Road King Blog

After a nice, brisk morning walk up Beach Street to Main and across the Halifax River Bridge, I arrived at the Ocean Center, where Harley Davidson had their expo set up.

After drooling on some of the new 2009 Harleys, and wandering through the displays of parts, add-ons, and motorclothes, I popped by the Harley Owners’ Group booth for my Daytona ‘09 pin.  I then walked back over the bridge to the vendor area at Riverfront Park.

There were a few custom builders showing off their creations.  Not all of them were willing to allow photos of their work, though.

Yes, this is a big-block V-8 powered motorcycle. 427 cubic inches, around 500 horsepower:

As I was finishing up my visit, things were starting to pick up on Beach Street:

I picked up a couple T-shirts, and headed for home.

On the way out, my sunglasses kept fogging up, so at a stoplight, I yanked them off and put them in my vest pocket.  Yeah, you can see where this is going.  On the way down 415, doing about 55, I see my sunglasses fly up out of the pocket and pass my helmet.  In the mirror I see them hit the road, slide, and get run over.

Sigh.

Gotta get some new sunglasses.  And a brain.  Might be best to get the brain first….

Matt