On the day that I rode the bike out to Saguaro Lake, I called my friend Al back in Kansas where it was only about 20 degrees, to see if he had driven his car to the Romeo Luncheon, but he hadn't.. Seems that he and another fellow had gone to lunch by themselves... No wonder I felt my ears itching...
But as I sat there, a fellow on a dark Goldwing and his side kick on a white Burgman rode into the Lake parking lot where I was sitting.... They looked amazingly just like Al and I as we rode around...
Tonight Al sent an email asking about who they were so here is my response.....
The fellow with the Burgman had only had it a couple of weeks... It was older like an 04 or something... They all look alike, but it had fairly bad rash once you got up closer to it... He had a Piaggio that was smaller in CCs and had sold it for the Burgman... This fellow seemed to be on a budget that was limiting his cycle expenditures... But just the same, he said there was no comparison between the Italian bike and this bigger one... By the way he said his nickname was Scooter....... LOL
The other fellow had an 07 deep blue metalic Goldwing... He was 73 years young and was having trouble keeping the thing upright when he maneuvered it with his feet down... It was just too heavy.. So he spent a bunch of money on it making into a trike... $15K to convert it... Probably more than the bike was worth to begin with.... But he loved his bike so money didn't seem to matter...
I had to hear the complete story, which seemed to bore ole Scooter... Bet he's heard it a thousand times.. I kept thinking about my friend Al and his people skills... LOL
They had ridden from over in the West side of Phoenix and much of it was thru the city streets, so eventually they had to get rolling again and we parted company...
I came back into the city and got a burger at Wendy's... They have a free frosty for those of us with a special tag on our key chain.... I can't have them very often with the diabetes.. But they are baby sized... But I needed my friend Al with me because senior coffee out here is free too... But alas, I sat there all alone....
Thought you might be interested as well... Note, Al always gets a senior coffee and McDonalds, but they charge 60 cents... He would really like the free thing at Wendy's...
Retired Rod
We tried to get one of those frostie thingies but they won't be on sale again until January. When is Al going to come back out for another visit? Tell him he needs to come for a month and bring his bike.
ReplyDeleteI saw quite a few trikes on the road this past summer, and always wondered if I could have ridden one of them - back in the day when I was young enough to ride, of course. I sure envy them the freedom of "stuff", the overall economy fuel-wise, and just the plain freedom of the open road.
ReplyDeleteO.K. I got to hear the story behind the new banner photo? Did you ride the bike to Sedona? I am here now, and that is almost the view from my living room. Note quite. Let's say, far enough away to not be bothered by all the tourist traffic. A good day for riding, although a lot of freeway riding.
ReplyDeleteI have been to Sedona several times.... But I haven't ridden the bike up there yet... Perhaps in the spring when it warms back up... The photo was dated last December when Loyce and I drove up there before Christmas..... We were back there with her sister in the spring of 2013... That day we rode the pink Jeeps out into the desert... Maybe that is the incentive that caused me to purchase this new one....
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