Category Archives: Cruiser

The Cruiser started its life as a 1992 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic, which in the Harley alphabet soup carries the designation FLSTC. It’s been modified and rebuilt a few times over the years but still has a few of its original parts.

MITM 2012 Photos and Video

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The 2012 trip to Butch and Pam’s farm (known as MITM or Meet in the Middle) is long over so it’s about time to post some photos from the event. After the gallery thumbnails is a video of the start … Continue reading

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MITM 2012 Summary and Map

The 2012 run to Butch and Pam’s farm (known as MITM, Meet in the Middle) is over (actually, almost a month ago), and I’m finally getting around to posting photos of the trip. Posted from Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, … Continue reading

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Night Riding with Yo and Mr. Fun

Sometime during the recent MAMMARY run, Yo Adrian proclaimed that he and his friend Scott (Mr. Fun) would be stopping at my place on their way to Butch and Pam’s farm for the gathering called Meet in the Middle. So … Continue reading

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2011 New England Cruise Photos

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Photos from our ride out to New England in 2011. Posted from Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, United States.

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Improving weather at Bar Harbor

After the monsoon-like conditions of the previous day, we went to sleep relieved by the weather forecast that the rain would be gone in the morning. It was with some consternation then, that we awoke to find that a light … Continue reading

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A wet ride to Maine

We knew from looking at the weather forecast that we were in for a damp ride from Cape Cod up to Bradbury Mountain State Park in Maine. We did not know, however, that we would nearly drown on the way. … Continue reading

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Lifestyle dichotomy on the Cape

After a great evening with Barb Freeman, we headed off down the back roads to Cape Cod. We crossed at the Bourne Bridge, noting the horrendous traffic in the opposite direction from all those weekenders heading back to the mainland. … Continue reading

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You know you’re lucky when…

You hit reserve (remember, the Cruiser is an old-school Harley with a carburetor and a gas valve) with the next service plaza on the Thruway 19 miles away and you know you can get 20 miles on reserve. So, we … Continue reading

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Night departure for New England

I had the Cruiser all packed and ready to rock when I was at work on Friday. I needed to get a few things done so I was unable to leave a little early at 3:30pm as planned. Instead, I … Continue reading

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Evening departure for Philly

After years of not taking him up on his invitation, I decided it was time to head out to Philadelphia for Roach’s annual July 4th get-together.Posted from Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States.

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