UNC Charlotte Covers ROUTE 1961 (Go Niners)

READ the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alumni Magazine cover story on Motorcyclist and Ulcerative Colitis survivor Adrienne Barnette.  Barnette found freedom from the disease Ulcerative Colitis through reading Dr. Raymond Arsenault's book, Freedom Riders: 1961 and the struggle for Racial Justice. Barnette also found an amazing story of Character, which she decided to share with her students at the Morgan School, K-12 Exceptional Needs.  Read about her story by clicking here:
UNCC STORY  (story starts on page 18)


Thank you Freedom Riders! Vroom Vroom Ms. Barnette

Open publication - Free publishing - More magazine

ROUTE 1961 receives UNC Charlotte Chancellor's Diversity Challenge Fund

Carolina Character's ROUTE 1961 received the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Chancellor's Diversity Challenge Fund!  Stay tuned for more information and how you can participate in the journey of retracing the 1961 Freedom Rider's character driven path.

Presents to PBS 2011 Freedom Rider Bus

coming Fall 2011....

the story of the 1961 Freedom Riders character told on motorcycles.

Follow Barnette, School Counselor and Cashion, World Traveler from Washington, DC to New Orleans, Louisiana over 11 days and 4000 miles on a journey of character education.

We presented to the
PBS 2011 Freedom Riders
(check out the video below)

Stay tuned..  we have plenty of pictures, videos, and interviews to share... keep your engines ready, be ready for us!

"Vroom Vroom"

Did We Stalk the Freedom Riders? :")

umm, so we stalked the Freedom Riders; well not really...
or did we?
we are fans, they are our heroes!
we tried to find the Freedom Rider bus,..
I guess we did stalk them?

Either way, we love them and are grateful for them.

Ride On ...

Freedom

What does Freedom mean to you?  Along Route 1961, we meet wonderful people with different stories and meaning of freedom based upon their own life experiences.  Listen to what freedom means to them. You can catch more of these interviews at

www.youtube.com/route1961

Visit ROUTE 1961 on Youtube

Taking Teaching on the Road, School Counselor Retracing 1961 Freedom Ride Routes for Students

Taking Teaching on the Road, School Counselor Retracing 1961 Freedom Ride Routes for Students

Posted by Elesha Barnette in State & LocalApril 19, 2011

It’s been 50 years since civil rights activist known as “Freedom Riders” boarded buses in Washington, D.C. and set out on history making journey through the segregated south.  Their mission was to challenge the lack of enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia (of 1960), which had outlawed racial segregation in the restaurants and waiting rooms in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines.

The Freedom Riders of 1961 experienced mob violence.  Many were beaten and hospitalized. Others were arrested.  Their sacrifices were not in vain as their experiences called national attention to the violent disregard for the law that was used to enforce segregation in the southern United States.  Their efforts were an integral part of achieving equality and eradicating segregation in the south.

One Charlotte, NC, school counselor wants to ensure her students know about the landmark bus rides as well as the “character” it took to participate. Adrienne Barnette is the head counselor at the Morgan School, a K-12 school for students with exceptional needs; and as a part of a program she created called Carolina Character, Barnette is traveling the Freedom Riders route herself… on a motorcycle.
Why take the ride?  And why on a motorcycle?  Those are questions Barnette fields each day.  Her answer is simple:  ”You have to meet the students where they are.”

Barnette who takes her bike to school each day, is met in the bus lot by students eager to get a look and ask questions.  A school for children with behavioral and emotional disabilities, the kids enjoy a very hands on curriculum that extends outside of the classroom.

And that’s why Barnette is taking the ride.  As she takes the historic ride she’s been blogging, visiting museums that tell the story of the 1961 ride, and uploading videos and pictures to a blog for the students to follow along with at school or from home.

Today, she interviews original Freedom Rider, Hank Thomas.  One of many riders who were jailed for their participation in the original 1961 Freedom Rides, Barnette hopes her students will recognize the character it took  in order to take such a dangerous journey.

Barnette is joined in the endeavor by fellow motorcyclist and world traveler/educator, Zachariah Cashion. Cashion has traveled all over the world teaching and is excited for yet another experience he can pass on to students as well as anyone else he comes in contact with.  Also taking the trip is Holly Lambert, the school’s art teacher and Rufus S. Barnette, Ms. Barnette’s brother and a Morgan School volunteer. Both are helping document the adventure.

Prior to setting out for the venture they held a school wide assembly at which students began to learn about the heroic 1961 rides and its affects on the civil rights movement. Guest speakers included Ms. Nicole Moore of the Culture and Heritage Museum and Friendship 9 sit-in protestors: Mr. Willie McCleod, Mr. Clarence Graham, and Mr. David Williamson.

The group set out from Washington, D.C. on April 14th.  The plan is to make their way through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and. Mississippi.  3,193 miles later they will complete the trip in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Barnette, a member of “The Barnettes” (a family pop-rock-soul band) has also written and recorded a song entitled “Ride On”. It chronicles the 1961 rides and will also be used as a teaching tool. Proceeds from the song go to fund future Carolina Character programs.

Barnette created Carolina Character to assist children and students K-12 with their personal, social, career and character development.  Of the program, which as featured programs & speakers from the medical field to pro-sports to the arts Barnette says,

Teachers can lecture all day about what appropriate character looks like; but until they can experience it for themselves it’s just in one ear and out the other.  Through [the program] I am able to integrate character education thorough innovative personal experiences which reach far beyond one moment of learning and into a lifespan of conscious behavioral decision making.

For more information or to follow along as they take the “Route 1961 Ride to Freedom” check out the blog,   http://route1961.blogspot.com or follow them on twitter:  http://twitter.com/route1961

Blogger/Vlogger @Politic365 --- Prior to joining Politic365, Elesha Barnette spent nine years with Procter & Gamble. Elesha has a rich, diverse background in sales analytics as well as merchandising & marketing of Fortune 500 brands. In addition to her experiences in business development, Elesha has also run a freelance media production company that develops stories for screen. Elesha has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in Communications/Media Production.

visit: 
POLITIC365

Check out ROUTE 1961 Freedom Rider Interviews

ROUTE 1961

motorcyclist retracing 1961 Freedom Riders route

On the Road... ROUTE 1961
retracing the 1961 Freedom Rider's route.

Follow us

Follow us on Twitter..
www.twitter.com/route1961

and stay tuned.. will be posting videos, pictures, and interviews from the travels of ROUTE 1961!  a lot of amazing happenings to share!

Ride ON!

Former Track Star Honors 1961 Freedom Riders

Barnette featured in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Athletic Department for Honoring the
1961 Freedom Riders. (click for link to article)

Meeting History; ROUTE 1961

 

Ride on! We are traveling to Atlanta to interview original Freedom Rider, Mr. Hank Thomas.  Mr. Thomas is a veteran Civil Rights foot soldier with (22) arrests, an original Freedom Rider, a Vietnam War Purple Heart recipient
and a Civic Leader.

ROUTE 1961 will be meeting History today! 
Today will be an incredible day!

The 1961 Freedom Rides, started in Washington, DC.  We visited the Washington, DC monuments to celebrate the freedom we have due to the 1961 Freedom Riders

Do you know what the 1961 Freedom Riders were?

We are interviewing individuals
(like you, like I, like us, like we, like)
diversity matters
trying to find out if you know what the 1961 Freedom Riders are?

Do YOU?
Stay tuned..
there are some great people we are meeting along ROUTE 1961!
Thank you for being a part of ROUTE 1961

meet the team: ROUTE 1961 : retracing the 1961 Freedom Rides

(from Left to Right)

Ms. Holly :

(Caucasian female from Wilkesboro, North Carolina)
job: Trail Car Driver & Production Crew (camera & video) , also Morgan School Music Teacher

Ms. Adrienne :

(African American female from Charlotte, North Carolina)
job: Motorcyclist; Carolina Character and Morgan School Counselor

Mr. Zachariah: 

(Caucasian male from Los Angeles, California)
job: Motorcyclist: Carolina Character Teaching Assistant

Mr. Rufus :

(African American male from Blair, South Carolina)
job: Trail Car Driver & Production Crew (camera & video); also Morgan School Volunteer

The Freedom Riders were both women and men, blacks and whites joining together.  Each individual on ROUTE 1961 were recruited strategically to provide the Character Education to the Morgan School students.

Washington, DC travel pictures

Twitter: ROUTE 1961

Stay up-to-date with our location and travels through
www.twitter.com/route1961

We will update Blog with videos and pictures very soon.. We have met a lot of wonderful diverse people along ROUTE 1961.  The Ride thus far has been challenging yet enjoyable and priceless as we ride on remembering and retracing the path of the Freedom Riders of 1961. 

Ride on .. we must.. we are currently in Virginia and headed into the Carolinas today for the Bike Rally in Cherry Neighborhood, Uptown Charlotte.  The trip has been challenging yet memorable; as we ride through state to state and city to city. 

We are riding to the Bike Rally.. the weather today is calling for some rain and wind. yet, we will push forward and ride to Greensboro, Harley Davidson at 1pm to gather more bikers and then to Concord Pat Rogers Speedway, Harley Davidson at 3pm to gather more and head on down to the Cherry Neighborhood, Uptown Charlotte for the Bike Rally. 

Ride on we must, Ride on we will.
  Retracing the Journey to Freedom. 
Thank you Freedom Riders!

the ROUTE/MAP

visit: American Experience PBS for more information
on the Freedom Riders.
(great educational site)
Original 1961 Freedom Rider ROUTE
Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA
(greyhound bus 1961)

Carolina Character ROUTE 1961
Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA   
(Motorcycles 2011)

Ever heard a "Hog" (Harley) or "Duc" (Ducati) Tweet!

Ever Heard a "Hog" (Harley) or a "Duc" (Ducati) Tweet?
what does that sound like?

Follow ROUTE 1961 at Twitter

http://www.twitter.com/route1961

FOX NEWS cover-story on ROUTE 1961, Character Education on 1961 Freedom Riders

below:
From the FOX NEWS RISING web-based Desk .....

CHARLOTTE, NC: What can kids learn from a biker trip? Students at the Morgan School in Uptown Charlotte are getting a one-of-a-kind lesson on the 1961 Freedom Rides. Adrienne Barnette and Zachariah Cashion are setting out to retrace the trail of the Freedom Riders. FNR's Tera Blake talks with these freewheeling educators!

Carolina Character Meetup & Bike Rally, April 16th

Begins at Harley-Davidson of Greensboro @ 1 PM, Travels to Pat Rogers Speedway Harley-Davidson in Concord, Ends at Cherry Neighborhood Park, 1509 Baxter Street, Charlotte

 

Adrienne & Zachariah at FOX News Rising pre-interview on ROUTE 1961; Character Educational celebration of the 1961 Freedom Riders.

UPTOWN, Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
MORGAN SCHOOL, K-12 Exceptional Children

FOX NEWS RISING

   Want to learn more about ROUTE 1961 and the Morgan School's celebration of the 1961 Freedom Riders! .. TUNE IN!

FOX NEWS RISING

Charity Bike Ride: Honor the 1961 Freedom Riders

$10 to Meet and Ride ... 

all proceeds from the Charity Ride go to the Morgan School, K-12 Exceptional Students Character Education.

The Bike Rally is FREE

Are you a Biker and want to join in on ROUTE 1961 and the celebration of the 1961 Freedom Riders?

Get ready!
APRIL 16, 2011

ROUTE 1961 is Riding through the Carolinas on a Charity Ride that ends in Uptown Charlotte, NC at the Cherry Bike Rally for some FOOD, MUSIC, and FUN all in celebration and honor of the 1961 Freedom Riders.

Wanna Ride?

1.) Meet up at 1PM at the
Harley Davidson of Greensboro, NC
538 Farragut Street,

Greensboro, North Carolina 27406

and ....We Ride & Meet at :  

2.)  3:15PM

                         Harley Davidson Pat Rogers Speedway
                                     10049 Weddington Road

      Concord, North Carolina 28027

and we Ride and Meet up in Uptown Charlotte, NC. at the Cherry Bike Rally 1509 Baxter Street, Charlotte, NC 28204

 in Honor of the 1961 Freedom Riders.

$10 to Meet and Ride ... 

all proceeds from the charity ride go to the Morgan School, K-12 Exceptional Students Character Education.

The Bike Rally is FREE

See ya soon!

Morgan School Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Press Release: Character Education lesson 1961 Freedom Riders

CAROLINA CHARACTER; a nonprofit character educational service presents ROUTE 1961 to the Morgan School.  Ms. Adrienne Barnette is the School Counselor at the Morgan School, K-12 exceptional needs where she has focused her character educational program and lesson plans surrounding the 1961 Freedom Riders.  ROUTE 1961 is the story of the 1961 Freedom Riders told on motorcycles, specifically from the lenses of two motorcyclists, a school counselor (Ms. Barnette, Charlotte, North Carolina) and a world traveler (Mr. Zachariah Cashion, Los Angeles, California).  ROUTE 1961 is a road of amazing display of character traits by students; students who by far are American heroes and heroines whom faced unbelievable character decisions.

ROUTE 1961 will follow the same route that the 1961 Freedom Riders took, which were patterned after the Journey of Reconciliation; a project by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), in 1947.  What makes this character educational lesson different than most is the tool for education, which Ms. Barnette has strategically chosen to meet her students where they are.  "Being a counselor, it is imperative to meet the students where they are.  My students are drawn to my motorcycle, it engages them every day, they ask questions about it continuously and they're always intrigued by the very essence of the machine.  Meeting my students where they are means using my motorcycle." Ms. Barnette.

ROUTE 1961 will travel 3193.78 miles through Washington, DC, to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana.  The purpose of CAROLINA CHARACTER, ROUTE 1961 is to educate, celebrate, inspire, and rejuvenate the spirit of determination and motivation within students of today to become active in their search for their own history and become active in the forming of their future and character.

ROUTE 1961 will ultimately depart from Charlotte, North Carolina after a school-wide CAROLINA CHARACTER assembly at the Morgan School. Curriculum and travel plans will be shared so that students can follow-along ROUTE 1961.  Join us in this journey back into time and experience through the navigation of the motorcyclists in a real-time/virtual educational ride along with the Freedom Riders 1961 journey to freedom.

The journey begins Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 2:30pm in the Morgan School gym.  Guest speakers include Ms. Nicole Moore of the Culture and Heritage Museum and Friendship 9 sit-in protestors; Mr. Willie McCleod, Mr. Clarence Graham, and Mr. David Williamson.

Join us as we ride together in celebration of the 50th year anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Riders.  For more information about CAROLINA CHARACTER, ROUTE 1961 and the 1961 Freedom Riders please visit:

MORGAN SCHOOL, K-12 exceptional needs

700 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd

Charlotte, NC 28202

Historic Cherry Neighborhood Sponsors Bike Rally to celebrate the Freedom Riders

The Cherry neighborhood is among the oldest surviving black residential areas of Charlotte, North Carolina. Cherry was platted in 1891 by wealthy landowners John and Mary Myers. Check out this link for more information on Historic Cherry Neighborhood 
Click to add Cherry Community on Facebook!

The Cherry Neighborhood is sponsoring ROUTE 1961 Bike Rally; School Counselor, Adrienne Barnette and world traveler, Mr. Zachariah Cashion. 

This Bike Rally is to celebrate the 1961 Freedom Rides and Riders!

Freedom Rider Assembly at the Morgan School

April 13, 2011 at 2:30pm the Morgan School will celebrate the 1961 Freedom Rides and board the journey of ROUTE 1961 through the lenses of their School Counselor, Ms. Barnette and World Traveler, Mr. Cashion.

During the assembly; winners of the Freedom Rider Poster Contest and Freedom Riders Music Idol will be announced.

Freedom Rider Poster Contest:

Throughout the semester, the students have been working on student Poster contest on the 1961 Freedom Rides.  Elementary and Middle School art students have designed Freedom Rider posters to express their feelings and knowledge about the Freedom Riders. The High School students have designed a mural at the school to express their feelings and knowledge.

Freedom Rider Music Idol:
The music students have also been working on musical expression of the Freedom Rides.  The music of the 1961 Freedom Rides were as significant as the Jail no Bail that occurred throughout the ROUTE when the Riders meet opposition. The music of the movement not only motivated the Freedom Riders, but strategically impacted the outcome of the Ride.

Special Guest for the day include;

Ms. Nicole Moore: Cultural Heritage Museum

Mr. Willie McCleod: Friendship 9 Sit-in Protestor

Mr. Clarence Graham: Friendship 9 Sit-in Protestor

Mr. David Williamson: Friendship 9 Sit-in Protestor

During the assembly students will also have an opportunity to take pictures, try on equipment of the motorcyclist of ROUTE 1961 as they get ready to board the virtual educational ride.

Stay tuned... this is going to be a wonderful educational day at the Morgan School.

We love our Students! A Character Lesson, Individually Planned for them!

Route 1961 is a Character Education Lesson, planned being mindful of each individual student's character educational needs. 

How it all started:  why character education, why motorcycles, why the freedom riders of 1961

Opportunity to Excel: Freedom Riders Pre-test this week at Morgan School

2/21/11 - 2/25/11:
This week every class and every student at the Morgan School, K-12 exceptional children will be given a Pre-opportunity to excel; to evaluate their knowledge on the 1961 Freedom Rides prior to any exposure to Carolina Character's project Route 1961.

"Words have meanings and meanings impact our feelings.  Change the word, change the feelings, and if the feelings change, then change will occur in the outcome!"
- Adrienne D. Barnette

 "TEST are just Opportunities to Excel"
- Dr. Abrams

Many students experience test anxiety.  That one four letter word; TEST, seems to have an impact on all students irregardless of the student's level of development and academic performance.  TEST tend to make students nervous and anxious and in some cases can cause a level of crisis to arise within the student where the only resolution they feel is available in the moment is that flight or fight syndrome.  Unfortunately, too often the flight syndrome takes over and many students seek to run away from the test by either refusing to take, walking out of class, not showing up for the test, causing class interruptions/disruptions, or guessing throughout the test. 

In fact, as I think back to my own personal experiences with test, I would get nervous, get head aches, stomach aches, get anxious, and before long I would have caused myself unnecessary worry over material that I was already prepared for and knew!  However in the moment to hear the word test, I had already given it a meaning, and that meaning impacted how I felt, which impacted my ability to cope within the situation.  I got overwhelmed in the moment because of that one dreadful word "test." 

Reflecting on graduate school I am often reminded of a wonderful professor I had who amazingly gave no "test"!!  I thought to myself; well it's about time, someone got it!! I was overjoyed until one day in class, that same professor asked everyone to clear their desk for.  Dejavoo; I have been here before! And too often before.. those are usually the precursor of the word "test"!  Everyone in class looked up at the professor astonished!!  The professor calmly stated, no worries, you all are about to take your "opportunities to excel," which really meant that we were about to take a test.  Amazingly though, without hearing that word Test, my levels of nervousness and anxiousness were overpowered by my ability to connect to this new word.  A new word that told me I was given a special opportunity, an ability to show how I could excel.  It was my opportunity to perform!  Who knew that changing one word changed my entire perspective, my reaction, and yes my results!


This week every class and every student at the Morgan School, K-12 exceptional children will be given a Pre-opportunity to excel; to evaluate their knowledge on the 1961 Freedom Rides; prior to any exposure to Carolina Character's curriculum on Route 1961: the Freedom Riders of 1961.

Carolina Character is also providing this pre-opportunity to excel to the faculty and staff at the Morgan School. 

So whether you attend Morgan, or work at Morgan; whenever you are given a "test" realize that someone just mispronounced the word, it should be pronounced "opportunity to excel" and then just  show off.. show how you are able to take advantage of this opportunity and achieve your greatness!  Say goodbye to the nervousness and the anxiousness and hello to a new perspective of achievement!

Thank you Dr. Abrams for helping me change my language, which changed my meaning, which changed my feelings, which ultimately changed my outcome.  Thank you Dr. Furr in helping me view the importance of listening to data (pre/post opportunities to excel).  Data is always speaking we must increase our awareness so that our ears are attuned to its voice.  (click here to learn more on how to become a professionally trained counselor.)

School Counselors meet the client/student where they are! Even if it means riding 3193.78 miles on a motorcycle!

why a motorcycle, why the freedom riders, why character education ?

“Everyday I ride to work on my Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the kids hang their hands out the windows of the school bus as if revving the motorcycle, yelling
VROOM-VROOM MS. Barnette. This is why I ride, I ride for my students, for their education, for their character development"
   -Adrienne D. Barnette

Why do I ride?  It is a question many motorcyclists ask themselves.  It is also a question 50 years ago that was asked many Freedom Riders who decided to risk their very lives.  The reason I have chosen to ride ROUTE 1961 is for my students.  Being a counselor, it is imperative to meet the client/student where they are.  My students are drawn to the motorcycle; it engages them everyday, they ask questions about it continuously and they’re always intrigued by the very essence of the machine.  Meeting my clients/students where they are means using my motorcycle, that enticing intriguing piece of equipment, which grasps their attention more than any book or paper I have seen.  So it only makes logical educational sense to use my motorcycle as the tool for this character educational lesson.

The purpose of CAROLINA CHARACTER, ROUTE 1961 is to educate, celebrate, inspire, and rejuvenate the spirit of determination and motivation within students of today to become active in their search for their own history and become active in the forming of their future and character. Recruiting for this project I called Mr. Zachariah Cashion, a long-time friend and motorcyclist.  I introduced him to the idea and he has whole-heartily joined me in my character educational curriculum plan.  Zachariah has an array of travel experiences across continents that touch none other in his field. His passion and understanding of the 1961 Freedom Riders makes him the obvious choice.  He is a student of people and culture.

The culture of motorcycles and freedom go hand-in-hand! There is no motorcyclist who will not associate being on a motorcycle with what freedom feels like!  America was founded on the very principal of freedom. For some reason the idea of freedom is attractive and is something that many risk all to even experience what the freedom may feel like.  Fortunately, due to the Freedom Riders of 1961 we are able to experience the exercising of freedom that they worked so tirelessly at achieving. 

ROUTE 1961 takes today’s symbol of freedom, motorcycle travel, and combines it with one of the greatest epic journeys towards freedom with the intentional purpose of character education.  The curriculum for ROUTE 1961 has been developed and established; as well as a detailed route planned; and a list of contacts that are to be interviewed along the historic memorable ride.   ROUTE 1961 is an academic mission within the context of school counseling through the use of the American history.  ROUTE 1961 aspires to inspire students to seek out history to study character within individuals and themselves.  

a Great Book!

The Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice 
-by Raymond Arsenault.

The Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice is a wonderful well-written account of the Freedom Rides and Riders of 1961.

The book is about the best possible map one could hope for, to travel ROUTE1961.  Arsenault, did an absolutely wonderful job of providing the facts and insight into the rider's, the country in 1961, and the people and places involved in the struggle for racial justice. 

I am not too much a fan of picture books, rather a fan of books with words that allow the reader to develop their own visual images based upon the colorful illustrated words that the author has painted. 

I believe, Arsenault provided the best of both worlds!  He provided pictures within the book from 1961 as well as colorful words, which engage readers and allows them to feel part of the text and able to navigate between 1961 and the present.

I would suggest reading this book as it is an excellent key to unlocking one of the greatest American treasured character historical stories within American History.

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5 Things Every Motorcyclist Should Do in 2011

Thanks Ducati Motorcycles of Charlotte

I visited the ...

BMW-Ducati-Triumph-Aprilia-Motorcycles of Charlotte

 

and I felt like I stepped into Candyland!! WOO!! how sweet it was!! I feel the urge in adding a Ducati Monster to the collection!! One seat on it and I was sold!!! I have to save the coins to get this bad boy, but it will be worth it!!

Much love & support to the Ducati sales-representative: he was really nice and very knowledgeable.  In fact, I have my next tour lined up there.. to test drive that monster..
 

Take a look at this candy.. and tell me you don't want to taste it?  Which one? The black lickerish or the red lickerish.. i guess it really doesn't matter? or does it.. its all lickerish!

Thanks, Pat Rogers Harley Davidson; Concord, NC

Knowing how to ride a bike, is great! but knowing how your bike operates and what to do if it doesn't, is perhaps the next smartest way to ride other than riding with a helmet....

AD learned the hard way, when she was out cruising on Harley and got to a sushi restaurant.  The Nigh Rod was blinking "r 128".. "it was the first time I had seen that on my Harley's dashboard!! I was confused, hadn't read my manual and I was convinced that r 128 was blinking because I was riding Harley too hard!! I got really lucky though.. next to the sushi restaurant was Pat Rogers Concord, North Carolina Harley Davidson store.  I ran over, looking like a "diva in distress", and met one of the friendliest Harley guys ever.. their service and parts guy smiled and said, to bring Harley over and he would take a look at him; I said, thanks... after he looked at it, he smiled saying, no worries. He set my clock, told me what everything else meant, and then explained that the "r" stood for my reserve tank and that I had 128 more miles before I would need more gas!! lol I felt silly, but relieved!! lol .. I told him thanks and I would be coming back to see him soon after I took some time to read my owner's manual!!

It's cool riding a bike, but its cooler to know what the heck you riding and how the heck to operate it!!

This has inspired me... my new lieasure reading is my owner's manual and I'm mapping out all the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Stores on Route 1961.

Kriega.. the best way to travel (10 year guarantee)

gear & equipment for a 3000 mile motorcycle trip is perhaps the next most important thing right after choosing the best motorcycle.

We chose Kriega!  Why Kriega?

(FILL IN ZACH, tell why)

R- 30

• 30 litre capacity
• dry pack 100% waterproof main body
• quadloc harness: angled away from underarms for total freedom of movement and no shoulder pull
• alloy buckles: fixed loops, no loose ends
• compression 6-point pack
• high visiblity front & back
• 2 organizer packets (water resistant out pockets)
• what we loved most!! 10 year guarantee

US-20

 

• 20 litre capacity
• tailback :attaches to seat-pad
• add-on storage on luggage rack
• drypack 100% waterproof
• roll over closure
• organizer packets
• seat-pad fitting straps
• shoulder and waist strap option add-on
• 10 year guarantee
• option of attaching the US-20 to the R-30

US -10

• same as US-20, smaller version... 10 litre capacity
• it also fits the R-30
• perfect small pack to add on and works with all the other kriega packs.
• same 10 year guarantee
• buckles that are included can be packed down when empty to store under seat of motorcycle
• US-10 just works for whatever purpose you may have (small yet big enough)
  
  HYDRAPACK
• 3- liter, 100oz (that's a whole lot of liquid in one pack)
• the worst thing on a road trip on a motorcycle is getting rained on, at night, and it being cold!! the next worst thing is being thirsty!!
  Kriega has the perfect hydration pack..
• reversible for easy cleaning
• doesn't leave a nasty taste
• wide-fill slot, to easily fill
• shut-off val for liquids