indianarmy
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
I put this photo up over a year ago ... surprisingly this is one of my all time "most viewed" photos at 450. When I first put it up I really didn't think that much about it. It really is an usual photo.
hg
big bear choppers - bagger
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
Ok ... since I do have a tourer ... I am drawn to unique designs for those who like to ride more than 1 hour at a time. Big Bear introduced this bagger back in November and I must say ... it does kick butt and take names. It is a super long chassis ... pushing the passenger up in front of that giant 300 rear tire.
For me ... it's the bags that make it. They styled this thing so that the bags don't look like two sampsonite suitcases strapped on the side. I don't know how comfortable it would really be ... I'm sure I could never sit on one. But the builders claim that lowering the bikes center of gravity would make it handle and ride better. I don't know about that.
The price tag ... about 37g's
it does look cool, though
hg
readers choice awards
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
I love this list. First it was a great marketing deal for Ride Texas Magazine. Kudos to whomever came up with this "hallmark" approach. Here's the link to the pdf of the winners.
Every year I think ... I need to nominate stuff ... but then I forget. It's too bad there are not any North Texas roads on the Top 5 of the state. But ... I didn't nominate them so ... I should just blame myself.
For the life of me ... I never have figured out how Clarks Bar B Q in Tioga keeps getting on the list. I think it's more of a great ride to Tioga and that's what people remember more than the food. Living in the Tioga area and eating at Clarks many, many times ... I have to say ... their Bar B Q ain't all that great. Just my opinion. I think Clarks is a great ride destination ... but other than that ... Dickies probably has better BBQ.
But the list is fun to check out and think about making the stops listed.
HG
lewisville_motorcycle_cops
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
After riding in officer Victor Lozada's 100 motorcycle funeral procession ... the Lewisville Police Department disbanded their 3 - bike motorcycle patrol. This a year after the Flower Mound, Texas police department did the same.
A lot of cities in Texas are looking at scaling back or eliminating motorcycle squads. Some say they are ... "too dangerous." I certainly understand why police departments are looking at this ... but in perspective ... don't officers get hurt in cars also. I think about the deaths of many officers in the exploding Crown Vics.
News reports say that the Lewisville motorcycle officers are not at all happy about their departments decision to 86 their bikes. I probably would not either.
Our heart and prayers go out to Officer Lozada's family in their loss and tragedy.
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prince harry / honda cb 125
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
How cool is this. The Brit's Prince Harry finding an old Honda CB 125, along with his army buddies, pushing this thing until it starts. It just goes to show you ... guys and motorcycles ... priceless.
It reminds me of my first Honda ... the CL 100.
HG
angelina jolie
Originally uploaded by harleyghost.
In a recent British poll it seems that brits would rather have Angelina Jolie on their pillion (seat behind the main seat) than Playboy centerfolds. Maybe it's because she is cycle savvy since she owns and rides on her own. Of course who is to say that she would ride on the back of anyone else's bike accept Brads ... I think I have a photo of them riding together on one of my past posts ... probably more than a year ago.
Here she is on a the set of a Paramount picture ... where she is also sporting a 9mm or a .45 .... eeeeooww. What a woman. Motorcycles and gun play.
HG
Well, I told you that I would start with the motorcycle 'only' stuff on this blog again ... and by george ... I did. The first rattle out of the back is this. Honda is taking their Goldwing and VTX production out of Ohio ... busting a lot of people out of work. That's really not what I wanted to hear ... since I just bought a wing ... not too many months ago.
The news just hit the wire yesterday. Not only will production workers lose their jobs ... but people in the Ohio area who produce specific products for the Goldwings and VTX will also take a huge hit.
Bad deal, Honda.
News here.
I did move to harleyghost.com ... but that has become more of all ... catch all for all that I am thinking deal ... I returned here to just do motorcycle stuff ... typepad never took my site down ... cool for me.
after nearly a year with struggling with typepad ... a pre-paid exercise in no flexibility in the blog scene ... I finally decided to move the blog to ... harleyghost.com ... all my old posts are there ... I haven't finished tweaking the wordpress ... but it works
HG -- meet me on the other side