Apple-Cade

During our search for the "Ultimate Touring Machine", I came across a great group of people that are forum members of http://www.gl1800riders.com/. Having been on this site for several months, there was a meeting of many of the members scheduled for May 2008. Since our trike had just been finished, we decided to make this our "maiden vouyage". We left for a week of great riding on May 19th. This photo was taken on our way somewhere in southern Ohio. The riding was great and the weather was perfect. If you are in the Hocking Hills area, there is a must stop at "Etta's General Store". They have lunchboxs from the last 100 years. They make a good sandwich and the conversation is well worth the stop. We continued our way through West Virginia and then into Winchester VA. We spent the next several days touring the Shandendoa Valley. We spent one day touring on Skyline Drive and the scenery was fantastic.

This was one of the many scenic overlooks. The travel is slow but the scenery is awesome.

We spent one day at Monticello (homestead of Thomas Jefferson). Thomas Jefferson was a brillant person and if you are ever in the area, this is a must see.

As the week went on, many more bikes arrived and we had a great time, meeting, riding and eating with new and old friends.

In the Beginning!

April 1 2008 - We puchased my lifelong dream motorcycle, a Honda Goldwing (gl1800). I wanted to create the "Ultimate Touring Machine". I had fallen in love with the 2007 Dark Orange but since these were now a year old, we had trouble finding a new bike with the options I wanted (Comfort Package, ABS Brakes and Integrated GPS) My dealer called and said he had found one at another dealership and could arrange to have it delivered. Barncat and I were the owners of a new motorcycle and I was like a kid in the candy store.

I have had lower back problems since high school and we were both very concerned with how this was going to be affected by long hours of riding a 800 lb bike loaded with 2 "full figured" riders and luggage. We had decided to have the bike triked and after riding many different models, we liked the Hannigan conversion. Two weeks after purchasing the goldwing, we took it to Murray Ky to have my new "baby" converted. This has turned out to be an excellent decision. We can both relax and enjoy the ride.