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Yeah, I know that climate change is a Chinese plot, but I've been accused of being a Chinese plot, so naturally I gravitate towards this. The idea of low/no maintenance, and being able to recharge at work makes this look pretty appealing. My plan is to demo the FXS. Who has tried one? Have...

Yesterday contained the full range of the motorcycling experience. Reuniting with riding friends, having fun on wonderful California roads, camaraderie, story telling, generosity, exploration, discomfort, terror, heroism, care, loss, and devastation. Today, one friend is in the hospital, and...

The SC Mountains aren't exactly in my backyard, but circumstances have led to me riding Alpine Road a couple of times in the past two weeks, and it's worth pointing out what a fun road it is. :ride Normally, I would ride it from 35 down to Pescadero for the rollercoaster-like feel of the road...

You got a second gen KLR to sell? Let's talk. If not, I might do something stupid and buy another completely unrelated bike currently for sale in the BARF classifieds. Might consider a DR650, depending upon price and set up.

Sitting in my car (gasp!) with the windows rolled down at the intersection of Skyline and Redwood this evening around 7:30 or so, when I hear an interesting exhaust note coming from the direction of the stables on Redwood. A vintage looking headlight heaves into view, and as the bike passes...

In my recent move I unpacked my dad's memoirs and began to read them again, and was reminded that his story is pretty fascinating. He's highly regarded among his descendants for a life well lived. He's been dead for a long time, but before he died he wrote an autobiography, and I have both...

I heard from a friend about some errands he was running on Saturday, and he invited me to join him and a couple of other guys for the ride. They were heading out too early for me to bothered to get going, but we exchanged texts, and agreed to meet somewhere in the SC mountains. After finally...

A few months back I was doing a heavy bout of PowerPoint editing to wrap up a client engagement, hunched over a laptop in a conference room for many hours each day. About that time I started noticing pain on the left side of my back while riding, and afterwards. I change the ergos on my laptop...

Yesterday I was up exploring some goat roads I'd heard about in southwestern Oregon. I was on a road between Agness, OR and Galice, OR, both along the Rogue river, but the road between the the towns goes over a pass in the coast range. Despite it still being around midday, I had seen lots of...

Be part of the legend! This is the (wo)man cave apartment that is part of the fabled BARF house in East Oakland, not far from the Oakland zoo! Famous BARFers have lived here (Ironbutt, Nbott, HoneyBadger and more!). The in-law apartment is a sort den with its own entrance, its own kitchen...

Ooh, I do love me a pie ride! :drool :ride Here's the deal: Saturday, let's ride from SnellBux to Gizdich, then grab some goats on the way back. The ride to Gizdich will be fairly chill (with the possible exception of the part over Hecker Pass - if we are not held up too much). This part of...

-Or, how I spent my summer vacation.... I had this plane ticket, see. However, things that had been planned became unplanned, de-planned, ex-planned, something. :dunno Not only that, but the thoughts to go ride in Scotland were kiboshed by the locals with tales of clouds of midges and...

I'm impressed. Both that a complete stranger gave me the keys to her bike, and by the performance of the bike. That motor has some real snap! It was only a 10 minute ride within SF, but that bike has potential. Nothing about it was obviously horrible, and with some tweaks I think it could be...

Yep, got my M1 in July of 1976. Started riding in 1967. Began riding street 9 years later. Went to get an M1 after getting a ticket for not having it. Seems like a pretty good milestone. :ride

Out riding yesterday, this question came up. Many times, if given the chance to do something other than riding, I begin to question whether I want to allocate the time to that, or whether I'd just rather ride. Economists call this "opportunity cost". Others may call it an obsession. I first...

I came upon this during my commute last evening, I hoped to find something here on the rider's condition. Nope. Hoping for the best for the rider. When I came by he was laying still, flat on his back in the #1 lane, the CHP was interviewing the driver. No ambulance yet, but I assumed that...

The Monday after a BARF rally, coming down from the buzz of the riding, withdrawing from the warmth of friends old and new - it always leaving me wanting more. So many great memories: Watching the back tire of Grant's SV spit stones at me on N-F That heart-going-pitty-pat moment on Tepusquet...

It's this week. Will Alastair Seeley beat Robert Dunlop's record of 15 wins? Don't bet against Michael at the North West.

I'm moving the first weekend of June, but looking to stay in the East Bay if I can find the right arrangement. Non-smoker. No pets. Open to shared housing. Need garage space for two motos, tools, bicycles, etc. Happy to park the car on the street (it's just a car, right?). Whaddaya got?

Hey you kids, get off my lawn!!!!11 :afm199 Yeah, I know it's the early part of the season, and this stuff, while regrettable is not surprising. Out riding Mt. Ham yesterday, I encountered several riders coming the other way who had their tires on their side of the DY, but who were themselves...