Today, February 14^th, 2026, I rode 250 miles from Douglasville, Georgia to Brimingham, Alabama to grab a burger.

Well actually, the real purpose of today’s ride was to load up some miles on Bruce, my 2025 HD Pan America 1250 Special.  I want to load up the miles to ensure that I have the 1000-mile servicing done in time before my Florida Loop 2026 touring trip that begins April 4^th, 2026. 

I have a few more accessories to install on Bruce prior to the Florida Loop 2026 trip.  Also, Atlanta Harley-Davidson service department has been quite busy lately, so I want to get Bruce into servicing by early March (have some things to install prior to servicing as well, namely Quadlock headless charger and Garmin Zumo XT2 mounting system.  I am going to have Harley-Davidson do the wiring for these devices as I am too lazy to remove the fuel tank at this time.  Plus, as part of the 1000-mile servicing, they must remove the fuel tank anyways to service the air filter.

By the way, the Jumbo Cheeseburger at Hamburger Heaven was FANTASTIC!!