Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

I got down to Holy Archangels Monastery later on in the morning on Thursday, got settled in, and found Fr. Michael, who put me to work disassembling some scaffolding on the side of one of the buildings.  After that we worked on installing some electrical… more »

Thanks to an insane weekend I didn't get to replace the battery on the RT until now.  After removing the tupperware and left side air intake snorkle, it just slid out.  No muss, no fuss.  The connections bolted up to the new one and I got the heated gear… more »

We hit the road early, heading for White Sands and then Las Cruces.  The road from Artesia to Las Cruces was great, in fact I'm planning on heading back on the BMW to ride it.  We got in to White Sands and spent some time driving around and climbing the… more »

I had some Harley reward bucks to use up from a credit card so I went up to American Eagle Harley-Davidson this evening and picked up a heated jacket liner.  Harley's chosen Gerbing to manufacture their stuff, and ordinarily I'd buy something without the… more »

Last day of the trip. I packed the bike up, ate some breakfast and hit the road, heading south on I-540 past Fort Smith, continuing on US-71 to Y City where I got on US-270 and got in to Mena in time for lunch. After a great meal of Mexican food I got… more »

All good things must come to an end, and today was it for the party. After taking down the tent and packing the bike up, I pointed it south on I-55, heading for Fayetteville, AR. The ride was smooth, the sun was out, and no significant issues. When I… more »

Another short hop, just running back from Peoria to the farm. The weather held for the most part, but just outside of Springfield it monsooned again, but the rain gear held and it was dry the rest of the way in. I spent the rest of the day catching up… more »

Today's leg of the trip was a bit shorter, but just as much fun.  I headed out from the farm to UI-Springfield to get my student ID and meet my advisor for a promised tour of campus.  After the obligatory DMV like experience and the campus tour, I grabbe… more »

It was an interesting morning...  I got a late start due to having to wait for the cops to show up at the convenience store I was filling up at.  There was a disturbed individual giving the clerk a really hard time.  Once statements were taken I got back… more »

I pulled out at about 9:00 AM and headed north on I-35 for Oklahoma City. The RT really wanted to stretsh its legs but me being cheap, I kept the speed down. The first gas stop was in Norman, and it looks like I'm getting around 48 mpg. After lunch and f… more »