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HOT BIKE
I went to the community college in Ashland for my first two years, finding a job to support myself and pay for my schooling. This meant that often I had night classes, so I could work during the day. My … Continue reading
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FROZEN FOOLISHNESS
It was a day much like we have had recently this cold winter, but in the mid-1970’s when I was young enough to stand it. Three of us “observed trials” riders were getting some winter practice in January in the … Continue reading
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THE MOTORCYCLE SHOP
In my travels on motorcycles, I often stopped at motorcycle shops in small towns, sometimes because I needed something, or just to look around and talk with the owner and folks inside. Shops in those days, the 1960’s and 70’s … Continue reading
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CONCRETE
We recently had some concrete work done here at the house, fixing some broken areas and replacing my post-surgery wooden ramp with a more permanent one. Watching the crew of workmen preparing the site and pouring the mix brought back … Continue reading
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Going North Part II (Flying Squirrel Touring)
(We left our wandering innocents on the Badger ferry, steaming its way across Lake Michigan, still not knowing where they were going after that.) Soon we were out of sight of land, ensconced at an outside table on the … Continue reading
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GOING NORTH WITHOUT A CLUE
In 1980 I decided to take up street riding again after a decade or two of mainly dual sport off roading and Observed Trials. In the classifieds I located a somewhat derelict Suzuki Titan 500 two-stroke twin that met all … Continue reading
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OF MICE AND MEN, PART II
We share our old farmhouse house and grounds with the mice whose ancestors and ours did the same, with my species’progenitors being the newcomers to the scene. There were mice here long before humans and there will be mice here … Continue reading
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44 Trees
Walking the dog along the edge of the pond, I paused to look around at our place. We moved to this 5 acre plot almost 25 years ago when it was essentially an old farm house surrounded on three sides … Continue reading
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Electronic Assistance
I got a GPS. After 58 years of riding motorcycles all over the US and a lot of other places in the world using only paper maps and dead reckoning, I thought, in my 70’s, it might be time to … Continue reading
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ONE ON THE SIDE
After a lifelong fascination with sidecar rigs, as seen from a distance, I got into them in my late 60’s because I wanted to learn something new and experience something different in this motorcycle thing that I had done since … Continue reading
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