What did you do with your bike today?

Today I rode to Cary, NC for the monthly Cars & Coffee event. Lot's of great cars. Here's a few snap shots.

Rode around Lake Jordan then made a pit stop at the Carolina Brewery in Pittsboro. Here's a few snap shots of some of the other bikes that also stopped in.

Modded Ducati ST4



Aprilia Tuono V4



1945 Indian Chief



2012 Ural

Rode 100+ miles for a brisket sandwich and some hush puppies at The Pik-n-Pig in Carthage, NC. It's a tiny BBQ joint right on a small airstrip. I enjoyed lunch on the outdoor patio while watching the planes land and take off.

To get there I followed RT 902, a nice 2-lane country road.

Today is one of those crisp September days with a Carolina blue sky. So nice to get some cool weather for a change.

Sunday morning ride around Lake Jordan.

Pulled into the Carolina Brewery for a pit stop and witnessed a little drama.

Six Urals with sidecars were lining up for a photo when one guy in an olive green rig ground gears and stalled when slipping his into reverse. So, he kick started it and gave it lots of throttle. This time when he ground it into reverse it took off on him, jumped the curb and hit the sidecar rig next to him.

Strafed Old Liberty Road with my friend Keith, a former road racer. Today he rode his '74 Guzzi.

I ran over a dead snake on the way back! Lucky it wasn't while I was leaning on a curve. :biggrin:

I added a LaminarLip to my windscreen to test out. Good additional wind protection but it is noisier. I'll keep it for touring and the cold winter months.

Also, received my order of two Wolfman Expedition Dry Duffel Bags from Revzilla and decided to test them out. I like these because they load from the side instead of the end. Makes it easier to get what you're looking for without having to empty everything out.

I packed one with my tent, footprint, tarp, sleeping pad and sleeping bag. Into the second one I packed a week's worth of clothes, shaving kit, towels etc. I strapped the two bags together and then fastened them to the bike with Rok Straps. There's plenty of D-rings to attach rain gear and other stuff.

Haa, all packed up for a one week trip but only had a few hours to ride! Everything tested out ok. Now I'm ready and looking forward to traveling.

Removed the LaminarLip windscreen extension. It was too noisy - not just wind noise, but a weird harmonic too.

Took a ride to Mount Airy, the home town of actor Andy Griffith. Had lunch at Barney's Café. Here's a selfy with Barney looking over my shoulder.

Met up with my bikes previous owner. He gave me 3 free sets of Carbone Lorraine brake pads (2 front and 1 rear).

While I was there a guy pulled in with a skeleton as a passenger! Reminded me of The Grateful Dead!

Tinkered with my GPS wiring. Unhooked the SAE to USB Charger Adapter. Replaced it with a Battery Tender quick connect cigarette lighter socket and a standard mini-USB power cable.

Took a ride to the beach at Lake Jordan's Ebenezer Church Park.

Rode the Beemer to a Cars and Coffee meet-up.


3 window coupe with rumble seat


Merc


Gran Torino


T-Bird


MGB GT with a V8. Also a couple of Cobras.