Mike NiteRide

Good morning all....had a great time at the Seger Final Tour concert last nite....but I forgot my Canon, and had to use my cell phone for the pics...and it kinda sux, but am hoping my friend got some better pics...but he definitely cranked out some great music, and the 17 members of the band were outstanding...catch them if you can, as this is his last go round...enjoy the weekend all, ride hard, ride often, ride safer.... :)

Mother nature can at times be a grouchy bitch for sure...the winter storm up in Oregon and the NW left many damaged trees and power lines..my daughters boyfriend works for the city outside Portland, where he and his crew were clearing trees and power lines..he was severely injured when a 75 ft tree fell on him, while he was cutting a different tree across the road..fractured pelvis, broken back and severe...See More lacerations and bruises...he is recovering from the pelvic surgery, with several months of physical therapy ahead...but we are all thankful, as the accident could have easily taken or crippled him...shit happens in a hurry folks, one never knows...thankfully, God chose not to call him home yet....good nite all....

Happy Valentines Day all....hope cupid pokes ya'll a time or two....been down that road a few times, and used to console my broken heart with another bike afterwards..now my garage has 8 Harleys, so Cupid, keep your ass away, I cant afford anymore bike maintenance..off to see Bob Seger manana, winter is monthly concert in Phx season...Dec was Reckless Kelly, Jan was Randy Rogers, Feb is Seger, and Mar is Cody Canada...See More and Micky and the Motorcars..lots of Red Dirt and bit of old time rock n roll....enjoy a fun day all...hope everyone shares it with someone they love, even if that is only themselves or their pets...ride hard, ride often, ride safer... :)

Good evening all....spent the weekend with the French film makers, and a couple buddies joined us today for the riding videos....we logged close to 100 miles of filming and 3 + hours of interviews, which they will probably edit down to 5-10 minutes for the show...once in a lifetime experience, and the last time for me, lol..it was great fun, just way too much like work, lol...will be several months before we will...See More get to see the final product...grats to the Pats for another Super Bowl win....their defense was close to perfect, Bellichek's teams are so well coached, prepared, and disciplined they made the game boring with their excellent play...the Rams were completely shutdown for almost the entire game...enjoy the nite all, ride hard, ride often, ride safer.... :)

Good morning all....been a warm but breezy week,but rain is headed here tonite....doing something different this weekend...a French film company has asked me to help with a travel show in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Easy Rider...it will explore the Easy Rider movie route here in western AZ..they will head to NM where much of the movie was also filmed next week...many of the scenes in the opening credits were...See More filmed along old route 66 and I 40 including Park Moabi Road, Trails Arch Bridge, downtown Kingman, and Trinity Mtn near Seligman...also gonna take them to several of the old route 66 Historic buildings and towns in the area...much of the old route is still open to ride, and should be fun to share it with them....ride hard, ride often, ride safer... :)

Good evening all....got my Wideglide back on the road today...completed the Level 3 inspection and new title issued...still waiting on the new Thunderheader, who knows when that will ship...this weekend if it rains, I will install the engine guard, highway pegs and a few other items...then she will be ready for some distance work..even managed to stretch the insurance money and get new bars, heated grips,chrome controls, and diamondback cables..found a new rear fender on Ebay for a 1/3 of what Harley was asking...been a 2 1/2 month rebuild, but shes back, lol.... :)

Congrats to my youngest son Jeremy on being sworn in as a Firefighter here in Golden Valley...Paul surprised us with a visit and was able to pin his badge on...so will have both my boys here til Sunday, and with nice weather forecast, pretty sure there will be some riding on the agenda....enjoy the weekend all....ride hard, ride often, ride safer.... :)

TBT memories...When my kids scatter my ashes along the mother road, this shall be my swan song.... grew up in the 60's, and this was a part of my teen years....survived the Harlem riots and the British Invasion, lost friends in Vietnam while I missed the draft by one month, and watched a man land on the moon on a 4" b&w screen while traveling across the Pennsylvania turnpike, lol....was a hell of a decade.... ride hard, ride often, ride safer....

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FYI, to those who have enjoyed this run, the 2019 Yuma Prison Run, which was to have been the 58th, has been cancelled due to issues with negotiating a deal with the Yuma Fairgrounds....

Take more road trips! either by bike or cage.... the cost is usually just a few tanks of gas, a couple Subway sandwiches or breakfasts along the way...and lots of time to clear the head....ride hard, ride often, ride safer....

Good morning Mike hope u have a sweet day! ;)

A few more....

Some pics taken yesterday of the Grand Canyon....gorgeous weather....

I want to ride!!

Good morning folks....looks like a lovely day in northern AZ....mid 60's around my place, and 70+ along the Colorado River...gonna head out with Jeremy to breakfast, and then spend the rest of the day riding...cant waste spring weather in January...dvr the early game and get home at sunset for the 2nd game...hope everyone has a great day...ride hard, ride often, ride safer.... :)

Pics of the Kiva at the Desert View east entrance of the Grand Canyon....the stones in this structure were all hand gathered from the canyon area, and uncut by any tools...some contain petroglyphs...the various levels are all different in design as rise up the structure...you can climb the stairs to veiw the canyon from above, but the stairs were closed yesterday due to the govt shutdown..

The Little Colorado gorge, just east of the Grand Canyon as the river works its way to meet the Colorado and enter the GC....

Good morning all....had a great time being a tourist this weekend around AZ..some pics of the return trip, Lake Mormon, Lake Mary and Mt Humphrey, taken from Lake Mary Road...was a blue bird day..took a few hundred pics along the way...post a few more shortly....enjoy the day all....ride hard, ride often, ride safer.... :)