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I should add a line. I-40 exit 369 is the first exit (or last ext) in the 75-40 common segment. Northbound 75 you will get off at the very next exit after the merge. Southbound 75, it is the last exit before the split back into separate 40 and 75 routes. So this makes Linderhof a great...

I saw him a few times. 13, or as he liked to say, 12 + 1 world championships. I think they were in 50cc, 80cc, and 125 cc classes.

Our price for E10 is about two bucks a gallon these days. And that's even with our new increased gas tax that went into force on July 1st. I use real gasoline in the bikes. No Ethanol. E0. Today before my ride I filled up. Usually the difference from grade to grade is more than it was...

Restaurant Linderhof has long been one of my favorite German restaurants. The recipes are authentic and the ingredients are hand selected based on quality. It is a bit pricey, but there are items on the menu, like the large selection of sausages, that are modestly priced. As an example, I rode...

I think the issue is the 55000 miles. Everyone here would say "it's barely broken in." But go to a showroom and see how many bikes on the floor have even half that many miles. Common knowledge says that 55000 is a lot of miles for most bikes. You're not getting bids. The season is late. If...

And there is Barber's Vintage Festival in Birmingham in about two months.

In rural Tennessee, for as long back as I can remember, a peckerwood was any woodpecker that was not a yallow hammah (yellow hammer, aka northern flicker). I'm not sure when it transitioned to a derogatory or insulting term, but it did. In my neck of the woods, someone who sought out the...

How about Troll-Pecker. This guy's pulling your .... cranks.

These don't seem to be inflating so what's cheap? That bike is on the bucket list of the few who owned them as 1st or 2nd bikes and who also wish they could revisit their youth. No one lusted after them back in the day. Honda made a 400 four, a 500 four, a 550 four, etc in the same time frame...

Why not try eBay? I sold a classic bike there on the Spring market to a guy in South Korea. It all went surprisingly smoothly and I got a fare price through the auction process. Start it low, put your reserve where it needs to be, and let 'er rip. You've got a year round market in Florida...

I've always found the gentleman's sport bikes (K1300S, ZX14R, and Hayabusa) to be more comfortable than a stock FJR. The stock FJR has a funny knee and hip geometry for me. And it always needs a seat replacement. The aforementioned bikes are less painful for some of us ... and it's not directly...

Actually I have seen plates come off more than once on street and dirt bikes. Some mountings are rather flimsy and bikes do vibrate quite a bit. Only the lucky ones find their plate before getting home. However, it's easy to be dubious of anyone packing their plate around in a backpack...

I used to part out the farkles. But on an old bike that's not selling well already, defarkling is a pita too. When I got rid of the last batch of goodies for Gen 2, it took forever, I got less than 25% of the cost to acquire, and some stuff ended up becoming a good will offering to my local...

They did not all pull over. One with a Go Pro on his helmet zips on by the cop.

I think you'll lose. All that says is that if a helmet has been designed for use by motorcyclists, then the standard applies to the helmet. I doubt that this statute is used for anything other than harassment of pack riding young men on sporty bikes. FWIW, the regulation makes sense if you're...

That video documents what I think was a "friendly intervention." One with no plate. One doing wheelies. One broken away past officer's request to stop. Note the officer told them that the heads up had been given down the road. And seriously, does your plate ever fall off so you need to stow...

I've got a friend who subscribes to the Yankee cheapness doctrine ... he buys used and then rides to the point the bike is dust. We're old now. He has 5 useless lumps and two decent bikes. It is a continuous point of argument with his spouse whenever he wants to buy a new bike. She wants the...

Fixed Salvage title takes it off the table for a lot of folks, except for those who are really looking for a steal. I think that $3500 would move it. $4000 might move it. $5000 probably more than sane market would bear. YMMV. It has to be tempting, or the best thing in the price range for...

Writing is cathartic. A good friend lost his 35 year old son to a salmon fishing accident while he was on the same crew. He turned to poetry and self published a book that he consigned to any bookstore that would give him shelf space. It was not to make money, but was to share his love, grief...

This issue of the speed of the chase is interesting to me. A few weeks ago I was running northbound about 20 over but in the blind spot for oncoming radar, behind the right rear quarter panel of an SUV that was doing the same. This was on a divided highway, and I keep an eye on the oncoming...