It had been far too long since I had ridden with anyone else. I had been riding a lot, nearly daily but it was all commuting back and forth to work with the odd evening ride to blow off steam. I had been noodling the idea of getting Dan to ride out to Seabeck with […]
Another cool but sunny day in mid April saw Dan and I heading north from my home base in Bremerton. This time our destination was Fort Flagler. Our major hurdle was going to be crossing the Hood Canal Bridge. This bridge had been on my “to-do” list for quite some time and was also a […]
A couple things to address before we talk specific helmets. First, I personally have made the decision to only ride with full faced helmets. As the strength and durability of modular helmets continues to increase I may someday be interested in those but for now; I’m trying to protect my dome, so its full faced […]
To get started lets talk about the condition I found my bike in. Its used, at the time it was 18 years old, and it hadn’t been ridden all that much. It had 18 thousand miles on the odometer and the story from the dealer was that I would be it’s 3rd owner. A long […]
My wife gave a tail tidy kit to me for Christmas. She may or may not have received several links to it in the months ahead of time, but I wanted to clean up the rear end of my bike and lose the massive stock turn signals. I got mine from https://www.maundspeed.com/. Its the Ford […]
Back in April, Dan and I decided to take a cold sunny day to head around to the other side of the Hood Canal. Dan came over to Bremerton in the morning on the ferry from Seattle. While the Seattle side of the ferry terminal is still going to be under construction for the next […]
Motorcycles have always intrigued me but they were always a pipe dream, just out of reach. My Dad had motorcycles back in the 60’s and 70’s. Him and his buddies would fly around the logging roads of Quilcene astride Trail 90’s and other little 2 stroke bikes exploring the forest around them for as long […]