That's me in the front with my 11 year old Harley Night Train on the far right and I qualify to ride a motorcycle without being gay on two points: I am a cop and I am in an MC club (the Shamrocks, that is a law enforcement only club). I am lucky enough to live in the islands of the Florida Keys so I can ride year round with usually just a t-shirt and jeans. It may not be as fast as some crotch rockets but there is something primal about the roar of a Harely big V-twin engine that no other bike has (the tone on mine is helped along by Hooker Header pipes). A decade of trouble free/ breakdown free riding is hard to beat on the carb fed balanced twin cam 88 engine. It may not be 'fashionable' but I still carry a small belt pouch, even on bike runs that holds my Glock 19, H.E.S.T. fixed blade knife, Every Day Carry key loop (peanut lighter, button compass, hacksaw blade, mini pry bar, firesteel, etc. : all from countycomm.com) Gerber multitool, handcuffs, CPR mask and latex gloves, spare magazine for the Glock, iOsat iodine tablets one week supply, water filter straw, and bandanna.
Mitch
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