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Categories: General motorcyclingThe biker’s wave
If you’ve ever been on the road near a motorcyclist you may have noticed that they often wave at other bikers as they pass by. This kind of friendly greeting has been a biker’s tradition in many parts of the world for decades, stretching back to the first world war era. What does the wave…
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Categories: Road tripsRoad trip 2024: Home again
I described the ‘outward bound’ part of this year’s road trip in an earlier post. After spending four great days visiting family and friends in the Edmonton area I began my return journey. My route used highways I haven’t followed before that took me through Rocky Mountain House, Nordegg, and Radium Hot Springs. Along the…
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Categories: General motorcycling
Winter is coming…
I decided a few days ago that it was time to put my bike up for the winter. When I lived in the Lower Mainland I kept my bike insured for riding year-round: I was usually able to fit in ride or two even in the winter months. Here in the Kootenays, however, winter is…
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Categories: Road trips
Road trip 2024: to Edmonton
I seem to have unintentionally established a tradition of completing one ‘large’ motorcycle road trip each year. COVID put a stop to that for several years, and various other factors mostly relating to the deterioration of my ancient body have kept the trips fairly compact since then. But I decided to ‘stretch my wings’ a…
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Categories: Repairs and upgradesTour pack replacement: installing the tour pack
In my previous posts I covered removing my Road Glide’s broken tour pack and relocating the license plate to accommodate the replacement’s configuration. In this post I’ll go through all the steps I followed to get my new Advanblack King tour pack installed, including a few ‘side trips’ for things that went wrong. As a…
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Categories: Repairs and upgrades
Tour Pack replacement: relocating the license plate
I started looking for a way to get my broken tour pack repaired shortly after removing it in 2023. My preference was to find a specialist who regularly performed body work on motorcycles, preferably on Harley-Davidson bikes. I finally found a motorcycle dealer with a body shop in Kelowna, Konquer Motorcycles, but the news was…
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Categories: Repairs and upgrades
Breakage and removal of a tour pack
My 2011 Road Glide has served me well over fourteen years and 130,000+ km without major complaints. But something fairly major broke in 2023: the tour pack. The tour pack is what Harley-Davidson calls the full-dress touring bike’s ‘trunk’. Mine had not been babied, occasionally being overloaded and mis-treated a bit more than it should…
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Categories: Road tripsRoad trip 2016: to the Black Hills with my Brother
This is a bit of a strange situation: I’m writing about a motorcycle road trip eight years after it happened when normally I assemble such a post within a few weeks of getting home. I don’t recall why I never documented the trip at the time and can only say I regret not writing this…
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Categories: General motorcyclingWhy does this geek ride a Harley?
I ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, specifically a Road Glide full-dress touring bike. But why a Harley and not some other bike? The short answer is that I like the Road Glide and that’s why, but that is not a very satisfying answer. So maybe a bit more detail is in order, starting with a bit…
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Categories: Road trips
Road trip 2023: A Motorcycle Journey through Illness
Riding my motorcycle is generally a good form of mental therapy. I find that it requires a level of attention that induces a degree of mindfulness, inducing the closest to a Zen like state that my over-active mind can achieve. So I jumped at the chance when the opportunity came in 2023 for me to…
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