One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
Yesterday I rode the long-neglected Roadster in to work the 17 miles, then over to Cartersville then home again for a grand total of about 50 miles. I had placed the battery on the Tender the night before and of course it started right up. I noticed as I was riding that damn right side [...]
Today was the first day of what the school board calls “pre-planning”. That means we come back without kids and get everything in order for the kids to arrive the next Monday for the big show.
My back is still aching, but not as bad as before. As my shoulder muscles become less tense, those nerves [...]
I spent the better part of the last 2 days working on my photos from the trip, developing a slideshow, and writing a blog entry complete with pictures etc.
My wrists no longer have the pain I had when I got home, nor does my ankles and butt feel as bad. However, I have a back [...]
It took me 4 days to ride out to Gillette, Wyoming beginning on the 13th of July, very early that Sunday morning.
I had already arranged with a friend in Little Rock, Arkansas to spend the first night at his house, if I could make it the almost 550 miles across Tennessee and half way across [...]
Hopefully in a couple more days I’ll have the pictures ready to use in a slide show and ride report of the BMW MOA Rally I just returned from in Gillette, Wyoming last weekend. My shoulders ache. My hands ache. My body generally aches from riding the little F650GS for 4 days out and then [...]
I think I have the cooler side cases where they are stable and well away from the hot muffler parts. This morning I’m going over my packing list and actually packing the bags on the bike to see how they fit with me on it.
I have less room in the little coolers than I imagined, [...]
Crystal, from “Gotcha Covered”, called me yesterday to inform me that my seat was finished and ready to pick up. This morning I drove over to look at it and it is a beauty! Not like what I had envisioned, but better. I had a little problem getting it to fit on the bike, but [...]
The Coleman coolers came this morning from Amazon! Woo-Hoo!
I got them attached horizontally using a tie-down strap and 4 short straps with loops at each end. I’ll need four more of those to do the vertical cinching with two more of those blue tie-downs which I already have.
After getting this part done I can see [...]
Well, I worked most of the day yesterday off and on designing and fabricating a metal side rack support for my Coleman cooler side case idea. This is what I ended up with…
It fits over the Happy Trails rack which is attached to the bike. It slips over the bar at the top, cushioned and [...]
Since I am reasonably certain I’ll have my new seat next week one day, I’ve gone ahead and committed to riding the F650 to Gillette, Wyoming for the national MOA rally.
I worked yesterday on the side case rig I’m fabricating to hold two Coleman coolers (one on each side). I kind of got sidetracked and [...]
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