Wellllllll even though I had to be at work for 4pm today me and a couple buddies got up at 6am and headed for Laconia/New Hampshire Motor Speedway/Weirs Beach. First a hearty breakfast at Dennys(always start the ride with a good breakfast).

First we went to the NH Speedway as that is where HD MOCO and HOG has there factory set up. It was col. Talked to reps from Milwaukee and found out why the temporarily discontinued the Road Glide in its height of opularity. Also my courtesy free HOG Laconia Bike week pin. As well they had every model 2014 that you could test ride. Being as it was 10A.M. on a Monday it wasn't crowded so we had the run of the lot..the bikes, the reps and the hot girls. I test road a Fat Boy low. I really wanted to test ride a Heritage and a Breakout but the boys were wanting to head out to that shithole called Weirs Beach. The Fat boy low was interesting. I liked the low slung saddle as it gave me a feeling of having more command of the bike. As a short guy, the Ultra, while a beast once running is a handfull in general for short people like me. The Fat boy low took a few miles to get use to. The course they had set up was out of the speedway parking lot in the woods on back winding twisties for about 10+ miles. By the end of the test ride I was getting into it. Having been on the Ultra for 7 years the blast of constant wind in the face and chest on the FBL was disconcerning..I didn't like it. The front end seemed to make you feel every this and that compared to the Ultra front end which is extremely forgiving of the road. The softail suspension was more then adequate but I wonder how it would be 2 up?

Weirs beach as always sucked and I was glad for the time constraint. Sure, you see interesting bikes but same old same old lame tee shirt venders on the weirs, the drive in area. . 3$ bottles of luke warm water and 5$ parking. And hot as hell. We did score killer, silk screened t shirts for only 10$ that said "Work sucks! Lets go riding!" I got the evil clown face on mine. Luckily we didn't have time to tour the drive in area or funspot.

Too bad you had to leave the test rides- seems like a nice course to try bikes on.

I had a chance to go to Laconia back in 95 - had a blast - got a speeding ticket on the way home - cherry on the sunday!! - no pun intended.

Weirs was open to swimming - we took our boots off and walked in the water to cool our dogs down. Lots of t!tt!~s getting flashed - good times.

Yeah the beer was pricey - the food greasy - the weather was hot - but I rode there with out a helmet and we spent the day being bikers with a bunch of people that were doing the same.

I've done a bunch of bike week rides but the best ones are the ones I did way back when.

Thanks for sharing.