No Sunshine

But, we found Diana!

The fun had yet to begin in Tombstone.

I'll Be Your Huckleberry

The Tombstone trip is on folks!

Heading to Tombstone

Well, we have made it to Gates Pass. Maybe lunch and off to Tombstone.

Another Week, Another Project

Well, here I am again, tearing my bike apart! :)

I have said it before and I will say it again, Bike's don't get finished, they get SOLD!

Well, I love my ST so I will just have to keep on "improving" it.

Today I found myself wiring up my new radar detector. After I got things all together I saw another way to route the wires, so after the Tombstone trip I will be tearing her apart again.

At least I know have a solid mount and the new 3M tape will hopefully hold this time. I need to take a little run tomorrow to make sure everything is OK, but all should work just fine.

I also prepped a few things for my next upgrade.

So little time, so many projects!!

Never Stop Learning

I had an 8th grade and High School history teacher that was a pain in my ass, he was opinionated, arrogant and just an overall annoying individual, but he did teach me one thing. That one thing was that every single person on earth can teach you at least one new thing and for that very reason you should always look for what you can learn.

That open approach to learning has helped me through life by teaching me that regardless of how much I do know, there are a lot of things I don't. It also makes me eager to see how others approach things that I want to get better at, especially if they are better than I am.

Over the past few years I have been wanting to attend and take a Lee Parks Advanced Riding Clinic, first because of the book pictured above and second because everyone that I know who has taken they course absolutely raved about it.

The course is simple in all actuality it simply follows the book, but regardless of what your skill level nothing really hits home like actually being guided through the approach. Lee looks at things from a multifaceted standpoint, the clinic forces a rider to experience things by first reading them, then having them explained, through visualization and finally by actually doing.

The biggest difference between this course and others that I have taken really comes down to the fact that the Clinic not only helps you to be better, but teaches you how to constantly improve by knowing how to analyze and correct your own behavior.

I encourage any rider with a few years under their belt to take this clinic, as the lessons it teaches are invaluable.

Mixing It Up

I am always looking for and easy and fast way to be able to work with the electronics on my bike and mixing audio has always been something that has held things up.

In the past if I wanted to use two audio source such as a radar detector and an iPod I needed to use and off board mixer or an Autocomm type system. Both added a lot of bulk or cable and kept me from using a radar detector and another audio source together for a long while.

I recently found the Belkin RockStar and it looks as if it will be filling a need!

Check out the thread ( click here ) on South West Rides to find out more, ask questions or see how the testing of this new find progresses.

Safety First!

Today before the Bartlett Lake Ride Core Support Rider Dean from South West Rides took time to take everyone through the Pre-Ride script.

Thanks to his time and everyone's attention the ride went off without an issue. Over 30 bikes rode in three different groups out to the lake and enjoyed this incredible Arizona Spring Day.

There was a coyote sighting, lots of lizards and even a rattlesnake, that and a few million bugs! LOL

Awesome day, with awesome people, what more can a rider ask for?