PB's Tech Tips - Episode 1 - Battery Maintenance

Please welcome PB from AX V-Twin Performance in Vincent Alabama, hosting his first of many podcasts "PB's Tech Tips", to be aired exclusively on BamaRides.

PB's Tech Tips - Episode One - Maintain your motorcycle battery

Bike Night at J&J Quick Stop in Sylvan Springs AL

Rode out to a tiny quick-mart on Hwy-269 last night to grab a free hot-dog, and meetup up with Zukilover and his crowd. When I rolled up at 6:15, there were already 30+ bikes in the lot, and I figured it was in full swing at that point. By 7pm, there seemed to be close to 100 bikes, and quite a few interesting varieties.

Inside the store, you will find the common quick-store/gas station supplies, alongside a biker gear store...an interesting mix.

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Lock 17 ride to King's Point

A little less spontaneous than last Sunday, we planned this ride the night before, and posted in the new rides section. After meeting up at the Crack-Barrel, we wound our way thru Hueytown to find a nice surprise out in the woods - River Cafe - great hamburgers, fries, and an interesting menu of frozen items, with plenty of cold beer, cold-air, and comfortable environment built for the hungry biker.

After dining on the delicious fare, we continued the journey onto the Warrior River. Nice twisties, decent paved roads, with just a bit of gravel in a few of the turns. Lots of other places to explore out here, when you have the time.

Eventually, we arrived at King's Point, the end of the road, and another place to wet our whistle. Not quite as nice as the previous stop on the inside, but they did have cold beer. Outside, was much more scenic, with a few picnic tables overlooking the lake on the Warrior River, a nice boardwalk, and a few boats passed by as we rested.








On Sunday - all the regulars show up..

Spontaneous Sunday Ride thru Alabama

It looked like another boring Sunday with yard work and remodeling a kitchen being the highlights of the day. Then, while returning some emails, in popped a dude to the chatroom. He mentioned that he would like to go down to Chilton county and get a peach, and I said that is a great idea, and when and where do we leave from? About that time, another member pops into the room. So all the sudden, we have 3 guys, ready to roll, on a short adventure to rescue fruit from the trash pile. I make it sound like it was much easier than it actually was. There was really several minutes of discussion, via chat, and a phone call, and then we all had to take a quick shower, so it was not all fun and games, lots of prep time(35 minutes or so, including the shower, getting dressed etc.)

So I meet the first rider in McCalla, fueled up, had a quick chat(the in-person kind), and rode down a few minutes to Green Pond (I know, I should have taken a pic) to endure about 10 minutes of the Green Pond police starring at us while we were in the Q-Mart lot discussing the ride and meeting each other (this is the first time I have met either of these guys).

Nice ride down to Maplesville, and had to stop for a train, where I notice another group of riders hiding under the shade of a closed old building. So I could not resist the temptation to stroll over and introduce and find out what they were doing today. Just like me they were riding down from Birmingham, cruising thru peach country.

So we moved on down to the Peach Park at I-65, and had some delicious home ice cream and, and decided to mozy down to Indian Hills Resort(since we were so close, and one of the guys had never been). So a quick ride across, found us with cold beverage in hand, discussing various topics. As the Sunday crowd thinned, we decided to check out an interesting pub we had passed on the way in, just across the river.
This place was nothing short of different. On the river, 100 yards off hiway-22, just below Mitchell Dam, is what we will call No-Name Pub, because nobody asked what the name was. We had access to the pub, upstairs, and the boat house, complete with couches and chairs, pretty cool, and something certainly different.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that we all had a blast, it was all spontaneous, started in a Chat Room, and I saw stuff that I probably never would have known about had I not jumped on this ride. Maybe we should all start trying to get in on a ride?