A New Chapter

April 5, 2016

I know it's been a while since I last did this but I've been busy. As I confessed on Facebook sometime back I have experienced a unique event in my life. Way back in the Dark Ages I met a girl while taking Drivers Education in Summer School. She was from a Public High School in my district while I was a Catholic High School kid. I was invited to a Pool Party at her house, we spent a lot of time together at the party and became boyfriend-girlfriend. We attended each others Senior Proms, attended the same College and parted when she found a new boyfriend in 1971.

Fast forward 45 years, a couple of marriages, some kids and numerous adventures. This passed Summer I got a Friend Request on Facebook from her. After many correspondences we finally met on Super Bowl Sunday and here we are. Like 1969 she and I are dating again, going to movies, eating meals and browsing the Mall.

I now have a complete change of plans in what will happen in the future and a garage full of motorcycles. Obviously a serious cull of the herd is in order as eight motorcycles is way too many. Linda has begun to fill the hole I began to fill with two wheeled toys so I have to clear out some space. Another adventure looms.

 

A Requiem

March 8, 2016
I was going to write about this later but a little voice is telling me to do it now. In thirteen days it will be six months since Sara passed away. While her spirit is still strong here, her presence is sorely missed. The house is quiet and the sounds of the evening news or Judge Judy is silent. In the last four months of her life Sara watched "Judge Shows" daily and the raucous dialogues between defendants and the judges would ring through the downstairs. No longer.
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The Good Side

February 20, 2016

I hope I didn't lseem like a curmudgeon in the last installment because the electronic age has its perks. See the elderly faces in the video? That is my Mom and Dad hamming it up in the music video icon. How they got there is pure cyber.

Several months ago a Facebook friend asked if anyone knew of a couple who had been married more than 50 years and were “still active”. If there was ever a more likely description of my Parents, Ed and Doris, I couldn't come up with it. I can hardly eve...


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Life In A Box

February 10, 2016

I was inspired the other day by another blogger who stepped away from a strictly scooter motif to offer opinions on different issues. So here it is.

Make no mistake about it I enjoy the advantages of modern technology over the primitive ways of the past. In having a computer and the internet I have news, sports, weather and the ability to communicate at my finger tips. I can buy goods that used to require lengthy drives and long waits for delivery. No more. All manner of items can be purchas...


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It Gets Worse

January 29, 2016

They say you can't have too much of a good thing but I think I have to disagree. The number of two wheelers in my possession just shot up to eight. Lest you think I went out and bought another vehicle, rest assured that is not the case. It was out for repairs has now returned and is taking up space. This one has a long story that I hope ends soon.

Before Sara passed away I purchased this Kymco scooter to fix up and sell. It quickly became a small money pit that threatened to get worse and I ...


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M.B.D. Too Many Bikes.

January 20, 2016

In my years as a rider I always looked at road tests in magazines and thought to myself, “Gee, I think I would like that bike.” Fortunately I have always had a significant other who made me hold the notion of owning multiple motorcycles in check. With Sara's passing I have lost the guiding light of common sense and fallen into a syndrome called Multiple Bike Disorder or MBD for short.

The week after she passed I let myself fall into the trap of accepting the red Honda Nighthawk, in the v...


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A New Hope

January 11, 2016

So much to say. A Long time ago, in a place far, far away, I was an active motorcyclist. Not just a daily commuter piling up a respectable stack of miles, but a recreational rider too. I am a member of the American Motorcyclist Association for what I recently discovered is forty-six years. I was also a member of the South Shore Motorcycle Club in Amityville, New York which was established in 1931. In my younger days I raced motocross and competed in Timed Road Runs, Field Meets, Poker Runs a...


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So Long 2015

January 3, 2016

I'm going to get this out of the way quickly. The year 2015 will not be remembered warmly in this house. From the first day of it Sara's ill fated struggle with cancer was utmost on our minds. Traveling to Johnson City on a weekly basis for her Chemo infusions, shots to boost her white cells and CT scans was a harsh slap in the face. With each failed chemical concoction only optimism boosted our hopes but it all came crashing down at the end of August when the final CT scan she received ind...


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The Holiday Arrives

December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas everyone. It's a beautiful here for a Christmas day, I hope it is there too. With my stepsons gone to Connecticut to be with their Father's family I have all kinds of time to get into trouble. Yesterday I was looking at 66 degree temperatures and no real place to go. So I made a reason. "There's no one here to cook for," I thought, "Let's just hop on the motorcycle and dine at the local Wendy's". Of course this creates a problem. Which bike to do it on? After a good, long peri...
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The Holidays Cometh

December 18, 2015
It has been fairly amazing here in terms of the weather and even though Christmas is just around the corner I've been able to get out and ride. I succumbed to brilliant sunshine last weekend and took the large motorcycle out for a forty mile trip. It was an awesome ride as I'm beginning to get back into the swing of piloting a big, powerful motorcycle. Hills that test the power of a 250cc scooter or motorcycle don't even exist for a 750cc bike. When the long rides of Spring occur it will be a...
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Jim Zeiser If you wish to comment my e-mail address is h1500e@hotmail.com. I'd like to hear anything-good or bad-that anyone would like to say. As they said in college, we're all lifelong learners.

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