The crop
November 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm (Knitting) If your long term memory serves you, ... one of the local boy scout troups blow out our sprinklers before we get a hard freeze, a motorcycle ride with friends, then back to spinning. What didn’t fly? The motorcycle ride or the spinning. Instead [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 04:36:48
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Motorcycle Parade
Today at 1pm there was what seemed like a motorcycle parade flying down high street ... Motorcycle Club were having their annual turkey ride for the American Red Cross, where they donated ... motorcycle madness (they continued going even when they had the red light). Everyone had their faces [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 18:27:34
The Insider On TV: Tonight
Here are the big stories we're working on for "The Insider" on TV tonight: First up, Tina Fey dancing. Behind the scenes of the Emmy winner's sexy Vanity Fair photo shoot. Exclusive, Jim Carey flying a plane, jumping off a bridge and riding a motorcycle for 'Yes Man.' Then, HTV's hottest hunks [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 12:18:58
An Article That Offended Me...
Folks,As you know, I ride motorcycles. I've always loved them, and I always will. Anyway, there's this picturesque, little town I ride through now & then: High Bridge, NJ. When I first moved to North Jersey a few years ago (it only seems like a few months ago-how time flies), a fellow rider took me on a ride along Rt [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 18:21:00
RYAN REYNOLDS HEATS THE STREETS OF L.A.
Ryan-reynolds-109801 Ryan Reynolds rides his motorcycle in Los Angeles beating the cities busy traffic and flies through getting all his errands done. The speed lifts up Ryan's shirt displaying his 'Jockey" briefs. Ryan cleverly avoids bad hair lines from his helmet by putting a cap from under his butt once disembarked from his bike! Sexy [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 14:48:59
Phnom Penh Again - Part One
Back in 2006, I visited Phnom Penh for the first time. I wrote a brief summary of the trip a long time later, available here ... ride from my apartment, or a 20 baht motorcycle taxi ride. I love the refreshing coolness ... Penh Phnom Penh A Rainy Day Myself and the indefatigable Terry were due to fly from Bangkok [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 04:45:36
I'm baaaack!
I am either delusional or pigs now fly because I just saw gasoline selling for $3.08!!!!!!!!!!! I had to turn my head to read the sign again ... a dozen small Midwest towns. The temperature could not have been more perfect for a motorcycle ride ... very interested as well. One mother took my card and info to help her arrange a class time [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 22:48:00
Top 10 Things To Do In Liberty City
10. Check out Ricky Gervais’ stand-up act at Split Sides 9. Ride in a gypsy can and listen to the cabbie run his mouth 8 ... a multiplayer race 6. Jump the West River with a motorcycle 5. Fly a helicopter to its maximum altitude ... 2. Jack a fire truck and spray down pedestrians 1. Take a date to The Triangle Club. She’ll love it [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 02:39:05
2009 Yamaha R1
Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to open the post in your browser to see the gallery ... motorcycle | r1 | sweet ride | technology | throttle response ... and a smoother powerband. Also it’s offering an on-the-fly mode selector for a linear power curve [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 17:11:28
Pigs Fly Over Big Foot In LA
... I will set straight that now. “Only yesterday, I was riding my motorcycle across the canyon when I saw ... . And after adjusting my goggles, I pulled from my leather coat my new iPhone camera. “I snapped [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 22:44:21
501’s Who Knew
501’s Who Knew 2008 November 20 2 Comments tags: 501 jeans, image by kmilyun My friends that have kept up on this blog know this: ... you I don’t ride my motorcycle anymore ;( and I have not been mountain biking or stuck in brush over ... LOL I like 501 jeans I like the button up fly and close fit. I dislike baggy cause then my clothing [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 20:37:32
Flying John
So, yeah: First day at the new aerodrome. Google mapped the place first just to get the lay of the land. Landmarks, rough headings ... . Back on the motorcycle for the first time since, what? June? Hard to ride it to work when there’ ... crossings. Kind of a motorcycle rider’s combat reaction course. Which, look at the upside: Makes [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 02:38:56
When Pigs Fly
If you look carefully at the upper third of this picture, just to the left of the green bush, you can see what a BMW 1200 GS Adventure looks like after a rider tries to get this motorcycle ... the Angeles dual-sport ride. Blake, the pilot of this pig, was hot-dogging a berm when his front [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 01:29:23
Thairin in Vancouver
Pam: Girl on the Loose producer Thairin Smothers is still traveling with his star. He sent these photos and a note from Vancouver: Here are some shots from our ferry ride from Vancouver to Victoria. Amazing views and people. I swear that is Heath Ledger in the black motorcycle outfit! I'll be here till Friday before I fly back [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 14:25:06
The ME880 conquers the pre-resurfacing pavement
A short ride today to prove out two things: A. That the Dynabeads method works on my new ME880 front tire on Brigitta at maximum foreseeable speeds ... we were flying along to it's speedometer limit of 85mph. No problems with the front tire or the motorcycle for that matter. I only held this speed for a short time, got turned around and repeated [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 10:55:34
Icon A5, The Affordable Amphibious Plane
If you ever wanted your own small plane, to take it for a ride ever once in a while, and escape from the daily routine, than this is your chance ... of aircraft is restricted to fly above 10,000 feet in daylight, with a top speed of 140mph ... Most Commented Posts: May 30, 2008 — Deus Ex Machina - The Wearable Motorcycle (184) June 13, 2008 — [more...]
Date: 2008-06-14 08:06:15
a night out
october 24th dusk is approaching as i bound down the hill, close on amanda’s heels, my much-used yet lightly-packed knapsack flapping against my back ... of dress, and i’m in it. amazing. i must buy a motorcycle. night falls quickly here and soon i’ ... , but it brings no motorcycle. we’ll get one at the main road. kids pop their smiling grubby faces [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 10:52:31
Quiz Show: Part 2
Last week, I embarked on a spiritual journey to bring sense and meaning into my life. I wandered through the mountain plains, waded through the quickest of sands, and rode through rivers of steaming, volcanic lava on a paper boat of hopes and dreams. While some people choose to give up on the arduous trek towards enlightenment, I am not " [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 08:19:00
BALI – UBUD I dont want to hear it cause I know what I have done....* Of course I was glad to be leaving Kuta. There was nothing wrong with my accommodation. Hotel Sayan basically gave me a self-contained apartment for $15 per night. Something that I could rightly live in for many a year but the staff had lost a little of that balinese [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 10:38:10
Unspoken Road Survival - Part 3
Here is where I am going to freak some people out. If the following crap that it is about to fly off my fingertips makes you uneasy then consider ... up on the motorcycle scene to describe bike clubs that were not registered with the AMA. The 1% is a badge of honor for the "outlaw" motorcycle patch holder of today. However, let's not forget there are [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 22:16:00
100+ experiences experienced
Stole this list from Cara's blog. My class gets out early every week and while you may think this is a wonderful thing, it really isn't. It makes it incredibly difficult to stay 2 hours waiting for my religion class to start. Thnx cousin for entertaining me for a minute. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 01:55:44
How not to attend a training camp like a wussy
[This month in the Not like a wussy series is Jay Moglia of Route 1 Velo / Arrow Bicycle. A bicycle messenger, writer, musician, BAR champion and inveterate competitor, Jay is a true warrior poet. You'll find no better wheels to follow than his, particularly when staring down some of West Virginia's most ruthless climbs surrouding Jay's Lost [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:40:06
Easyrider Motorcycle Fun
It's one of my dream to ride a motorcycle someday. I couldn't help myself to get jealous when I see somebody is having fun riding on it ... , Guided & Self-Drive Tours, and Motorcycle Sales. In fact, they are the world's largest motorcycle ... , and Watercraft. Yes, motorcycle adventures are in your future if, like me, you loved the book Hell's [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 00:45:40
Islamabad, Gorla Railway Museum, and The Road To Peshawar…
Flying into Qatar… I haven’t altered this photo in any way - those colors are genuine ... me anywhere I needed to go and several offered me tours of the city. After some reflection, I decided ... on the nephew’s motorcycle. It was a Honda sportbike, but I didn’t understand what he was saying when I asked [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 11:42:21
Introducing Kawasaki Motorcycle As King
Can you conjecture what ships, industrial plants, tractors, trains, small engines, and aerospace equipment (including military aircraft) ... Concours will have you drooling all over yourself. Now is the time to buy Kawasaki motorcycle ... by the identical company - Kawasaki. Kawasaki motorcycles are rock-hard, well engineered and calculated [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 05:28:26
Here's An Embed Who Got It - Steve Featherstone
Steven Featherstone’s article, “Human quicksand for the U.S. Army, a crash course in cultural studies,” in the September, 2008 issue of Harpers Magazine is a much more insightful piece of analysis than anything I’ve seen lately from journalists. Mr. Featherstone embedded with an HTT (Human Terrain Team) [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 19:30:00
MotoPOD Stashes A Motorcycle Under Your Light Aircraft
By Andrew Liszewski It’s not uncommon for people who travel across the country in a large RV to tow a ... which is basically a cargo pod that allows you to carry a street-legal motorcycle underneath your plane. The motorcycle is a Yamaha XT225 which was selected because it was both economical [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 12:02:49
human nature
there is something to be said of human nature. i don't know exactly what, but i'm sure there is something. some time back, i met with a road accident. it wasn't much to write about except for the insight it gave me. i ride a bullet. which is a fairly heavy motorcycle. so on one normal commute, traffic [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 22:28:00
In retrospect… Texas
Georgia Coast, "Blonde on a cell phone" Today was a "bum" day dealing with the "Free Health Care" situation ... and what is needed, or find out if I can still obtain complete free Medical Health care in Florida. Maybe both as finding out results through plan A might guide me better toward Florida, plan B, if anything major [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 16:52:39
Jeremey Clarkson Explains This Picture
Jeremy Clarkson has historically hated motorcycles. After being photographed riding a scooter, he felt he needed to explain himself. And he did. Recently, various newspapers ran a photograph of me on a small motorcycle. They all pointed out that I hate motorbikes and that by riding one I had exposed myself as a hypocrite who should [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 22:29:54
Spaces
Last Sunday, at the peak of the F1 hype, Singapore never looked so beautiful. It was in the afternoon, just a few hours before the world’s first-ever Formula One night race. A few friends and I were outside Suntec City, drawn by the unmistakable screech of tyres burning the asphalt as other non-F1 race cars ran the track, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 16:07:46
Arctic Cat ATV - Simply Irrestible
Snow mobiles are land vehicles which are used to travel in snow and are continuously propelled by continuous tracks at the front and rear end ... can be used on rough roads, mountainous and hilly areas even in water. You can ride them ... . The operator sits on the atv an rides like an motorcycle. The atv has four or six wheels which gives [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 06:49:39
Chaos Theory
Mr. Play It Safe Was Afraid to Fly Chaos Theory / Dustin Rowles My first thought after watching Chaos Theory, released on DVD this week after a lackluster theatrical release in which it only amassed a paltry $250,000, was that the movie was probably one of those films that sat on a shelf for several years, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 17:14:00
Piaggio BV250 Tourer - Day 6 - Scootering has made me a better rider.
This is the sixth and last in a series of posts dedicated to living with the 2009 Piaggio BV250 Tourer. The previous article is here ... a very different purpose than a traditional motorcycle of any type. Scooters are meant to be city ... , was, well, uh, I didn’t expect to learn anything about riding, or why I ride. What I learned [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 23:15:50
"Batman R.I.P." Part VI: Batman #681 Annotations
I've been annotating "Batman R.I.P." and discussing Morrison's Batman run nearly issue-by-issue since his "Clown at Midnight" story ... up with a specific reference. Can you?Page 1: This is the last entry from the Black Casebook ... -cleanse of issue #30. Not the red and black coloring, which turns out to relate to a Joker-devised [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 23:07:00
Their Numbering System Is Completely Illogical, Anyway
In a Bangkok mall last month (and what a mall it was, the Siam Paragon), my Spaniard companion who comments as Madridista and I left the Tamil-American waiting at the Burger King and made our way to the electronics sector on floor four. (It took about 10 minutes to navigate the multiple escalators and mezzanines, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 17:09:01
The 150 Best Online Flash Games
It was a long and exhausting task: playing hundreds of online games for hours in a row, day after day. It was hard, but someone had to do it. The result is the list that you will find below. Enjoy! Action Games 1. IndestructoTank As you probably guessed, on this game, you get to drive an indestructible tank around [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 10:37:09
Log Book
I have been forced away from the laptop to the study by SWMBO v3 ... , Flying, 9 1/2R not to mention a pair of GLOVES, Summer. Also a HELMET, Protective (less liner) and JACKET, Leather, Intermediate. A few months later there was a MASK, Face, oxygen in size “long” [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 20:59:24
Interbike - 2008
INDOOR SHOW Pastajet's Interbike 2008 Top 5 Highlights Interbike was a fun experience again, but it was very tiring. Long days followed by long nights writing up ride impressions and daily coverage of the show is exhausting. I rode as many bikes as I could at the Outdoor Demo, but there is only so much time in the day, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 06:54:11
2 on 5
One night in 1992, in a small town in Alabama, the North Jackson Chiefs won a game against seemingly insurmountable odds. Then came the crashes and the gunshots and one man’s fateful choice IF YOU could unbreak the bones and erase the scars, recall the bullets and sever the chains, recap the bottles and catch all the smoke, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 04:16:33
10 Batman gadgets you can (almost) get today
Besides being in tip-top shape and having a detective's intuition that rivals Sherlock Holmes, billionaire Bruce Wayne has an arsenal of high-tech toys and vehicles that would make even James Bond's Q drool. It's part of the Caped Crusader's major appeal [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 18:44:04
AMAZING SUPERCHARGED VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING
Bonham's is selling (on October 19th at Stafford) the original/unrestored ex-Reg Dearden supercharged Black Lightning, ... from George Brown et al). Dearden decided to make an attempt at the Motorcycle Land Speed Record in 1949 ... Graham (former World Champion) would ride the machine at Bonneville. Unfortunately, Graham was killed [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 07:53:37
Day 45 - Las Lajas to Panama City
Another short post since we are at the airport trying to send our bikes out tonight to Bogota. We wanted to send them and fly to Medellin but that would only happen on Wednesday so we'll go to Bogota and ride to Medellin. Got a LOT of rain today. At a restaurant at the airport - still wet [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 23:05:00
Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn?
Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn? Wednesday 10 September By Emily McCombs Sex Women Below the Belt Weird We'd never heard of a balloon fetish before our friends at Urlesque tipped us off to the bubble girl trend. And since 70 percent of you were kind enough to let us know that YouTube workout videos are not porn, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 16:00:00
Day 45 - Las Lajas to Panama City
Another short post since we are at the airport trying to send our bikes out tonight to Bogota. We wanted to send them and fly to Medellin but that would only happen on Wednesday so we'll go to Bogota and ride to Medellin.Got a LOT of rain today. At a restaurant at the airport - still wet [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 23:05:00
Scenes from the Cycle Show: Bike Buffs and Stunt Bait Gawk at a New Ducati
Dianna Wray Hold still ... this won't hurt a bit ... International Motorcycle Show has arrived in Dallas. The show came through town last weekend, its second stop ... it’s the men-folk gone hog wild, so to speak. This is the place to come for all of your motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 04:46:27
On-RoadOff-Road Safety - Motorcycle Face Shields and Eye Protection
On-RoadOff-Road Safety - Motorcycle Face Shields and Eye Protection November 3rd, 2008 As you jumping on your Harley-Davidson, ... of glasses, insects and added filthy detritus crapper stymie his or her view. Today, when it comes ... receptor protection, you should opt a unify of glasses or goggles that offers a country analyse [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:52:13
50+ Ideas for Taking Care of Mom!
Tired? Weary? Need some fresh ideas for taking care of mom? Feeling that push and pull on you as you balance all of the many demands in your life? Are you great about taking care of others, yet not quite so good about taking care of YOU? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 05:05:41
So tired
Orin O’Neill photos The PX has been running on Michelin S83s since it was new ... we’re working on your order” followed another within 12 hours containing the shipping info and tracking number. But this time it was well into September, and still no shipping info. I called [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 22:59:54
The world's greatest motorcyle journeys
I had my first taste of adventure motorcycling as a teenager, ... , among them one who mentioned his idea for an overland motorcycle guide and asked if we would ... . It inspired motorcyclists across the world and launched the motorcycle websites that today bring bikers [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 17:43:07
