On the bike issue...agree. There's good and bad apples out there. Some will help any rider, others only a fellow "whatever" rider.

and

"One more point. We won that war before you and I were born. Why some people think we are stilling fighting it today really makes me wonder..."

That's true. I'm NOT still fighting it, but I don't forget what has transpired either. The governments ARE still fighting it...reparations, deportations, etc.

I also tend to buy American and "suffer the pride." And the hog has been pretty reliable...it's not even leaking oil in the garage (oops-I probably shouldn't have written that...)
MP