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The Dempster Highway to Inuvik 26 Aug 2013 | 05:43 am
I had heard the stories of the 500 mile gravel road called The Dempster, in Northern Canada. Being run off the road by trucks, mosquitos and black flies swarming constantly, terrible rain turning the ...
New Triumph Bonneville Long-Distance Tourer 25 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
I wanted to replace my 1999 BMW RT with another touring bike. I had owned it since it was new for 3 years, and I just couldn’t some of the kinks worked out. The fuel injection worked correctly for abo...
Need More Storage – Look Up! 25 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
My garage is small and I have a lot of stuff. I needed to maximize the use of the floor space. I realized there was a bunch of unused space above the garage door and above my head to the ceiling. From...
$30 Motorcycle Lift 25 Aug 2013 | 07:49 pm
Working on a motorcycle hunched over when it’s on the floor works for a little while, but there’s a good reason professionals use lifts to get them up higher. It’s much easier on your body to get your...
My “Free” Snowblower – A Lesson in False Economy 25 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
* Note: Although this article is about a snowblower, it could just as easily have been about a motorcycle. It is a precautionary tale to illustrate that sometimes ever “free” can be too expensive. I ...
$1500 Long-Distance GS – A Suzuki GS850G That Is 19 Aug 2013 | 09:13 am
When I needed to fill the requirement of a long-distance bike to take some cross-country trips this summer, I also needed to meet the requirement of being very frugal (that’s what having a child in ar...
Beware! The Puppy Dog 19 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
* The following is excerpted from my book, The Perfect Motorcycle: How to Choose, Find and Buy the Perfect New or Used Bike. The information provided here will give you a framework to guide your motor...
Project – 1975 Suzuki GT250 15 Aug 2013 | 09:49 am
When I was 17, I wanted a bike that was more versatile than the Suzuki TM125 motocross bike that I had. I traded the TM in for a 1973 GT250, which I proceeded to ride off the end of a gravel road and ...
Money Saving Strategy – Credit Cards 11 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
All money is green (for the most part anyway) in America. Presumably you spend some money on things other than motorcycles, and there isn’t a special kind of money that you can spend on different thin...
How to Buy a Motorcycle on eBay 11 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm
* The following is excerpted from my book, The Perfect Motorcycle: How to Choose, Find and Buy the Perfect New or Used Bike. The information provided here will give you a framework to guide your motor...
