An Unlikely Contender For Offroad Fun
Sometimes the best tool for the job is not the one designed for that purpose, but the one – the only one – you have. Take dual-sport riding, this business of taking a motorcycle down the highway to get...
View ArticleSome Clarity, At Least
I’ve had this ongoing issue with the Concours not running properly, where I’ve used carb cleaner to much benefit but not total. Every time I had ridden it lately it had run better so when I took it out...
View ArticleRunning Good, Not Great
We’re home now from this year’s OFMC ride and while I’m eager to tell you all about the trip, if you’re really hard-core your number one question would be, “how did the Kawi run?” I can’t give a one-...
View ArticleThe Wonderfulness Of Normal
I can’t even remember how long ago it was that my Concours started giving me trouble, but it seems like it’s been all summer. I packed it off to Joel before the OFMC bike trip but when he brought it...
View ArticleGoals Before Year’s End
Every year about this time I start looking at what I want to get done before the end of the year. Usually that includes making an effort to turn over one more 1,000-mile point on each bike’s odometer...
View ArticleThe Bikes Beat The Car Again In 2021
I always tally up the miles I’ve put on my bikes and car at the end of the year and for the seventh year in a row I put more miles on the bikes than on the car. Not that I put all that many miles on...
View ArticleA Tale Of The Tundra
We were up in Eagle at Willie and Jungle’s earlier this week and to our pleasure and surprise, Mario was there, too. You’ll understand what a surprise this was as I tell you Mario lives in the Yukon....
View ArticleMore Stupid Questions
ADV has an ongoing thread I like to dip into at times, asking what the most stupid question you’ve been asked while on your motorcycle. Here are a few more. I was once at the Slickrock trailhead in...
View ArticleCarrying Stuff On The Bike, Part 1
I’m probably like most long-time motorcycle riders in that starting out my means of carrying things with me on the bike was kludgy at best. As soon as I bought the CB750 I bought a sissy bar with a...
View ArticleCarrying Stuff On The Bike, Part 2
This is the second part of a post I started a few days ago. You may want to go read it first. As we’ve gotten older and more affluent our equipment has gotten better, so some years went by and I...
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