Modern Vespa

When one rides 32,000 miles in 12 months their MP3 will feel lonely, neglected or even abaondoned sitting in the dark under its cover for 2 straight weeks. Apparently di Peluria Orso decided to make a new friend allowing a bird to move in as I found out when I pulled her cover off today.

I'll try to make it up to her with a weekend trip to North Georgia mountains starting this afternoon.

That's pretty cute. Yeah, I wouldn't feel too bad about removing it. Once they saw the cover was off the bird probably figured that it was in a 'bad neighborhood' and started anew somewhere else (maybe snuggled under a Harley cover).

Considering how often many Harleys get ridden several generations could live out their lives protected from the elements under a Harley cover.

I agree, but it seems every time there is a comment on Harleys not being used much someone else, who is one of the rare ones who actually rides their Harley, gets offended.

Before I retired I worked for a large organization and quite a few were Harley owners. Of these I can think of one who used his as his regular commuter, a few who rode fairly regularly during the summer; but most probably rode their bike to work less than 20 times a year. I remember one guy bragging his 8 year old bike had less than 2000 miles on it.
It seems like MOST; not all, Harley owners use the bike to bolster their self image and in an ATTEMPT to bolster their public image.

There are two types of Harley owners.
1) Someone who rides and wants a nice cruiser so they buy a Harley and rides the hell out of it.

2) Someone who wants to own a Harley, buys one and rides it a few times a year and it sits the rest of the time and eventually they sell it because they figure out they don't like riding they like owning a Harley.

Sometimes those li'l feathered fiends an work pretty quick. I dunno if I posted this picture before - we went to a botanical garden, were inside about an hour and this is what I found in my helmet when I returned. That bird sat on the branch with a few twigs and had a cow when I started taking all the stuffing out. I *still* find twigs occasionally...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3680142&l=99b9e2d424&id=552379905

Wow Fuzzy....wow Bubba!
Amazing....at first I thought you were joking....who would-a-thunk a birdie would nest in either (then again, why not). Behind screen? Might have had Fried eggs!

Years ago my uncle had one nest in the front bumper of his truck. Mother would fly out when he started the engine but be there in the eveing when he came home to sit on the nest.

Hey I'd trade your invasive nest building birds any day for our fuzzy mice & rat critters. The birds can be messy but at least they don't eat the wiring and insulation. Oh yeah, did I forget the squirrels?

LL75

When I first became interested in motorcycles I noticed you could find 4 or 5 year old Harleys with less than 2,000 miles while Hondas that age had 40,000 or more. My friend enxplained, "Guys buy Harleys for their midlife crisis. Guys buys Hondas to ride to work." That says it all.