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Two wheelin’ (the easy way)
Our Saturday morning bicycle ride gets earlier and earlier. In the winter we started at 9:00 AM. Today we started at 7:00 AM, but it was already 95 degrees by the time we finished, so next week we’re starting at 6:30 AM. I suppose by the time daily highs reach 110-115 degrees, we’ll be meeting […]
I subscribe to a Honda Goldwing owners’ message board. Too frequently for comfort, members post messages that make you suspect that after they park their bikes for the night, they hang up their leathers and put on white robes. Like this guy, who wrote today: President signs E.O. for illegals to get FULL S.S. If a […]
When you ride over a nail on a motorcycle, the front tire flips it pointy-end up, perfectly positioned to penetrate the rear tire. I nailed a rear tire about a month ago, and a good friend loaned me a nearly-new tire to replace it. I hadn’t ridden more than 20 miles on the replacement tire when […]
Sometimes it’s nice to be wrong. Turns out Angie’s friend isn’t a flake after all, and there’s nothing wrong with the bike. We drove up to Phoenix this morning, test rode the bike, and trailered it back to Tucson. Guys have a thing about the size of the wheels on their trailers. Big is manly, […]
My friend Angie wants to buy a motorcycle and she wants me to help her pick a good one. We’ve been trying to connect with a Phoenix hasher who’s selling a four-year-old Sportster, but every weekend he comes up with another reason we can’t see it. I’m starting to think the guy’s a flake or […]
If you ride, you’re probably a poker run veteran. If you’ve never done one, here’s how a typical poker run works: you pay an entry fee, grab your ride pin, route map, and first card, then motor to four designated stops, collecting additional cards. At the final stop, the rider with the best poker hand […]
Here’s a follow-up on the earlier Sturgis entry: So the deal was to drive a new motorhome from the dealership in Tucson to a campground in Deadwood, in caravan with another company driver towing a fifth-wheel trailer with five Harleys inside. Once there we’d park the motorhome and trailer at a reserved campsite. Over the […]
Motorcyclists know that Sturgis – properly, the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally – is next week (August 8-14). Those of you who’ve been reading my personal entries know that I’m delivering motorhomes for an RV dealership. Here’s how those two things are related: Tomorrow morning I’ll leave Tucson in a new motorhome, bound for Sturgis, South […]