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With a totally new strategy I left the GW idea in my back pocket and showed up with checkbook in hand to buy a third bike: a red, white, and blue, non-abs CBR250. They list for 2012 as $4099. I had called ahead to see if they had one so I didn't haggle on the phone, just showed up. Bottom line...

We all live for the twisties, don't we? But there's more fun to be had with a bike like the FZ1 than just some leaning left and right and a few countersteers. Here in Florida we ain't got no stinkin' twisties. What we do have are long straight roads. Atop a bike that'll crack 160 MPH we...

One of the challenges of these forums is getting the quiet members or even the lurkers to contribute. Everyone has something to share. The challenge is to get them to realize that all their personal and financial information won't be compromised, they won't be ridiculed, and even an anecdote or...

So the Comcast door to door salesman wants us to switch to Comcast. I explain that Yogi's very happy with the Dish Network. The man is very insistent so I let him in to discuss the matter with Yogi. This is what's left of him.

Like a lot of you, I've got that itch again to trade bikes. The dealer down here, who I really like, as well as his mechanic Paul, has a brand new 2012 Honda Gold Wing with the ABS/Navigation System. He's got it marked down 2 grand for close to $25G. He's willing to take the C14 in on...

Thanks to my good friend Eric (FZ1inNH, who will be visiting me soon) for ordering my new seat. I have this "thing" about doing business with France as my experience when visiting 2 different times was pretty unpleasant. So Eric ordered it for me with my credit card and it arrived in a fairly...

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One Doberman "Pup." 3 days short of his 7 month old birthday he weighs in at 80 pounds and can reach tall out of the way places in a single bound. He's cute, if your idea of cute is an Orca head full of razor sharp teeth and a torpedo titanium clad body. Seeing is believing, although to...

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So I brought the C14 in for the 15,000 mile service (it's actually got close to 16 grand on it. The cost: about $450-$500 and that's with "the old labor rate of $69/hr vs. the new rate of $81 and a little friendly discount. I do love this dealership and they've been very fair to me so I trust...

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Coming back from Baton Rouge, after getting a few hundred miles under my belt I stopped in Alabama for some gas, a coffee, and an interesting conversation with one of the locals. I wasn't much in the mood for talking but a middle aged guy that could have passed for an old age guy walks up to me...

Ali made that phrase famous long ago. A nice internet article by an army canine trainer explains that while the Pit Bull is all the rage now they are by far not the most dangerous dog out there. They are relatively slow, short legged, all mouth, and fight toe to toe, so to speak. On his list of...

So the now "ex-wife" decides she'll fly my daughter to her on an old credit card of mine. I discover this, hell breaks loose, and now it's resolved; she'll pay. I reminded her Avery has two homes now. If she wants to fly her "home" i.e. her mom's house (we sold the house we lived in so...

from Port St. Lucie, Florida, through Alabama and Mississippi, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to visit my daughter: Well I just got back. Yesterday I went about 570 miles and today 270. I was a hurtin' puppy when I got back. I'm not cut out for 500 miles on a bike. All highway except for a few...

Pillion 101 Most of you read my comical but true account of “Riding with the Hostile Pillion.” That, of course is a worse case scenario. Riding with the Hostile Pillion I encourage you to avoid those pillions. Riding pillion involves a collaborative of a skilled rider and a trusting...