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Category: Motorcycles
March 2, 2013
February 10, 2013
Moto Ride In North Georgia
Got up at 5am to have breakfast at The Majestic and then ride up to Marietta to meet Ray before heading to the mountains. It was very cold this morning, especially before the sun came up. We stopped at a Hardee’s in Ellijay to get some coffee and warm up. We might have been borderline hypothermic by then as we were both shaking and, when we found out the place was out of coffee, I laughed uncontrollably. The place was packed with people who were older and wiser than us who would impart wisdom like “It’s a little cold to be riding isn’t it?” and “You guys keep warm out there.”
Here’s some video from the ride if you want to know what its like and roughly where we went. It includes the brief few seconds of our almost-head-on collision with a mountain biker coming downhill when we were going up. Don’t blink. Otherwise its an uneventful stroll through the woodlands and countryside of the northern half of this fair state.
January 14, 2013
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These guys are fun while Enduro Alaska is on hiatus.
October 28, 2012
BMWDHM Of Atlanta Open House
Another fall, another bowl of Woolie chili at BMW And That Other Stuff Motorcycles Of Atlanta.
Living the dream.
Pretty good turn out.
Could use one of these.
The source for my next “At Dawn We Ride” meme pic.
Group ride heading out.
July 30, 2012
Reapplying Lipstick To The Pig
Decided today was the day to refurbish the F800GS primarily to clean up all the little bits that have started to rust. She’s a 3 year old bike but is heading towards 40,000 miles (39,532 right now) so you can imagine she’s not quite a garage queen and has various bumps and bruises. How?
Beats me.
What irked me most were the simple things like the SW-Motech luggage mounts. These have served me well for thousands and thousands of miles so they deserved a little attention.
A simple fix too. Just sand and paint.
Then there’s the Barkbusters which were apparently a good purchase! I can’t do much about the scratches but I was always annoyed that they proclaim “BARKBUSTERS!!!!” so I figured I could fix that.
The center stand too has seen better days. A lot of this is orange mud, not rust, but it has its fair share of oxidation.
Other stuff will have to wait til another day. I’m thinking about plasti-dipping these. Not sure how that would hold up to the heat though.
A light sanding and a bit of black and these look almost new again.
The centerstand was little more work…
With several coats of paint its looking great again.
The Barkbusters results weren’t quite as impressive but at least they look refreshed and don’t have those ugly rusty screws. The black lettering turned out pretty well.
I also got rid of the old GPS mount. Notice its missing the left flange. That simply fell off somewhere between here and Montana (or New Mexico or Utah). Cleaned up the bolts too to get rid of the rust.
Doesn’t it look so much better? All that was really just another excuse to ride (“Try out this new paint. See how it performs”).
Doesn’t look a mile over 39,532!
July 26, 2012
No Surprise Really.
| Porsche GT2 RS | Ducati Paginale S | |
| Hp | 612hp | 195hp |
| Curb Weight | 3170lb | 415lb |
| Hp Per Lb | 0.19 | 0.47 |
| Top Speed | 204mph | 180mph |
| 0-60 | 3.3s | ~3s |
| Approx. MSRP | $245,000 | $18,000 |
| Dollars Per lb. | $77.28 | $43.37 |
| If you crash at 120mph | Your heirs fight over your vast fortune. | Your heirs wonder how you wasted all your money on motorcycles. |
* – not a scientific comparison.
