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 period of consideration I pulled the big Kawasaki out. The ride there and back was marvelous.
My afternoon here this lovely day will take off in a little while. My next door neighbors have invited me to take part in their celebration. I won't be sitting home alone while my sons are away having a riotous time, no way. In the meantime I managed to do a little Honda riding. I took the Honda Rebel to town to fill it up with gas in case it has to sit until spring. After an inspirational ride on the Rebel I felt a trip on the new addition, the red Honda Nighthawk, with the same engine as the Rebel warranted a look. I took a scenic ride along the Delaware for a few miles and put the bike away.
I hope your day is as stimulating as mine and your family is all well. Enjoy the time together, it's more precious than you know.
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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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December 9, 2015
In the past I was told by Sara and another close friend that they had stopped coming here because it was repetitive. I tried to change it up a little after that because Sara was no fool and as a former employee of a publishing firm she knew her stuff. The problem is that when your Blog is called Two Wheeling you're sort of locked in as to content. I took off from the usual two wheeled ramblings, when Sara passed, to keep friends and family who might pop in as what the plans were for her Memor...
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November 29, 2015
If you were with us last time you saw
my victory with the Honda in getting it started. This poor motorcycle
is suffering from the misplaced confidence of people who imagine
themselves to be mechanics but should stay away from wrenches. I
began to see it in replacing the starter motor and carburetor but had
it brought home even closer in this last round of restoring the bike
to health. Without getting too technical someone took off a part that
makes the rear brakes work and put it back on wro...
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November 18, 2015
As you can see by the video above I have a new project to fill my time. This poor motorcycle was sold to me by a person who would be better off doing woodworking. "It needs the carburetor put back on," he said as he handed me a pile of carburetor parts. "Oh, and there's something wrong with the starter relay." To make this story short I had to replace the starter motor and the carburetor because they were irreparable. Once I had installed the starter motor the bike would run with starter flui...
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November 11, 2015
This past Saturday the final scene in
the saying goodbye to Sara took place. My niece Ginny came down from
Albany and helped collect Sara's clothes to donate. It was a strange
feeling seeing Sara's clothes being bagged up. Many of the clothes
were just day to day items and her few dresses were used often for
Weddings and other dress-up events. We took care of as many of the
items on top of her dresser too that we could distribute to other
relatives. The only item that clutched my heart a lit...
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November 4, 2015
I've already told a few people about
this but here is the unveiling on this site. Before Sara passed away
we talked about my future plans. “I'm buying another bike,” I
told her, “ And I'll take a long ride on it.” Not long after the
first Life Insurance check came in I visited my local Kawasaki
dealer. They had a used 1983 Kawasaki 750cc on consignment for sale
that I had seen advertised. It's an old brute but from past
experience I knew that as long as it didn't make any rattling no...
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October 26, 2015
It feels like every day is so long without the Boss here. We are all moving along doing work, school and substitute teaching but the sparkle that each day had has faded. I finally sat down in front of the TV for the first time last night to watch PBS with a friend visiting us. It has been weeks since I did the Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy double that Sara and I did on a daily basis. Sometime soon I will have to start again and hope that she's there with me.
Other mundane tasks are being covered a...
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October 14, 2015
This passed weekend a Memorial Service
was held for Sara at the North Rose Methodist Church. It was a
fitting tribute for a brave and brilliant woman. In addition to most
of Sara's family there were members of mine, numerous former school
chums and people from the community that had known my lovely wife.
Her brother Christopher let his home be
the headquarters for the Hoople reunion and it was noisy, filled and
happy. It was a celebration in honor of the life Sara led with
numerous stories a...
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October 8, 2015
This coming Saturday there will be a Memorial service for Sara. It will be held at the Methodist Church in North Rose, NY that she grew up attending. Like every Baby Boomer she went every Sunday, attended Sunday School and, when she got older, sang in the choir. It's fitting that she be celebrated in the Church that her family so aligned themselves with. Family members on both sides will be there to honor and remember her.
My favorite memories will be of her bursting into song here in the hous...
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