Posted in adventure on Jun 12th, 2010 5 Comments »
For all the times that Bryan has visited us in Seattle, he has never been to Mt. Rainier, the mountain that he wants to climb. It was a gorgeous day for a drive so we headed south to Paradise passing loads of motorcycles and convertibles. After enjoying coffee and a snack in the new visitors [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 9th, 2010 3 Comments »
Yay, roadtrip planning day #183. In addition to finding a driver and trying to decide which route to take (which I probably won’t do until Chicago) my inept roadtrip preparations have also included some minor stuff for my Subi. This amounted to checking fluids, changing the oil and mounting my summer wheels. I’ve been riding [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 9th, 2010 No Comments »
If you aren’t buying the F1 car I just noticed my local Bellevue Jeep dealer has a 2 door drowning blue rubicon for sale marked down to 31. This is a somewhat rare (and to me desirable) config. Someone needs to get that thing and make me proud. Btw mopar seatbelt assy’s run $200.
Posted in adventure on Jun 8th, 2010 No Comments »
There’s a 1991 Ferrari Tipo 642 car for sale if anyone is interested in owning a unique piece of history. If you need to ask, but, the price is around $700k USD.
Posted in adventure on Jun 8th, 2010 4 Comments »
Perhaps as proof that you don’t need a Jeep, Land Rover, or helicopter to find interesting areas, I recently discovered this large parkland in Bellevue which surrounds the blueberry farm. It must have been part of the farm proper at one point because it includes old buildings (such as a barn) that have fallen into [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 7th, 2010 5 Comments »
Apparently my Maserati is going to kill me. They let me know via the finest stationary that Luigi back in Modena may have had a little too much vino when he torqued my control arm bolts, and that they may come loose, rattle, and/or crack. When it rains it pours; I have the Duc down [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Anyone who has ridden in our TJ knows about the Jeep wobble. The Jeep originally did this through most of 2007 before I got around to swapping out the brake rotors (all of $60 or $40 or whatever) instantly curing the problem. At the time, I felt stupid for not making the thing a pleasure [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Started pulling the bike apart for the 7500 mile maintenance. Access to the valve covers is pretty good on this particular bike (as it turns out), but there didn’t seem to be TDC indicator through the oil sight glass like other Ducati’s, so I have to figure out where the TDC reference is before I [...]
Posted in adventure on Jun 6th, 2010 No Comments »
All the rain recently has done it some good. Check out the photos.
Posted in adventure on Jun 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
Steve is in town visiting. His primary goal for his time in Seattle was to enjoy a motorcycle ride with friends while he is here. With that, we climbed on the bikes around 10 am this morning and headed out. The monsoon rains of yesterday evening had cleared out as promised and we had a [...]