This and That

My wife and I just booked our camp site at Buffalo Chip Campground for the ralley in Sturgis this August. This will be our first time there. We’re both in our 50’s and haven’t really done alot of riding over the years. I started with a little Vespa in 1964 at 16, then went in halves with a friend on a 650 BSA in 1967. Then 2 friends both died in motorcycle crashes and I stayed off bikes for the next 22 years. Just got into other hobbies. Then in 1990, my oldest son told me that he wanted to get his motorcycle license and buy a bike. So, we both took the course and got our licenses. He bought a 450 Honda and I bought a 1988 1200 Sportster. I’ve been riding that bike ever since. I don’t log in a lot of miles a year but I ride whenever I can. My wife would ride with my at first but, she burned herslf too many times on the exhaust pipe and she didn’t feel real comfortable on the back anyway.

This year I bought a 2007 softail deluxe. She feels more comfortable on this bike. I kept the Sportster, I’m hoping that my wife decides to become a rider herself. We live in Rhode Island so I haven’t even take my bike out for the last 3 months and I had my hip replaced 6 weeks ago anyway so it might be another month or so before I get on my bike. But, we are set to go to Sturgis in August and we should be able to get a lot  of riding in, here in Rhode Island, before August comes.