"Life is the great adventure ride. Twist the throttle hard."

1 down, and 1 to go.  John decided early on that a Harley “Road King” would be his weapon of choice.  We found a cherry 2004 Road King Classic in Escondido.  11,000 miles on it, tons of chrome, and it looked like it was straight off the show-room floor. Bought it today. :yeha:

The paint job is a white pearl, and it has an amazing deep white paint job that does look like a pearl.

Sam is still debating about either a Road King or one of the Dyna series Harleys.  Tough call for an 18YO, as the Road Kings ride nicer, but the Dyna’s have more of a “biker” look.

We took the RK out to a parking lot to practice riding (and got yelled at by security ).  It weighs 750lbs  (400 more than my dirt bike), so it will take some getting used to.

I really gotta get a leather jacket.  I just don’t think the dirt-bike enduro jacket look is going to catch on with the HOG riders.  Sam found a 2001 black Harley Dyna SuperGlide  (an FXD in Harley terms).

We’re adding saddle bags to it, a rear rack for camping gear, and “mini-ape” handle bars.

Here are the top pics for John’s MP3 player:

Every motorcycle play-list must begin with:
Steppenwolf Born to be Wild

But I dare you to listen to Kryptonite, and not want to throw your leg over 1500ccs of Milwaukee metal, and head across the country.
3 Doors Down Kryptonite

Some more throttle-twisting head-banging tunes that will make the miles fly by:
Ozzi Crazy train
Lynyard Skynyrd  Sweet Home Alabama
Trapt  Head Strong
Jackson Brown    Running on Empty
The Clash  Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Green Day  Holiday
AC/DC  Highway to Hell

And then the rest of the player is filled with assorted tunes like:

Charlie Daniels Band  Devil Went Down to Georgia
C S N & Y  Southern Cross
Eagles   Take it Easy
Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way  Life’s Been Good
George Thorogood Move it on Over
Boston  More Than a Feeling   Peace of Mind   Hitch a Ride
Journey  Wheel in the Sky
Judas Priest  You Got Another Thing Comming
The Clash  Rock the Casbah
Nickelback  How You Remind Me
Lenny Kravitz  Fly Away
Fleetwood Mac  Go your Own Way
Styx Sail Away
Bon Jovi  Living on a Prayer
Linkin Park  From the Inside
Guns n Roses  Sweet Child of Mine

And then, at the end of the day, we’ll still be thinking:
I Don’t Want a Pickel, I Just Want to Ride my Morotcycle (suggested by Doug)