One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
I greeted the Labor Day off from work by grabbing my Kroger shopping bags and heading to the grocery store. This was a dreaded but much overdue chore and it just felt like a good time to get it done. The crisp, cool Fall weather helped my attitude toward it and I was determined to [...]
A much dreaded trip to Wal-Mart yesterday to fetch some oil and filter for my truck found me wandering the aisles trying to recover the memory of odd things I need to buy from the retail giant. So I picked up a favorite ball point pen refill and some Taco Bell salsa to try in [...]
July is taking off with a vengeance! Record heat all up and down the east coast and although it’s still pretty miserable here, we have it somewhat mild by comparison to other places this side of the Mississippi. I have a thermometer out on the front porch which stays in the shade. It has been [...]
Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? The title I mean.
I believe it was back on the morning of the all-day dirt ride a group of us went on. That was a few weeks ago. I got up and had my breakfast here, then packed and geared up hastily for the morning rendezvous. I always put the little [...]
I feel like singing that old Johnny Cash song…’And the flame’s gettin’ higher..”
I don’t know what causes it, but these things come on me sometimes…and it comes on like a seaside tide….very slowly. I have tried sleeping more. I tried eating better. I don’t know. This morning I have a nagging headache. My eyes burn. [...]
The first thing I generally do when I come to my blog is check for comments and see how much SPAM has arrived. I have a SPAM blocker and it collects the stuff for my perusal before flushing it completely down the toilet.
As I was looking through the list of SPAM this morning, and dismissing [...]
Eight o’clock AM is pretty early to leave the house on a ride. Especially if the weather tends to be on the cool side. When I pulled out of my driveway it was a balmy 44F degrees and some clouds hovering around the neighborhood. The clouds quickly dispersed and I made it over to our [...]
Back a couple of summers ago I rode my small single cylinder BMW F650 all the way out to Gillette, Wyoming to attend the annual BMW MOA Rally, which was held at the fairgrounds there. It was a nice ride…both ways, with minimal problems. The bike functioned superbly but was just a little too small [...]
Back in 2004 I went to Wal-Mart and bought one of those 12V air pumps you carry around in your car for emergencies. I took it apart, removing the plastic outer shell and taping a small block of wood to it to hold onto, and to attach the switch to. This small air pump has [...]
Since I have it “Run-In” as they say in the manual, there is a list of items that have to be checked along with the oil change. Coolant level is between “Min” and “Max” so its okay for now. Clutch cable free play took a little fiddling with to understand the adjustment and check properly [...]
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