Went for a ride up north along the Kohola Coast today.  I think this is where I want to live.  It is gorgeous up there.  I will now attempt to present photos.
http://bikepics.com/pictures/2068673/
This is the original statue of Kamehehmeha at Kohala.
http://bikepics.com/pictures/2068675/
This is some outrigger canoes at Kwai Hai
http://bikepics.com/pictures/2068678/
It was a beautiful day for exploration.

Phelonius

Well, we had a beautiful week last week, highs in the 90's (although the mornings were chilly 60).  Weather turned over the weekend, and it looks like fall is arriving here.  

Good news is that I'll be able to pull up your beautiful Paradise pics and feel the warmth.  Keep 'em coming....  plz.

Thank you for the beautiful pictures. I love the Palm Trees as well as looking at your bikes. I am enjoying warm temps still here at my Mom's. Today and tomorrow are to be triple digits..    Almost time to go play in the river.. kim

Looks absolutely fabulous!!!!!
if it wasn't a +70f sunny day up here I'd be jealous.

Please be sure to post some pics some time in December or January.
We will definitely need a hit of paradise then!!!

thumperclone wrote on 09/28/10 at 06:42:50:


I am on the big island, she is on Kaui about 300 miles away by water.

Phelonius

Phelonius,

The worse part of riding a motorcycle around Hawaii, is running out of roads to explore.  Good thing you are on the Big Island as home base, and can go to the other islands as well.

Back when I was young, it was a problem (I was there 1975 on Oahu and had a TS250 Savage, in the Navy, and poor).

Now, I'm old and could probably forget most of the roads and ride them again and again without that problem.  

I envy you..  

Last December, I had the pleasure of spending a week on the Big Island.

I rented a HD Softail Classic for five days. Let me tell you, that bike was quite different from an LS650!

How I wish I could have had an S40 there instead of the Harley, but the only shop that would rent to me was the HD dealership in Kailua Kona.

Despite the bike (which was too loud, too heavy, too sluggish, and had too much vibration), I had a good time on it. I especially liked the Saddle Road and the ride up to the Mauna Kea observation station. Too bad I didn't have my S40; I would have taken it up to the Mauna Kea summit on the dirt road, something I was unwilling to do on the rental HD.

Anyway, I'm headed back to Hawaii in February for one week on Oahu and another on Maui. I'm planning on renting a Honda Shadow 750 on Maui for a week from the Island Riders folks there.

Here's some of my favorite pics from the Big Island:

A self-portrait at the Waipio Valley overlook past the King Kamehameha statue in Kapaau that you also visited:





The HD beast of a bike that I rented:





My helmet outfitted with a video camera:

drharveys - FSO wrote on 09/28/10 at 19:47:20:


And you don't loose your balls either.

Sasquatch Jim