Saturday, February 9, 2013

Motorcycle First Thursday–February 2013

First Thursday at Dulono's - Feb 2013

This past Thursday was Motorcycle First Thursday at Dulono’s Pizza in Minneapolis. I missed January due to my Malaysia trip, so I was looking forward to seeing some friends. I had also heard that there were no motorcycles in January.

When I arrived on my Ural, the parking lot was covered in ice and snow. It was full of cars, but I managed to squeeze between a car and a truck. One of them was taking up a space and a half. Fortunately, the Ural only needs half a space.

I went inside and had a nice time chatting with friends. Later my friend Jeff appeared on his DRZ400 shown below. He was quite brave to ride so far given the road conditions. The cold is the easy part, but the ice and snow are a bit unforgiving.

First Thursday at Dulono's - Feb 2013

Jeff found out the hard way on the way home why I like a sidecar for winter. He crashed on some ice. Both he and the bike were fortunately ok.

4 comments:

  1. Yeah, I wouldn't have wanted to ride on two wheels in that. Glad Jeff was okay.

    Good thing you have that Ural.

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    1. Yea, two wheels are a bit risky for my taste too. I am also glad he is OK.

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  2. Two crazy people in all of the Cities? Who'd have thought?
    Check this out: http://bennetttheredonethat.bangordailynews.com/2013/02/11/motorcycle-camping-in-the-blizzard/.

    Just your kind of people.

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    1. At least three, you forgot to include yourself :-)

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