• My other Harley: 2011 Road Glide Ultra

    My other Harley: 2011 Road Glide Ultra

    Earlier this year I completed a motorcycle skills training course, bought a Kawasaki Vulcan, and got my motorcycle license.  I had ridden before back when I was still a teenager, but this time I actually got my license.  Between May and September I rode about 10,000 kilometres- most of that was smaller rides in the…

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  • Motorcycle Lazy Susan arrives
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    Motorcycle Lazy Susan arrives

    The last piece has arrived, and my Vulcan landing pad is, for this year at least, complete.  Behold, the Cycle Spinner:

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  • Licensed to Ride

    Licensed to Ride

    I successfully passed my ICBC motorcycle road test on June 15.  It was, like all tests, pretty stressful, but once I was finished the effort disappeared into my rear view mirrors surprisingly quickly.  I’m planning on taking some sort of “advanced” training in a year or two: my feeling is that simply riding can improve…

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  • My Vulcan landing pad under construction…

    My Vulcan landing pad under construction…

    I’m having a parking space built for my motorbike.  There isn’t any extra room in the garage for it, and my car is tired of being parked out on the road.  But like a lot of things in my life, this simple change is far more complicated than I was originally hoping.

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  • Kevlar pants and motorbike GPS

    Kevlar pants and motorbike GPS

    I’ve been sick with a sinus infection for the last several weeks, and am now mid-way through my second week of antibiotics.  The infection was the outcome of my earlier flu that made my motorcycle lessons a bit more challenging. The illness has somewhat impacted my “biker geek” adventures, but hasn’t halted them entirely.  I’ve…

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  • Not so easy riding…

    Not so easy riding…

    I’m pretty much finished my motorcycle lessons. Action Motorcycle has really done a good job giving me the basic skills I need to ride. I’ve completed my motorcycle skill assessment and had the “supervision required” and “no faster than 60 km/h” restrictions removed from my learners. And I took my very own motorbike out for…

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  • Motorbike: wherein I re-live my youth
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    Motorbike: wherein I re-live my youth

    I am not going to post right away about the unhappy news this week about Bilbo. I’m still digesting that. Instead, I’ll talk about something you may have noticed in my recent Twits (twitter posts), or if you follow me on Facebook. I’ve been talking about a re-awakened interest in motorbikes.

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