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Apparently this guy has this bike in his museum in Solvang, gonna have to road trip down to check it out. Radial engine in the front wheel, with the crank mounted to the axle, no clutch, no transmission. 4TeqwcJjQgY qAQuljp-atA

I've got a barn on my property with a single weak-ass 15A circuit to it from the house. I'd like to pull a 60A sub-panel down there as part of the plan to make a decent shop out of it. I need more powah!! Seriously, I trip the breaker running anything more than a grinder, forget about driving...

Anyone else (besides SFMCJohn) interested in moto camping on the old iron? Before I moved here I was part of a group of vintage riders that did a lot of long weekends on them - 2-4 days, a few hundred miles a day, and tent camping. So, your basic moto camping trip, on old bikes. We had...

i feel like exploring a new drink this holiday season. I haven't had hard cider in years, because the last and only time I did it tasted like a wine cooler someone peed in. But at thanksgiving this year someone showed up with some, which was damn good - dry, light, good stuff. And of course I...

BMW enters the scrambler scramble. http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/bmw/2015-eicma-bmw-r-ninet-scrambler.html?utm_source=recommended&utm_medium=display

Caging home from work yesterday I got on 680 N just before the 580 split. Matching speed with the car in front of me who was doing 60, in the far right of 3 lanes. The lane merges in a half mile, so I hit the blinker and check the driver side mirror. Multiple car length gap, and the SUV in that...

Wondering if anyone knows an easy way to find road closures due to wildfires. I found this , and a link to incident reports, but it doesn't list specific road closures. When I rode to Humboldt this weekend the fire service posted detailed maps and road closures at the Willow Springs grocery...

My wife and best friend colluded to have him come out for a surprise visit last week, to go riding. I was glad to see him but the surprise part wasn't a great idea, my bikes are all projects. But, we bravely set out on Friday at noon, on a '92 R100GS and a '96 R1100RT I picked up cheap. The GS...

Inspired by another thread, thought it might be fun to waste even more time on BARF. Let's see if it takes off. Rules: -First to solve the old puzzle gets to post a new one. Riddle, word puzzle, logic puzzle, math puzzle, it's all fair game. -If you've heard it before, let someone else...

Searched but may be a repost. http://www.gizmag.com/yamaha-mt-320-motorcycle/38433/

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I've been riding for awhile now and I've walked away from every crash I've been in, so I thought I'd provide some helpful hints for the rest of you. -The safest car is the one behind you. Don't wait, get around them. When passing on the DY, downshift to activate boss mode. Make sure they know...

For the physics geeks among us, pretty neat demonstration of what makes a wheel more stable at higher speed. NeXIV-wMVUk

Headed back to NC for an annual tradition - 4 days of riding in the mountains. We had 12 guys, mix of vintage and later. My buddy lent me his /6 and rode his /5, and a photographer got this as we rode past (no, I don't normally ride this close, just hamming it up for the pic). Note the lack of...