Action at the Blue Hangar

[montmil]

A perfect morning for a breakfast ride so the Mike n' Monte Show rolled out to the Blue Hangar Cafe at Northwest Regional Airport.

Just a long drive and a 3-iron from Texas Motor Speedway, the Hangar draws a bike and aircraft show any Saturday that the forecast does not include tornadoes. This morning did not disappoint. We both Hoovered up pancakes the size of hubcaps, couple eggs, toast, sausage, bacon plus a full pot o' coffee, then had to jack up the springs a notch on the rear shocks for the ride home. Caloric loading, we did.

 

This was Mike's first visit and his R90 Airhead drew a nice crowd. Same thing occurs when one of my R65s attends. Italian beauties, cafe racers, hot rod UJMs... it don't matter 'cause it's the vintage BMWs that folks gravitate towards. Gotta love it.

Whilst chatting motorcycles out on the tarmac, our group heard an unhappy sound. Seems some fool had stopped his pickup truck on the edge of a taxiway. Said taxiway is shared by aircraft and ground traffic who must yield to aircraft. FAA regs say so.

A beautiful Stearman in WWII Navy trim taxied by us and proceeded to strike the stopped truck! Crunched up an expensive lower-right wing tip and did a gouge on the truck. Check the photo: Pilot sits in the aft cockpit of the tail-wheel biplane. Lower wing blocks pilot's in close vision. It all came together this morning.

Would like to hear the truck driver's call to his insurance claims adjuster.

[Bengt_Phorqs]

Definitely a good starting point for the day.  About a 20 mile starting ride for me to the Blue Hangar, a lot shorter for Monte.  Good company, hot coffee, tasty food, and the wait staff was nice as well.  

This would be a good jumping off point for a day ride if "Lucky Lou's Farewell Tour" ever does materialize.  

[nhmaf]

You guys live in a pretty neat place!

I guess if you were up my way, I could take you to a Navy experimental submarine on dry land (SSN Albacore), but any neat aviation is much further away.

[Bengt_Phorqs]

One of the guys there had an 82 or 83 Honda GX650, the Honda with the water cooled Guzzi type motor.  He had done an extensive cafe' job on it and it was really nice.  Didn' have a camera with me and wish I had.

Mike, it's true, it is a pretty good place with a lot of things to do.  Hotter 'n Hell in summer time so not a lot of riding gets done between June and September.  Winter and Spring are the best times to ride.  Wildflowers are about one week away from bursting out in North Texas.  Hope to get out and take some pix in the next couple of weeks.

[Burt]

Fabric and dope.  Which one is the dope?   [smiley=cheesy.gif]

[MR.E]

A perfect morning for a breakfast ride so the Mike n' Monte Show rolled out to the Blue Hangar Cafe at Northwest Regional Airport.

Just a long drive and a 3-iron from Texas Motor Speedway, the Hangar draws a bike and aircraft show any Saturday that the forecast does not include tornadoes. This morning did not disappoint. We both Hoovered up pancakes the size of hubcaps, couple eggs, toast, sausage, bacon plus a full pot o' coffee, then had to jack up the springs a notch on the rear shocks for the ride home. Caloric loading, we did.

 

This was Mike's first visit and his R90 Airhead drew a nice crowd. Same thing occurs when one of my R65s attends. Italian beauties, cafe racers, hot rod UJMs... it don't matter 'cause it's the vintage BMWs that folks gravitate towards. Gotta love it.

Whilst chatting motorcycles out on the tarmac, our group heard an unhappy sound. Seems some fool had stopped his pickup truck on the edge of a taxiway. Said taxiway is shared by aircraft and ground traffic who must yield to aircraft. FAA regs say so.

A beautiful Stearman in WWII Navy trim taxied by us and proceeded to strike the stopped truck! Crunched up an expensive lower-right wing tip and did a gouge on the truck. Check the photo: Pilot sits in the aft cockpit of the tail-wheel biplane. Lower wing blocks pilot's in close vision. It all came together this morning.

Would like to hear the truck driver's call to his insurance claims adjuster.

Now then

What tank is on your bike??
Have you any pics, it looks like an R26 tank but would like to see how it looks.

Thanks