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“Carfax — Vehicle History Reports“, “The most trusted provider of vehicle history information“, “one-stop source for vehicle history information … CARFAX has the most comprehensive vehicle history database“. You know what all these fragments have in common? The word vehicle (Noun) “A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals”. What Carfax…
I’ve been researching and looking at touring bikes for a while now. Ever since I’ve had to return John’s bike, I’ve been keeping my eye out for used bikes and doing more digging from time to time. After my first long ride, which I’ve talked about previously, I knew what I wanted from a touring…
A few weeks back I needed to return John’s motorcycle to him (which I had been borrowing for the winter). The easiest way to do this was for me to ride it up to him and then he’d give me a ride (in a shiny Subaru) back down. As this was my first long distance…
View Larger Map General Area: Past the Calaveras Reservoir — Sunol to Milpitas Difficulty: Advanced Riders Ride Length: 15 Miles (Up to 1 Hour) Scenery: Up on a hill side overlooking the Reservoir or strolling through some farm lands. Special Notes: I don’t recommend this ride to anyone just starting riding (or just getting back…
I’d like to introduce yet another of my half ass’d concepts of “regular programming”. This one is motorcycle related (::small cheer::). Basically in my random wanderings around wherever the hell it is I’m wandering, I’ve found a few nice/interesting/challenging/etc rides. Generally they aren’t too long, just short trips that I think are worth while that…
The other day I left the Bay and headed up to Tahoe. Only here very briefly, but I had begged and pleaded with John to let me try out his motorcycle, and eventually he agreed. Yes, I’ve ridden a motorcycle before, in the safety class… but you never get out of third gear, and you…