Start with a mid-90s Harley-Davidson Soft tail. Not the most impressive beasty on the road, but it still had that old Harley feel. That deep, rumbling sound you can feel without being beaten up. Great power band and decent speeds, carburetors and Hyper-chargers. Pure mechanical push.

Modern tech, gave us fuel injectors and CAD designs to balance out handling. The 103A, high output was the best of them. Tuning done with a computer, tweaked for long rides. The Beast roared down the road and only frightened parents with cute daughters.

Finally, the era of the Milwaukee 8, 8 valve, computer management, displacement went from 107CI to 131CI. It’s like putting a compact car worth of power on 2 wheels, knocking off a thousand pounds and making it faster. It leaves muscle cars at the light and the over tuned crap doesn’t even start to run. I’ve finished quarter mile sprints and not had time to shift out of 4th gear.

Yep. Motorcycles are my favorite automobiles. Two wheels rule. I’ll reserve the other two for a spare bike.

Daily writing prompt

What is your all time favorite automobile?

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Seriously, who came up with winter? This cold weather sucks. I’m not leaving the house until it’s over 50 degrees again.

Daily writing prompt

When are you most happy?

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The prompt is my top 5 shopping list. Fine here goes.

Scotch – Speyside by preference. Single malt over blended.

Wine – A decent selection, mixed varieties but not a lot of sweet stuff.

Ammo – The usual selection of 9mm, .45, 5.56 and 12 gauge. There are a couple of specials, but I don’t use them very often.

Half a pig – Gotta have a pig-pickin’.

Coffee – There is no life without coffee.

Daily writing prompt

List your top 5 grocery store items.

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Truthfully, I expected to be dead by 30, Job and lifestyle were against me making it long. What little planning I did was based on having fun. When I made it past thirty, I started looking at everything a little different. Planning for an imagined future was never my strong suit, so I just winged it.

It’s like falling off of a cliff and wondering what’s at the bottom. Do you get ready to dive into an ocean of swirling doubt or will you smash into the rocks? Is it even a fifty/fifty bet?

So now, I’m retired and trying to figure out what I’m going to do when I grow up. My life isn’t what I expected.

Daily writing prompt

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?

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