Two Wheels Better

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I had been waiting eagerly for weeks for The One Show in Portland, OR to happen. I'd been to roughly half of them since the first, 14 years ago. I got the day off from the dealership to "work" the show. It has gotten a bit too big lately. Yep, confirmed that roughly half the bikes were just cut up, senseless wrecks of their former selves. I saw a lot of tough sticker-adorned hipsters, chain drive wallets & flannel shirts. The Miller High Life beer was overpriced - and in beer heaven, not a single microbrew in attendance - the fair food was quite average, the parking fees outrageous ($30.00 in a dusty lot against street parking at a meter for $3.70 just two blocks away), & the slow-motion Cossacks motorcycle stunt team should take a lesson in riding skill & overall entertainment from the madness that is the Isle of Man motorcycle stunt show. The ticket was $67.50 for the day, admittedly comped to me, & after four hours I was ready to go, the two & a bit hour slog north toward home a kind of relief. At least the sun had come out, finally, after all of this spring's rain. I applaud the efforts of the initiator of the event, Thor Drake of See See Motorcycles & Coffee, but will be giving it a rest from now on. This video sums the lower end of the 'scene' up quite well.

If you've seen one "highly original kustom K", you may have seen them all.
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1970 R60/5, '77 R75/7-R100, '85 K100, '87 K75C, '87 K100RS, '93 K11-K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100-Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '00 K1200RS, '02 K1200RS, '03 K1200GT, '04 R1150R, '04 R1150RT, '05 K1200S, #1 '06 K1200R, #2 '06 K1200R, '07 K1200R, '09 K1300GT, '13 R1200RT-P & 2022 S1000XR(SOLD, hate chain drive!)
All of life is a foreign country. - Jack Kerouac, author (1922 - 1969)