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Glad to see it warm up a bit in the Midwest

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Haven't been logged on in a while. So busy with Work, (pottery) and Christmas. Still Riding!! Darn it's getting cold Dec. 25, 2009

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2005 V-Star 650

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Illinois

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Effingham

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http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/willeypottery/

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Still wanting to make some favorite road trips

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Music, 80's. and the stuff my kids listen to
TV Shows, American Thunder, CSI, Speed Channel
Hobbies - I'm a potter, ya know the whole wheel and throwin gmud thing

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My best riding buddy is my husband. We started riding in July 08 and haven't stopped. Jay has a 2005 Road Star 1700. We didn't put our bikes up for winter. just kept riding as long as the sun was shining.!

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone. I haven't checked into this website in so long. Been busy with the pottery and the Christmas season. So glad that's over. Then with Christmas and the family, so glad that's over too. Been Riding almost every day to work. It was actually 18 degrees one morning. Thanks to my kids for getting me heated gloves for Christmas. Can't wait to use them. Gotta wait until this darn RAIN stops. The lane is a nightmare. Maybe it will freeze again next week so I can get out.

Posted on December 25, 2009 at 4:24am —

Been Busy Riding

Sorry, I lost track of this website all summer, been too busy riding and working. Working to keep riding! haha. Just rolled over to 20,000 miles on my bike in 14 months of ownership. Seems so much but it has gone so fast. This weekend we are leaving for the Frog Follies Car Show in Evansville, then on Sunday we are going to hit all the State Parks in the Shawnee Forest in Southern Indiana. Got soaked on the way to work this morning. What a excilerating way to start my weekend. Is it 5:00 o'clock… Continue

Posted on August 28, 2009 at 7:19am — 5 Comments

Your right KAT, always wear Helmet, Jacket, Gloves,

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/07/15/vo.or.motorcycle.accident.dashcam

Thumbs up to this motorcyclist who lost control but got up and walk away because he had 1) helmet 2) jacket 3) gloves

Posted on July 16, 2009 at 1:20pm — 2 Comments

Two New Bikers on the Road

I want to congratulate my daugter, KATand my son, DAVE, for taking the 20 hour motorcycle safety class this weekend and PASSING!!! Now they can go and get their Class M license from the DMV.
CONGRATS KIDS, and Ride Safe

Posted on June 7, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

LOVE THIS VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mU8ZqMZPU

If you don't ride, you don't know.

I love this video. This group of guys made this awesome video and sung this song that expresses exactly how I feel when I ride. I watch it often, especially on days that I don't get to ride. It gives me a good feeling inside. I even found their T-shirts online and bought me one.

Posted on May 28, 2009 at 9:53am — 3 Comments

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At 6:44am on March 8, 2010, Robin Willey said…: Well, here in Efffingham IL, It's been OK to ride. There was only about 2 weeks in February that we kept them in the garage because of the ice on the road, otherwise it's off to work I go on the bike. I love spring, but I hate the mud we get out on the farm. It tests your skill with the bike, We only have about 40or 50 feet of slippery snot to get to a the best part of the lane. We got in 200 miles on Saturday, but only about 40 on Sunday because it was my 10 yr olf daughters first time out this year and she can't take the chill as well.

At 11:14am on March 7, 2010, Rdcnslr said…: Hey Robin, haven't heard much from you recently. How are things in the midwest? Are you still recovering from the winter blasts?

At 2:01pm on February 9, 2010, Mike Schons said…: sorry it's been so long since you sent the friend request, i have joined the club since finding this web site but i have also been gone alot i am in the Navy so i am in and out alot, but i did get to take the bike to fallon nevada for six weeks and man let me tell you lake tahoe is the best ride i have ever done in my 30 yrs of riding and then up through Virgina city was great, well i am home for a few months before i leave again so if you want to ride i am just up the road a few miles

At 9:58pm on February 1, 2010, Annette Neumann Presley said…: You will have a great time in Sturgis. As you can see by my pictures, my husband pulls a trailer with his Road King. We have a tent trailer he pulls. Sure makes camping nice!!!

At 5:47pm on January 30, 2010, Dion Liphart said…: I see that you have registred for the 2010 Moonshine ride in I have registred this year and attending on Saturday 10th just look for the orange & black Goldwing with Wi. plates that would be me should be riding with some friends. Should be a good time be my 1st ride in but have been there 2 years ago in July with another friend of mine from Salem IL. Always like a good bruger

At 12:20pm on January 30, 2010, Annette Neumann Presley said…: Robin,

Have been to Sturgis twice and going again this year. First two times I was on a Honda Shadow ACE 750. I had a great time. No one cares what you ride, the importance there is that you are a real rider, not a weekend warrior. I will be going on my Yamaha 1100 this year. While I did not feel the need for the bigger bike, my husband rides a Road King and got tired of leaving me behind at 9,000 feet (due to carburetion). We love it. We camp downtown Sturgis in a family campground and have a wonderful time. Most of Sturgis takes place outside of town, the riding in the area is incredibly beautiful. A lot of the towns around also have their own activities. You have to be careful, people go who don't ride in the mountains, they drink, and then they take themselves out but it is a blast. I recommend it. You can buy things from vendors for all makes of bikes.

At 7:59pm on January 12, 2010, Larry Walther said…: Robin, check out the throttle-lock at this link: It fits all metric cruisers and costs only $35. I've had this "cruise control" on both my V Stars and it works great for relieving stress on the right-hand and fingers. It is not a cruise ontro9l, but a "throttle-lock". Works best when used just to relieve your right-hand, but costs so little and works so well that I wouldn't think of replacing it with a true cruise control. Requires practically nothing to install, and lasts forever. Just a thought.

At 12:26pm on December 31, 2009, Larry Walther said…: Happy New Year Robin! I am completely over the "4-day flu" I had during Christmas ... feel real good. In about half-hour I am leaving for a Patriot Guard mission at the airport in Moline, but will take the truck because Kris (spouse) wants to go, too. My riding for 2009 is over, but I am trying to figure a way to afford a trip south in January or February, and the boys and I spent Christmas (Saturday) planning our ride back to North Carolina/Tennessee in late April or early May.

I got a pair of gloves (ordered), too, but they are the "cheapies" that are battery powered. They were on eBay and too cheap not to try, so I threw in a low bid - and got them. Haven't tried them yet, but will when they get here. Supposed to be good for 5-6 hours of riding on a charged battery - we'll see. I already have the electrical hookups for the plug-in style like yours, and will probably end up getting them anyway.

At 6:22am on December 28, 2009, Robin Willey said…: Larry,
My kids got me a set of heated gloves for Christmas. They are the plug in type. Bad thing is for some reasont they didn't get Jay a pair too. Ther eis no way I'm gonna ride with warm hands and leave him in the cold. My goal this week t o find him a pair that fits. he has super large hands. There is a bike swap meet in St. Louis this weekend and J&P are gonna be there. Hope to fins them. We actually got to ride on Christmas morning. Put about 20 miles on. just enough for me to roll the V-start over to 25,000. yeh, 25 on the 25th.!

We have also decide to make the trip to Sturgis this year. We are gonna take 10 days off and seeand do it all.

At 12:29am on December 27, 2009, Larry Walther said…: Hi Robin. Seems like yesterday but is more like a year or more ago we started this friendship. It's been valuable to me - just so you know. Like yourself, I've been riding more and posting less until very recently, but the weather now has me slowed down ... just too much ice and snow - and concern that the battery might not be able to turn the Star over if it sits too long in very cold temps. Away from home, this could be a major problem. ;^)

Just finished Christmas (on the 27th) and had a great time with family at our house. The "boys", Chad and Bobby (37 and 29) and I spent part of the evening in the garage planning another trip to Deal's Gap area, and of course a return to the Tail of the Dragon is a (small) part of the plan. We are hoping to go in late April or perhaps even May, depending on weather, room availability, and our own schedules. Bobby hasn't been there yet, but Chad went with me last year so we're "breaking in" the youngest member of the Apple Dumpling Gang ~ to that area.

I bid on and won a pair of electrically heated gloves on eBay, and am anxious to see if they work for my purposes. They aren't the plug-into-the-bike's-system type, but the rechargeable battery type. In November I rode 140 miles one-way to help honor a KIA coming into Rockford airport, and the temp was +27F most of the way up, colder on the way home. So I'm looking for something that doesn't involve tapping into the bikes' battery, but will help me avoid frostbite for a 3-6 hour ride. Don't know if these are the answer, but they are the cheapest solution I've found so far, at $40 ... I'll probably end up spending the money for a full vest-glove system that operates off the Star's battery, but wanted to see if I could get the task accomplished "on the cheap", so to speak.