November 2007 news articles |
November, 2007 Cindy Daley’s One summer day when I was about 12 years old, I was standing on the corner of Middle Street and Route 53 in Weymouth near my home. All of a sudden there was a roar and I turned and there had to be 50-60 motorcycles waiting at the light, probably heading down to Nantasket beach. I thought, that has got to be one of the greatest sounds I have ever heard and a motorcycle must be of the to do on earth. I was totally mesmerized. As life passed on and I became a teenager, I dated someone who had a 650 Triumph and I remember having a lot of fun one summer with it. realized I definitely loved the bike more than him, :) The older I became, the less I was involved in riding. I was touring all over the place singing and a "starving musician", there was very little thought owning a motorcycle. Then school came and I became a nurse, and I was busy paying off loans, and riding, again, was way on the back burner. I finally settled down in the south shore a few years ago and met someone who rode. became addicted all over again. Unfortunately we broke up but my passion to ride was strong and permanent. I decided I needed to learn to ride and buy my own motorcycle and was very lucky when the opportunity arose for me to purchase a bike from Diane Trask in August. I quickly took the course offered by Training Wheels at Massasoit College in Brockton over this past Labor Day week-end,. Their "training" bikes are made by Honda and weigh about 250 lbs and powered by 300 cc. I passed with flying colors, however, my bike is a 2001 Suzuki Volusia Intruder which weighs 567 lbs, powered by 800 cc. I have almost dropped it few times and picked it up which is a good thing as you all know. I have been riding in my driveway (very long driveway) and I love it. However, I must admit I have not gone very far. I need a lot of practice. Training Wheels teaches you what to do, but one, in order to be safe, must learn how to do it. will continue to practice and practice and practice, and hopefully will be worthy enough to ride with my fellow members of the great Manomet Mystery Riders next summer. Of course, I wish it was April not October, and believe me when I tell you when that day happens, I will be extremely proud of myself and excited beyond belief!!!!!!!! There is, as you all know, nothing more thrilling than tothe freedom, the smell, feel the sun, the wind when...riding… Cindy Daley ************************************ View from The Hawk’s Aerie (Nest) by Hawk
Greetings, Congratulations, Paula, for a stellar job, above and beyond anyone’s highest expectations. You will be an extremely hard act to follow, but thanks to your instructions, I will at least have a chance. As I move into this new position, it is with a certain degree of excitement mixed with a modicum of trepidation. I love writing and organizing, so it will be a labor of love. The nervousness will be with the monthly deadlines and the dependence on members to send in their contributory articles. Members make the publication. Personal articles, especially those describing interesting rides and trips, are a delight for all readers, and serve to encourage those who don’t ordinarily do that much riding to ride more, and save up for the longer trips, such as Sturgis and Deal’s Gap. So, as your new editor, I would appeal to you to keep sending those articles in as you did for Paula. I will be personally asking the leader of each interesting day ride and multi-day trip to write an article or to assign one of the riders to document the trip and to include photographs.
Dear Lee, DEAR SNEEZY,
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