It was time for some new tires on the VTX and I have been doing my own mounting and balancing with Dynabeads but I also needed to replace the front wheel bearings so I thought I’d give a new local business a try. I gave Road Therapy V-Twin a call this morning and they told [...]
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Spring Trip 2011 Day 5 Update
Day 5 was spent held up in the Country Inn in Perl, Mississippi. Rain was the story of the day as a major front came through the area, adding to the already overflowing rivers and creeks throughout the mid-south from Missouri to Mississippi. We really didn’t want to ride it it so decided to wait [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sena SMH10 Bluetooth Headset/Intercom for Motorcycle Dual Pack Review
I just got back from my first ride using the SMH10 Bluetooth Headset/Intercom and well… color me impressed. I’ve used only one other motorcycle intercom system, and that was a good 18 years ago. It was only designed for rider to passenger communication and the quality of both the in-helmet speakers and microphone were seriously [...]
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Today was, perhaps, the best day of the trip so far. We started out in West Yellowstone, MT an re-entered Yellowstone through the west gate. We headed straight to Old Faithful, but had a couple of delays on the way. The first was a young male bison grazing on the side of the road…right on [...]
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Day 4 started in Billings, Montana with a leisurely 9:15 departure from the Boothill Inn. It was about 150 miles to the northeast entrance to Yellowstone. Once we cleared the industrial setting of Billings, it was a nice ride-particularly once we hit the scenic Beartooth National Scenic Byway leading over Beartooth pass into Yellowstone. The [...]
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Day 3 started in Keystone SD and took us into both Wyoming and Montana. Kent wanted to stay on the interstate today and we made Good time, even with frequent stops for pictures. The scenery in Wyoming and Montana was truly breathtaking. Big skies, mountains , and rolling foothills were everywhere you turned your head. [...]
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Day 2 started in Sioux Falls where Kent and I decided to day off the interstate and take SD 44 and US 18. Across the state. The big takeaway from the day was how well off we are. The absolute poverty on the Indian reservations we passed through left us truly thankful for all we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Fall trip 2010 – Channahon to Sioux Falls SD
Day 1 started with a send-off by a good friend at the BP station in Channahon. The first 130 miles into Iowa City were a bit chilly, but nice. After that, the weather turned and we had rain for most of the rest of the day. Lunch consisted of hotdogs at a gas station so [...]
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Heading out again on another motorcycle trip with my buddy Kent. Right now it looks like we’ll be heading West toward yellowstone. Want to know where I am on my Motorcycle Trip? You can follow me on twitter @omni, on FourSquare Eric C. My GPS Location GPS tracking powered by InstaMapper.com
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Yesterday I went for a nice ride with Kent. We started out meeting in Romeoville, at the Gas City station at I55 and Webber road. From there we headed out through pea-soup fog for about 30 miles until we got to Big Rock. We stopped for breakfast at the Coutry Cafe resturant and I had [...]
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