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I have a tire pump that plugs into a standard automotive cigarette lighter. I want to possibly make it useful while riding... I picked up an add-on cigarette lighter receptacle and a pair of battery clamps, intending to wire the clamps to the receptacle, then plug the pump into that. The...

Mellow Exploration Ride, Monterey-ish/Santa Cruz-ish, Sunday, 08-09-09 There’s a bunch of roads I haven’t been on in years or that I’ve never toured by moto, so I figured it was time to check them out! The pace will be relaxed, the destinations vague, and we may get lost on the way. The...

Mellow Independence Day Ride Some goaty, a little bit of town, some twisty, all fun! All riders welcome! Saturday, July 4, 2009 10:00 a.m. start Meet us at: Starbucks, 1964 N Main St, Salinas, CA 93906 (Main Street just south of Boronda Road; east side of Main Street) Bring your moto and a...

...your keys were sticking out of your trunk. Security at the Transamerica Building has them now.

Came too damn close to the ground for comfort... I was out for a joyride on my newly-acquired Ninja 650, on field roads south of Salinas. My road ended at a T-intersection; I got a stop sign, cross traffic had the right-of-way, and my path required. As I approached I noted that there was a...

Just got past the 1k break-in period on my '09 Ninja 650 today, so I was fooling about, running high rpms just because I could. Mrs. Bad Example, my passenger and one of my better halves, was on the back; we cruised at 7k rpms for a fair amount of time. When we did our usual after-ride...

Four weeks ago I picked up a new '09 650 Ninja. Right off the bat I noticed that tons of folks were passing me, and today I caught a pair of roadside "Your Speed Is..." radars. I was showing 55 on the speedo, but they both clocked me at 51. I don't have any mile markers down here in Monterey...

I'm looking to pick up a passenger backrest for my '09 Ninja 650 (Corbin makes a nice one for the '06-'08 models). They don't yet have one available, but they *do* take requests, and the more requests they get the better. If you're also interested, put in a request to Corbin at...

I'm looking into getting a new bike. After having been out of the buying game for a long while, I see that there's a number of affordable fuel injected ones out there (SV650, Ninja 650). Is FI a good thing? How's it compare to carbs as far as startup, reliability, service, et cetera?