Laconia Motorcycles

Laconia New Hampshire: Bike Week

Conquistador Your Stallion Stands....

Hidalgo awaits......

A Hearty Good Morning From Akira

My bantam rooster, crowing at me this morning.

Black Fly

crawling up the van window
a black fly
I think for a minute
then I let him live
a crack of the window presents freedom
he chooses to stay?
we ride together this amazing morn
I'm washed with happiness
he looks proud
momentary friendship or maybe eternal
climbing up to the edge of the open window
he finds his perch
watching me through the breeze
what a strange creature I must seem
then he is gone

Chickens!!

So....anyways.....earlier this spring my wife and kids got 10 chickens and 1 turkey chick. This should make my life easier. My little bantam rooster Akira is going to have his hands full with all these full sized chickens. Who knows how the turkey is going to fit into this mix. Throw in an English bulldog and a huge tortoise (and a smaller dog and another smaller tortoise).  Fun times ahead. Hopefully I'll at least get some eggs.

Vulcan Update

 My brother and I rode our motorbikes out to Peterborough today, about an hour away. Nice country back roads along a river and through farm country. The Vulcan, that I've named Hidalgo, performed much better than I expected. It was a fantastic and much needed break from reality. As far as the repairs are going, one of the last things on my list to do is to change the K&N air filter. I changed the plugs a couple of days ago. At some point I'll change the final gear oil. Also, I've decided that windshields are for girls so I took the bracket for that off and threw it in the woods behind my house. I ordered some black hard luggage bags for the sides off of E-Bay. They look a little scuffed up which suits me fine.