We seem to have an over abundance of motorbike tires…
Turning a Scrambler Into a Tourer
Look what I did! I mounted my brand-new Mosko Moto Backcountry 25L bags on my Scrambler! I love the look. My Scrambler is turning into a proper little lightweight tourer, just in time for August’s adventures to Nakusp. Whee!!!
Ugh Overheating…
Stranded again due to epic-bad traffic and an overheated BMW. Why it was fine when it was 100 three days ago but not now that it’s raining and 65 is a mystery.
A Weekend In Hood River
We took a little overnight trip to Hood River this weekend as a shakedown for our upcoming trip to Nakusp in August (hooray! It’s been too long since we’ve made it to a Horizons Unlimited meetup). We had really nice weather, sunny and a little breezy. My new Mosko Moto Backcountry 30L duffle worked great […]
Diagnosing Issues FTW
After nearly a decade of motorbiking, I have, for the first time, successfully diagnosed a mechanical issue. All By Myself. My Scrambler was having some weird (to me) issues, namely appearing to lose power at speed, particularly going uphill, while the RPMs revved furiously (including hitting the rev limiter in 4th gear going about 47 […]
Land Of Joy
They call it the Land of Joy. And it’s clearly pretty magical when the motorbike cop who Never Waves (and, in fact, didn’t wave at my husband when he passed him earlier) waved at me, riding my Scrambler, before I waved at him. Said husband was a little cranky that I got a wave. What […]
Don’t You Boil Motorcycle Parts?
Just a normal Sunday afternoon, boiling BMW thermostats…
Problems Only Motorbikers Have
It wasn’t raining when I left the house. It’s jeans Friday so I didn’t bring ‘work clothes’ to change into. A raging monsoon and windy nastiness cropped up 10 minutes into my ride to work. My ‘Stich leaked, like it always does when I ride my Scrambler. My jeans were soaked upon arrival. I’m now […]
Keep Portland (commuting) Weird
And it was definitely Portland. My commute back from the west side was great, until I got into downtown. Then…. A pickup was pulling out of a parallel spot along the street I was on, and doing it badly. I saw it in plenty of time, but I didn’t anticipate it swinging really wide as […]
Red F Issues
My little BMW is sad again. Now that the water pump is fixed, it’s been having some weirdly intermittent power problems, mostly starting from stops, such as at red lights. It feels rather like I forgot to downshift to first (but I did downshift) and just craaaaawls until it finally picks up speed. But it’s […]