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Bad roads?
Gary France, who many of you know from his blog Flies in Your Teeth, has posted a picture of his favourite “worst road” along with a challenge. Well compared to my favourite worst road his looks like a...
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In search of the perfect camera mount
First one must ask, does such a thing even exist? I have been looking for a good camera mount for a couple of years now (for past posts on this topic just search this blog for “mount”). My needs were,...
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July 1, 1978
July 1, 1978 was a Saturday. The number 1 song in the US was Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb which, for the life of me, I cannot remember even though it held that spot for 7 weeks. But it was the height of...
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Spam, spam, spam, spam…..
“Thanks for another wonderful article. The place else may anyone get that kind of info in such an ideal manner of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such...
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Sure sign of cabin fever
Well we are right in the middle of the dark days as someone has branded the mid-February period in this frozen land we call home. And in spite of an upcoming 2-week break to Myrtle Beach to play some...
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Only the Italians…
They say that no one can get the most out of a piece of high-tech machinery like an Italian, and here are a few examples to prove it.Marco Biaggi:Valentino Rossi:Andrea Dovizioso:And, of course,...
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Myrtle Beach – The Land of NO!
We just got back from a 2-week visit to Myrtle Beach, an attempt to escape the snow and cold for a bit and tune up the golf game in anticipation of courses opening here in the next 3 or 4 weeks.As we...
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I blame Bob
A few months ago in response to my post about camera mounts Bob Skoot offered this comment:The video was pretty cool so I spoke to a friend who’s an electronics geek about the feasibility of doing...
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So long…. Sniff….
Well the ‘82 FT500 is gone.It just wasn’t being ridden and was taking up space in the garage making me feel guilty for not riding her. It was time to find a new home for the little Honda. Her new owner...
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Those of you who live in milder climates may be wondering why we in the still-frozen northern part of this continent are moaning about the seemingly endless winter this year. Here’s why.Last spring,...
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Motorcycle.com just published a pre-release of a Consumer Reports Survey (link) that found that BMW and Harley-Davidson owners were much more likely to experience major problems with their bikes than...
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Small packages
A few fellow bloggers have posted recently about the joy of receiving small packages in the post. Well, not to be outdone, here’s my small package story.I almost made it. It was only 2 months ago that...
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Progress is being made
Learning as I go, waiting for parts to come by mail, realizing I’d missed something and so more waiting for parts to come by mail (repeat several times), repurposing materials to new uses, screwing...
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A trip to Princess Auto is never wasted
Princess Auto is one of those great chains that carries a bit of everything shop related. Whether it’s tools, hydraulics, steel, welding supplies, trailer parts, small engines, surplus electronics or...
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Progress is being made – part deux
There has been quite a delay since my last update on this project, mostly due to a rather long period of time waiting for a specific servo motor to arrive in the post. Well I finally got it and a few...
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Rear steer
Ever since I got my Dyna I had been noticing that some times when accelerating out of a corner at speed it would seem as though the back end would shift sideways just a little bit. It was never enough...
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OUCH! Now THAT hurts.
And now for a brief divergence from 2 wheels.We have been having some trust issues with our politicians here recently (and who hasn’t?) so all the usual suspects are polling, analysing, speculating,...
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A love-hate relationship
Most of us have a special kind of relationship with our motorcycles. Usually we love them (Why else would I have bought it in the first place?), sometimes we hate them (My ass hurts after 10 minutes in...
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Caring for your motorcycle chaps
(Note to UK readers, this has nothing to do with feeding ale to your riding buddies.)Periodically I get requests to publish a guest article on some item of interest to the riding community. This time...
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