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Thursday after work I was feeling restless. So I rode this loop. Most of the section between Cougar and Carson I saw no other travelers. I felt more alone in a literal way than I have in a long time. It was liberating. The estimated travel time was 4 hrs 12 mins. My ride time was about three hours. Fantastic!

-Erik
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I'm the cool one in the black visor.


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-erik

I'd like to celebrate 90 years of my Grandad's life.
August 25th, 1918 - February 4th, 2009
Please celebrate with me by enjoying these windows into his youth:


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I don't think I've felt this bad, this bleak before. I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm having trouble waking.

If you live in the great PNW, you may have noticed the snow which now covers our roads and lives. Common sense would dictake that riding a motorcycle with no training wheels in the snow could be a low traction equation which doesn't end well. As always, I am moved by my curiosity in order to test the reaches of my stupidity. Thus I was out and ( Read more... )

This weekend was not bringing any riding weather, so it became bike tear down time. Any new bikes needs to be taken apart to a certain degree and intimately examined and problem details given the appropriate detailed attention ( Read more... )

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It is done. That thing I sent you? Did you get it? I got it.

This rough little beast is a BMW K100RS from 1989.



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