day 13a

it was now time to visit the rest of main street. i ran into some shogs and found out that everyone was meeting up at the parking lot at 1:30 to ride up to Ron/Karen's. the schogs were parked in the "last parking lot on main street. next to a pink building." big dave tells me. larry's gang and i continue walking up main street going with the flow of what seemed like millions of people in leather, most with beards of one shape or another. it was around 80 degrees by now, but not bad. i lost the guys when i had to find a portopotty. What do those people do who man the cans when not manning the cans? thats one gig i just don't get. anyway i get cell phone calls that everyone is circling up back at our bikes. I learned a valuable lesson about leaving a good motorcycle parking spot. We were at the bikes getting organized, with hot leathers off and cool shirts on and goodies packed, etc. when bikes started lining up to zoom into our spots as we zoomed out. But wait, "we aren't leaving yet!" i holler out to the bikes holding up traffic waiting for us. i hate being rushed anyway, but we had one more couple walking back to wait for.
larry and i stood on the sidewalk watching the bikes and he and i decided that next year we would just be "standing on the corner, watching all the bikes go by" and save all that walking about seeing the same patches and pins that swamp every rally, because for me really its the bikes and the people watching that hypnotizes me at rallys. Each character and iron horse is one of a kind, all with one singular important trait and love. Riding, riding and then riding some more. altho the rats hole show was more than worth the walk.
Now, this is a bird of a different color. We do "fly" on our horses so yes, i see the bird analogy. Check out the winged tank and point on the birds bill. sorry i didn't get the foot pegs and jiffy stand in the shot, because they were birds legs and claws. I think that if you find a web site of leesburg bikefest pics, you'll surely find lots of shots of this bike.