which brings me to how far we rode this season…
“Wow, that’s a lot of kilometres,” a then-friend said when he saw the number on my odometer. “Is it?” I replied. I started riding in September 2021 and chalked…
the day before yesterday
August 21, 2022: A year ago yesterday, I bought a motorcycle. At the time (August 20, 2021), I hadn’t ridden a motorcycle for more than twenty minutes in fits…
good thing i got lucky
Good thing I was in a construction zone when she tried to cross the road. Otherwise, I would’ve been going much faster than I was. Chances are I would…
gravel hazard panmure road & lanark 17
As I see the occasional rider on my Almonte/Blakeney/Pakenham/Blakeney/Almonte warm-up loop, I thought I would let everyone know there’s a lot of loose gravel on the corner of Panmure…
perfect timing
Sunday, July 24, 2022, Almonte, Ontario, Canada: I didn’t expect to ride today. We had intermittent deluges from early morning until late afternoon. It rained HARD. Then, at about 6…
running on empty
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields… Jackson Browne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inconveniently, my Yamaha V-Star 250 is…