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 […]
Sunny Days or Riding in a Parallel Universe
People always get concerned about my riding in the rain. I like riding in the rain. I stay dry and warm (thanks to my heated vest), and cars don’t perform nearly the same level of stupid shit maneuvers as they do on sunny days. Rain = relaxed riding, at least in the Pacific Northwet. Sunny […]
Hot Bike Shots
My husband keeps taking freaking awesome photos of my bikes….rainy day Scrambler!
A Wrench Day For Red F
My awesome husband spent most of today replacing my BMW’s prematurely failed water pump. Remember this? It seems that the Santiago water pump repair job was pretty sloppy, including an overtorqued clutch actuator (the broken bit in the third photo) that was broken and epoxied back together and missing seals on the water pump, among […]
Oooh…Shiny New Chain and Sprockets
The husband just finished swapping out my chain and sprockets and doing an oil change. My little BMW feels so much smoother now 🙂 Mad thanks to him and his mechanic skills. And for his super-artsy photo of my chain 🙂
Ride To Eat, Brunch Edition
Just a handful of photos from our brunching in NW Portland (one of our favorites, Besaw’s, has recently reopened in their new space and it was time to check it out).
Filed under ‘Liz Gets Techy’
I just figured out how to pair my phone with my Sena bluetooth helmet system in media only mode so it acts like a glorified iPod (and I can’t actually get calls through my helmet comms system – win!) and got my GPS paired. Now I have my playlists at my disposal and I can […]