Too good to pass up here

An oldie, but a goodie.....

Our good friends at MIT....

are predicting a global economic collapse in 2030. Sounds like a good reason to go on a motorcycle ride this weekend. Well, whadduya know: a ride is on the books for Saturday down the the Lanesboro area. So, go riding with us or go party with these guys in 18 years.

Anyone up for a flood run party on April 21st?

Oridinarily, we laugh at these guys and there macho big ride around da lake. As in, "Man, I rode 120 miles today around the lake. It was epic. I got street cred now as a real biker, yo. Hey does this leatherette doo rag make my arms look fat? Or is that phat?" Anyway you slice it or dice it, the back roads will be empty except to the true believers like us. Kinda thinking if the weather's nice, a little gathering that evening may be nice, no?

For the record, part II

This, a Kawasaki GPz550 from 1981 is the second bike that -like a black hole- sucked me into this madness. I was in high school when this bike came out. And at the time there was nothing else like it in the World. This is the bike that broke the UJM mold and and took all-comers in a bare knuckled brawl in a back alley. It screamed, "I'm fast, sporty and fookin' hooker red. So, step aside amatuers." My fixation with this bike is again squarely my brother Walt's fault. He's the one that brought home a brochure from some-who-knows-where-dealer in Illinois and said something along the lines, "now that's a motorcycle." Though neither one of us would come to own one of these bikes, a promo card  with the bike's image from a dealer stayed taped to the inside of my locker at school. Years later I'd come to own the ZRX 1200R that I ride today, and everytime I saddle up I can't help but think about that GPz550.

Don't know about you.....

But no one here is complaining about the weather and the near 80-degree temps for mid March. Last year this time we were socked in and knee deep in it, and riding a motorcycle was far from our minds. Already, some of us have burned off that stale tank of gas, and have started to rack up the miles. The good weather also coincides with the start of the Superbike season, which kicks off today with the Daytona 200, which will be watched at Rob's; 7 p.m.. It's all good, man.