Ride Report

Yesterday morning I was at work and hard at it when my cell phone rang
and it was a friend of mine from the Ninja 250 group. He asked me if I
was going to ride in the cellibrate Kawidavis memorible ride.
Kawidavis was a member of the Ninja 250 forumn. He was killed on March
27, 2007. He was 14 years old and yesterday was his birthday. His
mother requested that all the people that could ride on his birthday
would in honor of his life. This friend of mine is from Broken Arrow
Okla and was here in Dallas on buisness so he met me at O Conner road
and highway 183 in Irving Tx yesterday morning and he and I picked up
two more riders and headed to Gainsville Tx where we met some more
riders at the mall there.

After we all met and ate some lunch at Applebees, we all rode to
Ardmore Okla and met Kawidavis's family there in the parking lot of
Lowes. We all had a meet and greet for about a hour or so and then we
all lined up and rode out and around Lake Murray to one of the parks
on the lake. Kawidavis's mother and family brought tons of food so the
people that didnt get to eat ate then. She had a birthday cake for her
son. Everyone signed a birthday card for him and his mother attached
the card to 15 balloons and let it go. It was quite a event. His
mother held up remarkable considering just having to bury her son. I
dont think any parent should have to bury one of there kids.

of his Ninja 250 and was hit by a truck. He was careflighted to the
hospital but they lost him right after he arrived.

One of the riders that met us there was from Ft. Worth so I decided to
leave when he did. He had his 15 year old brother on the back of his
ZX6R. I could tell on the group ride that he was kinda squirming on
the back of that crotch rocket. We hit I-35 headed back home and
stopped at the first gas stop to top off our tanks. I asked that boys
brother if he would like to ride on the back of this Goldwing and he
gladly accepted my offer. We hit the highway and it wasnt 10 miles and
I look back there and he was fast asleep. I gunned it and got up
beside his brother and showed him that the boy was asleep. It freaked
him out a little so he motioned me to ask if we needed to pull over on
the shoulder of the road. I told him no and we went on. That was about
a 100 mile run and that boy slept probably 70 miles of it. When we
stopped to split up, the boy said to me...."Damn thats a comfortable
motorcycle"....I replied in Bill Walker fashion.."Well Yea".

We all had a good ride. We didnt get rained on but a few times I
wished it would have rained some to cool things off. It was a hot
muggy day. Louie and I rode damn near the same ride last week as I did
yesterday except I didnt stop at the casino and loose any money..lol.

Redshad

 

That was an honorable thing for you to do.

A very sad story.

You had mentioned on the ''Linda'' thread that you once rode your
Ninga250 up to Oklahoma.

That was cute about the young boy, getting so comfy on your Wing, that
he fell asleep.

Thanks for sharing, skip.

B. Jay Kana--
NETexas
02 Valkyrie Cruiser--
( happy trails to you all)

 

That's what it's all about.. That ride had a purpose.. Good report,
RedShad..
All of us should just take a moment and reflect on some of the sentiments
that you've shared with us.. From beginning to end, this ride report has
"lessons learned" in it.. Thanks for sharing.. Regards, my friend..

Bill Walker
Irving..

 

Beats the hell out of my story about how I road around town, doing
errands and dodging downbursts of rain. Can't seem to coordinate no
kids, no projects, and half-ass decent weather all in the same weekend.

 

For any of you that would like to see pictures and kinda read about
the going ons of that day, heres where its at.

http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.php?p=582150&highlight=hickman71#582150

Redshad

 

Thanks, I enjoyed those pictures. That was a beautiful
park area. Except for that Concours(I think), your wing
kinda' stood out amongst all those sport bikes.