Category: Motorcycles

Built a web page last night to track useful part numbers for K1100RS owners. It’s a work in progress.

I ‘unstored’ the 305 last night and cleaned the carbs out. There was a nice ring of varnish on the needles right where they sit in the jets at idle....

A few years ago I came across an article on the internet about this custom BMW someone built. The thing was beautiful! They had hacked the frame and made the mo...

This is the text of an email I sent to a couple of motorcycle lists I’m on: While all you old ladies are selling your ‘fast’ bikes and buying ...

I want to ride my bikes! The Team Strange boys are at it again. They have three rides I might do this year! The 2005 Minnesota 1000 A new Grand Tour and the Wor...

Oh yeah, I didn’t win the GS either (no surprise.) Ah well.

I run the mailing list for a group of motorcycling idiots called The Village Idiots. Supposedly two of them have come across a 2004 BMW GS Adventure with no cos...

Went for a nice short (300 miles) ride to Duluth last night for dinner. Wrote up a page about it here: Ride Report. It was a beautiful afternoon and evening for...

Worked on the K1100RS last night and got the forks rebuilt (new seals, bushings and oil) and the fuel pump installed! Rode it to work this morning! First ride o...

Added a little water to the R100RS battery last night. It wasn’t that low. It sat on the tender all night and fired right up this morning. Nice cool ride ...