{"id":7434,"date":"2014-07-19T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7434"},"modified":"2014-07-19T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T23:26:49","slug":"most-of-my-riding-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7434","title":{"rendered":"Most of My Riding Lately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is peak motorcycle riding time.  With personal needs to stay close-to-home to keep an eye on my spouse, I have not been riding much with an almost daily exception&#8211;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230; that is, commuting via Harley to work and home.  I worked with local elected officials to support legislation that provides free motorcycle parking in public parking garages and lots, and the &#8220;frugal&#8221; side of me enjoys that &#8212; but mostly, I simply enjoy commuting by motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>A colleague wanted to take pictures of me on my bike for a feature story he is writing (long story what that&#8217;s about, but that is why I am wearing my &#8220;club colors&#8221; biker vest) and my boss wanted to see my Harley, so this past Friday, I stopped out front of my building in the afternoon as I was leaving.  <\/p>\n<p>Here I am, dressed in jeans and (what else?) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipfire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chippewa Firefighter boots<\/a> &#8212; THE most comfortable boots for motorcycling!  <\/p>\n<p>Sorry that I had to blur out my vest patches, but there are strange perceptions about this blog and the sponsor of the club, and I don&#8217;t want them to get their knickers in a twist again.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  commute (properly) booted to work!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog01.jpg?resize=584%2C458\" alt=\"Ridepostblog01\" width=\"584\" height=\"458\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog01.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog01.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog01.jpg?resize=150%2C118&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog01.jpg?resize=383%2C300&amp;ssl=1 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog02.jpg?resize=584%2C801\" alt=\"Ridepostblog02\" width=\"584\" height=\"801\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog02.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog02.jpg?resize=300%2C411&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog02.jpg?resize=109%2C150&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog02.jpg?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog03.jpg?resize=584%2C554\" alt=\"Ridepostblog03\" width=\"584\" height=\"554\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog03.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog03.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog03.jpg?resize=150%2C142&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog03.jpg?resize=316%2C300&amp;ssl=1 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog04.jpg?resize=584%2C451\" alt=\"Ridepostblog04\" width=\"584\" height=\"451\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog04.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog04.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog04.jpg?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ridepostblog04.jpg?resize=388%2C300&amp;ssl=1 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is peak motorcycle riding time. 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