Moonlight Fleamarket, J&P Cycles Rally, National Motorcycle Museum and misadventures along the way.

I have been getting e-mails from J&P hyping their rally and have really wanted to check out the National Motorcycle Museum's new building so I decided I would make a run out there. The original plan was to head out as far as Poopie's in Savanna on Friday the 28th and have a few drinks and camp but when Friday came the weather was constant rain so I decided to wait it out. I was also hoping to get new tires installed as my rear was pretty bald with over 5000 miles on it but the shop wasn't able to get me in til the next week. Saturday morning was still a rainy mess and I almost called the trip off.  But the rain started to clear by Saturday afternoon so I got my shit together and headed out to the moonlight fleamarket in Belvidere. Right as dusk was starting to fall I rolled into Marengo on Rt. 173 and took my foot off my highway pegs so I could reach the controls and I heard a loud ping noise and watched my left peg assembly bounce away.

Luckily it was bright enough I could go back and find it but the bracket that allows it to be indexed was a goner.  The grade 8 bolt holding it to the motor mount snapped.  Now running somewhat later I stopped in Marengo to grab cash and throw on my clear glasses.

 Once I got to the fleamarket I plunked down my $4 only to find the midway pretty empty of sellers due to the earlier rain.

The neatest item i found was this 50's PBR delivery jacket.  Unfortunately, it was a few sizes too big and the seller seemed to think it was worth $225 so I wasn't buying.

The Quest for The Dead River

While I was looking for interesting places at Altas Obscura and saw the pictures of the Dead river I decided I would put it on my list of places to check out.

The weather was supposed to be in the mid 50's all day today and I decided to see if I could find it and check out the sights along the way.

I left Crystal Lake and headed Lakemoor to pickup RT120 to Waukegan.

Once I got to the lakeshore I saw signs for the Waukegan Municipal Beach so I decided to check it out.

Doesn't look very beachlike does it? 

 I drove a bit further down the road and came upon the actual beach.  There were tons of kites being flown which was neat.

Crusin' Cary Bike Night

Crusin' Cary is a summer cruise night held every Wednesday in Cary, IL. Each week has a different theme announced in advance HERE. I was digging through some old photos and on July 15 2009 the theme was motorcycles.  There are usually several bikes parked by the Tracks Bar but there was a great turnout for the bike night. Here are some of the pics I grabbed, I tried to guess the makes and models but comment if I screwed any up.

This was my favorite bike of the show and it was at most of the Crusin' Cary shows I made it to.

 

 Custom 1975 Kawasaki Z1 red with orange ghost flames

  Custom 1975 Kawasaki Z1 red with orange ghost flames

 

  Custom 1975 Kawasaki Z1 red with orange ghost flames