9.4.06

day 7

I like taking the inside track away from on coming traffic. Just a habit i've fallen into after being advised to do so by Linda. "If you want me to ride with you!" she explained seriously. I started out beside jamal and his silver street rod and rode the first leg behind a young lady on a black sportster. Out of 30 bikes there were maybe 10 ladies puttin their own way to salvation. And here is a pic of one of them. thats big dave c.'s bad ass biker wife, Barb. She's been riding
her own sled now for well over 9 months and is most competent on the road. Thats Ron/Venus' motorcycle in the forground. Those Ultra's are cruisin machines. We had clear skies, light breeze and almost83 degrees by 1 pm. We had travelled southwest out of seminole county over to Astatulla, Monteverd, Minneola, Clermont, Lake Louisa State Park, Zephyrvhills then finally just 17 miles from Tampa, we pull in to the shaded parking lot and it was kickstand down time. Most folks could not wait to saddle up to the feeding trough, because of the 3 hrs and the 120 miles or so putt to get there. it was surely pushing 90 by now, in fact three of the men took off their shirts and rode topeless. the one guy in front of me took his off while he was riding. he'd be going down the road at 45-50, reach around into his saddlebags and pull out a pack of cig's and fire it up while not missing a beat. the first i noticed his riding skills was when all of a sudden he was to my left in the oncoming lane and taking my picture while riding 40 plus mph. he'd zoom over when it was clear and snap away at the riders including his wifey, that woman on the black sportster. she took off her shirt to and just rode in a red sports bra type thingy on the freeway ride home. there were 4 of them not staying to eat either and so i followed them on I-4 till the took off around International Drive. i was home in80 minutes. the end odometer says 199 miles...

2 comments:

Gymi said...

Nice lookin' Deluxe E, like the Long Shots, they look good on her.

ellopez said...

thanks for the observation. the v/h longshots were our first add on. Snoop-Skoot's original pipes were EMA heavily baffled and the rear peg was inbetween the pipes. "Yuk", said my bitch. and i laughed...