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More Class C Mods - *Friday* - It looks like we dodged another one. The storm is moving northeast. Harlingen got hammered with over a foot of rain in this one storm. *Satu...
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Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3 - Putting it back together again - It's a slow process putting all this back together again. Even with a prolific number of photos and copious notes here on the blog I'm finding this a fid...
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Three National Park stamps - I bought a National Parks Stamp book back in 2024...so now I "have" to galivant all over the country to get the stamps! Life is tough sometimes! hah...
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Lunch with Uralisti Friends - It truly has been a long time since I got together with fellow Uralisti to shoot the shit over lunch and exchange tales. Some blame was cast in my direc...
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Out of the blue, a star? - I discovered jazz when I was, I'm guessing now, eleven or twelve years old. There was a show on CBC television that played Dave Brubeck's *Take Five* as it...
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A great day for bikes and cars - We belong to a classic car club in the next town to where we live but have also just joined the one in our own town (village really with a population of ...2 weeks ago
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Time for Mirrorless - I wasn't completely happy with the shots I got in Motegi at the Japanese MotoGP. It could have been the fact that I wasn't feeling well during the trip, ...
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Happy dog! - Meanwhile we have been on countless little hikes with our new family member, who probably never was in 'the wild' before. Hilda (or Hildegard by her full...3 weeks ago
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Unforgettable Waterfall Experiences in the Blue Ridge Mountains - *The Smoky Mountains Waterfalls are beautiful* *I've had the incredible opportunity to uncover a variety of stunning waterfalls while journeying throug...
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The Winter Riding Blues: Or, Why Doesn’t the Weatherman Get Me - Sometimes, the answer to most questions in this simple mind of mine is to grab the handlebars of my motorcycle and go for a ride. In my last post Tomorrow ...3 months ago
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Texas • Culbertson County • National Border Patrol Museum • California • McDonald • Fiberine - Headed out of Texas to California. On the way I stopped at a Culbertson County Rest Stop (Very Cool) and the National Border Patrol Museum (Awesome!) in El...3 months ago
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Cubanola Cigar & Ceresota Flour Ghost Sign Combo – Montrose, Pennsylvania - Though most of the coloring is gone and what we’re left with is a very faded wisp of a ghost, the unmistakable block lettering banner and the faintest hint...1 year ago
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Utah 2023: Zion National Park - In my last post we hadn’t yet made it to our destination. We had a couple more hours of driving. The drive coming in the east entrance of Zion was specta...
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Mac Park Historic Races 2021 - The West Coast Procrastinators had a terrific weekend at the SA Historic Road Race Championships, January 1st to 3rd. The racing is all the better for havi...4 years ago
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February Book Club, two extra riders join in for the first time - From humble beginnings back in September 2018 we have just had the sixteenth meeting of the world renowned "Book Club" and this time we were joined by two...
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Made in North America quality ..... pfffft. - After spending the last 30-odd years fighting with and cajoling old, second-hand, sometimes free, snowblowers into action, I decided to treat myself to a b...
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Download Cut the Rope HD (MOD, Unlimited Boosters) free on android - Download Cut the Rope HD (MOD, Unlimited Boosters) free on androidCut the Rope HD (MOD, Unlimited Boosters) - game created and released in the light of R...5 years ago
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Wanderlust is the Sweetest Poison - I miss riding with Steve, that's for certain. I was never a motorcyclist who liked to travel. I was a traveler that liked to ride a motorcycle. This has ...
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Moon Landing and Motorcycling - . On July 20, 1969, that is 50 years ago today, a United States Apollo spacecraft landed in the Sea of Tranquility on the moon's surface. Six hours later, ...
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Howl and Prowl - The Howl and Prowl is a chopper show in Bisbee, Arizona. It's a small show but it is a good show. It's a riders show, I didn't see any of the "Professio...
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2019 Road Trip - 2019 Pyrenees, Spain and Andorra. This trip was actually arranged as our 2018 road trip but as Col had had his Incident only 5 weeks before our trip ...
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Wear Your Gear - I'm writing this post to encourage and inspire you to wear your safety gear when riding your motorcycle. I recently crashed and wearing my gear saved my li...
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And She's A Lot Like You... - After coffee last week, Andy and I were wanting to go for a ride. Without a plan or a route in mind, we couldn't decide which way to go. Fortunately, An...
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Still in the land of the living! - It has been quite awhile since I've created a blog post. I did a lot of teaching in 2018 and was extremely busy and it left precious little time for blogg...
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Royal Enfield Himalayan Review - Ah! Nostalgia. It ain't what it used to be. Royal Enfield have been making bikes for as long as bikes have been around! In fact, they are the oldest moto...
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Still Here, Working.... and Even Riding - *CATCHING UP* Hello all. Just a quick post to say that I am still around reading blogs when I have time. I used to be able to read them every day on my ...
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52 Years On Two Wheels - I can't seem to resist updating the blog once a year or so. Motorcycle-wise, the '05 Kawasaki Mean Streak sits in the garage, idle and for sale. It's rep...
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Lights - My Yamaha Super Tenere has very good running lights with a nice spread on the road in front and excellent high beams projecting far on the road ahead. I a...
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How to stay positive... - ...when you have to wake up at 4:30 (after 3 hours of sleep), be out of the house at 5:30, to get to the airport at 6:30 to catch a flight to NJ at 8:00 .....7 years ago
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ScooterBob goes sight seeing at City of Murals - Chemainus BC - About a month ago Scooterbob and I went on a rip up the island, I was aiming for Chemainus to go have a cup of tea at the Twisted Sister's tea room, bu...
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Good Bye… - It’s been awhile since I have posted anything here. I guess it’s because I have been frustrated. Been sick since October, but really feels like I have be...8 years ago
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As Time Goes By - This blog dropped off my radar for a number of years. Writing jobs, side gigs, and personal stuff all conspired to relegate blogging to the list of activit...
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2016 – Top Posts - 2016 was a nearly non-existent year for RFdc, as I just didn’t post much. Combine that with this being a little personal blog with few subscribers, and the...8 years ago
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Countersteering Explained - Youtube user Motonosity explains counterweight vs. countersteering. If you´re new to countersteering and a bit confused, this video may help you understand...8 years ago
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There must be some bends here somewhere! - With my son Charlie, we flew across the Atlantic so we could ride at Daytona Bike Week. This is our video we made. We wanted to make a record of our tr...
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Glacial Melt And Ball Drop... - Standing here on a New Jersey beach, a placid Atlantic Ocean before me, the news is not good. Two of the most relentless forces of nature are robbing me of...
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Everything I Need to Know..... - One of these days I'm going to write a book. Partially stealing from a book that's already out there it's going to be titled "Everything I've Needed to K...
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Honda CB500X/F/R Relay Recall Notice - Here is my video detailing the issues and what is involved in the recall.
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Motorcycle Wake Up Call - The long wait is over. The sun hangs high and bright in the southern sky so it’s time to wake the bike and hit the road…. Or not9 years ago
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2015 Harley-Davidson Models, Lean Angles - 2015 H-D MODELS RIGHT (DEG) LEFT (DEG) NOTES SPORTSTER SUPERLOW 24.7 24.4 IRON 883 29 30 1200 CUSTOM 26.2 28.3 SUPERLOW 1200 T 25 26 FORTY-EIGHT 27....10 years ago
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Colder Than a Set of Steel Balls - Yeah, that's right...I said steel balls. I awoke today to a low temp of 18 degrees. Tonight it is said to be much colder. Single digits. I knows it's on...10 years ago
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Book Giveaway - Leanings 3 On the Road and in the Garage with Cycle Worlds's Peter Egan - I am giving away this hardcover copy of Leanings 3 - On the Road and in the Garage with Cycle World's Peter Egan. Please send an email to motorcyclesan...
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Hello? Is anybody home? - You may have wondered if I am still here. The fact of the matter is, we've been getting our life in order, consolidating things, and we bought a house o...
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Bikers Have Big...Hearts! - Santa briefs Toy Run ParticipantsI was reminded on Saturday during our annual Toy Run that bikers have big hearts and despite their sometimes-rough appear...
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Motorcyclists in Middletown and Cincinnati Getting Killed Off by Careless Drivers - Yet another biker was killed in the greater Cincinnati Middletown Ohio area as motorcycle season winds down. This tragic loss of life was caused by carele...
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Bloody Hell Bob! - Bloody hell Bob you've gone. You are going to be missed by many in the blogosphere! .You were a good guy mate, Any one that that travels from Vancouver to...10 years ago
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Behind Bars Update - Occasionally I get an email asking where I went. So... here I am. Hello everyone! It's been a while. To the few, consistent readers I had, all I can say i...10 years ago
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First ride of the year. - I can't believe the last time I posted was in December. We have had such a long and hard winter here; as most of the country has experienced. Being this is...
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Peterborough or Bust !!!!!! - Had a chat with a good friend the other day Mr John Lewis from Holt Norfolk. he said on Sat 8-Feb he was having a trip over to Peterborough to collect a par...11 years ago
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2013: The GS does its first Stella Alpina Rally - As you may remember, last year I conquered the Stella Alpina on my 1982 Honda CB250N Super Dream, but this year I took my recently purchased 2005 Suzuki GS...
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MAKE A WISH... AND BLOW! - Remember these? While doing some yard work recently, I noticed this lone standing dandelion and it actually stopped me in my tracks. I stood there and l...
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College Essay Time - In 2007, my then 12 year old daughter and I set out for 5 weeks to tour the country via motorcycle. I knew of one other parent who had done this, and he w...12 years ago
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Kaput!! - *Main Entry: ka·putVariant(s): also ka·puttFunction: adjectiveEtymology: German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquetDate: 18951...14 years ago
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