http://www.bikerslounge.info A Bikers Blog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love Bike Week in Laconia, NH. It happens right around Father's Day. I'm a New Hampshire resident, so it sort of sneaks up on me. First, I begin noticing "Welcome, Bikers" signs. The Seventh-Day Adventist church puts, "God loves to listen to a biker's prayers" on its message board. The ... http://www.bikerslounge.info/archives/8 Gathering at a Bike Week event in Sturgis, Daytona Beach or Laconia is about meeting up with friends, riding together, being with like-minded people, partying, and enjoying the sound and the fury of thousands of bikes. Let's face it, it's also about showing off. I cannot adequately describe the level of ... http://www.bikerslounge.info/archives/10 This post is inspired by a friend's amazing stunt-riding out of a New York City area tollbooth. His acceleration as he left the basket caused first his back and then both tires to lose traction; he sailed out sideways, caught a little pavement between the lanes, fishtailed three times and ... http://www.bikerslounge.info/archives/7 My first bike was a Honda Hobbit.  Anyone remember those? Probably not. The Hobbit, called in all other years the PA-50, was a 50 cc moped. I named mine Frodo (original, huh?), and rode it a thousand miles down the west coast of the U.S. I learned in the first ... http://www.bikerslounge.info/archives/6 I'll put lots of pictures in this post to give you an idea of the sights. Just the sheer number of motorcycles is staggering. The Weirs Beach area, which is where most of the action is, closes its main drag to all but motorcycles. Over 10,000 bikers / riders converge ... http://www.bikerslounge.info/archives/9