Adventures of Nana Chou - Best little cotton pickin ride in Texas!

[Old Can Ride]

Well (deep subject content here!), the hand doctor said he did not see any harm in a little cotton pickin ride. My wife said I need to be cleared by a doctor, and he is a doctor(just not the shoulder doctor).

So, off Nana Chou and I went on a little cotton pickin ride, we did go. Two counties over this nice sheriff was good enough to stop us just to talk. He must have know Nana Chou from some wheres, because he said "not you again". Don't believe I had ever had the privilege of meeting this nice fellow before. Well, anyway we got to meet another nice new friend. Heck, he liked us so much that he asked for our autograph.



So, on we went on our little cotton pickin ride. Once we got there, it looked just like it had snowed.

Texas Cotton Country:




For you folks who have never picked cotton, next it goes to the cotton gin.



From the cotton gin the cotton gets compressed.



From here the cotton is shipped all over the entire world.

Now going home, it rained, it rained, and it rained. I had my rain gear with me, but it has been so long sense I have gotten to ride in the rain, so I just kept on riding. It was great, the rain came down so hard it felt like buck shot hitting my skin. Riding in the rain, the eye of god was on me and taking good care. What a great day!

And to end "The Best Little Cotton Pickin' Ride in Texas"



It all gets better at the end of the rainbow!

 

[Fuzzy]

Great pics, but city folks shouldn't describe farming. Those round and rectangular "compressed" cotton bales were compressed that way in the cotton field for transportation to town.

 

[xrlke]

Good to hear you got to ride. There's something about riding that puts a man at ease.

 

[Old Can Ride]

These particular ones are going to the Moody Cotton Compress in Galveston. Then onto ships and off to France.

 

[foreveraboy]

nice pics. thanks for sharing.
nana chou is looking good and shiny.

 

[kaibil1]

I'm glad that you got the chance to ride!

 

[CMGuy]

Glad to see you're, as Gene Autry sang, "back in the saddle again".

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[netizen]

And of course this is how ocr washes his bike, (riding in the rain) so you got your bike washed as well.... very nice. Maybe that cop has heard about your adventures in Alaska and that is why he asked for your autograph. :sly:

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[netizen]

Glad to see you're, as Gene Autry sang, "back in the saddle again".

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I thought that was Aerosmith.... lol

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[SergeantChuck]

Hopefully he did not charge your for the signature.

 

[Old Can Ride]

No, he did not think I was Johnny Manziel.

 

[RiderCoach]

Great to see you back on the road for some much needed therapy.

 

[SlowSteve]

Old CanRide.

What did you get pulled over for? Is it common where you were?

 

[Old Can Ride]

It is quite common every where, if you speed every where you go! My Alaska accident on July 3th was caused by one thing and one thing only, my speeding. Do not blame the police, it is their job to keep fools like me from speeding. Heck, the police around here are like family, I know them all on a first name bases.

I did have one officer falsely accused me a few months ago. He told me I was doing 85 mph. I got that young man straighten out quick. I told him we had to get his radar machine fixed fast, as I was doing an honest 130 mph on the busa.

 

[SergeantChuck]

Yahoooo!!!!

 

[Fuzzy]

Yahoooo!!!!

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OCR keeps telling us he is fat. Now that I see this riding picture maybe he is just blown up like a balloon.

 

[jtkirk]

Glad to see you riding again. I have to ask where did you get the backrest for the driver and how much?

 

[Old Can Ride]

This is a Goldwing Utopia backrest I had to bend myself to make it fit the NC700.

Utopia website: GL1800

Call Utopia, they will make you one for the NC700, but I don't know the price.

 

[SergeantChuck]

I'd like to aks this question concerning the drivers backrest. I'm used to mounting sportbikes by just swinging my leg high and around. The NC is a bit taller bike then add panniers and a trunk and you have a few obstructions in the way. I've had to learn and new dismounting and mounting method.

How difficult is it to mount the bike with that backrest? I would not mind having some back support and that backrest looks real good on your bike.

 

[kjang]

good question !