I forgot to post this at the beginning of my trip, but I was having mechanical issues until the last minute and wasn't even sure I'd be able to go ( Read more... )

I posted this to motorcycles, but decided to get out of my echo chamber and spread the word to non-riders too:

I rarely rarely comment on random news sites, but I came across this one and made an exception:

Lane-Splitting To Blame For Spike In Motorcycle Deaths?
California Is The Only State Where Lane-Splitting Is Legal

Now, I’ve heard this argument before and ( Read more... )

Every so often I take a picture I'm really happy with.

This is one of those times.


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I’m planning a 3,000mi/10 day motorcycle trip through CA/AZ/NM/CO/UT/NV September 4-13.

My route will be either this (#1) or this (#2). #1 will be cooler and quicker, but #2 is more scenic. Plus, I’ve been told I’ll be able to find gas every 100 miles along #1 (with a little advance planning), and I don’t know if that’s the case with #2. Green ( Read more... )

Please do me a huge favor and visit The Deli SF and vote for The Dead Westerns for artist of the month. Voting ends at midnight tomorrow (EDT) and right now they're ~20 votes behind. I can't let them lose by such a small margin.

Full disclosure: a friend of mine is in the band, but they're actually really good - their myspace page is hereI know ( Read more... )

I made my first eBay purchase last week and it finally arrived. A refurbished Garmin zumo 450. Amazon's price is $700, I got it for $400. I've been wanting one for a while, but was always hesitant to drop so much cash on it. But with the help of beatmyprice.com, I found this listing and took the plunge. Turns out it'll mount nicely to my clutch ( Read more... )

I took my motorcycle to the racetrack on Easter Sunday. The weather was perfectMet and hung out with a bunch of cool people. 'Twas much fun passing bikes with 2-3x the hp on some of the turns ( Read more... )

I rode down to San Luis Obispo and back this weekend.


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Anyone who doesn't "get" Twitter seems to focus on the egotism and boringness of the possible answers to the question "what are you doing?", which is how Twitter frames itself. And they're right. But the most interesting tweets on my stream dont answer that question. More often, they answer "what's on your mind right now?". Twitter is valuable for ( Read more... )

There was a massive public pillow fight yesterday...


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