Posted in adventure on Jul 18th, 2010 4 Comments »
I went yesterday morning to my post office box to get the left caliper for the Jeep (which was backordered), and, no left-caliper. However my motorcycle tire arrived a lot sooner than expected. No, that’s not it in the picture. Swan dive. Quick run to the shop, grabbed the wheel off the Ducati, and my [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Posted in adventure on Jul 14th, 2010 3 Comments »
Tire ordered, via amazon.com (serviced from some random vendor I have never heard of). We’ll see how that goes. Went with the Bridgestone BT-016 as planned. I thought about doing the front too, because I don’t like the neurotic handling that comes from mismatched tires, but I have a BT-014 on the front so it [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 13th, 2010 No Comments »
The other night, during the BBQ, I was taking the girls out for rides on the Ducati. It was late dusk and I had just turned off the artery onto the little road that leads to the shop with Hilary 2-up. I won’t ever know why I looked, but there directly to the right in [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This is what happens when you go touring on the Interstate with a sport DOT tire while frequently carrying a passenger and not adjusting the suspension for the weight. You can see the discolored portion where the main compound has worn down to the inner rubber, and also that the edge tread is fine (nowhere [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
I added a new Arai helmet (“Profile”, if you’re the helmetista) to my collection of fuh today. I tried each of the head shape types and all of them fit. I don’t know what this says about my head, but I appreciated the assistance from Heather at The Cycle Barn in Lynnwood in selecting the [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
Hilary wanted to go for a ride, and I had wanted to try hwy97, so it seemed the perfect plan. 250 miles later I can tell you this is a beautiful (and really inefficient) way to get dinner in Roslyn. Clearly more exploring out north of Leavenworth is required. And what a weird little town… [...]
Posted in adventure on Jul 11th, 2010 No Comments »
You can’t be adventurous all the time… or can you? Hil picks up a Arai, JG falls in love with a robin’s egg blue scooter, and I bought some new summer riding gloves replete with kevlar and carbon fiber. And of course, a VW Jetta for jp… Photos.
Posted in adventure on Jul 11th, 2010 5 Comments »
Posted in adventure on Jul 11th, 2010 3 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who made it to the BBQ this weekend, we had a great time! And for anyone that was wondering, look outside: we single-handidly ended the Seattle heat-wave by taking the top & doors off our Jeep.