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Category: Motorcycles
Motorcycles
Cool Bikes
Even though it’s winter, you still see lots of cool motorcycles on the streets around Albuquerque.
Ural Patrol
One wouldn’t think Russian sidecar motorcycles would be common in New Mexico, but with a little searching I discovered there is a Ural dealer in Santa Fe, the “city different!” This model lists for $13,699. There are eight sidecar models available from $10,499 to $14,350 and one “Solo” model offered without a sidecar for $7,999.
Caffe Solo
Harley Solo and the Lonely Caffe (sounds like a good name for a blues band) seemed to be the morning theme as I walked across Gold to the office.
Sparkling Harleys
There were a couple of sparkling clean Harleys parked outside the office this afternoon. Anyone remember the “banana seat”? I had a bicycle like the green Schwinn pictured below many, many, many years ago!
France Day 30 Last Day In Paris
We spent our last day in Paris getting ready to leave — checking in for the flight, cleaning the apartment, preparing food and packing. We went out for a walk in the Tuileries got our last look at the Louvre in the late afternoon sunlight, and I took random photos in the Tuileries and on the street walking back to the apartment. We are leaving for the airport at 6:30 this morning.
Coordinated Colors
The coordinated colors of downtown and our birds.
Medieval & Motorcycle
Leslie Webster’s talk on “The Staffordshire Treasure: Art and Power in the Seventh-Century Anglo-Saxon England” was wonderful. The Staffordshire Treasure was buried in a remote spot near the old Roman road o Walting Street near the end of the 7th century. It was discovered in July 2009 by a local with a metal detector. The stash consists of over 10 pounds of gold and 3 pounds of silver military accouterments, such as parts from swords, studs and trim for horses and saddles, buckles, crosses, helmets and so on. It’s the largest and richest assemblage of treasure from the early Anglo-Saxon Period.
The Matrix
The water droplets on a spider web reminded me of a matrix. Patti came back to my office this afternoon and said there was a good photo op on Gold in front of Cafe Giuseppe. So I grabbed my camera and went to the front of the building and got the photo of the scooter and the police motorcycle. If I worked at the front front desk in the office instead of the “meat locker” in the back, I would get endless photo ops — but then I probably wouldn’t get much else done. I got another drive by with the low sun behind the Old Town sculptured tower landmark at westbound I-40 and Rio Grande Blvd.
Chemtrails, Bikers & Puck
The “chemtrails” as some people call them, more commonly known as “contrails”, made quite interesting patterns crisscrossing under the sun this morning. As the temperatures continue to warm, I’m seeing a lot more bikers on the road. Laurie left the door open to the study so the cats could be in it with her the other night — Puck was very happy to lay in his favorite spots he missed since I put the door on the study.
Off Center & Not Even 