The simple antidote for Pavlovian consumerism
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Posted June 17 2009 04:23 PM by Tim.Carrithers
It’s the usual drill after a long day and a longer commute. Get out of the riding gear and onto the couch, then slip something promising into the DVD player while the neural circuits cool. The Blockbuster kid gave me a...
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And all morning to get there
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Posted June 15 2009 01:36 PM by Tim.Carrithers
Every once in awhile we do what you think we’re doing every day; take off at 9:00 a.m. on a motorcycle for no particular reason. No specific destination, either. Just ride.
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Filed under: Miscellaneous, BMW
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Results of the first-ever green GP
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Posted June 14 2009 07:01 AM by Aaron Frank
The world’s first zero-emissions road race, the TTXGP, started with a whirr at this year’s Isle of Man TT. “That sounds like a VCR rewinding,” another journalist next to me stated, as the first electric superbike...
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And if it's not, don't blame the bike
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Posted June 12 2009 03:00 PM by Tim.Carrithers
My Editor at the time was the best writer ever to put words in a motorcycle magazine. So I listened to what the man said, even if he did have the sort of austere, mid-western work ethic that kept him awake nights...
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First TTXGP Qualifying Session on the Books
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Posted June 10 2009 04:44 PM by Aaron Frank
The TTXGP electric race bikes took the to Isle of Man’s famed Mountain Course for the first time ever on Wednesday, and we know this much for sure—there will be a race come Friday.
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Attending the emissions-free TTXGP
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Posted June 8 2009 07:38 AM by Aaron Frank
I just finished arranging a very last-minute trip to this year’s Isle of Man TT. A loaner Triumph Daytona 675 has been arranged, flights and ferries have been booked, and I’m pretty sure I landed the last available hotel...
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Where Egos Dare
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Posted June 3 2009 03:49 PM by Tim.Carrithers
I didn’t trust that plywood ramp, but the Morton twins thought it would work. This did nothing for my confidence. I didn’t trust them either. Chuck the Dot did his best Steve McQueen, convincing no one. At least “Oh...
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Learning to Listen
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Posted June 3 2009 02:35 PM by Tim.Carrithers
Ride a motorcycle long enough and somebody with M.D. after his name will say you can’t. At least for a while. Such Official Admonitions are sometimes imposed by more compelling things than a prescription and that...
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Irreconcilable Differences
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Posted June 3 2009 01:02 PM by Tim.Carrithers
I have tasted the Milwaukee Kool-Aid and it is good. I keep a couple of reminders right here on my desk. This ancient Bosch magneto is all that’s left of my Dad’s first Harley. And like the man long gone, it’s still...
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A 72cc solution for the spiral-fracture blues
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Posted April 6 2009 12:29 PM by Tim.Carrithers
It was a bad break: your basic spiral fracture of the left lateral malleolus – that’s hammer in Latin – otherwise known as the end of the fibula. I know. People have slipped on an icy patch of sidewalk and ended up with...
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Exploring the Zen of Less
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Posted March 27 2009 09:12 AM by Tim.Carrithers
Feel free to call me a heretic if it makes you feel any better. Call me Ishmael, or a Luddite or just generally soft in the gums. But the maximum four-cylinder carnivores perched atop our sport bike food chain have...
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It really does snow in Southern California
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Posted March 9 2009 12:45 PM by Tim.Carrithers
It was the sort of high desert morning that can bite you: Cold, with a phalanx of dirty nimbostratus teeth grinning down from the south and east. But saddling up for another lovely 70-mile ride down to the Boss Angeles, I...
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Homage to the Aerostitch
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Posted January 15 2009 11:27 AM by Tim.Carrithers
If This Suit Could Talk It would probably scream or take me to court. Thankfully, most of the genuinely actionable escapades implicating my Aerostich Roadcrafter are either circumstantial or beyond the statute of limitations.
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Posted October 31 2008 01:20 PM by Tim.Carrithers
There are three words I'm training my doctor not to use, but they still lead off most of his monologs on caffeine, porterhouse steak, dirt bikes and dragging one knee on the ground. "At your age..." he says.
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Posted October 24 2008 03:36 PM by Tim.Carrithers
There's always something else. Especially around this joint, where everyone wants everything yesterday. It's all singing, all dancing, all the time. Redline seems to be the requisite engine speed. Maybe it's the same where...
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Dodge Dakota Research
Finding a fuel efficient automobile today is easier than ever. Check out the Dodge Dakota buyer's guide providing information on car specs, reviews and fuel economy. The Dakota gets 9 mpg in the city and 12 on the highway, and comes with a standard Automatic transmission, and 4WD drivetrain. You also might want to research the Ford F150 and the Ford Flex.
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