Motorcycle safety, musings and more.
After owning my own custom vintage bike for a year, and doing a few small maintenance projects, I decided I wanted to try my hand at my own custom build.
So, in Feburary 2017, I bought a 1982 Honda XL250R, and started tearing it down. During the process, I kept a log of my thoughts, feelings and frustrations here.
On this blog, I love to embrace and support beginners. After all, nobody is born knowing everything about motorcycles. But it’s important to remember that what you don’t know can hurt you. I've long believed this about riding motorcycles, which …
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A year ago, I looked at my life and thought, something is missing. Overall, I was happy. I had a steady, flexible job with decent pay, a picturesque little home, a goofy cat and a much-loved partner. But I was tired. Tired of circular projects …
This year, I spent the entire Thanksgiving holiday painting my XL250 engine. Originally, I hadn’t planned on doing any paint myself. To be honest, painting intimidated me. I assumed it required some sort of magic I didn’t possess — or at least …
Since my last update on my XL250 rebuild project, I've gotten a lot better at keeping my project moving. It wasn't easy to integrate yet another responsibility into my day-to-day, but it feels good to make progress on a project that's just for me, …
When the PCC summer course catalog featured a female welding graduate on the cover, it felt like a sign. The universe wanted me to take metal shop. Or, at least, PCC did. Which, for me, was close enough. So, I signed up. I used my trusty …
