I purchased these boots last winter, replacing a pair of well-worn Gaerne’s that had finally sprung a leak. For Trials riders in Western Washington, leaky boots are a real downer, since we spend substantial time walking through muddy/wet sections. I’ve …
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The Ice Trial, Gold Bar, WA Feb 1, 2009
Well, here we are at the start of a new trials season. I hadn’t gotten nearly as much practice over the winter as I’d hoped, partly due to the pressures of my job, and partly due to the 2 FEET …
Read MoreMaintenance Observations
A short story of deferred maintenance, dirty carbs, and broken kickstarters. At the last trials a few weeks ago, I noticed that my ’04 sherco was becomming a little hard to start and was occasionally kicking back during starting. So …
Read MoreEvent Report: April Fool’s Trial, 11 April 2010, Walker Valley
Checking the weather forecast on saturday convince me to take the chance and leave my portable shelter at home: 10% chance of precipitation, highs in the upper 50s. If that actually held up, it would be one of the nicest …
Read MoreWalkabout day 4: visiting old (and newish) friends
walkabout day 4. today was visiting day. lunch with an old high school friend, tea with an author/teacher friend in oakland, coffee with another old high school friend, and then dinner with motorcycle friends in Galt. not much riding, only …
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Website goes Alpha.
Coming down in the world, now back in alpha… Blackdog and Magpie is currently undergoing heavy renovations. A few bits and pieces still work, but most of it is thoroughly tossed up and over. We are Jim (blackdog) and Lara (magpie) Harriger. …
Read MorePNTA Points Round #8, Walker Valley, June 13, 2010
This turned out to be an interesting day for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the parking and loops situation. There was apparently some last minute confusion between the club and the land managers about where …
Read MoreGetting It Home
We have friends, very helpful friends. The kind who have bots that cruise Craigslist for interesting motorcycles for sale. And then post the best ones to mailing lists with a plaintive “Who’s going to buy this one?” appended. Yeah, those …
Read MoreGoing Home
July 21st. The big day. He was just waiting for us to come for him. There was some play time. All the youngsters getting in on it. There’s a pile of chew toys under there somewhere. Susan showed us a little of …
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