well, i finally broke out the jb weld and fixed the windshield bracket last night.

just in time for toy run season.

i am currently trying to find out just how many toy runs i can attend in the d/fw metroplex. apparently there are a great many.

do any of you have plans to participate?

Out Midland way, there is at least one scheduled every weekend from tomorrow until right before Christmas.  We're quite a cheerful lot out here!  

In fact, I am coordinating one for our local CMA chapter which benefits a children's home here.  Before the run, we have a chili feed, then ride to the home and take the kids on rides around there facility.  It's good stuff.

i went on my very first toyrun yesterday.

my advice to others like myself who are new to it: ride with a group of people(within the run itself) you have ridden with before.
very scary.

sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:


Just like an everyday drive in a car on the interstate, some bikers have no concept of riding in a group, either.  Just as some cagers don't signal a turn, some bikers do the same.  Just as some cagers make unexpected lane changes, some bikers don't know how to ride in formation.  I know what you mean.

i think the most important thing if you are very new is to have someone you know both fore and aft.

i got separated from the group i was with as people shuffled like cards into line. the people i rode up with, knew that i was only able to do staggered formation and they had seen me get buffetted quite a bit on the ride up. during the run the woman riding a harley behind me was almost intent on riding parade. which would have been fine except it was a very blustery day. one would think she'd have seen me get buffetted around my half of the lane and want to stay back, but no.
if i had a throttle lock i might have smacked her one, i was so angry.

but once we got there i rejoined the folks, drank some coffee and went home all alone... whew.