Going to be parting ways from the 9er for over a week, but I'll be hanging out with my cr250 for a couple of weekends, then dragging it back home with me. I look forward to the rides to come, hate the rides I'm going to miss here, and am most certainly nervous as hell about the whole thing. My Audi was totaled and my S-10 has 227k on it. It has certainly seen it's better days. It's going to have to carry me 800mi round trip. This trip sort of has to occur. I'm an independent contractor, and...

Within a week of bringing home my '07 919 I'd had enough of the stock rear fender. Bleh! I bought the Competition Werkes Fender Eliminator Kit and now the bike is starting to look like something I would ride. lol My only complaint is that the connectors that come with the kit are really cheap so I used my own. Otherwise it's a good looking addition (or reduction, as you could say) to a sharp bike.
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After having spent nearly 4 months on the road in my cage, I could not wait to get back in the saddle. I new my baby was in the garage, full of gas and sitting on the battery tender waiting for me upon my arrival. I no sooner than walked through the door and threw my gear on the ground, called my folks to let them know I had made it home, than I found myself in the garage doing my pre-flight check. Granted, I took a shortcut or two, I wasn't planning on a marathon ride. Oil level checked out...

There's a nice forest three blocks from our home. Every time I go there I realize that I don't take advantage of the peace and tranquility that it offers.

It really is a nice spot with lots of trees, a few small creek valleys and man made storm water reservoirs which attract a lot of ducks and geese.

I went for a walk with the kids there today. We are having record-breaking hot weather this weekend, so it was a great day for a walk.

The highlight for the kids...

It's Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada. We get Monday off to celebrate. It's always a pretty busy weekend, so when my wife suggested that I go for a ride this morning I did!

I needed to be home by 10AM, so I got a real early start at sunrise. We are having summer weather this weekend which is a real nice treat. In fact the temperature today hit 27 (80) which breaks a 65 year record.

It was an amazing morning for a ride. There were almost no cars on the road, the...