Professional level adventuring

May 31, 2017

Was a good day for adventuring at the professional level. Rode Clementine, caught fish.

catch ya on the road

Fish watch out

04 January 2017
While being forced to go at a slower pace I started dabbling in making fishing lures. It's getting to be kind of fun. Seeing what kind of butt ugly design you can come up with that might actually attract a fish.
 
Cheap, effective on creeks and small holes of water.    

 ( Fisheez just love em) LOL


catch ya on the road

Mud Bugs

365 Group
1-4-2017

Today a cold snap hit my little tropical paradise. Suppose to last through the rest of the week. Not really all that cold but I've become a world class Slacker in a record short time. Venturing out is not high on my priority list right now.
 To make all this "forced confinement" bearable I'm going through my bike stuff and repairing or replacing things. My fishing gear is in need of upgrade so I've been making lures for myself and a couple of buddies. They fish the lakes and I fish off bridges.
 These pictured work well on the creeks and other holes of water that I come across in my traveling around. I call them "Mud Bugs."

"catch ya on the road."

A Good Old Gal.

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One of my "girls" turns 40 this year.

"Miss Tilley!"  My 1977 KZ 750 twin, that I bought in original stock condition, 18 years ago from a lady in Oklahoma who's husband didn't like the fact guys whistled at her when she rode around town. They made a compromise and sold both their bikes. I was rather happy he was pissed that I took her old "junker" over his shiny late model V twin.
 This bike, with 97 thousand miles plus/ minus, has literally taken me all over the the Southern United States. Not too shabby for a $700 investment.

"catch ya on the road."
            (f)

6/6/09 fishin

365 Group (f)

This morning was a nice morning for a ride. Temperatures were almost perfect.

I loaded up and headed out towards Huntsville, to Withrow Springs State park. The park was having a Kids Fishing Derby. A friend of mine was taking his family over to spend the weekend and his three boys were going to do some fishing. The park had stocked a small lake with Trout. It had all the makings of a good time. Plus I was invited for something to eat. Whats better than that?
I made good time over to Hindsville and Hwy 412. Once I got on 412 the traffic picked up a little. Still it wasn't bad for a Saturday morning. There were lots bikes on the road and that always makes for a nicer ride. I kind of floated along with the flow of things until a Big Hat popped up and put a real "slow down" on everyone. Funny how that happens. One minute every ones being a real terror of the roads and the next everybody is wearing a halo.
Coming up on downtown Huntsville's own cloverleaf I hit the Eureka Springs exit and made the five miles down to the park entrance. It was sort of disappointing, I was just getting warmed up for the ride and it ended.
Pulling into the park I saw that the Derby was already going on. Looked like lots of families had shown up. I made my way through the cars and people and located my friends campsite. It was guarded by the family Wiener Dog. After a few minutes of some serious behind the ear scratching and other assorted forms of lovin up which is sure to put me in a special place with the Pup Dog Gods, I headed back down to the activities.
The Derby was for kids under sixteen. Prizes were given for biggest and smallest catch, most caught as well as door prizes. This was pretty neat as two of my friends kids won door prizes. Everyone was having a good time. The kids were really working at it. I even noticed that some of the parents "lost track" of the fact that they were only allowed to help the kids and were having a good time themselves. Funny how people can lose track.
I watched a few good sized Trout get caught and took a couple of pictures of the event as a whole.
After visiting for a few minutes I headed back out to the highway and decided to run on down to Marble for some hush puppies.
Traffic was light and behaved. I made a good ride into Marble. As I pulled in to the store I noticed that the sky was getting dark and it was starting to look a lot like rain. Nothing in the weather forecast about rain. This could put a damper on the rest of my day.
I got a couple of large orders of Hush Puppies and walked back out to my bike. There were a couple of other bikes out by mine and I chatted up the riders a little and had a Hush puppie or three. They looked at the sky and got a nervous look on their faces. Apparently neither had anything other than their stylish Harley tee shirts, absolutely no rain gear. Ahhh come on now, they were tough bikers, ridin Hogs. As a cool breeze blew in they decided it was time to leave and took off like they were late and were trying to beat out he weather. Nothing against those guys. But the thought "it's hard to look cool when your soaked to the bone", came to mind. I looked over the sky again and felt the chill in the wind that was picking up and looked at my rain gear and decided that I might ought to quit screwing around and have another hush puppie.
Finally, after my second cup of coffee and a half of a large order of "puppies", I started packing up to head for the house. I thought about how good these Hush Puppies would go with dinner later. Cornbread of any kind is always a good thing. Especially in this size, in a bowl of hot brown beans. Yep! it be good.
My ride back wasn't as nice as the ride over had been. The wind had picked up with the storm front. It was cooler and I was blown around a little. But still it was a good ride.

I had a good time watching the kids fish and the parents "help". Parents always put on the best show.
I got in around a hundred miles and even managed to stay dry. By the time I pulled in to my drive, I was ready to go to another get together like this. Not quite a bike rally but still loads of fun. If you get the chance to attend one I highly recommend it.
catch ya on the road

mail: bikin_ridin@yahoo.com

5/19/09 Fishing?

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This morning was one of the best rides I've had in several days. The weather was just right. Traffic was light. The bike ran great. I again picked up a couple of stray riders on my way from home. They stayed with me for most of my trip. If this keeps up it'll make mornings much more fun.
I made it to work with a few minutes to spare and decided to ease over to the companies truck shop. Several of the employees ride and I hadn't had anyone pick on me for not riding a Harley in a day or two. The guys at the shop weren't too busy. Grabbing a cup of coffee I took a jab or two about my "Rice burner" and joined in. They were talking about taking a trip over to Bull Shoals lake. A little dab of Fishing seemed to be in order from the way everyone was talking. The details are still in the works but it looks as though a fishing ride is in the works for maybe this coming weekend. Maybe even an over night? I got my daily dose of Harley vs my bike and headed to clock in. Today was going to be a nice day. Too nice to be cooped up. Hopefully I can get out by lunch and get in a few miles while this good weather is here?
Hope to catch ya on the road

Summertime is getting closer...

Proud Member of The 365 Group
(I rode mine today)


This weekend has turned off cooler than the weather channel had said it would.. But for early spring it's not too bad. I had another Doctor visit on Friday over at Jasper and I figured that I do it and spend the night with my mother and maybe work on my brothers bike. It quit running on him and he doesn't have time to go through it and figure it out. It was a real good day for riding about 55 degrees, bright and sunny. I thought that I'd probably see a few bikes on the road since the weather was so nice. I guess everyone was working, I only saw one other bike during the 110 mile trip over to Jasper and none from Jasper to Deer and my brothers. (All along this ride the roads were in good shape. No bad spots and no construction.)
As it worked out my brother was busy on the farm and we didn't get to put any time into his Suzuki so we made a tentative date for next weekend to get into it. I did some of the minor maintenance on mine and had a good visit with my mother.
Saturday morning I got a late start on getting out of bed and had to scrap some plans I had to check out some of the back roads in the areas. I have been planning on running some of them so when people ask me about riding in the area I can add a little extra scenery to their trip. Maybe next weekend?
My trip back was a great one! I gassed up at Deer at Claborns grocery and had a good visit with Cheryl. While I was chatting I noticed about 80 or so Sport bikes tool by. Riders out enjoying the curves in the areas. If you like curves and two lanes this is one place to check out. One thing I like about this station is they are currently cheaper on gas than anyone around home. This will change no doubt but it was nice. It's also a nice laid back little store located just about right from the Fayetteville area. Your close to about ready to get off and have a coke when you roll in.
after visiting with Cheryl I headed out for home and it was a stark contrast to the day before. Bikes all over the road. It was warmer too so that no doubt brought out a few more. Most were double up riding. My old scooter was just humming right along. I think I've almost got it all back like it should be. At 70 mph it seemed to just float along. Hopefully before long I can get a day or two to finish up. (Starter motor and carburetors. )
I made good time coming home. Roughly an hour. One of those trips that ends so fast that you wish it hadn't because everything was going so well. Ahhh well only 187 miles total but they were sweet.
I did get to spend some time in the shop after I got home. My new starter for my Yamaha came in and I put it on. I'm almost done with the repairs on it and I am ready to ride it again. Should be finished with it next weekend. I also managed to get my son Bud's ride out and put a few miles on it to change the gas so to speak. Bud is in the guard and deployed so i have been trying to keep it loosened up so he wont have to do anything when he gets in other than ride.
I had a banner of a day yesterday... I visited with a couple of people that has old bike junk yards and found a petcock for my wife's. While I was fooling with my Yamaha she put it on and looks like hers is done. Now she can hit the road when she gets in the mood.
My winter time to do list is getting smaller. With Gods help and Luther's friendship I'll accomplish it all before next winter rolls around.

Now if I can just get the son home for any length of time. We got a riding/fishing trip planned.