So, whats a good place for a motorcycle ride around these parts?
Monthly Archives: May 2005
rolling thunder
This weekend I put the Bonneville on the back of my truck and took it up to my sisters place in northern Virginia. Did a lot of riding with my dad and brother-in-law. About 350 miles in total.
On Sunday, we rode in the Rolling Thunder rally/protest/march. The primary goal is raise awareness of POW/MIA issues. The secondary goal is to get tens of thousands of bikers together.
My dad is a vietnam vet and has been riding every year for a few years, so I went up to ride with him this year. There were a lot of bikes there. I estimated about 10,000-12,000 bikes rode in the parade from the Pentagon, through downtown, and to the Mall. Depending on who you ask, there were between 50,000 and 500,000 bikes downtown in total[1].
The sea of bikes in the Pentagon parking lot.
The ride out of D.C was interesting. If you consider being stuck in traffic on I-95 for an hour interesting.
Most of the rest of the riding that weekend was spent on windy back roads in Caroline county in Virginia. Thats some fun riding.
[1] The event has more than a few political overtones[1], so no surprise the attendance estimates vary greatly.
[2] Not all of which I agree with…
rolling thunder
This weekend I put the Bonneville on the back of my truck and took it up to my sisters place in northern Virginia. Did a lot of riding with my dad and brother-in-law. About 350 miles in total.
On Sunday, we rode in the Rolling Thunder rally/protest/march. The primary goal is raise awareness of POW/MIA issues. The secondary goal is to get tens of thousands of bikers together.
My dad is a vietnam vet and has been riding every year for a few years, so I went up to ride with him this year. There were a lot of bikes there. I estimated about 10,000-12,000 bikes rode in the parade from the Pentagon, through downtown, and to the Mall. Depending on who you ask, there were between 50,000 and 500,000 bikes downtown in total[1].
The sea of bikes in the Pentagon parking lot.
The ride out of D.C was interesting. If you consider being stuck in traffic on I-95 for an hour interesting.
Most of the rest of the riding that weekend was spent on windy back roads in Caroline county in Virginia. Thats some fun riding.
[1] The event has more than a few political overtones[1], so no surprise the attendance estimates vary greatly.
[2] Not all of which I agree with…
motorcycle
I bought a motorcycle. It’s rad.
It’s a 2004 Triumph Bonneville.
A bit more than I originally intended to spend, but whats new.
I like it.
(photos by previous owner)
motorcycle
I bought a motorcycle. It’s rad.
It’s a 2004 Triumph Bonneville.
A bit more than I originally intended to spend, but whats new.
I like it.
(photos by previous owner)
Fukadugalon show
I’ll be playing as part of Fukadugalon, this Thursday, May 26, at badgerhaus.
I’m really looking forward to this, and glad to get a chance to play with
Will and John, both of whom are tremendous drummers and musicians.
To
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Subscape Annex and Phasmatodea merge and play as part of the
conglomeration of improvisational noise known as Fukadugalon.
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“Fukadugalon, (foo-ka-doo-gaah-laan), n.
1. The use of music to communicate via birds and insects with
extraterrestrials.
2. The improvisational noise unit formed by Will Connor (BAAMPHF!,
Feraliminal Lycanthropizers), John Snead (Dreamscapes of the Perverse,
BAAMPHF!, Center for Transgressive Behavior [CTB]), Anthony Staton
(Soulpreacher, Subscape Annex), Steve Burnett (Subscape Annex,
Phasmatodea), Adrian Likins (Phasmatodea).
3. BAAMPHF! + Subscape Annex + Phasmatodea put in a blender set on
‘Frappe’. ”
Fukadugalon performs this Thursday night at a house concert at badgerhaus,
located in the vicinity of Crabtree Mall in west Raleigh.
Expect percussion both Western and world, Chapman Sticks and theremin,
and tortured dinosaur synthesizer.
Location: badgerhaus, located in the vicinity of Crabtree Mall in west
Raleigh. Contact burnett@pobox.com for directions.
Time: early. Doors at 7:30. Start at 8pm, ending by 10pm – 10:30pm.
Cover: None required.
Note: Fukadugalon is also looking for additional opportunities to perform
in venues either standard or alternate between now and June 8. Please
contact burnett@pobox.com if you have ideas or resources, locations or
situations.
Phasmatodea Shows
Haven’t played a Phasmatodea show in a little while, and now we have two, maybe three shows up coming.
- Friday, June 3, 2005, Glitter Gallery, Raleigh, NC
- Friday, July 8, 2005, first night of a 2-night Noisefest at 434Noise Noisehouse in Charlotte Court House, Virginia
Also, possiblity of another show sometime this week is looming. More details later.
more motorcycles
Been looking around at different bikes. From a stylistic standpoint, I’m all about the “cafe racer” look. Kind of vintage and minimalist at the same time without being an amorphous blob on wheels or a rolling chromed out two wheel land yacht.
But I’ll probably just go with something like a used 80’s/90’s nighthawk/virago/sv650/etc for now. They are cheap, and pretty easy to come by.
But I covet a Triumph Bonneville. Maybe I’ll get one and some leathers and meet zombiepops down at Brighton and beat the crap out of him while Who songs blare in the background. Or maybe just try to score a goal or two on him next time we play soccer. ;->
On Wednesday, on the way home from work, I decided to buy a bike. So I
did. Nothing fancy (low end Diamonondback Wildwood “comfort” bike).
So, now I’m looking for interesting places to ride. I live up off of
duraleigh. The Crabtree Creek greenway isnt too far away (though
it would be a lot shorter if I could cut though the gated community…).
I’m also looking for a cyclometer/bike computer. Being a near-geek
and all. Any suggestions?
hometown blogging
Saw a post somewhere about someone watching the technorati search results for a search on there home town. So I tried it. An interesting cross section of results. For “statesville”, lots of stuff about NASCAR, and the “JR’s” store there. And apparently a lot more Statesvillians that I would of ever expected to be blogging.