http://www.ridewithtank.com Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence Fri, 09 May 2008 02:33:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I am finally making my first trip of the year to Deals Gap! I am going to be trying something new this time. I have a camera phone, and I am going to upload pictures throughout the trip from the phone. Click here to see the pictures! Check often because I ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/05/08/heading-for-deals-gap/ Mark, Skiplate and I met up at 9:00AM Sunday at the Dunkin Donuts. One of the members of the rideohio.org board was going to ride a track day at Mid Ohio so we decided to take a ride out there and watch him take some laps. As usual, we tried ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/28/mid-ohio-track-day-part-1-the-ride-to-the-track/ Here is the star of the Ride Ohio board, 100Ohio! All winter he worked on this bike and posted pictures of his progress. It really is a spectacular bike. Click here for a panoramic picture of him on the starting grid. It is kind of hard to find him, but ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/28/mid-ohio-track-day-part-2-the-track/ President Bush today announced that the long awaited "rebate" checks from the IRS will be going out ahead of schedule. "Starting Monday, the effects of the stimulus will begin to reach millions of households across our country," Bush said Friday in remarks on the South Lawn of the White House. Tony ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/26/british-petrolium-delighted-rebate-checks-are-on-the-way/ I am so sleepy. The winter was so long and so cold, and now that warm weather is here I am going crazy. I've been out on the motosickle almost every night this week. Truth is, I didn't even have the energy to go out on the bike, but ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/25/robbie-no-show-is-riding-again/ Last night a few of us from the Ride Ohio forum went to a fundraiser that Skidplate organized. It was called Crazy Bowling and it was like regular bowling but you had to roll the ball backwards, or bowl with your eyes shut, or bowl with your non-dominant hand. ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/19/crazy-bowling/ Well, the last few days have been really great. Sunday I took a ride with Skidplate, Passinthru, and Jason down to Cabelas. It was a great ride and the weather was nearly perfect. It is so nice to get out again! Today I went to my first bike night of ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/08/got-some-riding-in/ Ok, people!  This is not a drill!  The first good weather weekend of 2008 has begun!  I can't believe it took so long to get here! I managed to get out a little bit a few days ago, and finally got a picture of my new bike out in the wild!  I ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/04/05/first-great-weekend-of-2008/ Well, I am going to announce that I am officially totally fed up with winter.  I just can't take it anymore.  I have had all the cold, snow, and ice that I can possibly stand for a year.  I guess the bad news is that it does not look like ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/03/01/winter-is-totally-freaking-me-out/   I did not take the big drive to Columbus to see the Easyriders Motorcycle Show, but lucky for us, Nick went down and sent me some pictures.  I really don't get that interested in choppers, but I would have gone if it had been closer to home.  Round trip I ... http://www.ridewithtank.com/2008/02/17/easyriders-motorcycle-show-columbus-ohio/