Heated Gloves, Grips, & Seats Are IN..for 2 days only.
"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow..."
Just like each time ABM drops by our local bank, and they've hired all different tellers, what a difference a day or two makes in our weather. My just completed 4am ride to the beach to drop off a borrowed set of truck keys left me with frozen hands & a vertical line of frostbite where my leather jacket zips up the front. 44 degrees is cold anywhere, but in Florida, it's sudden death. Airports closed in Greenville, SC, winter storm warnings for the Carolinas all the way up the east coast? A forgivable offense, would be the decision to trailer your bike down from New Jersey.
Let's Get it Over With:
Temps around sixty for the next couple of days, then, like always, they bounce right back. You can't keep the sunshine state down for long. Midweek through Sunday looks like a batch of upper seventies, and low eighties, and NO RAIN.
Saturday Was Great!
Main Street, Daytona Beach, Saturday morning, 10am, not a parking space to be found for fat boys, but we were able to slide the skinny ironhorse in between a couple of baggers. The ladies were peeled down to the bare essentials. Half were tanned, the others looked like they hadn't seen sun in months.. The town was rockin, & at 3pm, beer sales soared as the Bud Clydesdales (sp?) proudly high stepped down main behind a motorcycle police escort. Speaking of cops, Daytona's finest seem to be fairly mellow this year. ABM did spot one who looked extremely upset, but that was in Ormond Beach, on the way up north.
Action Spots: (in order of our appearance)
1-Anywhere on Main Street 2-"The Lyndhurst", back of the old Harley Place, off Beach Street, $1 hot dogs/cold Bud Select. 3-"Ironhorse Saloon" Left side of US1, just before Rossmeyer World. Packed with bikers drinking $4 beers, band. 4-Florida's Oldest Biker Bar, "The White Eagle" AOA1%'ers mixed in with the regulars, band crankin', plenty of vendors with everything from shirts to sausage sandwiches. This place is located in a town called "Korona", and this year, they weren't out of Coronas, but the bottles were warm. At four bucks a hit, we can afford to ice 'em down a little, right? Nothing's worse than warm beer. This ain't Germany. Still, a righteous bar packed with real people.
Food's Getting Better?
Best: "The Bantam", US1 North, Bunnel. Right side, next to the little lake. $5.99 gets you a fish sandwich with what looks to be a pound of deep fried filets, fresh outta the grease. Man, that's livin'.
Worst: Vendor Pizza on Main Street: Tony Soporano would whack 'em for even thinking about making 'za like this, but what do you expect from a trailer in the middle of the street?
Honorable Mention: Dollar Hot Dogs at The Lyndhurst. With a mess of chopped onion, some mustard & relish, it's genuine tube steak for 100 pennies. Gets the job done in record time.
Just like each time ABM drops by our local bank, and they've hired all different tellers, what a difference a day or two makes in our weather. My just completed 4am ride to the beach to drop off a borrowed set of truck keys left me with frozen hands & a vertical line of frostbite where my leather jacket zips up the front. 44 degrees is cold anywhere, but in Florida, it's sudden death. Airports closed in Greenville, SC, winter storm warnings for the Carolinas all the way up the east coast? A forgivable offense, would be the decision to trailer your bike down from New Jersey.
Let's Get it Over With:
Temps around sixty for the next couple of days, then, like always, they bounce right back. You can't keep the sunshine state down for long. Midweek through Sunday looks like a batch of upper seventies, and low eighties, and NO RAIN.
Saturday Was Great!
Main Street, Daytona Beach, Saturday morning, 10am, not a parking space to be found for fat boys, but we were able to slide the skinny ironhorse in between a couple of baggers. The ladies were peeled down to the bare essentials. Half were tanned, the others looked like they hadn't seen sun in months.. The town was rockin, & at 3pm, beer sales soared as the Bud Clydesdales (sp?) proudly high stepped down main behind a motorcycle police escort. Speaking of cops, Daytona's finest seem to be fairly mellow this year. ABM did spot one who looked extremely upset, but that was in Ormond Beach, on the way up north.
Action Spots: (in order of our appearance)
1-Anywhere on Main Street 2-"The Lyndhurst", back of the old Harley Place, off Beach Street, $1 hot dogs/cold Bud Select. 3-"Ironhorse Saloon" Left side of US1, just before Rossmeyer World. Packed with bikers drinking $4 beers, band. 4-Florida's Oldest Biker Bar, "The White Eagle" AOA1%'ers mixed in with the regulars, band crankin', plenty of vendors with everything from shirts to sausage sandwiches. This place is located in a town called "Korona", and this year, they weren't out of Coronas, but the bottles were warm. At four bucks a hit, we can afford to ice 'em down a little, right? Nothing's worse than warm beer. This ain't Germany. Still, a righteous bar packed with real people.
Food's Getting Better?
Best: "The Bantam", US1 North, Bunnel. Right side, next to the little lake. $5.99 gets you a fish sandwich with what looks to be a pound of deep fried filets, fresh outta the grease. Man, that's livin'.
Worst: Vendor Pizza on Main Street: Tony Soporano would whack 'em for even thinking about making 'za like this, but what do you expect from a trailer in the middle of the street?
Honorable Mention: Dollar Hot Dogs at The Lyndhurst. With a mess of chopped onion, some mustard & relish, it's genuine tube steak for 100 pennies. Gets the job done in record time.
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