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Breast Cancer Awarness Motorcycle Ride

Posted: October 13, 2015 in Motorcycle Rides
Tags: breast cancer, Frederick, Harley Davidson, Harley Owners Group, Maryland

The wife and I participated in this motorcycle ride sponsored by Frederick, MD Harley Owners Group Chapter. We decorated our bike in pink ribbons. By the looks our convoy of Harley’s received I hope we might have had a couple people think about cancer. Debbie is a breast cancer survivor so we think about it a lot.

Harley Davidson “Creeping Clutch” Recall – 5000 mile Service – Zagat Rated Lunch – and a Motorcycle Ride to nowhere in particular.

Posted: October 14, 2014 in Motorcycle, Motorcycle racing, Motorcycle Rides, motorcycle touring
Tags: 5 Guys Burgers, Electra Glide Ultra Limited, Frederick, Frederick Maryland, Harley, Harley Davidson, Motorcycle Ride, ultra limited, Virginia

The wife and I took the motorcycle (Ultra Limited) out Sunday after sleeping in (long hours required a bit extra sleep (that is my story and I am sticking to it)) for a short ride. It was a cool day and we put our chaps on for the 1^st time since early spring….fall is in the air in Northern Virginia!

I wanted to stop a Frederick Harley Davidson to schedule some services. I need to have the 5000 mile service performed (currently setting at about 5700 miles) and I need to have the current recall service performed as well. This is the hydraulic clutch recall which portrays its symptoms as the bike creeping forward even though the clutch lever is fully engaged. Our bike does not have the malfunction indications but it needs to be fixed before it does. In talking with the service rep Frederick HD has already performed hundreds of recall services for this issue but no one had reported that the bike was suffering from creeping clutch.

After setting up the appointment, we decided to get some lunch. Even though we both agree we need to eat better…….we went to 5 Guys Burgers! For those of you that do not live in an area with a 5 Guys restaurant you have no idea what you are missing. This burger chain is Zagat rated and has won hundreds if not thousands of awards and accolades for their hamburgers. So even though we may have not eaten better we ate well!

After lunch we headed to the house via the long way. We just cruised around for a while going nowhere in particular. We spent only about four hours on the bike but I think we can both say is was a nice little outing!

Motorcycle fuel leak fixed, did not cost HD!

Posted: April 23, 2014 in Motorcycle
Tags: Frederick, fuel leak, Harley, Harley Davidson, Motorcycle

As noted in an earlier post I took the Army motorcycle into Frederick HD to fix a fuel leak. The check value (part #14 in the image below) part of the fuel line was weeping gas when the bike was off and dripping when it was running.

Turns out that there are two “O” rings that complete the seal when the fuel line is attached and make everything work. According to the folks at the dealership they replaced both O rings, essentially rebuilding the quick disconnect. The cost was $26 dollars; my extended warranty has a deductible of $50. So, for once, I did not have a repair bill of HD (hundred dollars)!

The leaky part!

Motorcycle ride to Antietam Battlefield

Posted: August 29, 2013 in Motorcycle Rides
Tags: American Civil War, American Supreme Court, Antietam, Antietam Battlefield, Antietam National Battlefield, Battle of Antietam, Clara Barton, Frederick, Frederick Maryland, Harley, Harley Davidson, History of the United States, MarylandMartinsburg, MD, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Ride, national park service, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Red Cross, Sharpsburg, Sharpsburg Maryland, West Virginia, WV

Last weekend Debbie and I went for a motorcycle ride to Antietam Battlefield. The American Civil War battlefield is near Sharpsburg, Maryland about half way between Martinsburg, WV and Frederick, MD.

Ride to Antietam

This was the worst one day battle in American History. 23,000 soldier were killed, wounded or went missing in only 12 hours. After seeing the battlefield and understanding the tactics of the time I find it hard to understand how these men walked into the open for the cannons to…just wipe them out!

The battlefield itself is well maintained and there are monument to many of the units and men that fought and died on that day. The museum has a thirty minute movie covering the action, I suggest you see the film first as it will lay out what occurred in a broad scope so you will have some context as you move outside.

You may run across two, non-military, names that were unexpected to see in a place like this. Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross and, then Captain, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes, who was left for dead at Antietam, would later become a famous member of the American Supreme Court.

We also spent part of the day just wheeling around and by the time we arrived at home we had put nearly 120 miles on the bike. And for a great change, there was never even a threat of rain.

: Train Tunnel, Point of Rock, MD

: Ride to Antietam

: Ride to Antietam

: Ride to Antietam

: Ride to Antietam

: Ride to Antietam

: Brunswick, Md

: Brunswick, Md

: Brunswick, Md

: Brunswick, Md

: Brunswick, Md

: Brunswick, Md

: Ride to Antietam

: Potomac River and Harpers Ferry in the distance

: Boonsboro, MD (like it says)

: Boonsboro, MD

: Boonsboro, MD

: Boonsboro, MD

: Antietam National Battlefield

: Confederate Atillery Battery

: Dunkers Church

: Inside Dunkers Church

: Monument to Maryland Soldiers

: Bronze on the Maryland monument.

: Bronze on the Maryland monument.

: Bronze on the Maryland monument.

: Bronze on the Maryland monument.

: Monument to New York soldiers

Weekend Motorcycle Ride To….

Posted: July 9, 2013 in Motorcycle Rides
Tags: Brunswick, C&O Canal, Camp David, Frederick, Frederick Harley Davidson, Harley Davidson, Lovettesville, Maryland, MD, Monocacy Aqueduct, Motorcycle Ride, point of rocks, Poolsville, presidential retreat, steel bridge, VA, Virginina

…nowhere in particular. We did not start out that way; we had intentions of riding to Camp David (the presidential retreat in Maryland). I know that we would not get in to Camp David but riding up to the gate would have been cool. But, speaking of cool, it was anything but, by 10AM it was 85 degrees with 95 the high. So we thought better and decided to run around with no particular destination in mind.

115 miles later we had passed through a dozen small towns in Maryland and Virginia including Lovettesville, Point of Rocks, Poolsville, Brunswick, and Frederick. We stopped at the Monocacy Aqueduct (part of the C&O Canal) and dipped our feet into the cool water of the Monocacy River while sitting in the shade of the aqueduct itself. It was a fascinating notion that we were, basically, setting under what use to be a river that flowed over a river to move goods to and from Washington DC in the 1800’s.

While we were in Frederick we stopped by Frederick Harley Davidson. At the dealership we bought a magnetic tank pouch (part number 76000193) to hold my phone to the tank. I wanted this in order to connect the phone, and its music, to the Aux input with more ease vice pulling the cord to my rear pocket.

The pouch held very tightly to the tank and the neoprene like surface between the tank and the magnets gives me faith that the pouch will not mare the paint. The clear face of the pouch allows the user interact with the device. The only draw back is that in the heat of that day the phone got very hot, which killed the battery quite fast. Now I need to get a USB port to push into the cigarette lighter and a cord to charge the phone while it is playing.

After visiting the dealership we had lunch at the Mariachi restaurant. We have eaten there in the past and the food has been good today, maybe because we were so hot, it was only ok.

In the end Debbie and I had a nice day out on the bike going