Sometimes, the morning commute brings an unexpected moment of joy. Today, I was stopped at a light when a car honked at me. Naturally, my first thought turned to ‘uh oh….what’d I do?’ Nothing, it turned out. My fellow commuter was taking his little boy to day care or to school, and I assume his little […]
Autumn’s here
I think it’s fall in the PNW. I’m back to wearing my trusty old Aerostich, and it drizzled just a bit on my ride in to work. Hooray for my favorite riding season!
A Tale of Two Fs
For the first time ever, I shared my normal parking spot with another BMW! And it was even another F 🙂
The February Fakeout Is Over
Finally (at least it feels that way) got to ride to work again after a little over a week of winter thanks to Portland’s February Fakeout. So much nicer and more fun than grabbing a car. Taking that much time off from the moto never fails to make me feel a little like a newbie […]
Soggy Riding
Soggy, soggy, soggy… #talesfromthecommute #everydayrider #f800gt #pdx (at Portland, Oregon)
Reason #432…
why cars are junk and the motorbike wins: filtering past heavy construction equipment on your am commute, when all the cars had to turn around.
Lessons from Commuting #567
Cold tires and wet concrete parking garage floors are not really the most awesome riding conditions. Treat them with respect!
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.
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 […]