The Winery Detour

As usual, the mission was to wedge some activity with the RCM boys in between recall on the Subaru, and a myriad of other duties. […]

Better than ever

The 280SE is running better than ever after a few more tankfulls of fuel. It seems to start easily, and the throttle is more responsive. […]

Recalibrating Normal

Sometimes family or friends will hear about something that you have done, and respond with amazement. You will hear statements like “Wow, that’s impressive”, or […]

Arrival

I hit rain a couple of times in eastern Ohio, and in PA, which slowed things down a bunch and was no fun with the […]

Elkhart, IN

Fuel stop in the heartland. This interesting group of guys from Chicago were out for the day touring on their modified Victory machines….

Madison, WI

An overnight stop, with a visit to Uno for some Chicago deep dish pizza. Courtyard is great since they let me (and another guy with […]

St Paul, MN

Arrived at the rally grounds, and found a vendor re shaping seats for a good price. I signed up, and another guy on an identical […]

Menomonie, WI

Wisconsin was rather disappointing as far as roads go. It had some undulations, but everything that I traversed was arrow-straight.  The only good thing was […]

Manistique, MI

The wonderful Hiawatha National Forest occupies a good chunk of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Lots of old dilapidated lakeshore motels and cottages. However, there are also […]

Wolverine, MI

Michigan has virtually all of its cities and population crowded around the Great Lakes. This leaves the rest of it pretty rural, and full of […]

Grayling, MIchigan

Looks nice outside, but the weather site says sever weather is on the way soon. Time to grab a quick bite at a local eatery. […]

A Bigger Circle

A nice day presented a good excuse to take the Condor out for the next bigger concentric circle. A 60 mile loop with curves and […]

On the Road Again

Following the re-assembly of the machine, I took it out on the road for a test run. About forty miles in a loop around the […]

A NYC Affair

Would you buy a used vehicle from someone in New York City? What comes to mind? A slick seller with the vehicle gussied up to […]

A Dose of Discovery

There is always something that you discover upon full inspection back at HQ. Despite the bike looking and sounding almost new, there are a few […]

Building Mileage

With most of the basic issues sorted, it is time to add some confidence miles to the Condor. That involved a 50 mile loop which […]

Doing the Ton

Yes, that’s right, the R50/2 did the ton today. Two up ! OK, it was KPH, but it was just north of 100 for about […]