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Honda PC800 Pacific Coast

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Riding a Honda Pacific Coast makes you a lightning rod for all kinds of questions and comments. Over the years, I’ve gotten used to the worst of them, realizing that any motorcyclist who utilizes the term “rolling porta-potty” has issues of their own to deal with.
Lately, however, with the price of gas soaring and the […]

Why Ride? Motorcycling you know?

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Motorcycling is difficult to explain to the uninitiated. In fact, it’s difficult to explain to the initiated, a conversation that usually starts and ends with,
“YOU know.”
“Oh, yeah.”
Somehow the quest to capture the essence of that experience defies articulation. Oh, we can talk endlessly about sunny spring days gliding along country lanes, the air rich […]

Saturday “fun run” - Oh shit

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

The anticipation of the usual Saturday “fun run” made it hard for me to lull myself into a deep slumber. Once in a while I would find myself dozing off only to wake up imagining who would be there and where we would end up riding that particular day. I always make it a habit […]