I finally have the work completed on the front end. I haven’t put the mirrors on yet, I’m not 100% sure yet if I’m going to pull my weighted bar ends off or not yet and put them right on the end. The bar ends I currently have are pretty heavy and are designed to ...
On the Short Way Down and Back Up I ran into a little trouble in Northern California after just getting on the coastal portion of the #1, I crashed the bike. Luckly there wasn’t a lot of damage to the bike, or myself, nothing a little physio couldn’t cure. My fairing unfortunately had seen better ...
Last weekend I finally decided to replace my ailing battery. It had a good run it lasted a decent 3 years but unfortunately I let the bike sit way to long between use when we moved and over the winter and the battery died and sulfated. I was able to charge it up after a ...
Last time I was in Chilliwack was the time we actually moved to Vancouver. All we did was stop for some gas and to walk the wiggles, so we really didn’t take in much of the scenery. Plus it was cold and raining, typical November late October weather for this area. This time though things ...
I’m really slow on doing the updates lately. A couple weeks ago, Nigel and I headed over to Fort Langley to ride some back roads. We didn’t have a ton of time as I had to be back in the city to head over to a friends to watch the second final game of the ...
Saturday was perfect, the air was warm, the sky was blue with nary a cloud in the sky. The hour was early, Nigel and I could have rode for hours and hours, with Chilliwack and Caltus Lake on our sights. Yet fate had a different idea for us, as we were set to leave Nigels ...
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