Motorcycle Blogs by Latest Post
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Eustace, TX - SP
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*Thursday* - Another short travel day. Only 150 miles or about 3 hours
including a fuel stop. I’ve noticed that diesel prices are dropping now
that we ar...
1 day ago
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My FIL's mind's eye : Then, the Farm Now
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Note: All the pictures are in this post we're taking using the camera that
CCjon generously gave to me. It's a Nikon Coolpix S9900. All but the last
tw...
1 day ago
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Space X Launch Facility • Boca Chica Beach • Estero Llano Grande Texas State Park
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After freezing my ass off, I staying at an Air B&B for a couple of days. I
got back on the bike and headed South towards the Space X Launch Facility
and Bo...
1 week ago
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Back on 2 wheels - first impressions
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Well after a 4 month wait due to international supply chain problems, I'm
back on 2 wheels of the powered variety (sort of!). I picked up my Giant
Talo...
1 week ago
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Moto Art
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Various photos from rides over the last month, worked over with photoshop
into not-photographs!
Kawasaki GTR1400 at sunset (and below)
Triumph Tiger on ...
2 weeks ago
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Project Wing
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Perusing a Utah based online classified ad I saw a 1981 Goldwing for sale.
Driving to look at the bike required a trek westward to the outskirts of a
sma...
2 weeks ago
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Hiking the Palatinate Highlands
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Youth Hostel ahead!
A long weekend, a fair weather forecast and a husband away on a guy outing
made for a great recipe for another solo project. This time...
2 weeks ago
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More flowers from the yard.
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More flowers from the backyard. Attempting to relearn post processing
skills that have gone rusty.
Oh, and I ordered a new (to me) camera. WooHoo! Niko...
5 weeks ago
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The return trip home
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The trip back from tassie was always going to be a let down, I'm mean how
could it compare and the weather forecast wasn't looking good today with
rain a...
1 month ago
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Adventure Bike Ride
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I had a chance to borrow a Kawasaki KLR 650 for a day in the dirt. My
friend, Greg, rode his BMW R 1250 GS. We rode on Highway 101 north about ...
2 months ago
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How to do You De-stress?
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* de-stress*
*/dēˈstres/*
*verb*
*verb: destress*
*relax after a period of work or tension.*
*"others come simply to de-stress and to enjoy the exer...
3 months ago
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Come Again Soon
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Somewhere in a box, pictures tell the real story. Brown and ivory now
instead of black and white, history was made before it was history, with
every flash ...
5 months ago
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Greetings from Butts Hollow
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Ladies and gentlemen, feast thine eyes upon the glory. The glory of… Butts
Hollow. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, this
transcen...
5 months ago
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Thank a Veteran Today and Take Control of our Country Again
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*Veterans Day*
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when
the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in t...
7 months ago
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Archie Finds His Voice-perfect gift
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If you have children or know someone with kids, this is a great book with a
message we all can relate to, acceptance and diversity. My wife Pam wrote
this ...
7 months ago
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Google and Glamping...
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Okay, I'm about done with this blogging platform, I can sign in with Safari
and compose blog posts, but I can't comment on other's blogs. But then I
can ...
9 months ago
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You need a Brompton rack... and the reasons may surprise you!
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A new episode of the vlog has finally landed.
In the last episode I warned subscribers that I was a S-L-O-W editor. That
was no joke.
Is it because I ...
1 year ago
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Seven Best Motorcycle Movies - a nonprofessional critic's list
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Motorcycle Entertainment
I enjoy a good motorcycle related movie or documentary. I am NOT talking
about shows that include motorcycles in it but isn't ab...
1 year ago
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Mac Park Historic Races 2021
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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...
1 year ago
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They Told Us We Were White
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Velma, my adoptive grandmother, and me
"You are not Indian or Mexican, you're white. Never say that again," Velma
insisted as she painfully pinched my ...
1 year ago
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Ride to eat and doing 'The Loop' - twisty nirvana island style
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Yesterday we went for a really long ride. On our anniversary which was the
day before I finally insured the Duchess. We went for a little tootle with ...
1 year ago
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Twelve years I've been writing this blog, now I'm closing it
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On Monday this blog was twelve years old, my first post was on 1st June
2008. This month I'll be closing it down, if this is not the last post then
whateve...
2 years ago
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Photography Fun: Speed
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I helped a friend with a photography project. The project was to show
speed. We thought it would be fun to dress up in my motorcycle racing
leathers and ri...
2 years ago
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Fake News
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Fake news. Popularized by the current resident of the White House and his
entourage, the term has come to mean “news with which we don’t agree”. No
matter ...
2 years ago
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Download Cut the Rope HD (MOD, Unlimited Boosters) free on android
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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...
2 years ago
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What a Year!
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2018 was quite a year.
I must apologize that it has been 6-months since my last blog post, but it
seems I don't have a lot of time for puttering on the com...
3 years ago
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Hi All
I now have a new website up and running. I will continue to update the blog
here for now as we move slowly over but please take a look at
stephjeav...
3 years ago
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52 Years On Two Wheels
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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...
4 years ago
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Scooterbob has come out of winter hibernation!
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ScooterBob at Esquimalt Lagoon, we just happened to look down and found the
heart shaped rock!
Last summer when I received ScooterBob it was high su...
4 years ago
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Changes are a'coming...
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I did it. I finally did it.
Sometime at the end of this month I'll be disengaging from the corporate
teet. I've been at the end of my rope for a very long...
4 years ago
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Equipment List
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When packing for a long journey there are always compromises. Some riders
carry the house with them while others carry just the bare essentials.
I’ve ma...
4 years ago
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2016 – Top Posts
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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...
5 years ago
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Why one-way motorcycle touring on your own bike makes sense
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No, this isn’t a crafty plan to relieve you of your pride-and-joy at the
end of a tour, but a clever way of letting you maximise the great times you
have ...
5 years ago
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Countersteering Explained
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Youtube user Motonosity explains counterweight vs. countersteering. If
you´re new to countersteering and a bit confused, this video may help you
understand...
5 years ago
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A certain road....
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There's a certain well known, but mostly undesirable, road that is said to
be paved with good intentions. I may have been down that road.
Back in Sep...
6 years ago
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Glacial Melt And Ball Drop...
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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...
6 years ago
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Honda CB500X/F/R Relay Recall Notice
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Here is my video detailing the issues and what is involved in the recall.
6 years ago
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Motorcycle Wake Up Call
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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 not
7 years ago
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Choppa project continued. Winter project added new mirrors, headlight,
wiring, cables, speedo, and Roland Sands 12" Apes.
7 years ago
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2015 Harley-Davidson Models, Lean Angles
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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....
7 years ago
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Colder Than a Set of Steel Balls
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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...
7 years ago
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Book Giveaway - Leanings 3 On the Road and in the Garage with Cycle Worlds's Peter Egan
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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
motorcyclesand...
7 years ago
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Hello? Is anybody home?
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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...
7 years ago
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Bikers Have Big...Hearts!
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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...
7 years ago
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Motorcyclists in Middletown and Cincinnati Getting Killed Off by Careless Drivers
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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...
7 years ago
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Bloody Hell Bob!
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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...
7 years ago
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Behind Bars Update
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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 is...
8 years ago
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First ride of the year.
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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...
8 years ago
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Peterborough or Bust !!!!!!
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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...
8 years ago
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BrrrrrMobile
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8 years ago
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2013: The GS does its first Stella Alpina Rally
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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...
8 years ago
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MAKE A WISH... AND BLOW!
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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...
9 years ago
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Improve your Sports Bikes MPG
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In our end of year survey I asked, ''What would be the best improvement
you could make to your motorbike?" and the most common reply was better
Economy.
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9 years ago
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New Year's Day Motorcycle Rides
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It is somewhat of a tradition to attempt to ride on New Years Day.
In New Hampshire, this is not always easy.
As of Monday, I would have said impossible.
I ...
11 years ago
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Kaput!!
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*Main Entry: ka·putVariant(s): also ka·puttFunction: adjectiveEtymology:
German kaputt, from French capot not having made a trick at piquetDate:
18951...
12 years ago
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