Back in September of 2018 I sold my Yamaha Super Tenere as you may have read in my Motorcycling Life has Taken a Turn post. I decided to sell my bike for various reasons, most of which was other drivers on the road. Well…I’m back! I spent a year without a motorcycle and for the…
My Motorcycling Life Has Taken a Turn
I have been riding motorcycles on and off for over 35 years. As you may have read in other posts here on my site, my current ride is a Yamaha Super Tenere. I have taken some great trips with this bike, some with my wife June and some without. Time has come to move away…
Arrowhead Mountain Lodge Trip October 2015
This past June we took a trip to Ouray Colorado for June’s birthday…Image that, June’s birthday is in June. Anyhow, on our way home we saw a dirt road off HWY 50 in between Montrose and Gunnision that looked interesting, so we decided to go explore. About 5 miles up the road we came across the Arrowhead…
Fall Colors Trip 2018
A recap of our 2018 fall colors trip.
No Wine and Wine Camping Weekends
Q: What’s better than camping?
A: Motorcycle camping.
Why We Moved to Colorado
In May of 2013 June and I took a 3 day motorcycle trip to Yosemite. This trip changed our lives…for the better. Now, I have lived in California all my life except in the year 2000 when I lived in Washington State. California is a beautiful state having almost everything nature has to offer; sandy…
June and I Ride Boreas Pass…
…and do something a little different. Obviously I like to take pictures while I ride. Most of the time I just take pictures of scenery as I’m riding or of June while I am riding. I do like the challenge of trying to take a good picture while trying to ride my motorcycle and not…
It’s Been a While…
Winters can be tough here in Colorado and this winter was pretty tough. Usually it snows for a few days and then it gets nice and sunny and the snow melts. We got our first snow in October and it didn’t seem to stop until May. It is quite beautiful, but I wanted to ride…
A Quick 3 Day Trip in Colorado. Mostly Pictures.
This is from a posting I made on ADVRider.com. This trip was in October 2014. I was riding my old KTM 990 Adventure. My friend Chad and I got us some hall passes and decided to do a quick 3 day trip around central Colorado. Chad played tour guide as I have not been in…
Weekend of October 3rd Riding and Camera Reviews
The weather here Colorado was beautiful this past weekend, so I decided to get on the Yamahammer and do some riding. I also got a new camera to test out. I carry a camera, attached to a retractable cord, that I have in my left breast pocket. I have it attached to the retractable cord…
My Story of Riding Motorcycles
It’s sometime in the early 80’s and my first motorcycle riding experience was on a 70’s Kawasaki 350 dirt bike. I don’t even remember how I got that bike, I think I just swiped some money from my mom for it…I know, what a twat! My next bike was a Honda Elsinore 125. I…
The Story of My New Yamahammer
I was getting tired of my old KTM 990 Adventure trying to leave me stranded on long trips so it was time for a replacement. Here is my old 990. I had some good times on this bike and I loved the way it sounded. I had custom wheels from Woody’s Wheelworks that made it…
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