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And so begins another season of riding

superfunkomatic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:41:18 +0000

Just a quick note to record the initial odometer reading for this year – 55810 kilometres.

I’m so glad to get the bike out again. The temp. is still hovering around 0 Celcius which is acceptable for short riding but still a bit to brisk to venture into the mountains too far. I usually predict my distance for the year, so…

I’m guessing that I’ll cover in excess of 15,000 kilometres this summer. It’s my first with some real pocket money so we’ll see where the roads lead me this year. My goal is to visit some new places that I haven’t ventured to yet. California? It keeps eluding me year after year – perhaps this year.

The End of the 2009 Riding Year

superfunkomatic — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:51:20 +0000

Well, another one bites the dust. I haven’t spent a lot of time writing posts on the ol’ blog this year. Perhaps, as winter sets in and I have more time I’ll write more.

It’s was a really great riding year. A couple trips across western Canada, down into southern Oregon and many point in between. After spending time on the roads in the southwestern US, it’s pretty hard to get motivated to ride through the areas this side of the Rockies – so not a lot of Alberta trips this year. Lack of money didn’t seem to slow me down much this year as I put on as many kilometres as most riding years.

My final odometer reading for 2009 was 55,810 kilometres. I rode 14,244 kilometres this summer, even with a late start and dismal weather this spring.

As always it’s a sad day when I have to cover my l’il red Honda up and tuck it in for the winter. I must say, with 55,000+ kilometres on my bike in just three years, I’m glad to see just how reliable Honda bikes really are. This bike should easily make it to 100,000 kilometres with little or no physical cost for parts. Next year I’ll have to bite the bullet and have the valves checked – a $1200 hit.

I’m hoping to save enough money to buy a professional tire changing machine. This will save money on my own tire changes (at least once a year) and pay for itself in about 3 years. I’ve also toyed with the idea of opening a small shop to do motorcycle tire changes. There appears to be a gap in the Calgary market for this type of simple maintenance. We’ll see what winter brings….

5 more months to plan next year’s marathon journey. With a bit more money and some free time next summer I’ll have to venture to new points unknown.

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

superfunkomatic — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:20:51 +0000

well, the weather has finally smartened up, and i can get my bike out of the garage and into the street. i can’t believe how late spring has come this year. maybe, we’ve just been spoiled with early warm springs in the past few years.

tomorrow will be the maiden voyage for my little red viffer this year. can’t wait to let’r rip on the way to school. i’ve become so used to our sedate little economy car and my gutless truck over the winter. it’ll be nice to have something with a lot more punch.

starting numbers on the odometer this year – 41566 kilometres.

if i had to pick a number of kilometres that i’d ride this year it will likely be around 10,000 again this summer. i’m hoping for more but this will be the last summer before i’m gainfully employed again. lack of funds = lack of ability to ride.