Recent content by xrljoel

I've only ridden it briefly, but yes it's much smoother and a far more refined/modern motorcycle. Less off road capable I expect, but then so am I nowadays.

I bought a GasGas (KTM) 700 enduro in November. I had a 2012 KTM 690 back in 2018 and always liked it so I bought a new version.

Could be. It was several years ago. It was an absurd spectacle though.

E-bikes are low hanging fruit for the cops. Nobody is gonna crap on them for cracking down. Unlike the protestors, ebikes don't have proponents/defenders inside or outside of government at multiple levels. I expect the impounding action though to be a gong show. A few years ago I saw the cops...

Didn't he call himself The Bouncing Czech and wasn't there a motorcycle connection? Yes, I suppose I COULD look it up.

Every picture of a deer reminds me of this bit.

Ugh. That was a slog. More pseudo intellectualized guff...I mean content. "Authenticity" is one of those modern buzz words that get emblazoned on a t-shirt or lasered on a piece of gravel and sold for 10 bucks to the poor hapless soul who couldn't get the t-shirt in his size. When I (try to)...

I don't agree. In fact I vehemently disagree. Sure, younger people than us aren't buying motorcycles, and (too) many of them appear not just fixated on the computer in their pocket but completely ruled by it, and there are too many who are cowed into living the fears and prejudices of their...

I find the availability of parts for my Norton Commando absolutely amazing, same goes for my new-to-me BMW R100RS. I don't need to sort through greasy bins of questionable bits and pieces to effect repairs. Not to say I don't do it, just in case there's something I can't live without.

I'm FINALLY building an insulated, enclosed room in the pole barn close to the house. For a long time I was satisfied with just working in the uninsulated shop over the warmer months but now I want to do stuff over the winter as well, since I decided to embrace retirement. Before the freeze up...

I always keep critical equipment inside. It was my fathers idea and I think a good one. I've been able to sell old equipment for surprisingly decent money because it was kept inside and was relatively rust free and in good shape. No point in having an empty pole barn with equipment rotting away...

The snow yesterday was wet and heavy. I didn't bother mounting the blower to the tractor because, from experience, I knew I didn't have enough shear bolts anyway, so I just used the front end loader to push & pile. With the tractor mounted blower, the issue is it won't/can't move the snow up...

I block everything, so my phone seems to default to "suspected spam". Now I'm getting texts such as, "Do you want a job?". Fortunately, no I don't. There's some pretty desperate ones such as, "Can we talk?", "I need to speak with you.", "Can we touch base?", "Let's chat!" Again, no. My circle...

I had my BMW K100RS for 18 years. Sold it when I saw the 2005 Triumph Speed Triple. I was a bit bored of it at the time and though I wish I had kept it, I hate having things that I don't use. I kept the Triumph for a 3 or 4 years then bought a 2006 KTM 950 Adventure which I owned for 5 years (I...

It's a Wonderful Life, Alistar Sim's A Christmas Carrol, and (my favorite) A Christmas Story and more recently Elf. My wife loves Elf as we watched it with her father during his last Christmas. I fondly remember all the old Rankin & Bass shows, Rudolf, Santa Claus is comin' to Town and (less...