Got the Vulcan back from the shop on September 3, and looks like the third time is the charm. THIS time the oil leak appears to be fixed, it sat all week on a clean piece of cardboard and on Saturday September 7 it was dry and we headed out. I rode Kaye to get her motorcycle, took this shot at a red light on Midlothian Turnpike. First time to ride her, was really nice and enjoyed that a great deal. We had a nice ride on the Vulcan to get her Harley and both bikes on the road. Nice rolling with her back down Hull Street to Steel Horse Harley Davidson to see what was going on there.
Had a sort of motorcycle event at Steel Horse-and I have a couple of photos of that on my Richmond and Me blog, but wanted to get a photo of this new High Output 103 Harley engine. Gets more air via a redesigned air intake (seen with 103 on it) and I am told there is a partially water cooled version of this engine also coming out (but they did not have that motor there....yet). Harley's "Revolution" engine from a few years ago is all water cooled - they are heading more in that direction. My Kawasaki Vulcan is a water cooled V-twin, the Japanese have used those type of engines for a long time. BMW is partially water cooling the Boxer engine this year as well.
This was at the Steel Horse event, these sort of things are fun to meet some bikers, see some cool bikes, check out a band, eat some good food, even go on some good group rides. It was a nice event though we were not there very long...had some other destinations in mind.
Following some time here, got back on Hull Street and onto 288 and took that highway out to Short Pump. Big retail area (with some of the largest malls in Richmond) and a lot of good places to eat as well...and we certainly had one in mind.
Stopped for lunch at Buz and Ned's Real BBQ which is one of my favorite places to eat. Have been to the one downtown many times (famous for beating Bobby Flay in a showdown cookoff ) but never to this much larger version. Had a very good lunch there, and had a good time in the place. Had some of the football games on, and got to catch up on some of the scores. Love football but like to ride even more, and had a great time being out on the bike.
After lunch we headed out again and rode past Quaker Steak and Lube, where we saw a car show.
Stopped at Quaker Steak and Lube where the car show was going on..as seen at left also some remarkable motorcycles such as this 2004 Harley Davidson Deuce and of course a sportbike in the background. I put a few photos from the event on my Richmond and Me page plus some on Flickr. It was a very good show with some cool cars, trucks and motorcycles and certainly enjoyed walking around with Kaye checking them out. Used to enjoy the Quaker Steak and Lube in Concord, NC for the shows and the Bike Nights there, and good to have this one to visit in Richmond.
They also had a motorcycle stunt show at Quaker Steak and Lube in Richmond (a staple of Bike Nights in Concord, NC) and enjoyed that for a while. All in all it was a very good day of riding. We headed back on the motorcycles and by the time I put mine away 102 miles had shown up on the trip meter.
It was a wonderful day of riding, and as I have gleefully noted.....no drops fell from the left side cover of the engine. Looking forward to some really good rides this Fall, which is not too far away as Summer is winding down for 2013!
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