...Is this the last day...

...Of 80 degree fall weather?


With a high of only 60, forget Phoenix, ditto California and the west coast.  How about 82/partly cloudy.  The air feels like summer.


Biker dude bro, "Slash", who recently moved to Portland, Or, had better like wet 'n' cold.  


For all the crap Florida gets about being too hot, too humid, even too flat, we got it goin' on, at least for one last day..The riding this fall has been incredible.  The shops heavy into leathers are starving to death.  


ABM's fall garden is going ganbusters.  A couple of tomatoes are almost the size of them little watermelons they sell at the store.  If you can make it on over to the compound before 6pm, we got a nice roast going' over the kingsford's, plus a tasty side of linguine with fresh eggplant sauce..

Iced down oysters roasting over an open fire...

Thanksgiving:  What Turkey?


Gimme that horseradish sauce!  


Pity the poor postman who couldn't make it over for yesterday's ABM's annual "save the poor bird" feast.  His old lady had him on lock down the entire 80 degree day.  The family motorcycle doctor made the scene, and with his better half, and mine, managed to destroy most of a bushel of fresh roasted oysters, and a 10 pound pan of home made eggplant lasagna.  Of course, there's always room for a fresh pumpkin pie with the secret crust recipe.  burp..burp.. The wrench was so stuffed, he had a rough time bending over to tie up his shoes.


Regrets:


That our Thanksgiving show didn't mention using this opportunity to take a short ride, where possible.  The main drag we live about one mile from, hosts over 200,000 vehicles a day, but not Thanksgiving morning.  We rode 7 miles without seeing a single cage.  It was like the aftermath of a neutron bomb, with us, the only survivors.  Country riding in the middle of a city of one million, doesn't get better than that.




ABM's 12 Biker Days of Christmas, Dec 14 - 25, promises shopping biker interviews, cool gifts for not a lot of money, including the new HD WII riding across America platform.  We also host a tribute to redneck bikers, the original recyclers, and how you can decorate your tree with shotgun shell lights, and your door with a toilet seat wreath.  We wrap it up with a look at how 2010 has been for American Bikers, and present our top 5 resolutions for 2011.


Has anyone seen my wife?


The ABM compound came to life at 2am this morning, not even 3 hours after your faithful servant hit the sack.  "Goodbye, I'm leaving now".  Uh, okay..?  Maybe she has a boyfriend..anyway, I'm too tired to care, and drift back off to sleep.  4:40am, the phone rings, and she's wanting to know if i want an extra one tig hard drive from Target?  We almost hit the door on the way out to find the fone..40 minutes later, phone rings again, and she's at some crappy department store, all excitied, yelling she just got $80 worth of bed pillows for $18.  What in the hell was wrong with the old ones?  After all of the food and drink yesterday, how she does it is beyond me, but that's women, can't live with 'em can't live w/o 'em.. roger that?

Riding Weather Doesn't Get Any Better Than Now:

Got 5 days? 
(if you won't be missed..)  
Come on down!


Back in October, we thought the weather couldn't get any better than it was for Biketoberfest.  Ditto, Veteran's weekend, although it started out cool.  For Thanksgiving week, what better early winter break than to ride your scoot into the sunshine for 5 or 6 days..  80 degree highs are expected most of next week, before a weekend cool down.  You don't have to go all the way to Miami.. It's warm every where on Florida's east coast.  So, if you don't have plans to stuff yourself next Thursday, consider a ride down into the sunshine, and record breaking temps.  This year's Fl fall riding is the best it's ever been. 

Fl's Oldest Biker Bar Celebrates Veterans Week:

Warm, Florida partying before the inevitable?


The White Eagle Lounge, arguably Florida's oldest biker bar will again host a weekend of bands, camping, and veteran brotherhood at their compound, about 15 minutes north of Daytona, on US1.  We spoke with "Howie", one of the WEL's owners.  He recommends arriving early for the festivities, including vendors, and all day/night music.  This is a working man's establishment, and we can't remember seeing any posers at this property.  The joint is donating a portion of the proceeds back to veteran's groups, and if last year is any indication of what's expected this time around, (11/12 - 11/14), the rational person would conclude that they'd better pull the old pup tent out of storage one more time.  PT's power trio, headed by local talent Pat Travers never disappoints.  The boy can play, and sing, that's for sure.  Scheduled for 7pm Saturday night. Are we going?  Are you kidding?  I'll bring a spare air mattress this time..


Cold, Damm Cold:


After 5 weeks of warm sunshine, and not a drop of rain, central and north Fl temps are headed for Christmas this weekend, with lows in the upper 30's some spots.  Next week we rebound back to the normal 70's and 50's.  Nothing like waking up in the morning and your water bottles are frozen solid.  Next weekend we should be back to normal.