Since I'm still breaking in the engine following the bike's restoration, I needed to get some easy miles on the clock. Between the rain drops and gale force winds today, I managed to take the ’65 Honda around town. On the way to Bellaire, MI and later into my little town of Alden, I experienced sleet biting into my face like little needles. The sleet didn’t bother the Honda one bit.
I stopped at local "landmarks" along the way to take pictures, worried that the high winds would knock the bike over. While I stopped for pictures at the Dockside restaurant, a woman got out of her car and started taking pictures of the little motorbike with her cell phone. After taking some pictures in Alden, I returned to the house.
The odometer now reads 6201 – 52 miles since it’s been restored. Time to change the initial break-in oil.
Below, I stopped at some hilltop farmland just west of Bellaire, MI.
Below, an angry Torch Lake with gusting winds
Below, the Benly appears to have an admirer at the Dockside Restaurant
Below the bike is at the boat launch and marina in Alden, MI
Below is a shot of the Alden Depot, built in 1908
No trip to town would be complete without a stop at the bar
In the shot below, you can see just about all of my town, which would fit in a football field.
. Night time low here is 82 and severe sunshine during the day. We'll see about 20 minutes of winter maybe in January.