by Doug Thompson | Nov 7, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
The thermometer rose to near record-highs Friday throughout the area Friday, topping 80 in Roanoke, hitting 79 in Blackburg and hardly seeming like November in Southwestern Virginia. In my case it meant abandoning working on any of a long list of projects and,...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 10, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
Sunday, weather permitting, is a day for motorcycle mania. Rains from Saturday night streaked the roads early Sunday morning as I backed my Harley Davidson Switchback out of the garage shortly after 7 a.m. After a busy Spring and Summer of assignments, the Second...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 12, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
Motorcyclists gathered in the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas this weekend for the annual Blue Ridge Bike Fest and many riders showed their support for wounded veterans and their families with the Freedom Ride on Saturday. The ride, a motorcycle poker run, began...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 29, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
Now this is a girl after my heart. She rides her motorcycle with no fear and no hesitation. Sarah Lezito is a young stunt rider in France. A fun piece of video on a Sunday morning. My mother, who died in 2012, was a stunt motorcycle rider in the 1940s and she and my...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 17, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
After a strange, and often nasty, winter in our area, Spring officially arrives on the calendar this week and it appears Mother Nature is cooperating as well. For many of us, the focus, of course, is on motorcycles. Why? Why not? Let’s hope we have some...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 12, 2015 | Motorcycle Musings, Musings
Put close to 200 miles on my Harley Switchback Thursdya, observing the approaching Spring and knowing that two days of rain are coming before Sunday brings a stretch of sunny and warmer weather for the upcoming week. Technicians gave the electrical system a once-over...
