Category: Background Braps
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Emerging From Winter.
My CSC TT250 wears the typical makeup of my winter commute; the usual mixture of water and mud, baked onto the engine casing just after I arrived home. The TT250 has been an absolute champ, an I’ve done most of my winter commuting on it. Next year I think I’ll store the Ninja 300 in…
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YouTube, Vlogging, and Filthy Lucre.
I can’t get a job, because if I had a job I wouldn’t have enough time to vlog. The above quote isn’t attributed to anyone in particular, it’s rather a sentiment I’ve seen expressed a few times recently. Motovlogging culture – those guys that go out on their bikes and record it for our entertainment…
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Here's Johnny.
December 12th, 2016. Last year, we were blessed with winter staying almost entirely within bounds; a late December to February even, most severe in late January. This year the lake-effect weather system, resulting low temperatures (10F!!!) and snow started early. I also got the seasonal man-cold a couple of weeks ago. Any medical professional recognises…
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Dan Gold's Honda CB650 Custom Artwork
Motorcycle Live 2016, Birmingham NEC, England. London-based tattoo and multi-disciplinary artist Dan Gold went to the Motorcycle Live show at Birmingham’s NEC to work on a CB650 (Honda’s middleweight naked), painting the plastics and fuel tank Working through design ideas before the show. Photo credit: dangoldtattooclub The fuel tank design takes shape. Photo credit: dangoldtattooclub…
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Zack Courts Monstering Monaco
Memories of a similar bike in a different place. I was rather taken with this. Motorcyclist Magazine’s senior editor Zack Courts rides a 2017 Monster 1200 S around Monaco. I got a chance to ride the 2016 model in Summer, albeit around semi-rural Pittsburgh suburbs. I wrote about my Ducati adventure here.
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Ohiopyle in Autumn
Ohiopyle is about forty miles from me, as the crow files. It’s a phenominal motorbike ride, which is interesting because in the year I’ve been riding, I’ve never bothered to do it, due to the constraints of time and the fact I can get lost in my own apartment. Despite the relatively short distance, I…
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As If Right On Cue…
The weather has started it’s Autumnal swings. 36°F this morning. 36 is an interesting temperature for this rider, as last year I realised that is about the lowest I can tolerate without heated gloves. I don’t get numbness, just very sharp pain that I’m guessing precedes the numbness. First frost of the year. Of course,…
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Autumn Is Here.
The weather’s still pretty damn good. Just a few weeks back I was out riding thinking I didn’t have much Summer left. A short fifty-miler today before the weekly commute grind. Washed the bike observing the usual Sisyphean practice. It’s due to rain tomorrow.
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Cheating on my girl with a pair of Italian supermodels
In this part of the world, test riding bikes isn’t easy. The bar to a ‘M’ endorsement is low, and there are no restrictions. A novice rider can get their learner’s permit and hop on a 180hp, 1000cc bike the same day. Yes, they’ll probably hurt themselves. There’s a good example of this from Laurie…
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Fear.
Motorcycle accident, Balham. By Drew Leavy. License You have to learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long enough to make them all yourself. (Unattributed) When you think of riding, the elephant in the room – or if you prefer, the SUV at the intersection – is the prospect of getting killed, or…