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November 1, 2013 3:59 AM PDT
Hi Guys, Thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I really appreciate it! To reply to Tim's comment: Believe me I've done the pull back the curtain to check if it's still there thing, in fact I've done the pull the bike into the motel room thing. But why are we doing that Tim? Obviously because we're worried about the safety of our bikes. I think leaving my scoot outside in a motel parking lot is kinda risky, don't you? After a lot of years on the road, I (like most everyone else) looked for places with a ground floor and a place I could park my bike right outside the window, but that really limits where you can stay, doesn't it? I know it has for me. I've had to stay in some real fleabags just to make sure it had the right combination of features for some sort of half-assed security provided by me - while I try to sleep. See, I'm thinking more along the lines of a place to park your bikes that would network with the motels in the area. Let's use Hicky's (above) situation. When the area riders come to ride the Dragons Tail, where do they usually stay? Local hotels/motels right? Or at least those in the general area. What if there was a MotoHanger (thats the name I've come up with) right there in close proximity to those motels? That way when you come into town and when it's time to tuck in for the night, you ride a couple or a few blocks to the local MotoHanger, drop the bike off - and your gear if you want - and catch the shuttle back to your room. I've found that usually motels/hotels usually tend to clump together in certain areas so if you had a MotoHanger in that same area the shuttle would be quick and short. Now, instead of leaving your bike parked out all night in some motel parking lot in a strange town you have it stowed in a secure metal building with individual 'stalls' for each bike. 24 hr emergency number to call and special arrangements could be made if you had to leave before 6am, cuz that's when the shuttle runs. I'm talkin' enclosed metal building here and large as well. Stalls would be locked with your own device if you choose (cable provided) and an attendant would be present during working hours. Does that maybe make any more sense now (or are all those doctors right?) How does that sound?
