Well, the Holidays are here, time always flies, soon there will be another digit on the year, we will be screwing up checks, and making false promises that we all know won't be kept. Anyway.
Well, my early resolution is to hit Japan big. I know they like my bikes there, a lot, but I want to target Japan, heavily. I have a few new bikes ready for the magazines, and have a few others almost done, so it will be a very interesting trip, after keeping incognito most of 2006.
We just finished our yearly event, Caribbean Bike Week, but what many know as Rincon, plain and simple, there's many changes going on , so sadly we had to cancel Sunday activities, since some of our sponsors pulled out two days before the event, Oh well….
But still the plans for Friday and Saturday went on full blast, and speaking of blasts, we had one.. for sure.Every year we ride from my shop in San Juan to Rincon, about 100 miles give or take, ask any builder from the US that has been here and they will tell you about this ride. It’s more or less an all-balls race to the West side. Laws are non existent, speed limits become jokes, red lights ignored blatantly and such. It's not total anarchy, just a way to release all the shit that goes on, day after day. It’s a celebration of what we can do when laws are a bit more relaxed than anyplace else, but it's also fun. Just friends riding alongside (our friend the Motorcycler has a couple videos on You Tube from that day). It's a good time to make those Pans and Shovels scream, clean the plugs up, and just haul ass. Too bad there's no photos of my Chop Off pan flying a couple feet off the ground on one of the bridges, that to me was fun.
Friday night was a full attack on our friends bar, a great time to just hang out, unwind an talk to friends, old and new alike. Hank Young joined us once more on this trip, It has become his yearly vacation, and we nicknamed him the Georgiarican.
Saturday a few went riding up into the Central Mountain range, some were riding to Rincon from San Juan, and the bulk had a BBQ at the beach with friends.. After I was done with all the shit I had to do, I grabbed my board and went surfing… Sanity has a steep, price.
The opening party Saturday, became the mega party, Monica and her band, La Guerrilla (
Sunday (thank God we did not have to go to the booth) was a late start, Luis shot some of the bikes, even though the event was canceled, there were many bikes in the area, just riding around, enjoying what beautiful Rincon has to offer. I had plans to go surfing, but never happened (besides I have the whole Winter season to do so).
A few groups formed for the ride back to San Juan, as always it was almost as much fun coming back…We even had friends come over from Texas and California, sure they were a bit dissapointed that the main event did not happen, but after all that went on and the partying, im sure they did not give a fuck.
We are starting to plan now for next year, the sales tax turmoil should be done by then, the sponsors are in and it's the 5th anniversary so we want to do something really cool.Dates for 2007 are Nov 30th, Dec 1 and 2nd. Or check the website
If anything, just have the best Holidays you can….I'll be in Rincon, surfing.By the way, the babe singing is spoken for….
–Jose
