First ride 2012 season

We took a short ride heading out on Rte 211 and then north on state road 615 meandering back to Front Royal to eat lunch and then back home before company arrived. Hot for May (upper 80s), but a nice ride.

GPS stats: 

• overall avg speed: 26.7 mph 
• moving avg speed: 43.5 mph 
• maximum speed: total time: 6 hrs, 48 min 
• moving time: 4 hrs, 10 min 
• stopped time: 2 hrs, 38 min 

And a short video clip:

Bluetooth For Motorcycle Helmets - webBikeWorld

Is this where motorcycle helmet communications is going?



Bluetooth For Motorcycle Helmets - webBikeWorld:

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Aug 13 motorcycle ride to no where...

Well, to Orange VA for a bite to eat. Not thinking too hard about this ride, we took off Saturday morning with little planning trying hard to stay off roads we routinely travel heading to Orange to eat lunch and for my wife and her friend to do some window shopping in the local antique stores. We dodged rain all day. It came a down pour while we were eating. But luckily, we didn't ride in the rain (very much). All in all, this turned out to be a nice trip. See below the map and a few pics I took along the way.
View Larger Map Taking a quick break at Kelly's Ford:

Downtown Orange, VA:

Also, here's a video I took using my Canon point & shoot with a piece of tape over the microphone to cut wind noise. It did a pretty good job!

Harley 3 wheeled prototypes?

Allegedly, Harley commissioned this prototype in the late '90s and revised it (the orange version) in the mid '00s. An interesting take on 3 wheeled motorcycles! Check out the details.

Can you sleep on your motorcycle?

I think I may have gotten too use to a king size bed...

So maybe this would be a better idea?

Britian's oldest motorcyclist at 94

I wonder how they know he's the oldest?

Check out the story here.

BMW Motorcycle builds a scooter...really?

Who says penny-pinching on gas has to be uncool? Check out the details on Motorcycle.com

Motorcycle crash and an unexpected union

Check this out. Kinda funny...

Music to your ears...sounds of the Ducati motorcycle

MP3s, ringtones, everything you need to sound like you're on your favorite Ducati. Check it out here.

Motorcycle repairs made easy

I'm busy trying to figure out how to fix the left fork seal on my wife's GL1800 Goldwing trike...blown apparently by Honda's over zealous anti-dive unit installed on that side.

I came across this particularly useful flow chart for motorcycle repairs: