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The Fountain of Youth
Two Wheels and the Ageless Spirit As I approach my seventh decade, I’ve found a secret to staying young at heart, and surprisingly, it involves a motorcycle. Many might picture a retiree in a rocking chair, but I’m more likely to be found on the open road, wind in my face, and a grin plastered…
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Picking Up Speed…
The weather has made a turn here in Ohio and in the last week I’ve been able to get in some time on the bikes. In total, I’d estimate that I’ve done several hundred miles between the ’74 CB 550, the ’82 Yamaha XJ, and the 2012 NC700X. Other than the CB 550 all the…
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February 2025
Well winter hasn’t loosened it’s grip on Ohio yet this year. I got in one nice ride this month and a couple short “around the block” type rides, but nothing more. March is looking much more promising I must say. MotoGP gets started and surely our weather will improve. I’ve been looking at Google Maps…
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Slow start to 2025
Here it is the end of January and I just got in my first ride of the year. Winter has been really harsh this years compared to recent years. I’ve shoveled more snow this year than in probably the last 6 or 7 years combined. And our temperatures have been brutal too. Days and weeks…
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2024 Review
I had such high hopes for this year, but unfortunately health issues got the better of me. We had a very mild winter and I got the year off to a good start with several nice rides locally. By the start of March however, cancer treatments were catching up with me and I quit my…
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CBX Winter Project II
When I start a new bike project I break the projects into 4 stages… To get the bike running, I need two items; 1) a new battery, and 2) complete rebuild of the carbs. I ordered up a new Yuasa YB18L-A battery on-line. As for the carbs, I purchased Mike Nixon’s booklet several years ago.…
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1979 CBX Winter Project
One day last fall they told me my cancer was back. As I looked into the bathroom mirror that morning, I realized that old man looking back at me had better get busy on the stored 1979 CBX if he ever expected to ride it again. Now it’s not all gloom and doom as Columbus…
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More riding in 2023
The old guy I saw in the mirror the other day told me I’d better get to spending more time on the motorbikes while I still can. While my sister cringes at the thought, I believe riding is quite safe provided you take precautions like wearing a helmet and other protection gear. I’m not “all…
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Carb clean & rebuild
I finally decided to put the stock air filter box and stock air filter back on the bike. Back in the 80’s, when we were drag racing this bike, lots of the stock items where replaced by items better suited to racing. Those days are now over. Since I had to remove the carbs to…
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Could not pass it up…
Every so often I check Craig’s List for bikes. My thought is, I’ll sell the CBR250R and find a nice Rebel 250. Well, when I checked a few days ago, this Yamaha Seca Turbo caught my eye. It’s not something I’d normally be interested in, but after reading the ad, I just had to inquire.…
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Another new bike!
I thought between my three bikes I had one to cover any occasion. I was wrong. LOL I’m looking to do some longer trips this year and none of my bikes are really up to that task. The CBR250R is loads of fun, but sport bikes can become quite uncomfortable on long trips. The CBX would…
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Some new gear
When I got the bike out of 29 years of storage last year, I just drug out my old riding gear. As the new riding season is quickly approaching, I treated myself to some new stuff!