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In this strange time, I have been watching a lot of motorcycle videos. I just found a YouTube channel out of Nice, France that beautifully captures the wonder of riding that part of the world. It's made even more fun because the first three EuroBARF rallies included some of these same roads...

I'm going to start building this here, and return to it as I have time. I keep a bike in the UK, and return each year to take it out for a ride. This year, the timing was determined by the date of the wedding of my friends Dominic and Caroline in late September. This is later in the year...

Hi all, looking for someone smarter than me who may have some idea where to find the tool we need. Here's the use case: We have a valve that is buried about 2 feet deep in a box. The valve has an 1-1/4" stem, and that's what we need to turn. The box is too small across to get a wrench down...

Watching Easy Rider Tonight - RIP Peter Fonda Another legend of my youth passes.

Just a heads up for any of you who plan to ride Marin on Saturday, it's the Marin Century, meaning that there will be lots of bicyclists, and more than the usual numbers of LEO's on some of your favorite Marin roads (e.g., Marshall-Petaluma, Hicks Valley, Chileno Valley, Hwy 1, etc.). You might...

If you don't know, the NW200 is the last big tune up for real roads racers prior to the TT. Here are some vids of this year's action. There's some pretty epic stuff! Gives you an idea who is likely to be quick on the island. EKgiCv9dRQ4 E9ABB9lS5BI QZsiNE3O10M

Any recommendations on how I can recover files from an external drive I was using for backup (yeah, that didn't exactly work out). Initially I got an error that there was a USB device that wasn't recognized. Now, no matter what PC I connect it to, it isn't recognized as being present...

I'm riding to Hoho's funeral mass next Saturday. If you want to come along, you're more than welcome to join me. If you are planning to come, make sure you RSVP to either this post, or the event on FB. The family needs to know how many people to expect. *(this has been updated to the new...

I'm going to be at Pedro Point Brewing in Pacifica this evening to have a beer float in honor of our friend, Hoho. It's a casual thing. Come out and share floats and memories. It's not good to grieve alone.

Last year, BARF's own Caddywumpus asked me if I might be interested in becoming a CMSP instructor. In past times I have always discounted the idea of being an instructor because I have been so jealous of my riding time. In other words, if I'm teaching, I'm not riding. No thanks. For several...

Interesting topic, almost as likely to trigger a flame war as discussing oil, oil filters, tires, waving, etc. It's an interesting methodology yielding interesting results. Check it out. VnPYdcbcAe0

I just ran across this video of Michael Rutter on a street legal Panigale at the IOM. Take a look at his speedo at the bottom of Bray Hill! It's hard to get your head around. :wow OYaSG_IoAXk

AKA: Rantings of a Geezer, AKA: Hey You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!!!111 :afm199 The last few weeks I've been thinking about the early copies of CW I read when I first started riding motos, and one article in particular on touring Europe. I was wondering if I could find an online article index, and...

PIE!!!! FLAT TRACK BIKES!!!! TOGETHER!!!!! WHAT: You may have heard of the Talbott Motorcycle Museum in Carmel Valley. If you haven't, you should. Talbott is having a Flat Track day on March 10th from 11 AM to 5 PM. You may also have heard of Gizdich Ranch, the most popular pie ride...

I was checking out the Cycle World channel on YouTube, and there is a playlist there that is all Kevin Cameron all the time. If you know who Kevin Cameron is, you'll know how great this is. If you don't know who Kevin Cameron is, suffice it to say that he's forgotten more about motorcycle...

The first time I attended ROMS, one of my classmates was a guy named Ralph Hudson. Over the two days we got acquainted (and he kicked all our asses in the final), and Ralph proved to be soft-spoken, interesting, friendly, and fast as hell. Ralph told me that he'd been an AMA expert road racer...

I just ran across this documentary on Amazon Prime. It's pretty good. Lots of talking heads, some old footage, some of which I had not seen before. Check it out. l62s_L177r8

In respect of long(ish) standing tradition, let's get in our first ride of 2019. As of now, the forecast is for sunshine - this is California after all - and things look promising. What: A group ride to celebrate the New Year with a ride on favorite roads and a great lunch stop in St...

I just returned from a visit to the town of my birth in Iowa. On the way back I visited the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa. What follows are the photos of some the bikes that most got my attention. If you are at all familiar with the work of Grant Wood, Anamosa is in the part of...

N00bie ride, Burger to Burger via Redwood Road. What is it? It's an introductory ride for new riders on Redwood Road (East Bay), meaning the pace will speed limit-ish - which on Redwood is pretty slow. The point being to show newer riders the ropes involved in doing group rides on twisty...