Adventures of the Antirider Rider

The Sparta Motorcycle Reunion (SMR) is a great event that keeps on getting better each time!  Meet the crew at it’s fullest from left to right: David, Mr. I’ve got one ASV lever installed until I can go back and use the coupon to buy the other side JP, sporting blonde dreads that were formerly [...]

At the last minute, the collarbone crew (minus Chad celebrating his “event”) gathered for a trip to Deal’s Gap.  As expected, minutes before rolling out, the SV wouldn’t start.  A bad regulator / rectifier is the alleged culprit which could explain the need for new batteries so often in my bikes.  After a little bump [...]

One by one the bikes arrived. The gals got cozy – Rebecca, me, Fran, Brandy, and Claudia. The boys got even cozier — especially Stephen and Jason, Nick, Jesse, and Perry Bikers with bikes Just the bikers Our own biker gang     Here’s the star of this blog entry, Fran.  Congrats on your first [...]

We had a good turnout to remember the loss of HeeJun just over a year ago (link to last year’s memorial ride).  A lot of us coordinated through the Charlotte Sport Bikes Forum and thanks to Shawn for organizing the ride and stops.  Here was most of the group and three photographers (Shawn, Jason, and [...]

It was my first time attending the Annual BMW Daniel Boone Rally sponsored by Carolinas BMW Motorcycle Owners Association. President Keith told us to attend and even bring a friend so I brought two! Dan the Man Concrete decided to bring out the advertising machine, ahem… I mean dual sport. Alex rode in comfort on [...]

Please take a moment to say a prayer for Erica and their friends and families as they remember HeeJun on the one year anniversary of his death.  His widow, Erica, keeps a beautiful blog at http://chillinwithlemonade.blogspot.com/  Be prepared to cry.  I always do.  HeeJun died a few days past his 30th birthday.  He was far [...]

The anniversary of HeeJun’s passing is coming up and I thought it would be nice to remember some good times together.   Back then, I wasn’t blogging regularly so these photos were only posted on our local forums at CharlotteSportbikes.com.   March 2, 2008 – This was my very first mountain ride with the group.  HeeJun, Ducati [...]

The weather was cooperating as we started our journey to Lake Lure.   Chris and Ariel roll in style. Jamie’s white suit is rocking! Matt joins the crew on his Harley Fat Bob. Asians represent. It was a nice afternoon for lunch at Lake Lure and we sat outside right next to the bikes.  The fancy [...]

So much has changed since the last visit to Sparta while some things are exactly the same.  I enjoyed the beautiful weather and spent time with great people doing fun things like being on two wheels. Jeff poses while Andria gears up. It’s great to see my girl again! Jeff is in a shoot off [...]

Jason helps Perry unload the 2 stroke of the bunch Since I couldn’t ride at the last mini moto day, I started off on Perry’s Thumpstar.  I figured a 4 stroke would be a bit easier on me. Perry and Jason prepare the mini moto track in the parking lot. Jason decides to take the [...]

So who knew that floorboards were not considered a consumable replaceable item on Harleys? After all, we just replace our knee pucks, right? Lesson learned for sure! It was a scene from the cat lady’s house. There were four in this photo. The Travelocity Roaming Gnome followed us all the way out here and no, [...]

It’s another SV convention. Thanks to Jesse for the awesome new jacket that matched my nail polish so perfectly.  After all, that’s what really matters. View 1 during dinner View 2 Getting back to the blog opening, anytime you’re asked to leave the property must have been a good time.  Let’s just say this is [...]

Look at the bad biker boys who showed up This is what 32 miles looks like. Criss cross applesauce Nick and his brand new ride.  According to Brandy, it looks exactly the same. Jesse is deep in thought over some chicken and dumplins maybe.

Thanks to Killboy for our photos from the Dragon. It was an interesting ride with the car trailering the big canoe. Todd with Jason in the background. Todd, our fearless leader, and his ZX-12 Jason on his SV 650 Patrick on his R6 Tim on the Blackbird Miguel on his R6 Brendan on Todd’s KTM [...]