[QUOTE] One of the big events of the day, hard to believe actually, no one will. I'm running 80 to 85mph and I hear this pop pop, poppidy pop pop, so I'm thinking someone in that highway traffic has a big ass knot on their tire. Then right on by me, at a pretty good clip comes Big Ed, hatless as hell. I told RedShad yesterday the reason Big Ed rides so slow is he has to fight that damn hat. I saw it bubble up yesterday like a gopher was up in under it. We can ride now! ...louie[/QUOTE] You don't reckon that hat is somehow connected to the throttle on Ed's motorcycle, do ya?