ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE 11-18-11

ON FRIDAY, 11-18-11. I WAS GOING TO RIDE OUT TO ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE TO VISIT AND DUE AN UPDATE TO THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN RIDE OUT TO CRACKER BARREL, OUT NORTH ON I-44, AND PICK UP A COUPLE COFFEE CUPS FOR HE & HIS WIFE. ENDED UP GOING TO CRACKER BARREL FIRST. SCROLL DOWN AND JOIN ME FOR TODAY'S ACTIVITIES AND REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE           BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE.

I PARK THE HARLEY OUT FRONT AND GO INSIDE TO BUY THE CUPS.

FIRST PERSON I SEE IS JESSICA. SHE KEEPS THE SHELVES STOCKED AND IS ONE OF THE GREETERS. SHE ALWAYS WEARS DIFFERENT HATS AND I TOLD HER I AM GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER IN EACH HAT AND SHE AGREED. SHE IS A SWEET HEART AND JANICE & I REALLY LIKE HER.

JESSICA IN THE SANTA HAT..

I BUY THE CUPS, SAY GOODBYE TO JESSICA AND HEAD TO THE HARLEY, I PUT THE CUPS IN THE SADDLEBAG, MOUNT UP AND  ALL I HEAR IS "CLICK.CLICK.CLICK", THE BATTERY IS DEAD. CRAP!!

SO, I CALL MIKE AT ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE AND HE AND LANCE RUN ME OUT A NEW BATTERY. THE BATTERY THAT DIED WAS THE            ORIGINAL BATTERY IN THE BIKE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED IN                   2006.      HERE ARE MIKE (BLACK T-SHIRT AND OWNER OF ALL                   

 AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE) AND LANCE (WHITE SHIRT) AS THEY PULL THE OLD BATTERY OFF THE BIKE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THE BATTERY SITS UNDER THE SEAT, THAT IS WHY THE              BACK/FRONT SEAT ARE OFF.                                                                  

MIKE GETS THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED AND PULLS IT OUT OF THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT

HERE ARE MIKE AND LANCE FINISHING UP WITH PUTTING THE NEW BATTERY IN PLACE.

THE BIKE FIRES RIGHT UP AND I FOLLOW MIKE & LANCE BACK TO ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF TOWN, NEAR THE MALL. ACT5UAL ADDRESS IS: 3905-A WAYNE  WICHITA FALLS TEXAS 76308. THE BUSINESS PHONE NUMBER IS 940-386-9100.

WE GET TO ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE AND INSIDE, SMILING AS SHE ALWAYS DOES, IS MIKE'S WIFE GLORIA. SHE IS ALSO PART OWNER WITH MIKE AND SHE RUNS THE FRONT DESK AND ACCESSORIES AREA. VERY PLEASANT TO BE AROUND AND SHE AND MIKE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS OF MINE FOR YEARS.

INSIDE THE BUSINESS WAS A FELLOW PGR MEMBER AND RETIRED SGT MAJOR, PAUL. HE RIDES A BLUE HARLEY ULTRA CLASSIC

GEORGE BROUGHT HIS HARLEY IN TO MET A NEW FRONT TIRE. HERE IS MIKE TAKING PAUL'S BIKE INTO THE SERVICE AREA. AND FROM THE LOOKS OF THE SERVICE AREA, BUSINESS IS GOOD AT ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE

WHILE OUT TAKING PICS OF MIKE, PAUL COMES OUT, MOUNTS UP AND GETS READY TO GO. I REALLY LIKE PAUL AND AM PROUD TO CALL HIM A FRIEND. HE WILL BE IN THE NEXT BLOG ON THE POST ABOUT THE PGR MISSION IN WICHITA FALLS TEXAS.

HERE ARE GEORGE AND MIKE, WITH GEORGE'S HARLEY UP ON THE LIFT.

LOOKING AROUND THE SERVICE AREA, I NOTICE NUMEROUS BIKES WAITING TO BE SERVICED. HERE IS A ULTRA CLASSIC

HERE IS A GOOD LOOKING SPORTY. IT WAS BROUGHT IN BY IT'S FEMALE OWNER BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD VANDALIZED IT. I THINK MIKE SAID SOMEONE HAD CUT THE TIRES AND CUT THE DRIVE BELT. HOPE THEY CATCH THE IDIOTS THAT DID THAT AND LET THE OWNER OF THE BIKE HAVE 5 MINUTES ALONE WITH THEM. AND NO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHO OWNS THE BIKE.

HERE IS A GOOD LOOKING ROAD KING WAITING TO BE SERVICED. PERSONALLY, I DO NOT LIKE LARGE WHITE WALLS ON A BIKE, BUT, HEY, WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT.  IT STILL IS A GOOD LOOKING BIKE.

AND HERE IS ANOTHER HARLEY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SERVICED. I LIKE THAT FLAME PAINT JOB IT HAS ON IT..

ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE SERVICES ALL BIKES, NOT JUST HARLEY DAVIDSON'S. HONDA GOLD WING BEING SERVICED.

ANOTHER HARLEY AWAITING SERVICING

YET ANOTHER HARLEY AWAITING SERVICING. THE OTHER BIKE NEXT TO IT BY THE FLAG, IS ATTACHED TO THE FLAG, WHICH IS EITHER METAL OR WOOD AND WILL BE HOISTED UP OUT FRONT OF THE BUSINESS AND WILL BE THEIR BUSINESS SIGN.

THE FRONT OF ALL AMERICAN HAWG SERVICE. ONCE YOU TURN ONTO WAYNE, YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

OUT FRONT OF THE BUSINESS IS LANCE'S ULTRA-CLASSIC WITH A 110 CU IN ENGINE. I AM PARKED NEXT TO LANCE AND THAT IS MIKE'S ULTRA-CLASSIC FACING THE WALL.

ANOTHER VIEW OF LANCE'S HARLEY. A VERY GOOD LOOKING AND CLEAN BIKE.

WENT BACK INSIDE AND COULDN'T RESIST TAKING A PICTURE OF THIS COKE ON THE COUNTER..JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS....

THE BREATHER ON LANCE'S HARLEY SAYS 96 CU. IN., BUT ON THE HEADS IT SAYS 110 CU. IN

HERE IS LANCE SITTING ON HIS HARLEY.                                                        

ANOTHER PICTURE OF LANCE ON HIS HARLEY

THE LAST PICTURE OF THIS POST IS OF SOME OF THE ACCESSORIES ON THE BUSINESS WALL. MY CAMERA BATTERY DIED AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

I ENJOYED SEEING JESSICA AT THE CRACKER BARREL HERE IN WICHITA FALLS TODAY AS WELL AS MIKE, GLORIA, LANCE, PAUL AND GEORGE DOWN AT ALL AMERICA HAWG SERVICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING AND VISITING AGAIN SOON.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR TROOPS,BOTH IN AND OUT OF HARM'S WAY. YOUR PRAYER MAY BE THE ONE THAT SAVES ONE OF OUR TROOPS LIFE.

UNTIL NEXT POST, YA'LL BE CAREFUL OUT THERE, KEEP YOUR HEAD ON A 360 DEGREE SWIVEL, KEEP THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL.............RIDE SAFE.......................JOHN