Archive for April, 2008

Chinese Goodyear

That’s not “Chinese New Year,” it is Chinese Goodyear, as in tires. On our trip to Florida I loaded the bikes (the BMW and the Kawasaki) in the trailer for the trip. The trailer shook my back teeth loose all the way down. I had the tires balanced about 6 months before and they should […]

Read More..>>

Final – LT vs. Harley Touring Shootout

After riding the BMW K1200LT for almost 4 weeks now, the final decision is in!  The judges, Barbara and I came to a unanimous decision.  There was no disagreement between us.  It was an interesting comparison.  The BMW K1200LT is a fine motorcycle.  Some of the things we liked about the bike were: Power – […]

Read More..>>

Flakey LT

I have had an intermittent problem with the LT not starting from time to time.  Everything looks good, but I hit the starter button and nothing happens.  It is really a “nothing” happens.  No starter solenoid clicking, no change on the  many lights on the dashboard, nothing. The first couple of times I experienced this […]

Read More..>>

Obama the Christian?

Judging from Barack Obama’s comments about people in Pennsylvania “clinging to guns or religion” at a San Francisco fund raiser, he didn’t get much of the gospel of Christ in the Trinity United Church of Christ.  Apparently, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. spent most of his time in the pulpit defaming the US, the Government, […]

Read More..>>

A Biker

I saw you hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line. But you didn’t see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday. I saw you pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk. But you didn’t see me playing Santa at the local mall. […]

Read More..>>

Next Page »