Since I’m finally done doing the electrical work for the garage, I decided to do some electrical work in the garage. In preparation for my Colorado trip this summer, I thought that the KLR650 could use some electric hand grips. …
Coming to work this morning there were two trikes parked on Main St. I’d have to say that both were rat trikes (if there is such a category). Rat bikes are motorcycles that the owner goes out of their way …
Since Blake and I are planning to put in some long days in the saddle this summer, I knew I was going to have to get a better saddle. So I ordered up a gel seat from Saddlemen. Their seat …
My panniers for the KLR650 finally came in so I got them installed. I wanted something rugged to carry the camera equipment for my upcoming trip and these are what a lot of the round-the-world riders use so I figured …
Both bikes finally got put back together so we got up early this morning and went for a ride in the South Fork mountains before Blake had to leave for the Bay Area. We took Redwood House Road, over to …
Blake came up this weekend with the intention of having one day to wrench and then go on a two day camping trip as a test for our trip later this year. Due to unforseen problems that we encountered on …
While Lori and I were in the Bay Area, I took the opportunity to meet with Blake and start our trip planning. Blake and I are going to take a two week trip this September, riding out to Colorado on …
Lori made a comment while we were photographing this setup that I have quite an interesting sense of fashion. Ok, so maybe you won’t see many women dressed like this at the mall, but it’s probably closer to reality than …
I had a good weekend with the Sprint ST. Saturday I took it out to scout for locations for a photoshoot, and then Sunday we did the shoot so I got to ride it two days in a row. Pretty …
I took the Sprint out for a ride to Horse Mountain. I was up there for two hours and had the road totally to myself. Try to find a road like that in the Bay Area! From where the bike …
Blake and I ended up riding about 400 miles together this weekend, much of it on gravel and dirt roads. On his arrival I noticed that Derek had never really used his bike to its full potential because the license …
Derek’s KLR650 finally made it up to Ferndale this weekend, but only after Derek sold it to my friend Blake. After watching the race start in Arcata yesterday, Blake and I headed up 299 and then Route 1. 34 miles …
We spend far more time at work than we do at home (unfortunately) so when Lori suggested we get a tree this year, I thought we should put it in our studio so we could enjoy it more. It also …
I took today off to clear the head after a hectic week. On top of a bunch of other stuff going on I’ve been fighting with the installation of my new computer. I’ll have a picture of it later. Since …
Up until today, I had never ridden a Harley, and today I got to ride two of them. First I rode Tony Leonardo’s Sportster on a quick loop around Ferndale. To say it handles differently than my Sprint or KLR …
A group of Triumph riders from Oregon came down our way today on their annual tour, so I joined up with them for a ride up Hwy. 36. One rider (on a Honda) had a mis-adjusted chain come off and …
Much of Bear River Valley is free range. That means you’ll often encounter cattle in the road. But I’ve noticed that when the cows are pregnant, they get pretty stubborn about moving out of your way. It’s especially noticeable on …
It stopped raining long enough today that I decided to chuck my planned schedule and instead go for a motorcycle ride. It was pretty cold so I put on my insulated jeans, a turtleneck, and a sweatshirt. Then I layered …
Company 4 of the Ferndale Fire Dept. is going to be raffling off a brand new Harley Davidson Fat Boy so today I went up to Redwood Harley Davidson to photograph the bike that is going to be raffled. After …
This was a little experiment to figure out how to create a Quicktime VR object movie. I’ve created panoramas before where you spin the camera inside a room for example, but in an object movie it is the object that …
Our garbage situation was getting out of hand because the recyclable center is only open Mon-Sat, the same days we work. So I took the morning off today to gather up all our cans, bottles, cardbord, and paper and took …
Finally, a day off after working nearly 3 weeks without one. Rewarded myself with a ride on the Sprint, even though I probably should’ve been doing yardwork or maybe working on the house. But the weather was just too nice. …
This weekend the Redwood Run is going on which means that there has been a steady parade of Harley’s on Main Street. In my opinion, Harley’s are better appreciated as art than as motorcycles, and judging from the mileage on …
This was supposed to be a photo of my Triumph Sprint ST with a model posed on it. However, as it seems to be my curse, the model cancelled at the last minute. Since I had already washed it (a …
Sometimes I think life would be much easier without indoor plumbing. The last few weekends I’ve been having to repair something or other. First it was the toilet that was leaking. Then it was the valve that stuck in our …
Today was another gorgeous day in Ferndale. I got up early to go snail and slug hunting and even at 7:30 in the morning it was warm. I then pulled weeds in the garden until about 12:00 when it was …
After three days of heavy wind and rain that had us thinking back to December, the weather finally improved today, so out with the KLR650 I went. I rode one of my favorite KLR routes, Monument Rd to Bear River, …
One more picture from this weekend’s motorcycle ride. Sorry, there weren’t any women around to have them standing out in middle of it. This shot is looking east.
Due to the rain and vacation, I hadn’t had any of the bikes out for over a month, so with the sun out, I decided to get some riding time in. I took the KLR out and explored Dyerville Loop …
Here’s the gallery, all done. Yeah! I could have taken pictures this weekend, but I didn’t. With the pressure of the grand opening over, I did something all weekend that I hadn’t done in a long time, ride my motorcycles. …
After spending the morning replacing the drive belt on the mower, and then mowing the lawn, my chores for the day were done. With it being such a nice day out, it was no tough decision on how to spend …
