No particular place to go...

[hppants]

Weather on Saturday was gorgeous.  I told my wife I was just going for a short ride to a friend's shop a few miles down the road.  "Be right back, Dear."  My buddy got called out on a job at the last minute.  So, I started wandering a little.  Ended up on this little twisted road.  Stopped at this bridge and started talking to somebody on a Harley that also stopped.  He told me that he heard this bridge was haunted - in the '60s somebody was murdered on this bridge.  I didn't feel anything special while I was there, but it was peaceful.



The Harley guy went one way, and I the other.  The road is getting twistier and 30 minutes later I come to an intersection with a decision  to make.  Going one way leads me to this:



Going another way leads here...



And still a third way looks pretty inviting from a riding perspective...



So I picked what any self-respecting Cajun would - the Wild Rabbit Cookoff.  When I get to the location, there are at least 500 people in various stages of drunkenness, the only bikes I see are hard core harley riders, and they are giving me strange looks.

So I head back down the twisty road, and about 15 miles later, I end up at some little nameless community.  I stop at "Lisa's", where I have to make another choice.  Hunger goes before thirst.



There, I met two guys.  Ironically, the guy that owns this was about 65+ years old.



And the guy that owns this was about 40



Both real nice people and we talked while I ate my lunch.

Back on the road, I found myself in the town of Breaux Bridge, where a group of bikes caught my eye.  Turns out this was a funeral for a biker, and all of his buddies where there honoring him. 



Interesting, but I wasn't invited.  The "hearse" was a Fat Boy pulling a trailer with the coffin in it.  Never seen that before.  I wanted to take a picture of it, but the idea seemed disrespectful, so I quietly headed out.

Gassed up the bike and I hit the Levee Road.  Stopped at this Pontoon Bridge.  I rode across it - that was wierd.



Further down the Levee, the bees are enjoying the Spring like weather too.






I really like my bike.



Ended up home about 6 hours and 110 miles after I left.  Within about 10 minutes, I had no particular place to go, and no time frame to get there.  This is what motorcycling is starting to mean to me.

[Munkey]

Nice report. Too bad that rabbit cookoff didn't pan out, that sounded interesting. 

[skramer360]

Nice ride HP and good pics too. Maybe some of us northerners can get a few rides in pretty soon.

[fishball]

What a fantastic day!  Thanks for the ride report.

I really like my bike.

I really like your bike too!

[JB1290]

Great pics. Thanks for the report. Bike looks fantastic! 

[fishmeister]

     I wish I could find all those things in a days ride. Except for the ones relating to death that is.

                 Did Lisa's kitchen have some good eats?      Ride on Pants and ride safe.

[luckylindy]

 Looks like my kind of Saturday.  6 hours on a mc ride goes  too fast.

[FocusPlayer]

 

[Brittles]

Great ride report!!

Bike looks great too. How are your front turn signals mounted? Are they three wire lights?

[hppants]

Did Lisa's kitchen have some good eats?

You simply can't go wrong with a country kitchen.  I opted for a grilled chicken sandwitch and it was great.

6 hours on a mc ride goes  too fast

Time sure flies when you are having fun.  About 3 hours in, my wife texted me "U OK?", to which I repled "A-OK, enjoying the day!"

How are your front turn signals mounted? Are they three wire lights?

They are not stock, as I'm sure you have determined.  They are two-wire and they use a simple bracket that wraps around the fork and has a bolt/nut that pinches the bracket against the fork.  Someone else asked me about them, and I checked for some labeling or numbers on the housings - there are none.

[hppants]

I wish I could find all those things in a days ride.

Fish - I can't really explain it, but EVERY ride is turning out this way.  I think it's the bike.  No matter where I stop, somebody inevitably comes up to me and says something.  Every ride is becoming an adventure.  And here's the best part - the adventure usually starts within 5 miles of my house!  I'm finding roads I never knew existed.  I don't know where they go, and I get excited in the unknown.  When I get home, I realize that I've ridden 100+ miles and at no point was I more than 25-30 miles from home.

I told the Harley guy at the bridge that my extended family thinks I'm crazy for riding a bike.  He said he's heard that before, but it's in our blood - we can't help it.  I think he may be on to something there.

[LOKi]

hppants, Nice ride. I think I know where that bridge is. The haunted one. Well at least I have been there a few times. Haven't' found it lately. Don't you exit the HWY near the painted sugar cane factory gears in Broussard? I have looked around for that road a few times sense getting the bike with no luck. I remember the roads kinda twisty back there for Louisiana. As the story (partially) goes it was a girl on prom night that got raped and killed there. So the ghost shows up wearing a white prom dress. There is a way to get her to show up, but I forget how it goes though. Haven't been out there or herd the story sense I was about 16 or 17. 

About your turn signals. Those things are the only thing on you bike I don't care for. Not that they don't look good but because you can't see them. Thankfully your good at using hand signals otherwise I would not no you where turning when behind you.

I'll let you know next time I'm in the Berry. Maybe you can show me where that road is again. No need to tell me, just show me next time we get a chance to ride.

[highwayjamin]

Great report  And good job on the  also.And I really like your bike too!!!Its starting to warm up around here so hopefully we can get out and do some riding  Again great job!!