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Okay kids, due to popular demand, we're bringing back the longstanding tradition of BARF n00bie rides! There will be three, and this is the first one, the southern one. There will also be one up in Marin, and another at Berryessa. All three will be complete before the BARF Spring Rally to...

Bill and the Stockton MC have one going already. I'm going to have one a little later and a little further north. Note: Rain Cancels! Start: Cordelia $'s, 4490 Central Way, Fairfield, CA Time: Ten-ish KSU: 10:30 AM - have a full tank! Destination 1: The Bridge Destination 2: Gott's...

For the second time in my long riding career I was hit by a car today, and for the second time I managed to keep the bike on its wheels. There is some good luck in play here, and maybe I should get in my car, and go buy a lottery ticket. There are also some lessons that could be drawn from my...

Before I even start, if you've never been to a flat track race in person, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and get yourself to an AMA national. If you've seen it on TV and think you know all about it, you're mistaken. Standing in the infield at turn 1 as the pack comes thundering down...

A little surprised to see no thread about this yet. Never heard of him? Your loss. 2X world champion. Winner of 20 GP's, including his last win, when he stopped when leading the race, threw back a beer offered by a spectator, then continued to victory - all this while riding a privateer...

1967 is known as the Summer of Love, but for me it was the Summer of Motorcycles! Went for my first ride as a passenger, and not long afterwards, learned to operate one. As it turns out, one of the most influential events in my life. Looking forward to many more years of riding. :ride

Really. We just got back from the Spring rally, and I'm reminded how much fun I have at each and every one of these. Great riding, great folks, old friends, new friends, bad cocktails, good tall tales, rallies have it all. Saturday night even had some pretty decent food. It was a rally of...

Moving Sale. Reflecting telescope. I've never even looked at it, and have no idea of its quality. Give your kid a boost in their desire to be an astronomer! $40. $20 donated to BARF in your name if you pay the asking price. Come quick! I'm moving.

Good condition! $300/set. $100 donated to BARF in your name if you pay the asking price. I'm moving, so come and get 'em!!!

You always wanted a tandem but could never afford it? Here's your chance. 1997 Burley Samba tandem. Good frameset, but needs pretty much everything else - new drive train, new tires, new cables and housings at least. Size Large. Thule rack, originally for an early 2000's Subaru WRX...

Yeah, underneath all those tool boxes and crap is a stout workbench like grandpa used to have. Even has a machinist vise on one end. $50!!!! You know you want it. Be nice and I'll throw in that transmission jack or whatever the hell it is underneath for free. Buy me a beer and you can have...

Metal industrial shelving. Readily dismantled and reassembled. $30! Wooden shelving, also easily taken apart and put back together. Two for $20 each. Buy the whole set for $50!!!! 50% donated to BARF in your name if you pay asking price. Come quick!

Come and get it! Queen sized bed frame! Good quality! $50!!!! $25 donated to BARF in your name if you pay asking price. I'm moving, so don't dally!

It's open! I hadn't heard, but as I rode past the base, I saw there was no sign showing the road closed, so I had to go back and ride it. It's just as sublime as I remembered! :ride All those poor suckers in their cars heading back to SF in the afternoon, nose to tail over the Panoramic...

I needed to run an errand in Palo Alto after work last night, and after it was done it seemed like a great opportunity to run up Page Mill, followed by down Alpine (I really love Alpine). Friday evening is a great time to ride those roads. Only a few other bikes. Very little traffic in...

Yeah, it's a commercial for EMC/Dell, but it's interesting what they found from instrumenting McGuiness and Adam Child (who is no slouch as a rider) to see how they differ around the IOM-TT course. They did their "big data" crunching and drew some conclusions, and one really seems to stand...

While it may be foolish to start a thread on riding in the wind, almost as foolish as one titled, "Hey Guyz, What Oil are You Using?", here goes. Mighty windy on the San Mateo Bridge this morning, but it's not a problem if you do one key thing - let the motorcycle do what it's engineered to do...

I was out on Redwood yesterday, and saw that someone has replaced the roadside monument where Lloyd Deveraj was killed in 2013. Previous monuments have been vandalized or removed by someone. I stop there most times I ride Redwood, as well as at Jomo's monument. So, thank you to whoever did...

I just read about this event, and am very excited by what I've read and the videos out there. My dance card for 2017 is filling up, but I would like to try this out in 2018. kcPUAUZmcmE

On my commute home last night, I came as close as I have in a while (~10 years) to getting taken out by a cager. Splitting through slow moving traffic, a Suburban in the #2 lane decided he needed to be in lane #1 just as I was alongside him (yes, I was splitting where there was a gap, but that...