Slablog Podcast

Phil goes solo in this episode as he reviews the proper procedures for putting a winterized motorcycle back into service. The thought that we must keep in mind is being prepared physically and mentally for the new riding season...for the man/woman and the machine.

Intro and outtro music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

Grand Tour of Georgia (GTGA) is an annual event in Georgia to raise money for The Dr. James B. Weaver, III Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund. It is hosted by Team Strange Airheads.

Giant bicycles, mentioned in the podcast.

Heavy's BBQ is a barbeque place near Crawfordsville, GA and one of the checkpoints one must visit in the GTGA in 2021.

Tommy Pilgrim takes a few minutes and joins us at Slablog to talk about his relationship with his Dad and how one facet of that relationship led to a love of motorcycling for life.

Intro and outtro music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

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BMWMCOGA is the BMW Motorcycle Owners of Georgia of which Tommy speaks in this episode.

BMWMOA is the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America.

Hollywood has often portrayed motorcycling as a rebellious act and outside of the normal societal activities. Our three hosts discuss a few motorcycling movies and the biker's role in movies in general. But as always they get off topic and also talk a bit about some of the actors and musicians they like.

Intro and outtro music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

Various actors and films are discussed in this episode. Below is a list with the IMDB link for each.

• Ray Stevens
• Andy Griffith Show
• Easy Rider
• The World's Fastest Indian
• The Wild One
• The Best Bar In The America
• Fargo
• Billy Bob Thornton
• Kevin Bacon

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Mark and Phil discuss motorcycling, as Mark recounts a long 13,000 mile tour on airhead BMW motorbikes back in 1972.

The discussion forum mentioned, R1150R.net, still exists. A few of the original R1150R owners continue to visit there occasionally.

Hungry Mother State Park was mentioned in this episode as the location where we all meet once a year to ride bikes in western Virginia and West Virginia.

The R75 Toaster BMW purchased by Mark in the winter of '71-'72 was a beautiful bike and way ahead of its time.

Intro and outtro music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

Our illustrious hosts provide a 30 minute discourse on Christmas Trees and a character in Lloyd's book; an old man named Manse Mobley. He doesn't have anything to do with Christmas Trees but it is really hard to keep everyone on topic. Just listen!

History.com web page quoted in the discussion of Christmas Trees.

Baby Blue - a novel by Lloyd Albritton can be purchased at Amazon

Movie discussed in this episode was "The 12th Man", a story of a Norwegian saboteur Jan Baalsrud in WW2 who struggled to find his way to neutral Sweden after a failed mission.

Intro and outro music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

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My friend from Georgia, Bob Cramer, discusses his experience riding from Munich, Germany down to Turin, Italy back in the spring of 2008. On a tour with his wife's singing group to Salzburg, Austria, Bob takes a few days to rent a bike and do some traveling down into Italy and back.

Marietta Master Chorale discussed in the podcast were on tour to Salzburg, Austria to sing. This group is now defunct.

Episode 20 Sponsor is Zollo Olive Oil by Olearia Zollo. Rated one of the 20 best olive oils by The Best Olive Oils Marketplace

Music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

Our three hosts take a few minutes to discuss footwear; Shoes of all kinds, and why humans need so many types and styles of shoes. A dry subject perhaps, until three old guys from south Alabama put their spin on it.

Cole Haan shoes are mentioned in the discussion. See their web site at- https://www.colehaan.com/

Episode 19 sponsor is Dr. Tung's Smart Floss. Rated #8 out of the 13 best flosses for 2020 at GearHungry.com

Music by Jason Shaw provided under Creative Commons License at Audionautix.com

James joins us from England, where he has enjoyed motorcycle riding for many years. In this episode Phil and James discuss the internet forums and how they have shaped the motorcycling community. They also review James' riding history, the various bikes he has owned and the camaraderie that most all bikers seem to have.

The bike forums discussed in this episode include;

1. R1150R.net , which originally was a forum for that particular bike, but now includes many more models. 
2. Visordown.com , which no longer is a community forum as it once was. These days it's more of a motorcycling news magazine.

Once again our music comes from Steve Blakely - (Who Are) The Modern Cowboys of Today - Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

This episode is part two of the Wayne Bowyer interview. Wayne talks about his long ride to west Texas, among other things.

Music is from the Internet Archive - Cratediggers Collection

Written and recorded by Bob "Piece n' Jam" Connor - Capgras & Fregoli Recordings 2012@ - CFR-005 - Bob "Piece n' Jam" Connor, The Two Track Demons

More info about the Airhawk seat cushion Waynes raves about can be found at Airhawk Web Site

This episode is part two of the Wayne Bowyer interview. Wayne talks about his long ride to west Texas, among other things.

Music is from the Internet Archive - Cratediggers Collection

Written and recorded by Bob "Piece n' Jam" Connor - Capgras & Fregoli Recordings 2012@ - CFR-005 - Bob "Piece n' Jam" Connor, The Two Track Demons