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Spring in the midwest... All this rain and extra CO2 really turned things green.

I found this interesting... It's about cars Dual-clutch transmission reliability & driving style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZ2YifjLw8

Here is the bike in Kansas last fall.. It's a little artsy, but I think interesting... Maybe it will give people idea's for next year to hit that open road.

I just had this kickstand extension done today. I thought the bike leaned way too much. This is made from a 3/4 inch aluminum block. I was going to use steel, but it felt to heavy and I was afraid that I would hit a bump and the weight of the steel one might cause the side stand to drop...

Nothing going on except I learned that the subframe holding up the engine in my Honda car is in real bad shape and it would cost thousands to fix it, so I bought a different car. It's a 2016 Honda Accord 2 door with 12k miles on it. The cost... $14,800. I think that is a good price for...

I got 71.75 mpg. That's the best I've gotten so far. I went for about a 200 mile ride under pretty much all riding conditions, back roads, Interstates, heavy traffic, and some spirited off the line acceleration. In other words, I didn't baby it. I know some people routinely get that kind of...

It seems that 3 PM is happy hour for drivers rushing home after work. Yesterday I had gone up to Chicago for an appointment. I had taken the tollway up there and traffic was pretty normal, i.e. too fast, but fairly civilized. On the way back I decided to take I94/I57 back home through the...

Nothing going on... just the first bike picture for this year...

I know this is off subject, but I thought some of you folks might be interested. My Cable (TV only) went to about $130/month. I thought that was way to high considering I don't watch 90+% of the channels (out of 130) they provide. Sooo... I dropped the cable and went with Netfix for under...

Here's one place I saw to the west of Trinidad Colorado.

I realized I had to do something about how far the bike leans on the side stand. The other day I pulled up to park and there was a little pot hole where the kick stand went. The bike was leaning way to far and that was without luggage. I came up with a temporary solution. I cut a piece of...

Lately I've received many complements on the CTX. Of course I like that, but what I hear too is that no one has even heard of this bike let alone see one. I've only seen one other myself. Is it that rare?

TourMaster Synergy 2.0 Electric Vest Liner with Collar https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LYOCWM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Mine was $146. I took it for a spin last night, the temp was 65F and felt chilly when I was up to speed. I had the vest on the first setting and it...

Just FYI... I picked up a pair of handlebar mitts for cold weather riding. If you ride in the winter these are nice. Since I haven't used them in cold weather I have to rely on what other people say. Even if you have heated grips, these help. To make them work I had to make holes in them...

Once in Wyoming I ran into a major storm on my bike. I had just left Jackson Hole and was headed towards Denver on my way home. The day was perfect, the sun was shining, the temperature was pleasant and I could see the storm from a very long ways away. It was dark black and stretched before...

I'm in the process of adjusting my valves, I just need to put everything aback together now. I had to remove quite a bit of stuff to get to the valves. I got to thinking about this and the costs. According to the manual this should be done every 8k miles. It you want fresh rubber, it would...

This is too funny...

These are the highway pegs I installed. I really like them. They make riding a great deal more comfortable. I think they look a little odd, but who cares. BTW, while I was stopped here a fellow drove by and complemented the bike. That was during a 300 mile shake down ride for the pegs and...

Got to race a Harley today. It was dead even, although I was still in Drive mode. A while back I looked at 0 to 60 times for different bikes and many of the Harley's were about the same as the CTX, I suppose this proves it. I wanted to race him again, but this time in Sport mode, but we were...