Blogs from Kansas, United States, North America - page 34

9 FEB 2008 I wanted to add a trunk to my Sporty, Effie. I had a dual purpose need of a trunk for the back of my sporty. 1.) I have a new laptop that has a 15” screen. The old laptop would fit in a saddlebag, but the new one is taller than the bag. I had researched waterproof, crushproof computer cases that I might strap on the back rack, but they were very expensive and would still leave the computer unsecured on the back of the bike. 2.) I also wanted to be able to secure (as in LOCK UP) my clothes and gear long trips or my helmet on day trips. THE BRACKET My first concern was how I was going to mount a trunk on the bike. I soon found on ebay ... read more

++ In DEC 09 I found a bunch of my old Xmas letters so I thought I would post them here in my blog. ++ Merry Christmas to ya’ll. Its been a pretty busy year. We are busy as beavers at work, lots of new products coming in and lots to do. Its been a good year for us and promises to be pretty good year next year. I spent most of JAN and most of MAR in the Philippines. I really like the people there, they are so eager to please, at least the ones that don’t want to kill you. J My year has been consumed with the ABC’s of Touring challenge from Harley Davidson. I started planning trips for it in DEC of 05 and took the last trip the 2nd weekend of ... read more

16 December 2006 was forecasted to be a warm Saturday. Correction, make that an unseasonably warm December Saturday. Any December day that is above 60 degrees F yells for a motorcycle ride. I heard the call and started making arrangements on Thursday for the up coming Saturday. This wasn’t going to be an ordinary ride, this week I had been entertaining Santy, an associate from our sister company in the Philippines. This was his first trip to the US and I was trying to show him as much of it as possible in the 2 weeks he was going to be here. When I am in the Philippines, Santy and the rest of the staff there go out of their way to make sure I am comfortable. I try to make their trips special when they ... read more

Fine but windy 24c ..but I was there. Why the hell am I referring to myself as the third person?!? That's what driving by yourself for 6 or 7 hours does, it drives you crazy! You know how in cartoons sometimes the background repeats itself every few seconds? Well that was me driving to Kansas - barn, tractor, field, bran, tractor, field etc etc. Who can blame me for talking to myself! It felt like I’d sat in every position possible in the seat, listened to every song on my ipod and almost certainly scanned every radio station. A career path as a bus driver or truck driver is almost certainly out of the question. In 5 days I’ve covered almost 2500 miles and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I loved almost every minute ... read more

. As you have probably realized we are back on the road again… But, with the events of the past week we are woefully behind on updating the Blog. So, in this episode, we will try and catch everyone up on what happened when the Blog temporarily dropped off the face of the earth! Our plan had been to travel to Connecticut for a long weekend; return to Kansas to take the dog to the vet in Wichita, catch up with some friends then resume The Odyssey… unfortunately, things didn’t go exactly according to plan. Statistics Time Frame: November 1st - November 13th Starting Destination: Saint George, Kansas Ending Destination: Saint George, Kansas Ending Destination GPS: Pending Miles Driven: 1,224.7 Going East… As we were running tight on time, we decided to temporarily trade in our ... read more