Motorbike Day

 I had a pretty unusual, for me, day, today.  I never even got on a bicycle, but I still went everywhere I went via two wheels.

I got up and jumped on the Trident, first thing this morning, and met Randy at his house.  He jumped on his Moto Guzzi Griso, and we putt-putted over to Common Grounds for coffee and bagels.  Then, we jumped on the cycles and made our way to the Stock Show Complex for The Denver Modernism Show.

The butterfly skull was cool...lots of nice art for sale.

The graphics on this Phillips Manhattan 3-Speed were pretty awesome.  Good thing I was on a motorbike, or I might have brought this home.  It would be handy to ride it down to Poppies whenever I might feel like drinking a Manhattan...

I really wanted these two slot cars, but seventy five bucks for the pair was just a bit more than I wanted to spend.  Like... about $70.00 more than i wanted to spend.

I did pick up a vintage R. Crumb comic (Home Grown Funnies Vol. 1 No. 1, Fifth Printing 1972), a dvd about hot rod clubs and surf music in Denver through the past 60 years (Gears Grease and Guitars), and a couple of other small things.  There was a lot of cool stuff there, and we looked at all of it.

After the show, Randy headed to his house, and I to mine.  Once home, I ate some lunch and worked on some guitars.  I have a lot of projects going, as usual.  Nothing got completed, but progress was made.

Later, I took a ride on the 450, just to charge the battery and keep the gas flowing through the carbs.

Two very different bikes, both fun in their own way.

Ten minutes after I got home on the 450, and took the picture just above, this happened:

Ten minutes after that picture, the sky was clear again and the temperature on the front porch had dropped from 87 to 79 F.

I did finish the day off working on a push-bike (new bell on the commuter, to replace the one which broke), so I at least touched a bicycle, today!

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