Took a vacation to Louisville to visit my brother who is very sick and also to see my grandkids. We took a walk while there and saw this very fine classic Kawasaki. Also known as the "Eddie Lawson" (named for a great rider who rode Kawasaki's with this color scheme) they are still often seen...and this is a very good example. In fact production just ended on these a few years ago. Fun to see some of these old bikes, and they really bring back a lot of memories. This is a good version of it, and enjoyed checking this one out during a fine day for a walk in Southern Indiana.
Also in Southern Indiana, we took a drive to Joe Huber's Family Farm, where we got to pick some pumpkins and got some wine and food (also had a very fine dinner at the restaurant there with the family) and we also saw these motorcycles. There is no helmet law in Indiana so you see some (as was this couple) without a helmet though you also see many who do ride with them. When I lived there, and rode I wore a helmet.
Huber's is a very nice place, and spent a lot of time back in my younger days riding motorcycles down those twisty and very scenic roads.
Once again in Southern Indiana, while getting some candy at Schempff's Candy (a very old candy store in Southern Indiana, Kaye and I saw this Spyder. We also got to talk to the riders later (a husband and wife) and they showed us some of the storage compartments on the bike. Powered by a Rotax engine (they also made engines for other motorcycles and are also well known for their aircraft engines) it is a very impressive machine. I liked checking this out, think if I was ever to get a trike this type would be the one that I would take a serious look at.
This is the new Ultra Classic with the High Output Engine, and it is partially water-cooled (the heads are water cooled) unlike the fully water cooled engine on the V-Rod line (the Revolution engine). The Radiators for the bike are surrounded by the crash bars, and also of note is that the headlight is a different design. There are a lot of changes this year, but this was the first of the new engine design that Kaye and I had seen. Think its a very cool idea and simular to the work BMW is doing with the Boxer engines (which are also adding water cooling though they were formerly oil cooled).
Saw this bike at Bluegrass Harley-Davidson in Louisville, Kentucky, which was very near the hotel we were staying at.Nice place and enjoyed the visit both to see the bike, the stay at the hotel, and a good lunch at the nearby Mellow Mushroom pizza place (some damn good food). The Louisville stay was a lot of fun and enjoyed a very good visit with my brother and family.
On October 22, for the first time in a long time took the Vulcan out for a ride. Took this photo at Church Hil, love this painting which looks even better with my bike in front of it. Church Hill is a very interesting neighborhood, and in fact stopped by Tony's new house which they just purchased there...they are working to get it all ready to move in.
Train is an interesting story...there were some tunnels in the Civil War era, after the war near here while attempting to open the tunnel a work crew and a train were buried in a tunnel cave in. They are all still in there to this day.
Finally near the farthest point of the ride, a stop at Malvern Hill Battlefield just off of Highway 5 outside of Richmond. You can see some of the cannon's in the background. Was said to be one of the best uses of artillery during the Civil War.
Had worked on the bike not long ago, sure nice to have the new spark plugs in there as it was very smooth, and oil change sure makes it shift better. Like working on the bike, and try to keep maintenance up on it. That is so important, take care of your bike and it will take care of you. Was a nice ride on an overcast RVA day, covered a total of some 45 miles.
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