Retired and Riding

[STEPPENWOLF]

Well every tuesday in Miamitown OH the R&R group get together at the Wendys for coffee and cure the worlds problems and more or less BS.
Well I have been able to make some of these meetings over the years,I have not been riding for some time now but I did manage to ride down there last week to hang out with the boys So I took a few pictures of the bikes...
when these guys leave you had better be out of the way or you will become a speed bump in the parking lot So here we go..I think this site has a ten pic per post so I might have to make two posts to finish.














Beautiful bike!!

[STEPPENWOLF]

And I parked away from the group in case I dropped my bike and like a Flo Progressive commercial I might knock them all over..as if they would notice









Don't get stuck on a railroad crossing...









Two Bergmans in above pictures

So they usually divide up into a short 100 mile run or a 200 mile run groups.
This is EVERY tuesday so they are serious riders!!Oldest is 86 and just got a new Wing.At 60 I am not the youngest but close to it.
Always great roads and lunch along the way with plenty of p stops
See you somewhere down the road.

[IanDMacDonald]

It's funny how tiny that XS looks compared to the Wings. Gawdddd, those Wings are beautiful! I'd love to test ride one and open it up.

[donebysunday]

It's funny how tiny that XS looks compared to the Wings. Gawdddd, those Wings are beautiful! I'd love to test ride one and open it up.

I'd be afraid of falling over. Just had a hell of a time getting my SH on the center stand with just a very slight grade. They are pretty and pretty vicious looking too. Thanks for the show ! Done

[3Phase]

It's really good to see you're riding again, even if it's just a little day-trippin' and no tippin'!



I liked the side-hack too with the kids' names and Taz stuck to the windshield!

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[STEPPENWOLF]

Scott...this guy loads his wife on the back and two kids in the hack and they go on vacation To me that is a big WOW factorOne of the guys has a prosthesis leg and sometimes falls over if on really uneven ground so they stop and pick him back up...I can kinda relate to that
Well these guys can tell you stories about riding that would keep Rider magazine in business for years...I just sit there and listen drinking my coffee..My little trips fail in comparison.

[3Phase]

... One of the guys has a prosthesis leg and sometimes falls over if on really uneven ground so they stop and pick him back up...I can kinda relate to that

It's good to have friends to help when you have to check all the different sides of your motorcycle just to make absolutely sure you've got the shiny side up!

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[jjz28]

Man great post! If i lived closer, i would love to drop in one of those rides. I am only 42 but feel a lot older, would that count? Seems they really like Hondas, of course Honda makes a great bike too. Is that a factory made sidecar? I have never seen one with a top, my wife might like that, i am sure fred would!lol

[STEPPENWOLF]

Friends are good especially those since childhood even if you don't see them for awhile you know if you call they will be there.
Yeah that is a factory made side car,mmm dang he told me what it was,I thought it was too cool myself,but I forget the brand. If I am able to make it tomorrow and he is there I will ask him again.
Beckley..I used to be there every monday morning for about four years delivering to the ARH hospital.
I tipped over a week or so ago and had to have help picking it up..not the man I used to be

[jjz28]

None of us are the men we used to be unless we are in our 20's or maybe 30's! That hospital is about 6 miles from me.

[Prisoner6]

So they usually divide up into a short 100 mile run or a 200 mile run groups.
This is EVERY tuesday so they are serious riders!!Oldest is 86 and just got a new Wing.At 60 I am not the youngest but close to it.

Wow ... sounds like these people really love to ride ... that's awesome!

Hope I'm still alive and kickin' and able to ride at 86!!

Great pics!

[XJOK2PLAY]

Steppenwolf,
Great write up and pics!
That's cool.
Gotta ask... Did the 86 yo guy put his new wing on a payment plan?

Sorry...couldn't resist...seemed like something I might do one day if I were his age buying a new Wing....

Can you imagine the look on the loan officer's face when you ask him to put it on a 7 year loan? Shoot, at $30k or more, I'd probably have too! Lol

Kudos to that guy! I'm really impressed!
New Wing at 86... Wow! That's cool!

[STEPPENWOLF]

Well the 86 year old sons bought him the bikeI thought that was really cool.He is actually 87 now that I think about it. This picture is from january of '2013...he had 40 miles on the bike at the time..he is the guy on the left and doesn't look it.Only five bikes showed up that wet,nasty day with salt and sand, snow still on the ground trucks blowing up mist everywhere..it was a good ride.







And my 11