Looks like a fun day out in Phoenix! ..:..
(http://www.ridersusa.net/Resources/Pictures/celebrate%20the%202nd.jpg)
If you ride and want to join the procession to the capitol:
Motorcycle Staging Information
Encanto Park
2605 N. 15th Ave. (south of Ecanto Blvd.,parking lot)
PHX, AZ
Meet-up begins @ 11:00 AM
Kick Stands Up @ 11:30 AM
Darn it AZ! Motorcycles and 2nd amendment. I have 3 of them(motorcycles) staring me in the face every day, one I only got to ride for 10 minutes last December.
I would so like to be there.
Lightweight dirt bike with studded knobby tires.
That's what I had to resort to this time of year back when I lived just a short ride from you in Northern Illinois. That and a motorcycle engine block heater so the kickstart lever would actually move when I jumped on it in the morning.
I like riding in Arizona much better. ^-^