Blue ST1300

I spied this beauty on Craigslist and began conversing with the seller.

I knew I wanted an ST with ABS. I didn't think it would be blue.

Since Craigslist is really positioned as a local want-ads, I used a search aggregator to search across multiple cities until I found what I wanted. Search Tempest fills this very needed role. Craigslist lack of long-range scanning is the number one reason why I hate Craigslist. Search Tempest allowed me to specify a search radius, and it pulled back Craigslist listings from all cities within that radius.

I had to bump up my search radius to 400 miles to find what I was looking for. 400 miles is doable in a weekend-run. 8 hours out, 8 hours back.

The egg carton luggage is a little cheesy. I wouldn't have had that strapped on the bike when taking "For Sale" pictures, but that's just my opinion. Perhaps the seller wanted to show how useful the rear luggage rack is.

7 years old and only 20,000 miles means less than 3,000 miles per year. This poor sport tourer was underutilized!

I hope to put some road miles on this bike, in addition to using it as a commuter.

My Wife's The Best

My wife is a Harley fan. I'm a Honda fan.

We've proven that the rival brands can coexist.

We have discovered that Harley fan memorabilia is a little easier to come by than Honda material.

One can walk into any Harley dealership in the world and buy a HD logo mug, T-Shirt, license plate, belt buckle, spittoon, etcetera.

You can't find such material at a Honda dealership.

To give me a gift of Honda memorabilia, my wife had to track down official Honda logo decals and basically manufacture her own Honda-logo coffee mug, and Honda-logo novelty license plate.

She surprised me with these goodies today.

I think they look great.

I'm shocked at how much effort it was for her to make them.

Seems Honda would do well to make memorabilia a little more accessible for the fanboys, like me.

Dream Rangers. Dream Riders. Ride on, brothers!

This is very good.

Why do we ride? Why do we live?