Beard in the Wind - New London MC: August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Steve Murphy

Mister Murphy proudly displayed the Tattered Harley Hat award during last nights meeting. He earned it with no less than 7 crashes

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Last nights Honor Guard mission

When riding Honor Guard you will usually ride side by side, when you get to the site the entire column gets off the bikes at the same time. You walk up to the front of the funeral parlor side by side with the person you were riding next to. Each two should do what the two in front of them are doing, walk when they walk, stop when they stop, etc.

Last night Julianne and Craig were ahead of Steve D. and myself, being married they had intertwined arms and her head was on his shoulder. In keeping with protocol Steve placed his arm in mine and laid his head on my shoulder...

Jim Mccabe standing behind us, told us that "That's just wrong, and that they were not going to do that." So much for protocol.

klay

She has a new guy

There I was, at work today, walking across the parking lot to get a cup of coffee and Felicity rode by. I'm stuck at work, Charlene's at home, and Felicity is out cruising the streets in the sunshine with a new guy...

Slut.

(If you don't know, Felicity was my 2010 Sunglo Cherry and Sunglo Merlow StreetGlide)

klay

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Rich Blaise

The Club turned out tonight in good form at Dunkin Donuts. They departed at 6 pm for the short ride to the Monttville Funeral Home to say good bye to Rich Blaise and pay their respects to the Family.

Rich Blaise of was a Life Member of the Club and a member for 47 years, He served as the Club President for a total of four years. His first three terms were from November of 1969 through November of 1972, he took the office again between November 2003 through November of 2004.

Harley snap on tour pak flags

Harley Davidson offers a clip on flag kit for touring models

It is available in both American flag (94626-98) and POW/MIA (94900-03) versions.

The masts are made of poly and designed for parade use only. They are held on with a plastic clamp style base.

The flag, when used at speed, (getting to the parade) have a tendency to vibrate as the wind comes around the rider forcing the flag to travel inwards scratching the paint as it moves.

The kit comes with clear anti scratch strips but the masts drift across the surface for a far greater distance than the strip protects. With two flags on the bike, as I run, both flags move towards each other and the center of the bike. To fix this issue I invested in a 13" section of flat black 1 1/2" wide automobile body side moulding.

By placing this strip across the area between the two mounts the flags can no longer change position and it covered the area previously scratched by the flags.

klay

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Rich Blaise Wake

From the President

Information on Rich Blaise Services.

Wake: Wed. 08/29 - 1 night only

Montville Funeral Home, Rte 32 Uncasville

Calling Hours: 4:00pm to 8:00pm

NLMC Staging: Dunkin Donut's Rte 32 Uncasville

AOB: 6:45pm - short ride to the Funeral Home

Funeral: Fri. 08/31

11:00am Depart Funeral Home

To Mystic Cemetery adjacent to the I95

Coogan Blvd

White SS T-shirt

Plain Black Vest w/just the patch

Black pants/boots

Another words - Honor Guard Gear

If there is anyone available for a motorcycle escort please let me know ASAP. I am working and the only Supervisor on Division so I cannot ride.

The Tattered Hat Award

This week the biker hat is passed to Evert who with out fear of personal harm crashed his bike not once but twice resulting in his body ending up 12 and 16 feet from his bike. Both crashes where in clock wise turns which is what we will practice next week exclusively.

Steve Murphy tried very hard to grab the hat dropping more times than Evert but the judges where mightily impressed with the sheer acrobatic of Evert

Even the French judge gave Evert a 7. The hat should be delivered on Thurs at the meeting

E Board Meeting...The rest of the story

There seems to be a little concern about the " Not sure if I will attend another E Board Meeting" posting from the other day. There was blood, there were two people bleeding. But hey...we're a family...we don't hit each other, besides that would be grounds for dismissal from the Club. The first person to bleed was because of pizza, and the fact that he bit his tongue...through. The upper and lower teeth actually said hello to each other. I won't say who it was, But I can say it hurt like hell....then got all warm...and squishy.

The second person had a shaving injury in the morning at the base of his nose, it was sort of healed but then split open when he laughed.

I posted it because it was funny.

So... sorry if this let's anyone down,,,but No Fight. As a matter of fact there was no yelling either, unless you count the next slice of pizza sauce in an open tongue wound.

klay

Tilted Kilt ride

The weather could not have been better, with a coolness in the air that suggested sweatshirt's should at least be packed, but rain gear could be left at home. When Margo and I pulled into D&D in Uncasville at 9:30am there were just a few bikes, and Lane was there just to see us off. Just before 10:00am Vinny Pons pulled in with a few bikes, we had a brief riders meeting and took off. The plan was to ride for a couple of hours and end up in Newington at the Tilted Kilt for lunch. The pace was good, I saw to that, and everyone seemed to be doing well. When we got to the head of Rt. 163 I saw no traffic coming our way so went right, but by the time Ginny got there with her trike a truck was in view. She took the safe road and stopped, but Craig didn't. My tailgunner really likes Ginny's tail and proved it by touching it with his bike. I got the news over the CB after we had made the immediate left onto Brush Hill Rd, a very shady but narrow lane that comes out on Rt. 87 by the Four H camp. Stopping at the end where it was safe to pull over, Jim Skerrit volunteered to go back to check on them. Minor damage ended their ride with us, and Jim escorted them home to make sure they were ok.

When we made it to Lebanon we turned right on Rt. 207 and followed that into Baltic where we took Rt. 138 over to Rt. 169. As we were stopping for a railroad crossing, Vinne let me know that one of his riders had a small tank and needed fuel. When we got to Rt. 14 we hit the Mobil station and took care of a few needs. Once back on Rt. 169 we got to show the patch going through the traffic at the Brooklyn Fair. A left onto Rt. 6 took us over Willy and onto Rt. 66 through Columbia, Hebron, Marlborough, East Hampton, Cobalt and into Portland where we went over the Arrigoni Bridge. It's always under constrution, which makes it insteresting. We got on Rt. 9N for a mile and took Exit 18 onto Rt. 99. At this point I will tell you I think my GPS is "special", because looking at the map I planned on just staying on Rt. 99 all the way, but my GPS had other idea's. I really need to learn to trust my brain more than my GPS! It took us over Rt. 372 to Rt. 9, where we got onto I-91 for a couple of exits. It was a roundabout way of doing the same thing, we just missed a bunch of lights.

Arriving at the Tilted Kilt an hour late was explained away by our tale of mishap's and mayhem, the typical story of a rider trying to make his or her way through life. The food was awsome and I heard no complaints. The girls were very friendly and took great care of us. They even posed for a few pic's, which I'm hoping to send along.

The ride home was uneventfull. Vinny's crew split at I-91, and the rest split at various points along the way to Colchester. Margo and I made it home by 4:30pm, just in time for our nap. All in all, a good time for most and according to Vinny Pons a new place for the County to meet.