21818 miles at start; 114 miles traveled After teaching this evening, I rode from Macon State to my brother’s house in Woodstock, 114 miles by my odometer. I spent most of the day packing up the bike: washing the dust off the side bags, rolling up the clothes I would need for the next four [...]
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Time to Fly
I feel restless. After a couple of eventful months — moving into a bigger house; celebrating a one-year anniversary; completing my fifth year at MSC; putting up with an unhappy Fatty; contemplating my twentieth year out of high school; not getting an iPhone — I guess I feel the need to relax by soaring along [...]
Accident #2
It’s bound to happen. Every motorcyclist I talk to, and every columnist I read say all motorcyclists are bound to have an accident. I had my first accident in June of 2005, and this one was very similar, except it happened on Mercer University Drive in heavy traffic after the sky rained enough to make [...]
BMW R1200R!
According to WebBikeWorld, BMW Motorrad has released the replacement for my bike: the R1200R! Oh, baby. Ever since they introduced the critically acclaimed R1200GS, I have been waiting for this bike. The R1200R is an evolution of the R1150R and R850R, which had combined sales of almost 60,000 units since 2001. BMW feels that there [...]
Still Raining . . . Maybe Pouring
Well, to continue my week of black karma, I had a motorcycle accident. My driveway sucks, as most of you know, and I was heading out on the bike. Halfway down the drive, I went off the cement track, and the tire got caught trying to right myself. I went down near the bottom, fucking [...]
Heated Grips; Or, Have More Confidence in Your Machine
About ten miles out of Murphy, North Carolina, I remembered that I had heated grips. It had been raining steadily on us since we left Robbinsville, and my rain gear had been keeping me nicely dry and warm, except for my hands. The rain brought lower temperatures, and the elevation didn’t help. The BMW’s windshield [...]
Mile High
This shot was taken just off the Blue Ridge Parkway on my recent riding trip to the mountains with Thomas. The roads and weather were were both shining that day, though we did have to clean the little gnat things off of our helmets a couple of times. If you ever get to Cherokee, NC, [...]