Life is full of ups and downs. One of the things I learned in my prospecting years was not to let things bother you. When most guys, the ones that usually make it, come into the program it’s all new and exciting, you’re meeting all these new members and you want to do good, no, great. You want to stand out and show the membership what you’re made of and what this means to you. Which damn sure oughta be EVERYTHING.
I don’t want to get away from the point, I tend to do that some time, a prospect will probably be worrying at all times, “Am I doing enough?” That’s cool, except you gotta learn to take everything in stride. You can’t run around like a chicken with its head cut off. In fact to me, what I want to see is that, for the prospect, everything is like water on a ducks back. You can’t get a rise out of him — there is nothing he can’t handle with a smile on his face. WE can’t get to him, his girl can’t get to him, the cops — NO ONE. He is just calm and cool.
This is the training I have been having lately. Again. My dog never came back. It’s been three weeks and four days since he left and I am coming to grips with the fact that he is gone. I gotta think he was so friendly that he adapted to whoever fed and took care of him. I’ve heard all these stories about dogs running away and coming back, even a year later, who knows? I wish he would come back, except wishin’ don’t make it so. I just hope he’s being well taken care of. If he is supposed to come back, he will. You never know how the wind can blow.
I finished the bike. Came out pretty good. I ended up swapping the forty spoke wheels and a chrome Linkert carburetor that has been sitting on the shelf for years, for some eighty spoke wheels. They ain’t new but they look damn good with the chrome fourteen inch T bars. Here is the sad part, I was coming back from the city and splitting lanes at about fifty. I was behind another member, who also rides crazy, and traffic was at a dead stop. We came up on some Japanese bikes that wouldn’t move fast enough, so my pal, jumped over to the center lane and we continued the race, NOT SMART. You don’t want to split lanes on both sides of a row of cars cause the driver can easily get startled by the sound of your motor, or the sight of you barreling up the white line and try to get out of your way and hit your pal.
This was not the case for us, instead an open space came free in the center and some secretary in her Honda Accord jumped for it, looked to her right, saw me coming and froze like a deer in the headlights. I locked up the brakes and slid upright for about two car lengths, with the stopped traffic watching me wizz by, members and prospects, behind me, till the bike high sided and threw me off. I hit the pavement running faster than I can travel.
I stopped turned around picked up the bike, had the prospect hold the front so I could bend back the bars, and the RACE WAS ON.
We took off with all the citizens staring in their cages in disbelief. They were probably thinking, “These Bikers are CRAZY”.
As I was barreling through the tunnel all I could think was, “Tuck and Roll, Not Bad for an OLD MAN”.
The only damage the bike sustained is the tank is dented, not the money shot, the left side, bent the riser bolts, and my side cover broke off. I fixed everything but the tank. I will get a camera and post a shot.
That’s what I mean by water on a duck’s back. What you gonna do? Same thing you always do. Keep On
Keepin’ On.
FAT BOB
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Damn!
That’s about all I could think for a bit there. Glad you and your buddies are ok, but DAMN! I hate to break it to you….but Bikers are crazy! I think it’s a requirement. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Who wants to be sane in today’s world anyway? If you’re too sane, you’ll crack up from all the weird **** going on.
So, keep being crazy and safe!
By SoaDaughter on May 22nd, 2009 at 11:11 amFunny, on the Long Island expressway, I-495, I’ve had people open their car doors to stop ‘ya. If they were right handed, it cost them their watch or worse.
By Medicfl1 on May 24th, 2009 at 11:29 amGlad you are okay I had a spill back in January sure glad I was wearing a skid lid plus other stuff that some think is for wimps, but it kept me alive and all i suffered was a broken ankle and a totaled bike which lucky for me the teen ager was insured. I have another ride now and have been enjoying it.
By 2WheelerFred on May 25th, 2009 at 9:26 pmgood to know your ok…… but who won??!!!
By Gaz-P (swampig) on May 25th, 2009 at 10:55 pmme and 8 other Patriot Guard Riders were heading to a mission for a KIA soldier memorial near Lansing MI. when we came up on some lady doing about 40 mph on the highway, the dude leading us cut over to the left lane and the next 3 guys followed him but they did not see the guy coming in the cage about 100 mph, I was waving like crazy but they did not see me and they went left and the dude in the cage swerved and hit the shoulder, fishtailed it into the wall and almost killed 3 of my broz, I’m glad your ok and got out of it with only a dent in the tank. Peace, rubber side down! H-D 4 LIFE!
By RoadDawg on May 26th, 2009 at 5:53 pmhad a drunk bitc…. hit some years back she just keep going pigs asked her do you know you hit someone she said” some motorcycle whitetrash, no big deal” She was driving El D caddie!! Question
By os on June 11th, 2009 at 2:56 amare going to still being your blog, during the new season & Will Mc’s lifestyle be shown a little the way it is???
Os
The Vagina Boys MC.
By Joseph on June 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pmSome of the guys I usually ride with went for a Grand Canyon run and here I am to old and wore out to go that far. One real rider was left so he and I decide to go on a short 661 mile run to the Talledega Natl Forest. Bad John asks a few guys from his work if they wanted to come. 6 AM.Sat. and Bad John and the Vagina boys pull in. Here were 4 guys that ride one Sunday a month when they take their wives to the Dairy Queen. 35 miles into the ride we have to pull over and the whining starts, my butt’s sore, my back hurts, lets stop for awhile. I don’t speak whinese so I’m just getting angry. We ride tank to tank not exit to exit. 75 miles into the trip we have to stop at Wal-mart to get a “Throw pillow” for one of them to sit on. Now I’m wondering if these guys are wearing womens underwear I think you get a free pair when you buy a new Jap bike. At the gas station these guys get confronted by a guy and his V6 Honda and his buddies. All they could do was grin that stupid grin that cowards do when they’re scared. Bad John and I had to go threaten a fight to get those guys to back off. I didn’t even get paid for baby sitting. That night at the motel the whining starts again, my wife didn’t pack my socks, my wife didn’t pack my tooth brush, I’m to tired to have a beer with my old friend the hotel manager and his wife (EX-ANGEL) which insulted Bobby (Ex-Angel) who had just charged us 50 dollars for three rooms (Biker Discount)I wake up with a grasshopper on my face on a picnic table at 6;30 AM, take a shower, get packed, and start knocking at doors. The Vagina boys don’t want to leave till noon. Bad John and I leave a map on one of the bikes and ride away. Sometimes there are things worse than being hit by a car. If I have to ride with those guys again…HIT ME WITH A CAR.
Humm I wonder if this blog is for real or if it is the SOA writers making their show more real? I dig the show and all but I just wonder. I looked up Spokes MC and found a club in AL and a ladies club in NJ.
By Spooky on June 16th, 2009 at 4:12 amIt’s 6:50 am where I am at and I am getting ready to go out in the shop and work on a bike. I have 3 bikes I have to finish by the end of the month. Trying to decide if I want to go to Sturgis. yes its fun and its also business but damn 7 years in a row? There’s more to life than Sturgis. Even if the new significant other wants to go.
Tomorrow morning I leave on a 3 or 4 day run/ride to the NC mountains, The Big Mountain Run. Gotta start packing up the road trip bike, my old sporty. Yes, real “bikers” ride sportsters. Only other bike for the mts roads is an fxr and I ain’t got one. Camping so that means packing heavy. An bringing rain rain gear cos it always rains in the mountains. Got caught in a downpour on the chopper a month ago and it sucked for a 100 or so miles.
But here I am sitting here at the computer, waking up, found this blog, read a few posts, and wondering if it is real. Real life is waiting for me out in the shop. Oh god it sucks. No picnic working on bikes. Not when your roof depends on it.
Joesph,
LMAO….I had something similiar, very similiar happen to me, right down to leaving the map and bailing. I can’t believe people spend all that money on a bike and then display it thier garage. I think I’ll steal your Vagina Boys MC quote just one time to let these posers know how I felt about our ride, or lack of I should say.
KT
By Kris on June 19th, 2009 at 5:32 amWhy do you all have to hate people that ride a “JAP BIKE”. You probably drive a JAP CAR. Who cares we still deal with the same dangers on the road and should all be BROTHERS and SISTERS. Why don’t you retards look at where the parts for your bikes come from. Chevy, Ford and Dodge get parts from Japan. So does Harley. So no matter what you drive… Your rolling in a Jap car.. My bike is a Honda VTX and was made in my home town in the good ol USA. Had a Harley and it sucked. Own a VTX and it rocks. I can customize it all I want, fabricate it etc. Just ride and realize it’s not what you ride… YOU JUST RIDE. You get to the point of caring and scrutinizing what others ride that makes you a Yuppy. Take care and ride safe.
By Cptcueball on June 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pmCptcueball
Right on.
I too ride a VTX…….made in AMERICA!!!
Put more miles and dirt on it than any of my Hardly riding friends do.
Oh yeah and my Gold Wing was made in the USA too!
By Ross on July 7th, 2009 at 11:51 amthanks for the dvds may not ship till 08 18 buy ill take it later guys and gals freedom
By freedom on July 8th, 2009 at 9:12 pmWell Fat Bob , wishing you many good miles on that “white hog”. As you can tell there are some posts here on your blog that don’t know jack s– about the 1% percenter biking scene reality in this country,lol. I wonder if perhaps the script writer for the Sons of Anarchy reads your blog? LOL, if he does then maybe he ought to hire me as an outside consultant and co writer for a couple of the shows,lol,lol. Let me point out a couple things out of several realities that the show script writer obvious has no insight about,lol. First off the scenario about getting weapons from the IRA is ridiculous. All the guns in this country and they going to get them from the outside,lol,lol. Most are going to come via a single individual here or there that owes the club some money and does not have the cash to pay up, so property like bikes , or cars or trucks, or guns MIGHT be accepted as payment. The other big screw up in season one is this thing about the white supremacy group bunch! These type of guys, or boys in the hoodz if you wanna call them that,lol, they are not in with some minority MC clubs,lol. In real life they are in with the establishment, the law on local, state, and sometimes even federal levels. That is a fact not fiction! Back in the 70s-80s in N.C. I had a friend of mine that took his bike to be repaired to a motorcycle shop that was owned by a one percenters club. White supremicist came riding by that shop and opened fire on it hitting him and two or three others inside with bullets. Naturally it all got covered up by the fuzz. So SAMCRO in with the local chief of police? That is as far from the reality of it out here in the real world as a hawk is from the moon. All those old timer 81 bros back then in N.C. are all “rips” now,lol, old age got’em, but if their spirits are looking at the Sons of Anarchy Show I am sure they would be laughing at the white supremicist part of the script,lol.
By Weylin on August 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 amabymahudol…
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By abymahudol on August 6th, 2009 at 5:05 pmSwing Bob Haircut
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As a very old 1%er, circa 1960’s, I love the show. Not involved or affiliated anymore, too old and independent, but I miss the “Life”. As I watch the show, I feel like a piece of my soul is missing. I have tried to get back into the life, I even spent some time with the local Vietnam Vets club, but I am too old and set in my ways. After Nam, I spent the rest of my years in the “Civilian/Citizen” world, still riding and loving the freedom, but not affiliated. I tried over and over to completely lose myself in the life, but I had lost that connection. All you brothers who have that connection, the call and the soul, if you give it up, I don’t think you can get it back.
Live fast, live free and ride hard.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body.
but rather to slide in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming:
—-WOW— What A ride!!!!!
By 1%4ever on August 18th, 2009 at 9:02 amCptcueball your generalizeing and lumping everyone in the same boat not all bikers hate Jap bike riders (they just hate citizens) your all like a bunch of leamings and if the goverment told you to jump of the cliff you all would on your Jap bikes no doubt.Most started rideing Jap Bikes in the begining and a some have a Jap dirt bike or a race bike in the garage.We have a dirt bike track behind are house and we all love raceing on it with are JAP dirt bikes on race day so get a grip will ya.1% forever I have read alot of posts on this blog and yours is the best one so far being a 70s circa 1% I agree you couldnt have said it better, like Neil Young once said its better to burn out then fade away and in the end say what a fu,cken ride!
By Trip on August 22nd, 2009 at 6:07 amyminacivo…
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By yminacivo on August 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 pmI learned to Ride at 17. That was in 1966. Where are the old Lady Bikers. We do exist.
By Purple Queen on October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmWell I’m old and I’m a chic so there are alot of Old Ladies out there on the road! My Yamaha 1900 can blow past some of the Harley’s but I just like to get out on the road with my group, or by myself alot and get the fresh air on my face! Yes I must admit the guys in my group do some hardcore trips and I wimp out and don’t camp in the snow like I used to in the Sierras,****! I am a cancer survivor, got hit by a flatbed truck in 08, wrecked my bike, head, ribs this May. I still am feeling pain in my head. Love this show and the blog thanks!
By Loliner on October 29th, 2009 at 11:06 pm