Today I think we turned a corner. Usually whenever we do a motorcycle ride at church we normally have only one type of bike…Japanese. You know, Kawasakis, Yamahas, Suzukis and Hondas. Today, though, we had something different. For the first time at one of our rides we had something American…the iconic Harley-Davidson.

Actually the one on the far right is a Honda

This was actually a really fun ride. It sounded completely different from our other rides. Most street bikes have a nice engine sound that is higher pitched, there is, however, no mistaking the low-growl of a Harley.

As we headed out from church we went up H-3 and traveled to Haleiwa via Kunia Road. It’s not the most senic ride, but Kunia Road mixed it up nicely. The weather was perfect (not too hot and not too cold) and the ride went really smoothly.

We actually had two new people so the company was great too. Carole brought her friend Jenny and Josh brought his friend Luke (they accounted for the Harleys). It took us around 50 minutes to get to Haleiwa and we stopped for a nice breakfast at Breaker’s. It was good but the food took forever to come out.

Fun on two wheels!

Josh and I then traded bikes and headed home. Josh’s bike is the yellow one behind mine in the picture above. I don’t know if you can tell, but it’s a ’89 V-twin with an R6 front end. It’s kind of a beast. It has a lot of torque and it sounds great. It’s also a little thinner so it’s easier to lean into the curves (“it wants to lean,” says Josh). It also doesn’t have any padding on the seat so it was like sitting on a hard board. Man, I felt every little bump all the way from Haleiwa to Kahana Valley.

Carole, me, Josh and Luke at Kahana Valley

It was a beautiful day and a beautiful ride. Next time you should come and join us!