Grizz, I mention Arkansas only because it is where the main headquarters is for CMA which is who I ride with. And interesting, to see your spiritual connection, a bit ironic that it is pretty much the only state at least in the lower 48 you have not been to. Hatfield, Ark is the main town. Look it up. I have ridden up into B.C, Alberta, and up to Saskatchen about 5 years ago. 12 hundred miles one way in just about 24 hours driving all through the night stopping only for a short catnap in a business's front lawn, etc. for a few moments. Laid on a park bench one morning for about 1/2 hour under that giant hockey stick in Medicine Hat, Al, I believe. Got eaten alive by mosquitoes or would probably still be snoozing there. Great country. And i believe you about maintaining these great machines and the fact that they are arguably the finest motorcycles in the world!!
I will be in Sturgis again this year, helping in the hospitals, do you ever get down there? And to keep with the spirit of this article, I have washed my bike many times along the way. ha!