The continuing adventures of a couple of American bikers
in the Land of the Rising Sun

The muse isn’t moving me to write a real touring report, but we had another great ride, mostly along the same route as last year.
This time, my old friend Kaze joined us from Osaka, and we got some great shots with his helmet cam despite the overcast. Unfortunately, the clouds mean that you can’t see the Pacific Ocean on both sides of the peninsula, but I think it turned out OK.

We had unseasonably warm weather today, and Lin insisted that we take a ride. I’m always looking for an excuse to fire up the machine, and Lin’s been a good girl recently, so I decided to let her pick the route and we went on our first ride of the year.
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My friend Justin got married last weekend, so we did our traditional wedding parade through Tokyo. This parade had a really international flavor, with a Chinese bride and an American groom, but the crowds in Tokyo didn’t discriminate, shouting out congratulations and taking pictures as if the couple were local royalty. The couple was able to share their happiness with the whole city, and brightened up quite a few faces as we went along, and in return, the whole city helped them celebrate the happy occasion.

(more pictures here, here, and here.)
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やっぱり美味いね、喜多方のラーメン。(↑板内の「ネギチャーシュー」）
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昨日は外人バイカーズ＋由佳がキューピッドになった二人が夫婦になりました。


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(Sorry, couldn’t resist the silly title)

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The Stinger, here. That’s right. like the title says, after riding the same HD Softail for nearly 10 years+, I finally got around to completing a stage 1 hop up on it, with the use of the Dynojet Thunderslide.

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