(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75s-yVAN7Jk) I don’t think I need to tell anyone that I’d love to ride my Scrambler through a bunch of fireworks when I get to pick it up later this summer! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Old and New
Old and new Scramblers at the Portland Art Museum for the Italian Style exhibit!
Gearing Up To Go Carless
We’ve grown weary of paying for repairs on our GTI. We love the car itself, and if it never needed to be fixed, we’d keep it forever, but it’s getting long in the mileage tooth so repairs are expensive…time to cut the car and stick with our motorbikes. Much to my glee, this is opening […]
A Fond Farewell to Il Mostro
All good things must come to an end, especially if that end will make way for better things. Today, I dropped off my Monster at our local Ducati dealer to trade it in for a Scrambler. I’m sad to see il mostro go, but it’s a little small and I can’t ride it for long […]
First Look: Ducati Scrambler
So I got to check out the 2015 lineup of new Ducatis last weekend at MotoCorsa. That Scrambler is a hot little number! I don’t ride my Monster much any more – it’s just not quite as comfortable to ride, even though it’s a beautiful machine. I’m thinking that I might just trade it in […]
Blingin’
Now that’s a bling bike chain!
Getting Screw-ed?
I’ve decided to replace the bodywork screws on my bike – after 7 years of my indelicate removing and replacing of screws, a bunch of the screws are nearing being stripped out, and I know I’ll be pulling the body work off at least four times on my trip (to disconnect and reconnect the battery […]
Discussions between married motorbikers
Actual discussion between Scott and I earlier today: Me (coming back into the house after mulling getting my bike off the center stand with my Ducati parked immediately in front of it): Do I roll my bike forward or backward to get it off the center stand? Scott: Forward. Are you sure you’re ready to […]
Freezer Storage
You mean you don’t keep bike parts in the freezer?!
Flashback to Alaskan Ice Racing
It’s been snowy and icy here in Portland the last few days. Quite the reminder of living in the Frozen North. Several years ago, I spent an afternoon standing around on a frozen lake in the MatSu valley, watching the ice races. If only I had a dirt bike with studded tires this weekend….