Charity Ride Diversion

[redbirds_imp]

The little town of Offerman, GA has a charity ride every April for the Cancer Society. We always attend even though we're not enthused about riding in large groups with strangers. Three years ago two participants ran into one another making an emergency room trip for both. We always ride far to the rear, just close enough to keep the others in view. Today we showed up for the ride with the skies looking like rain. As more riders showed up it became clear that there were too many of the weekend "pirate" types with their annoying loud bikes. Instead of riding with the group we rode our own route over some nice roads, enjoyed a peaceful ride and dodged a few rain showers. The roadside flowers are really coming on and I did manage a couple pics before the rain started.

[jerrycon_imp]

It looks beautiful there. Rain is a very good thing.

[Cormanus]

Nice photos redbirds.

I wonder which country invented the side stand. Looking at the second picture made me realize that when a person in a country with right-hand side riding stops and puts the bike on the side stand the bike leans into the road. In places like Japan and the UK and Australia where we drive on the left, a bike on its side stand leans away from the road.

[redbirds_imp]

Nice photos redbirds.

I wonder which country invented the side stand. Looking at the second picture made me realize that when a person in a country with right-hand side riding stops and puts the bike on the side stand the bike leans into the road. In places like Japan and the UK and Australia where we drive on the left, a bike on its side stand leans away from the road.

Interesting point Cormanus. When on another forum years back, a fellow countryman to you, after seeing a photo of my Moto Guzzi Breva, commented that his Breva appeared to have a longer side stand than those sold in the States and was shaped differently. His thought, because the angle would differ with the road crown according to the country where it's sold. Maybe there is something to that. I know my wife's Suzuki seems perilously upright when parked roadside where there is a steep crown.

[the Ferret]

Pretty pics and wise decision to avoid the crowd IMO. MOST of the rides go off without a hitch, but it seems like an awful lot of them here end up as crash fests.