Just a very quick update…

Jury duty thankfully concluded on Friday and so I’m now a free man! The case involved nearly $4 million in blow - that’s 13.2LBS to be exact - with a mandatory state minimum sentence of 15 years in state prison.

And so the planned road trip begins now…… I’m heading to NY today for the party and then bright and early on Sunday I start the first leg of the trip. Look on facebook for status updates, mobile uploads and other notes on the voyage. I may do updates here at bigger destinations.

Just a man.. His Harley.. And the open road.. See everyone soon.

After a lengthy day of empanelment on a civil case and criminal case, I was unfortunately selected as an official juror for a substantial criminal case today. I can’t give any details, but the Judge has told us that they expect this trial to last 3-4 days and that she’ll have a better idea after the trail starts. The court case starts at 9AM tomorrow with court getting out at 4PM each day. Multiple felonies, multiple defedents, some translators.. Its a small buffet of legal stuff..

My HOPE is this wraps by Friday because I’m scheduled to be on vacation from 7/20 - 7/31 for a HUGE road trip out west on the Harley!! If things go according to plan.. I’ll be heading to NY on Friday. Saturday I’m going to Zack and Jamie’s HUGGE party. And then Sunday, I head west and continue west for a few days.. I’m going to stay a night with my sister in Omaha. And I expect to be in Aspen, CO by Wednesday or possibly Thursday. Stay there at Maurie’s for a few days of party’s, paragliding, spa/massage treatment (I’ll be really sore after days of riding) and then hit the road back east on 7/27…

The trip is over 4,300 miles long, 11 states total in 2 weeks.. Just a man, his Harley and the open road.. Can’t wait.. I’m taking I-80 out and I-70 back part of the way to change it up. I see something cool.. I’ll stop.. No diehard schedules.. Hopefully, I don’t get too drunk and hungover on the locals homemade corn liquor through the Plains and delay the trip.

On Friday, I didn’t end up going up to Laconia.  Sorry people.  The weather was just too rainy off/on to do a big trip like that.   I did end up going out in the afternoon with Arty to the Framingham Harley dealership to check it out.  I think I might do my next service there as they might be a slight bit cheaper then the “Boston” location.

On Saturday, I was at my normal dealership getting my detachable windshield finally.  The thing has been on back order for a month so its nice to finally get it in.  Then, I headed down for an short afternoon trip to Rhode Island.  Found a nice town, had a quick lunch and then shot back up to Boston.  So this makes 6 States now and basically at 1,900 total miles..

Couple quick pics of the new windshield with my iPhone using a ‘magazine’ filter.  I think for the most part I’m going to leave the windshield off and just use it for longer trips.  But it easily comes off/on in less then a minute - so its really not a hard decision either way.

Today and tomorrow I have off thank goodness!  I need a break from work…  This morning I turned in my coffee can of spare change and got $100.65 back so that was awesome.  Going to do some laundry this afternoon and that kind of stuff..  Tomorrow, I think we’re heading up to Laconia, NH for bike week up there.  Simply put, you don’t have a real bike week unless I roll the fuck through, so I’ll make an appearance for the people up there.

After some deliberation over the past couple weeks, I have officially come up with a name for my bike…

And the name is:  Zeus

Last night after work, headed down to Plymouth, MA south of the city and met up with Arty on his bike.  Quick pic of bike parked on the street near the coast, Plymouth Rock, all that jazz..  I like the aura coming down from the sun..  Zeus demands respect from all passerby’s!! haha..

And we can now make it 5 States (and over 1,600 miles) that I’ve taken the Harley through.  Yesterday, I did a day trip up the coast to Portland, Maine.  At the NH border, I took Route 1 all the way up through Portsmouth, crossed over into Maine through Kittery, York and Kennebunke which were are really great to ride through.  Lots of shops and eateries.   Once I got up there, I had a HUGE lunch!!  I was going to get lobster but then last minute I decided I didn’t really feel like dealing with battling shell and whatnot.  So I got a great native 1LB Maine Shrimp entree that was awesome.  I also met up with an ex-coworker Jill, had a couple drinks on the water front, and hung out with her for awhile before heading home.

This past week I was super busy FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY launching a HUGE project that I’ve been working on basically since the end of 2007.  The first phase launched last summer and the final phase lunched on Friday.  This will let me use some my major amount of vacation time I’ve been painfully waiting to use..  Time to make plans..

My road trip was simply awesome..  Great riding Thursday night with Aaron & Sarah and Zack & Jamie..  Little bit of a fifth wheel..  need a hot chick for the back of my bike.  Friday was great riding, Saturday was great riding with Shane and a fun night on the town Saturday night with Zack…  And then.. Sunday driving BACK to Boston….

All said and done, the bike has been in 4 states and has over 1,300 miles on it now..  I LOVE the bike but I’m going to take a couple days off and ride the subway to work.. ha..  (And I really wish I wasn’t back to work already..)

Below is a quick pic of me that Sarah took from the back of Aaron’s bike on the strip in Lake George…

Tomorrow, bright and early, I start a mini vacation and road trip home to NY on the bike.  This week and weekend is Americade in Lake George so they’ll be LOTS of bike around the area.  Thursday night, getting together with the normal crew for some riding and hanging out.  Friday Zack has off as well so we’ll be doing lots of riding then as well as Saturday.  Then its back home on Sunday and I also have Monday off as a comp day for working my ass off…

Definitely looking forward to being out of the office for a few days and seeing everyone in NY!

Time to get to bed..

Great weekend so far.  Had a blast riding on Friday and Saturday with Chad and had a nice time at Amy’s birthday party barbeque.  Put on nearly 500 miles on the bike now and have scheduled this week to do the first upgrades and maintenances..

The main modification people will immediately notice and hear are my new pipes.  Vance and Hines - Big Shots - Staggered in the black ceramic.  These pipes are going to be sick…  Dropping the bike off on Wednesday and the bike will be ready for pick up on Friday.  I also got a Screamin’ Eagle Air kit and Screamin’ Eagle Race Tuner hardware/software for calibrations, etc.  Really great stuff.

Pictured below is a Cross Bones (my bike) with the pipes I got..  Can’t wait..

Today, I’m hoping to get out of work early and am heading out to the ‘burbs to see Amy and Chad.  They’ve moved so I’m going to check out their new place and then Chad and I are headed out on the bikes to raise some hell…

Saturday come back to the city and then Sunday I need to pick up some parts at the Harley dealership and do grocery shopping and all that kind of stuff..

This morning I set out on my first mini road trip on the bike.  I went up along the coast from Boston to Portsmouth, NH on 1A.  I left around 10ish and got up there a little after 12.  Enjoyed lunch and walked around a tiny bit.  I didn’t want to stay too long because there were some chances of thunderstorms.  Got back to my bike, and had an expired meter ticket, so I owe the city of Portsmouth $10 fine now.. :-/ To get home, I just flew down 95, 93 and then over on Storrow..

Took a nap and now I’m ready to rock and roll.. ha.. Not sure what’s going on tonight.

Picture taking a break at Hampton Beach along the ocean in NH. (Broke 250 miles today)