2013 Mods Vs. Rockers Bike and Scooter Show at the Aragon

A few weeks back I decided to head into Chicago for the Mods Vs. Rockers Motorcycle and Scooter show.

Being as it was a Saturday I figured traffic would be decent and I was wrong.  I got stuck a few times in deadlocked traffic and the Sportster was running very hot.  I was tempted to lanesplit but I never have the balls and always end up roasting in traffic wishing I was in California.  Luckily I only had about 5 miles of 90 when traffic got bad so I was only delayed about 20 minutes and once I got on the surface streets the bike would cool down right?  Wrong again, once I got off I had about 5 more miles on the surface street which was totally backed up and I was really wondering if hell could be much hotter.   After a bit a big BMW tourer flew by splitting in the Bicycle lane.  The bike was running rough and starting to ping so I decided to follow suit.  After I got behind the beamer I made great time and I was thankful I gathered the Cahones or I'd Still be waiting.

Once I got close to the show I fell in behind a hottie in a distressed leather jacket and a retro bell half helmet riding a beautiful triumph and suddenly the heat became the last thought on my mind.  We both pulled up and snagged 2 questionable spaces right on the lip of the drive heading into the show.  I started to gear down when the security guard came up and asked if I had just parked my bike.  I thought I was going to get yelled at and told to move but he said it was the same price to register the bike in the show or pay for admission and pointed to the 50 person line for spectators.  I walked up to the show entry and plunked down my $10.  Sadly Triumph Girl also entered the show and I lost track of her due to the bikes being sectioned by brand.  I headed to the very back corner where they stuck the Harleys and my get was off like a prom dress.

I present the show bike with the least votes, not pictured is the fat-assed spectator with the shortest walk.  I walked around aimlessly snapping pictures of bikes that caught my eye.  Sadly the british bikes and scooters were mostly sparkly clean fresh off the showroom deals.  The neatest bikes were the custom Harleys and Metrics that chose to attend.

An awesome BSA chopper

A neat sportster

Boger Bog and the Stickney Mansion

A few weeks back I took a quick sidetrip to Boger Bog, one of my favorie parks in Mchenry County.  It is a newer addition and worth a look if you are ever in the area.  Before the land was donated by the Boger Family it was used as a place that Frederic Boger stored random architectural components that he had scavenged from historic buildings in Chicago notably the Terra Cotta roofing which is from the 1933 World's Fair..  When it was converted to a park MCCD repurposed some of the materials to make the park structures but left most of them undisturbed which make for a neat park to explore and take photos.

Here are some pics from a previous trip.

Bike Night at Skeeter's in Carpentersville with Mews

Every wednesday skeeters in Carpentersville throws a nice bikenight.  The bartender makes a homecooked meal that is free until it runs out starting a 6pm and there are cheap buckets of longnecks.  The main bar is closed for remodeling so the tikibar in the parking lot is in full swing.

At the burger night in Lombard some of the Mewsers were interested in checking out Skeeters for their Wednesday Bike Night the following Week. I threw up an event on meetup and about 10 riders dropped in.  There was a bit of confusion on which way to pull into the bar but the comedy of all the regulars screaming wrong way to the guys who missed the sign was priceless.

Eating at Jt's Porch with MEWS

I'm a bit behind due to being caught up in other projects such as getting this beast back on the road.

The Mews Meetup group meets a few times a month for $4 burger tuesdays at JT's Porch in Lombard.  My schedule and the weather were cooperating a few weeks back and I made a run down there.

There was about 30 bikers in attendance and it was probably the best $4 burger I've had.  The 30+oz cup messes with the scale as the burger/plate/cup were all huge.