Addendum to sad day

1st cue the music....then look at the image of the bike.

Sadder than the lamp.....

nuff said   :(

Sad day :(

I put the bike to rest for the winter yesterday.
Even I could not kid myself about the weather and winter...there is nothing but freezing rain and snow in the forecast.
Yay....

Bags and windshield off.
Battery out, tsp. of oil in each plug, fresh gas with stabiliser..on the lift....little blanky to keep it comfy.
It looked sad....just like the light from the Ikea commercial:

That commercial always made me laugh.

And now...a Musical interlude

George Harrison - Beware of Darkness....from the Concert for Bangladesh...a pretty great song.

Aside.....I hope this whole inserting video thing works...I was looking at the top bar the other day and wondered "what do these things do? "
I kind of stopped experimenting with formats and the like after spending one long evening trying to figure out what I had done wrong on one post when I could not get the the photos to do what I wanted.
Was a simple setting I had screwed up.


Getting back from laughs and good tunes...

There are probably 100 days to go, until I am riding again.
That sucks. ( insert frowny emoticon here)
On a positive note...I suck at math, and it turns out that I am only a couple of weeks from buying  a new guitar. That gets a real "yay". ( insert smiley emoticon here )
And there is Christmas.
And in February I will be hitting the dreaded 50 years old.

Lots to look forward to....( insert uncertain emoticon here )  :)

And I guess Brent and I will have to start planning our June trip.
Probably Pennsylvania.
That will entail lots of hours with maps...which is great.
Who doesn't love maps?

I think it is almost done...

I am usually a "glass half full" kind of guy, but I am guessing that there will not be too many more days of riding left this year. Probably none.
The glass is looking kind of empty...kind of depressing actually.

I got out for an hour last Monday after work...just a quick ride up to Kemptville and back.
Tuesday was warm, but by the time I was off work and at home , it was getting crappy.

I am hoping to get out for a little spin on the weekend...maybe Sunday ...but the weather did not cooperate.

I used to look forward to winter.
Now every snow flake is like a punch in the balls.

I am not sure if I have ever mentioned this, but I quit drinking August 9, 2008 in order to be in a place where I could own a Harley and not kill myself or someone else by driving drunk.
And for a host of other good reasons too.
Life is good since I stopped drinking.
and I quit smoking last February....  :(
Riding is very tied in with my various abstinence's and sobriety....you could probably say it is a substitute addiction.
So anyways....I am dreading the bike being put away. The longer that it can be postponed, and the earlier I can get it back out...the better/safer I will feel.

I have been playing a lot of guitar and am saving for an awesome new guitar ( my dream guitar...a hollow body Godin semi acoustic....8 weeks to go...seems long ) .
I will do some projects at the house...refinish some more furniture.
but ....WTF else am I supposed to do for 4 months?

I will keep blogging with any rants or motorcycle related topics that occur to me, but it won't be the same without my "National Geographic" quality photos.
Ok... perhaps they are not all that good.....  :)

Maybe I can start working on some kind of motorcycle rights organisation...
The ones out there now are just tools of the nanny state.
Run by a bunch of fluorescent green vest wearing/full face helmeted geeks.
I read an article from one of these sphincters that said it was good thing that Canadians didn't have a choice where helmet laws were concerned..
ARGGHH !

hmmm...that may be worth pursuing.
stay tuned.