{"id":9698,"date":"2020-04-13T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=9698"},"modified":"2020-04-08T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T18:21:32","slug":"costco-shopping-by-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/costco-shopping-by-motorcycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Shopping By Motorcycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Granted I don’t fill my cart at Costco like some people do, but this was a pretty typical run for me, and it all fit in the V-Strom’s bags.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

So I did it. I finally made a coronavirus era trip to Costco and I did it on the V-Strom as I had said I would<\/a>. I bought everything on my list and a few extras and the huge bags that bike has ate every bit of it and could have held more.<\/p>\n

First off, the bike came to me with two absolutely enormous Givi side bags. I don’t normally keep them on the bike except when I travel but I put them on for this occasion. And there is also a fairly large top bag on the rear that holds quite a bit, too. Heck, as long as I’m not buying some ginormous package of toilet paper–Costco size–I could probably do most of my Costco shopping on this bike.<\/p>\n

Not having been to Costco in about six weeks, before all of this coronavirus shutdown got rolling, I was a bit leery, wondering what it would be like. I pulled in and the parking lot was not as full as normal but I could see a long line of folks waiting to get inside. I parked and put on my mask and took my place in line. They have freshly painted markers every six feet along the sidewalk to keep people from getting too close.<\/p>\n

I pulled out my phone to text Judy to say I was in a line to get in, but it was moving quickly, but the lady just in front of me turned to me and started chatting. I never did text Judy because we talked motorcycles the whole while that we waited.<\/p>\n

Yes, she was retired, about my age, and she used to ride motorcycles. She said she rode a Harley Low Rider for many years but then a friend suffered a horrible crash and was left a quadriplegic. That scared Wanda (that’s who this was) and she decided that if you’re scared you have no business on a motorcycle. So she sold it.<\/p>\n

But she missed riding and after awhile she bought a Yamaha V-Star. She said she really liked the V-Star better than the Low Rider but after awhile she got scared again and sold it. But she was adamant that she continues to keep her M on her driver’s license. She might yet ride again some day and lord knows you don’t want to have to take that rider’s test again.<\/p>\n

So we talked bikes. She asked me if I’d ever gone down and I told her about the time up by Deckers when I was coming down the gravel road pretty slowly when a dog walked out right in front of me from between two parked cars. She told me about putting her foot down once at a stop and discovering only then that there was a rut and only air where she expected pavement. I said yeah, I’ve done that, too.<\/p>\n

She also told me of how she twice got her leg burned by the exhaust on that Low Rider. I concurred and told he that while I have never owned a Harley I have ridden them at times. Once it was raining and I had my rain suit on and at a stop one time I looked down to see that the leg of my rain suit was melting against the pipe.<\/p>\n

In this manner we whiled away the time until we got to go in. And then for the first time in weeks, the store had everything I came for. And the bags swallowed everything I bought.<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Biker Mom. Like a regular mom only cooler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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