy. It is the book that needs to be in every motorcycle library.

First Ride of the Spring Was Today

What happens the day after the winter solstice? The days get longer. We interpret that as the start of spring. Winter? That is for the weak. It is an up hill ride from here. Yep, we hit some roads today to get that first ride of the spring knocked off. January, you're next.

Patches? Hell Yah, We Got 'Em

Yep, I am a whore for t-shirts and stickers. Little Timmy? He is a whore for patches. Yep, and we got some right here. Iron-on, no less. Who messes with sewing stuff any more any way?

Approved club patch....

Almost approved club patch.....

From the Dept. of Holy Balls

Forecast is for 47 degrees on Sunday. Merry Christmas from Mother Nature. Yep, plans are afoot to do some riding on Sunday. How about Caribou Coffee Red Wing at 10, kick stands up at 11-ish or so thereabouts. If you miss out riding, yer cards from the Man-Up Union of America will be revoked.

Xmas Lights

The proper ones for the holiday season....

Guess Who Visited Bob's Java Hut?

Bob Dog, that's who.

When Is Motorcycle Movie Night?

Why, my friend, it is this Saturday, Dec. 14 at Scot's lovely abode. Start time is the usual 7 p.m. There will be movies, crocktails, beer and assorted mayhem. And who knows, maybe Santa will show?

What Some Of Us Do In Winter

Go for a ride....This thought brought to you by Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day.

Just Like Grandma's House....

...A good time was had be all. Good turn out last night at Parallel Cafe in Mpls. for Triumph to unveil a couple of bikes, catch up with friends old and new, discuss riding exploits of the past year and develop some plans for 2020. In pictures, here you go:

Wind, snow? Who cares. The masses came out.

The Usual Suspects.

Sorta like the red carpet at a Hollywood unveiling.

Not a great picture of the Scrambler itself, but this is what it
would look like if someone rode it to the event. (Except for green trees in background.)

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Bike were all cool, but this was the interesting part of the evening: watching glass blowers in action.

Checking out the Bobber.

A revised version of the Street Triple. Artsy-fartsy picture.

Was it mentioned that Triumph did pretty well in Moto2 this year? Oh, it did, and will be back next year. I have the Daytona 765 on the Xmas list. Someone convince Fair Marie it is needed.... help a brother out.

My dog thinks this is his bike. And, yes, I do have dog named Bob.

Better Scrambler picture. Yep, on my Xmas list, too.  And probably this guy's as well.

From Hollywood....

The sequel to the movie, "Ford v Ferrari" has just been announced. "Motorcycle v Snowmobile" will be released on Dec. 21. Of course, the sneak preview is on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Motorcycle Movie Night hosted by Scot. Formal wear is required. Expect all the biggest stars and paparazzi.

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day

Random, yes. Motorcycle? Not so much.

Better than eating a hot dog today, I suppose.

Looking For That Break?

Sometimes the holidays are simply just too much to bear. Too much turkey from Thanksgiving? Tired of whinny kids? Too many bad jokes from Uncle Fred? Sick of being around throw-up from food poisoning and stomach flu? If the demands are waaaay too much, get yer ass up to Minneapolis on Saturday eve for the Best of British Tour.....details are here:

Best of British Tour

And it's FREE.

How To Spend A November Day?

Riding, that's how. The gravel is in nice and packed condition on the county's back roads. Get out while you can.

A good philosophy...

Plenty of motorcycle parking in Reads Landing.

From The Dept. of Movie Reviews

Ford v Ferrari gets thumbs up rating from the Red Wing Ironworks Motorbike movie review board. Very well told story about the heydays of Ford taking on Ferrari at the LeMans 24-hour. And, yes, there is a brief scene with a motorcycle; a scooter, and a picture of a motorcycle on a kid's bedroom wall.

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day

Blast from my past.....

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Day

Might be warm enough to ride tomorrow....

From High Command

Motorcycle Movie Night schedule:

Nov. 9 - Paul (that is today, yo)
Dec. 14 - Scot
Jan. 4 - Tim
Feb. 15- Rob
March 14 - Christian
April 11 - depends on weather. If a warm weekend, we be riding.

Motorcycle Movie Night Already?

Yep, 'tis the season for the best (or the worst) of any film with a motorcycle in it. The fun starts this Saturday eve at Paul's house, 7 p.m. As usual it is BYOB, bring a bad or good story, be prepared to talk smack about the in-laws, cuss about the pending status of the weather, or put on a sock-puppet show that is your interpretation of "Easy Rider". Whatevah peeps. It is time to commiserate.

How many riding violations and unsafe riding techniques can you find? But, hey, it is Tom Cruise, right?

Next Ride When?

Cleaned and ready to go for another round.

Sure It Snowed A Little: So what?

Thanks to Tom for putting together and hosting a fun day of some true adventure riding in our neck of the woods for the Twin Cities Adventure Riders group. A fun back road route from Cannon Falls to Red Wing that usually proves to be an entertaining mix of gravel roads. The highlights included a little bit of snow and slop, one mean German Shepard, a very large deer, and one alternator that crapped out thanks to Mr. Gerbing over taxing things a wee bit electrically. No matter: a great way to start November.

A tow rope is a good friend.....

Boooooo

Happy Halloween. It's free candy day.And go dress up like this and ride:

Stuff To Do On Saturday.

Twin Cities Adventure Riders has a gathering planned in our neck of the woods for Saturday, Nov. 2. Details here:

Cannon Falls Bomber Run and Chili Feed
Saturday November 2nd 10:00 AM to 3:00 PMStart and Finish at the Dairy Inn 1401 N Hwy 20, Cannon Falls, MN

This route explores the rolling farm land of Southeastern MN as well as the very beginning of the driftless area with it's hills, ridges and hollows. The route is about 100 miles long and will be 75% gravel and 25% asphalt roads. This is an easy Adventure Ride with little chance of mud or sand on the route. The first part of the route we will make our way to the settlement of White Rock and then head north to meet up with of the Cannon River and parallel the Cannon River Bike Trail. We will pass by a small Elk Farm near the Welch Village Ski Area and then head southeast to the small town of Hay Creek. As we enjoy the fantastic farms and gravel roads of the driftless area we will make our way toward Red Wing. We will have a short stop on top of Memorial Park for some incredible views of the town of Red Wing and the Mississippi River Valley. After this we will drive through Red Wing on Hwy 61 and stop for a chili feed. Afterward we will take the 35 minute drive back to Cannon Falls via of Welch and Miesville Ravina Park Reserve along the north side of the Cannon River. There is a gas station a couple of blocks from the start/finish so getting gas before or after the ride will be very convenient. This is a late season ride so we never know what the weather will bring. If there is a likely chance of Snow, Ice or Freezing rain the ride will be cancelled.

It ain't over until it snows. And even then, it ain't over.

The Woods: Where Men are Men. Sorta Kinda

A few of us went out and about riding in the woods today of Minnesota and Wisconsin. A few manly men images to enjoy. And if you are a womanly women, well then, we need those pics, too.

Scuba diving?

Union mandated smoke break. In the woods, too.

In the middle of Where the Hell Are We, Wis.

Bears? Deer? Sasquatch?

Oil... milkshake flavor flav.

From Europe, With Love

A few motorsickle images from our man Doug who returned from a trip to Germany....

Random Motorcycle Picture of the Evening

Field Trip This Friday

Plans are afoot to head Friday eve to Nord'east Mpls to the Moto Collective HQ for motorcycle movie night. The action starts at 8 p.m. Our departure time from Red Wing? Around 5-ish. Plan is to stop and have a beer(s) at Fair State Brewing. All the cool kids are going and you don't need a permission slip from your mom, either.

From The Dept. of Shit To Do When It Gets Cold Outside

Motorcycle movie night.. Gee, who'd they copy this idea from? No matter, we're going.

Stuff To Read Instead of Raking the Yard

Cycle World came out with 10 best bike awards......