What I have been up to the past few days....
I have been on the "One Lap of Kentucky" motorcycle ride. It is a four day, 1400+ mile ride around the borders of Kentucky. It might not sound like much, but is more effort than it might appear. It is all back roads which takes quite a bit longer to travel, and a bit more difficult to navigate.
Day one was a bit rough. I hit a bit of hidden gravel and my back wheel slid horizontally several inches. No big deal for me other than a scare, but my riding buddy Bill went down when he hit the patch of gravel. Fortunately he wasn't hurt (a testimony to good riding gear and skill in handling the situation). The gravel was in the shade, and indistinguishable from pavement even when we were a few feet from it looking back at it. We cleaned up the area, sweeping the gravel off the road (which probably prevented a few other mishaps).
He let go of the bike after it went down on one side. What I saw in my rear view mirror was alarming (the bike contorting back and forth). He let go of it early (smart) and slid to a stop (protected by Areostich riding gear). He wasn't hurt fortunately, and we were able to get the bike ride-able with a little bit of work, and continued the journey.
One more day of riding tomorrow, returning to the starting point at BMW of Louisville.
