Today, I had 12,000 hits on the MrZip66 blog. Kind of cool. Harley-Davidson featured me on their facebook page. Right on! I hope you guys ride the easy rider route and fill in my gaps.
So I’m moving this weekend. Next weekend is my daughters birthday. That means, in 3 weeks, if all goes right, I can get out into the wind, the open road, and get the hell out of dodge. I so need it. Looking forward to the first good ride since I rebuilt the street glide. I trust this engine. She’s got all new insides, but her heart is the same. She wants to ride, just like me. She wants to tour. She wants to see more. This is a good bike.
Had a good day today. B.A.C.A. brought back my mojo. Went to court with some of my brothers to help out a step mom and her daughter to support her abused daughter. The mother was visibly shaken as she asked me and my friends to escort her to her car, because her perp has been threatening her. I love these situations. I’ll walk that line, and so will my bros. I explained our mission, that will do WHATEVER it takes to keep her daughter safe. we mean it.
It brought back my fire. My fire, is that I’m a member of Bikers Against Child Abuse. Someone commented on my patch today, saying “who is against child abuse?”. I told him, “yeah, camp out in front of a scared kids house at 3 in the morning, go to court with scared kids and do it all the time and its more than just a statement patch”.
Don’t underestimate what we can, and will do.
We’re a sheild, not a sword. Make no mistake though: We will do whatever it takes. It’s your call perp. Like my tattoo says: Don’t tread on me. It’s all about the kids.
The H-D FaceBook post is how I found your blog, and I have now officially read it from first page to last. Every page. And I have to tell you that I have thoroughly enjoyed it all. This is some very nice work. Thanks for it.
I have had a bike of some kind, starting with a Bridgestone 90 that some kid gave me at age 14, continuously for 46 years. My first Harley was a 57 FLH that I bought immediately after seeing Easy Rider at age 19. I was determined to build one of those, and by God, I did, back before the Jesse James's and Tuetels made us believe that you needed millions of dollars worth of CNC machines to build a chopper..
Easy Rider really was the genesis of my lifelong affair with Harleys.
You are also dead-on on the pages where you explain how riding clears your mind and centers you. I think it does the same for all of us who get it. As screwed up as I am under the best of circumstances, I hate to think where my mind would be without riding to pull me back from the edge once in a while.
Keep up the good work… I look forward to reading more!
Shawn
Louisville, KY