Pure Poison ... No Antidote

Happy Dad's Day

2010-06-21T20:40:00.000-07:00

Love to all you guys. What a great group of dads. Seriously.

Naples via Tamiami Trail 061210

2010-06-21T19:26:00.001-07:00

Great ride with friends, we were four bikes and a well-planned itinerary. Tamiami Trail, via Four Corners to Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery, then a drive-by on the Skunk Ape Research Center and time to relax on the porch of Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe. Met the 'gator who lives in the swamp behind the kitchen, drank some cold ones from the cooler and shared a few stories with Jack. Great place to stop. A quick ride (ha! Lauren, yes, we should have walked!) to the smallest post office in the U.S. at Ochopee.

Lunch in Everglades City at the Seafood Depot. Then up 29 to the Naples Beach and Golf Resort, with a quick stop at the Iron Rhino. My impression: the Rhino was just too clean. More like a Greek restaurant than a biker bar ...

An afternoon of sun and pool, with drinks from the beach bar, dinner at HP's and the next morning relaxing in the beach with breakfast and beers. Perfect antidote to a hot afternoon ride the day before.

But the excitement wasn't over. Here is how David and Anne got back to Fort Lauderdale:

Sometimes, shit just happens. Thankfully we were just pulling out of the toll plaza on 75 ... no crisis, just a hassle and the most expensive souvenir of the trip: new tires.

I need to get more space on Flickr ... more photos to come! NOTE -- okay, done deal!

have more photos? send them to me!

Flossie's Saturdays

2010-06-21T19:16:00.001-07:00

Flossie's Saturdays, sometimes Sundays. Always a good stop.

Key West 04-17-2010

2010-04-18T16:24:00.000-07:00

This was for mothers, daughters, sisters (& Sarah)

2009-10-03T15:50:00.001-07:00

We rode from Chit Chat Lounge in Pompano to Flossie's in Dania Beach. Breakfast buffet and mimosas, then a trooper escort to 95. Fun friends, great hospitality, and excellent cause made a day that was fun and worthwhile.

Independence Weekend

2009-07-06T08:15:00.000-07:00

Next year, we'll get a flag for the bike!

Wonderful times with new friends on their new bike: Boston's to Two Georges ... Cafe 27 to Flossies ...

we got the good weather, had lots of laughs and put on a few miles.

(to play the slideshow, click ONCE on the center arrow, move your cursor aside and wait for it to start)

Sorry but I gotta do this ... if you FIND a B&Bhead moment in the slideshow, I'll buy YOUR drink next ride!

Last day of May

2009-05-31T17:45:00.000-07:00

10 a.m. Cafe 27. Next stop Flossie's. Then to BlueFish. Good company, new friends.

And we met a local celebrity.

This is Miss Pineapple, selling Nitrogen to the biker crowd at Cafe 27, with her companion C-Note.

She's a sweetheart. She's got moxie. And no one I know can wear a Harley hat like this girl.

Sunday ride to IslaMorada

2009-05-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ha! Kickstands up at the Starbucks at 136 off of 595 ... around 10am? Who was watching the clock ... Burt and Carol met us there and we followed Burt out of the lot, on our way to Key Largo or parts thereabout ...

west to 27, south, first stop at Four Corners, to wander the truckstop and psyche up for the ride. Alternate route to the Keys, east to Alabama Jacks on Card Sound Road. Fuel up (our own tanks, that is, with a couple beers and lots of diet coke).

On south to mile marker 82 in IslaMorada, for lunch at Lorelei's. This is what the Keys are all about. Excellent food, tucked away on the Gulf-side, frozen drinks, and the promise of a gorgeous sunset. We didn't stay that long, but long enough to relax, shift to stay in the shade of the big umbrella and then back to the bikes.

One very long trek home to Fort Lauderdale & Boca ... all the way up A1A through Coconut Grove etc.

We HAD to make a stop at Bourgets, just to stretch our legs. Actually, it was my request. Demand. Stop, now. I had a vision of that leg vein thing that you get on airplanes, that can kill you. I can say, but I'm too lazy to find out how to spell it. At any rate. Ten minutes, a cold Bud Lime (don't grimace: try one) and we were good to make it home. Burt and Carol powered through all the way to Boca. They are the pros.

A full day of riding. Gorgeous weather. Wonderful friends. $11 worth of gas, roundtrip.

"I just took a movie!"

Sunday West to the Everglades

2009-04-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

First stop Hooters at Pines and University, for fried pickles, chicken and a pitcher of beer. The floating ziplock of ice cubes kept the beverage chilly.

We got a chuckle from an obvious weekend-dad, getting all the Hooters girls to sign calendars for his two sons: about 13 and 15? "Hey mom, look what DAD got us for EASTER!"

Two cool guys with cool bikes - older Yamaha Roadstars - they did lots of work on these and the bikes show it. Very awesome.

Then we rode straight west. Headed for the edge of the Everglades, and a trip north on 27 up to the Chikki Hut. It's called "Cafe 27" a truck stop, biker bar, restaurant, on US 27 just north of Griffin Road, technically in Weston. Live band and a crowd that grew as the day progressed. The ride back to downtown Fort Lauderdale was 35 minutes on 595. Great Sunday ride, the sun was shining and lots of bikes were out. Good people watching, bike admiring and attire critiquing. Maybe next ride, Anaconda does the bikini top solo, to get some sun.

We see people we know, everywhere we go. Kind of becoming locals, maybe, huh?

Flossies Sunday

2009-03-28T11:53:00.000-07:00

Good ride. Great company. Eating. Drinking. Open on Sunday ... call, we'll get there.

Toys for Tots Run 2008

2008-12-15T11:52:00.000-08:00

Toys for Tots

2008-12-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

This event has a distinctly South Florida spin, with a different name and a serious deficit of winter riding gear.

Entertainment at Marham Park includes Vanilla Ice (Ice Ice Baby), Dennis Rodman and David Cassidy. Oh, also a CHICAGO CONNECTION: Jim Belushi. He will be tired from the night before, when he is Grand Marshall of Fort Lauderdale's Winterfest Boat Parade.

Check out the Ride Dates to the right. We'll meet early for coffee and a Holiday donut, then ride to Pompano together. David is working on logistics with Burt. Stay in touch.

We'll Follow Them Any Time

2008-09-09T16:48:00.000-07:00

For the BMR Album: Burt "Roaddog" and Carol "Bikerbubbe" on The Dragon, Highway 129 at Deal’s Gap, North Carolina/Tennessee.

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2008-09-09T16:29:00.000-07:00

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Who needs a Web site

2008-09-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Sunday -- Mamba Riders ended up at Mickey's in Pompano. First there was Briny's and then Aruba. Mickey's gets the prize for "biker bar." Burt lead the Riders there for a game of pool a couple weeks ago. Sunday, we were early, so no one was playing pool, and the band was just setting up. We left before the place was really packed, but it was a good stop. There was a white cockatiel on the bar, tossing beer caps out of a bucket with his beak. He rides -- inside the shirt of one of the regulars.

David and I were in Chicago Bears orange, not Mickey-appropriate attire. Note: get working on that Black Mamba gear.

Abate was in the house, distributing "Watch for Motorcycles" bumper stickers. The stickers represent "our tax dollars at work." We took a few to place in strategic locations. Like the gate arm in our parking garage. There are a few truck bumpers we'd like to target, but we will resist.

No Web site for Mickey's, but here is a cool list of biker bars.

Snake bite? Yukon Jack and Rose's Lime ...

A Real Club

2008-09-03T10:44:00.001-07:00

Black Mamba Riders M.C. can become a chartered club of the American Motorcycle Association by completing the application found on the AMA Web site. BMR must have at least five members who are members of the AMA.

Social Club (from the AMA Web site)

For enthusiasts who ride together, be it road or off-road, but aren't really structured or geared up to host formal events.

At least five current AMA/ATVA members must be listed on the application.
These clubs cannot vote for Congress Delegates or host sanctioned events.
The charter fee is $25.00 for a calendar year.

The Beginning of a Good Idea

2008-09-02T12:46:00.001-07:00

CHIKI BAR: a dwelling constructed of palm thatch over cypress log built by the Seminole Indians

Subject to codes and inspections specific to tribal regulatory bodies.

Over drinks, there was some discussion of the integrity of the galvanized bands adhering the roof structure to the body posts. That's what happens between a couple of construction-oriented bikers. They can hyper-analyze movie effects to the point of hilarity, too. Something about an electric nail gun, framing nails and projectile distance.

The Old Key Lime House. The rum runners were frosty. The beer was cold. The place is huge. There was a hefty handful of bikers. We found a huggie - good luck. I got a tank top. That's our dog on the sign at the motorcycle entrance.

(I was going to leave that out ... I am both compelled and obsessed.)

We rode on. Refer to the saga in the "about the Black Mambas" below.

The only rain was on our way north on A1A headed to the Key Lime. We stopped under the portico of a little gas station, bought one can of heineken and a cola. Wiped the bikes down and talked with three other shelter-seekers who were on their way back to Wellington. There was a row of white plastic lawn chairs along the window wall and little table with an ashtray. It was the kind of place that you could run as a second career after you retire.

Next ride, I'll bring the camera. I think that's in my job description as "Websnake."



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