DAY #3....SALEM, MISSOURI TO BIXBY, MISSOURI TO HUTCHINSON, KANSAS...OR 464 MILES AFTER LUNCH (992 MILES)

WAKING UP THIS MORNING TO SUNNY SKIES AND NO WIND WAS JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTIFUL DAY, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS FROST ON THE BIKES FIRST THING THIS MORNING.
THE EVENT WAS IN A VERY UNIQUE LOCATION, AS THEY ALL ARE, WITH ABOUT 20 IN ATTENDANCE. SEVERAL OF THE BIKES WERE VERY UNIQUE ALSO, ALL BEING FOUR STROKE SINGLES OF COURSE. THOSE THAT MISSED THIS EVENT DIDN'T GET TO SEE THESE BIKES, BUT ALSO MISSED THE RENEWING OF FRIENDSHIPS FROM THE PAST YEARS.

AND.....YOU ALSO MISSED GETTING TO SEE ME HARD AT WORK, DOING....WHATEVER IT IS THAT I DO.

ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT TRIP, MAYBE A BIT SHORT, BUT GREAT NONETHELESS.
I HAD SEVERAL FIRSTS ON THIS TRIP. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HAD TO RUN HEAT EVERY DAY I WAS ON THE ROAD, AND MOST OF THE TIME, ALL DAY LONG.
I RIDE WITH WOODEN BEADS ON THE SEAT FOR COMFORT. THESE ARE NOT ONLY COMFORTABLE TO SIT ON (MY OPINION) BUT THEY ALSO ALLOW AIR TO CIRCULATE BETWEEN YOU AND THE SEAT. I HAD TO REMOVE THESE THE FIRST DAY ON THE ROAD, AS THEY WERE WORKING SO GOOD, THEY WERE COOLING BODY PARTS I DIDN'T WANT TO COOL.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. I'LL SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEXT THUMPERCAFE, THIS TIME IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, IN JULY.

MOTOR MIKE