Today marked a return to the moto-commute. Since changing jobs in the summer of 2013 I have been disincentivized to commute on the bike for a couple reasons, both related to traffic though. That’s somewhat beside the point, however, as I also sold my Yamaha FZ1 which was a superb commuter, but ultimately a bit…
Life is full of relatives and tradeoffs. This became apparent to me for the hundredth time this morning while hopping on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1 for the first time in three months after having put 1100 miles on a 2013 Suzuki GSX-R750 a little over a week prior. What was immediately obvious was that relative…
On my way home from work tonight there were the lightest of light snow flurries. It didn’t even feel that cold but I think up higher in the air it was cold. There was some light rain the other day that rinsed some of the salt away and the weather has cleared somewhat so I…
I did not take the bike to work today. I took the cage for two reasons, namely it was a bit cold (32F) and the road was coated in white. I would like to say this white coat the road wore was snow. In which case it would melt away eventually and the road would…
Today could bring both the first snow and potentially the first salting of the roads.
This is a big step in the direction of putting my bike away for winter storage. Can you say “boring”?
I have been thinking about upgrading my suspension on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1 which led me to wonder how much I weighed all suited up.
With the temperature approaching 40 degrees and with the soft sun shining, it was warm enough to not wear long-johns today.
Today, even though it reached 45 degrees around 1 o’clock when I left work at 6:30 there was a thick layer of frost on all surfaces of my bike.