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Hey Sau's and everybody else I can gloat too, this ol' timer has been on somewhat of a break from the cyber world lately. I have been on a diet for about 6 months now and have lost 40 pounds and 45 inches, I have all this new found energy now, and sitting in my dungeon on the puter is actually quite hard to do even though I sunk a pile of loot into a major hardware upgrade a couple months ago.
I am no means a well-to-do man but my wife and I opted out of having children and both work full time and we like to live just a wee bit beyond our means......(don't we all)????? I have bought a new toy and cannot restrain myself any longer from showing it off. I have shown this on my facebookj and Stoopy got to see these pics only hours after her birth......

May I be so bold as to gloat about my new love affair......













My brand new Kawasaki Vulcan, 1600 Nomad I have so aptly named.....

bertha-Lou









I know it aint a real Hog!!!!!!!!,,,I did first look at Harley's but in the end this just better suits my wallet and my lack-of-mechanical tinkering ablity's...I have just started a 22 hour motorcycle safety training course that will take me through until Monday night at the end of I will be issued my license and a certificate to decrease my insurance by at least a thousand a year.
This is a huge step for me because as some of my saunen commrade's know my father-in-law was killed on his motorcycle after some 40 years of superb riding ability.......rear ended at a pedestrian crosswalk from a person yakkin' on their phone.....
The next big step is getting the ol' lady on the back of ol' Bertha-Lou.........that and some snaggletooth soundin' pipes......

Wow, talk about a nice lookin bike there Hoppa! And you do look quite a bit slimmer than in some of the ol' pics posted around! Congrats dude!

Way to go Hoppa!! I knew I haven't seen you around the trough much lately and there were more strawberries avaliable. Now I know...
Nice ride. For your first X-country you should come on a short ride down to this part of TEXAS.......

Very nice Hoppa. Congrats on the new ride.

Good move...both losin' the weight and takin' the course. And we're dead even on displacement too...I have a 96 incher...1600 cc's. And I've never been a snob about Harley's...I've had a Yamaha and a Ducati, too..so ride it an' enjoy it...(and be careful...they really are out to get ya' )

thanks guys......as you's can tell from my dissapearing act lately I have spent almost every spare minute on this thing puttin' around breaking in the engine all proper like. I aced the course and the driver test, actually on the practical drivers exam I went through without a single demerit point. I am constantly learning new things and most of all I am really trying to get this thing leaned over as to accomplish the veteran rider's footpeg scaping cornering show-off manouver..... . unfortunatly all my chrome is still under there but soon I will get it down enough to put my first scar in the asphalt. I have not yet opened er' up yet, actually for the first time tonite I took it beyond 110 kms, I did get to 150 but figured I would savour the speed wobble for another day, I am kinda wondering what the top speed of this girl will be though.
As for my unusual leave of absence these last couple months I have not abandoned my post but rather just enjoying some outside time and getting things done.......

by the way Ascout........how is that lil' demon of a bike treating you these days?,,,are ya' getting in lots of riding?......upon completing that couse I got a VIP coupon in my grad package thing for a free 2 hour demo of any harley.......I will defintly be using that up here soon, I wonder if it also counts towards trying out the 07 custom chopper they got here,,,,I could never afford it but sure would be cool to get out on that for a lil' flight.......