SOLD

2009 BMW F800GS bought new by me. Grey/black, ABS, heated grips, trip computer, anti-theft/alarm. 91,000 km. Bike is sound, runs beautifully, is very reliable, meticulously well maintained by...

Obsessed with the Master of Sound himself, Daniel Lanois and his many jams. Some of my current favourites:

"The Maker" live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0E3R1cSfIM

"Opera" in studio...

That's simply inhumane.

Ross, I remember that one. I agree; it was harder to laugh through -- it's my least favourite of them all.

With 7 days to go to till lift-off on my 25-day RT, I've been hard to the maps, fine-tuning. Decided not to burn valuable time in the Boreal and Plains zones, so now Phoenix is my asap destination...

Same here in Toronto, except with non-stop rain, wind and cold for the next week. April. What a waste of a month.

Just curious: Are the US forest rangers going to take issue with my MIVV exhaust, minus the dB killer? Does a catalytic converter and muffler packing serve as a spark arrestor?

Also, if anyone...

Thanks, Brent. I'm not sure when I'll be there, but will PM you when I'm about.

Thanks, gents. I am indeed a damn lucky bastard. Both for the great life I lead -- running my own biz -- and for the cool chicks I live with -- my wife and step-daughter. We are pretty crazy about...

I too, Dave, thought this was a turning point of some sort, a fantasy realized -- and I'm also not (so far) a Rev'it client. But I think for a company to do this might prove be too overwhelming in a...

The first time I ever rode a motorcycle on pavement it was an RD400, one of the first model years with the black/white/gold paint. That thing gave me the fever, which my parents promptly (thought...

(Also posted something like this here - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=960082)

Taking me and my 800GS out for some much needed spring inhalations on a solo RT from Toronto through...

Traded a Bug for it. Loudest thing I've ever owned and probably heard. '72 GT750... cc's and lbs.
86826

Roger that. I use the huge BMW tank bag that I bought and is so big it's more of a chin rest. I lock it down with a cargo net with my rain gear rolled into a perfect lumbar support. Works amazingly...

Or the aromas emitted from my Tech 3 boots.

Mightily. Except in my home province. Here, it seems I merely bring extreme versions of each season. Tulips explode and injure people in spring here, and no one knows it's me.

Thanks folks, for calming my Seasonal Verbosity Disorder. The State of California should fly me to California each winter, because every time I've been there (at least 10 times), or to Arizona for...

I don't want to talk about it. But I will effusively bitch about it... low today is -21C with -30-something windchill. Tomorrow's supposed to be the coldest day yet this winter -- this relentless,...

Flashman, the antidote to todayness.

Just discovered Old Man Canyon from Vancouver 15 minutes ago, been listening over and over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF-FyQho-jo

Here it's cloudy with a good chance of endless frigidity, black ice, more snow, frozen dog turd, salt, early darkness, a nor'wester and glad to be alive and vertical.

It's -19deg C in Toronto right now, which is Floridian compared to the rest of the country. I'll not winge.

This entire album from Marcus Kihn is -- as the name 'Lascivious' subtly implies -- dedicated to shagging. Listen here: http://marcuskihn.wix.com/marcuskihn.

I met the man last summer and we...

I wear the cheapish Alpinestars Tech 3 ($225). They're like casts. Must lift entire leg to upshift, zero ankle flex except when walking. But they are very protective and comfy as hell. I had 5-6...

Toronto is in the midst of a wee Icepocalypse. Two nights ago it rained, froze thick and heavy on everything under the sky for miles around, and this massive burden of ice is still just sitting...