I spent a bit of time with the motorcycle over the last few days. Picked up a battery tender on Saturday and spent a hour in the afternoon removing the old tender adapter and installing the new one. Got a bonus — when I removed the batter I found the original Allen-head bolts used to [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2007’
whadda Christmas!
After years and years and years and years of planning, plotting and hoping, I’ve got my motorcycle. Got the M1 endorsement in late November after attending the Motorcycle Safety Foundation class earlier that month and I had settled on waiting until spring to get a bike — when the weather is better and the inventory [...]
the start of a great adventure?
With my prayers and best wishes my son left on the bus yesterday, headed to extreme Northern California to begin an adventure with the California Conservation Corps in Fortuna. I and a few friends at work are a bit envious, wishing we had known about such a possibility at a younger and more carefree age. [...]
proud and scary moment
My son called this morning to let me know he’s quickly following in my footsteps…he passed the DMV M1 test and in a few weeks, like me, will have a new license with the motorcycle endorsement. I’m looking forward to a spring ride together. Congrats Sean!
can I carry fly rod on a motorcycle?
It’s about time. Clearly, I’m no fan of rushing into things with two much plenty of research. And I would expect that people who know me, when asked for a description, might also call me a late bloomer. In the mail this week my new California driver’s license arrived with a class “M1” endorsement. Chalk [...]


