Winnie's Travels

[Roady]

Cheating on who?

Winnie is my #1. Trixie's not even out of the gate yet.

BTW, love the new forum idea and thought this ought to be here.

[Roady]

I have been getting in some rides this season but have not been very diligent about reporting. The big one was Mid-Ohio ... man, what an event. Great to meet up with the gang again and to add a few new faces to the list. Some good and troublefree miles were racked up on that adventure.

Last weekend (Wednesday for me) I got out for a little jaunt up the River Road. That's Hwy 100 in Illinois, it goes up on the East side of the Mississippi. My travelin' partner was a good buddy's son who has graduated to street bikes this year. He started on a 250 Rebel, got his license and quickly wanted something more substantial. So he picked up a cherry '01 VT750 Shadow ACE with only 6k on the clock. Not my cup of tea but a fine bike for a young man to start his lifetime love of riding. He was very receptive to advice and I think his Dad must have put me in undercover to lay out the tips and tricks.

We stopped at a familiar place (pics in Winnie's resto thread from 2 years ago) and got some fashion pics.



With his dirt experience he led me up a pretty rough stretch to get a good view of the river. I wouldn't have picked that trail if'n it were me! But I gotta say that the view was pretty spectacular.



All in all, a good day. A couple hundred miles, a good meal and a new friend.

[Whiskerfish]

and a new friend.

Sometimes it is the very best part of a ride

[sunnbobb]

Your bike is looking great Steve!

[HOTT]

Great post, thanks for the trip.

[Roady]

Thanks, guys.

I like the std look but my eye always strays to the mismatched color of that '82 Wineberry front fender. Aaargh!

[Cookie]

I don't know if I'd thought to mention but Winnie has more fun than I do.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Thought I would chime in to start getting notified when there is an update to this great thread.
GO WINNIE!