David’s Riding The Edge blog

New Tires

2009-12-20T08:17:03Z

After a couple weeks of either freezing cold temperatures or torrential rain, I was blessed with the gift of dry and fairly warm temperatures, for a mid December day that is. I had not been on my motorbike since I put on a new back tire. My fron...

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My Dream Bike

2009-12-11T04:00:07Z

I was looking through motorcycle links on the internet as I often do and came across what I think is one of the coolest motorbikes in years. It is the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 and for some reason this one just does it for me. They claim it is 4...

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Learning a New Skill

2009-12-02T06:55:26Z

I have never been much for working on my bikes. Oil changes have been about the extent of my maintenance involvement. In my area it is tough to find someone to change my tire if they are still on the bike but plenty that will swop out the rubber ...

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McDowell Creek Falls in HD

2009-11-03T03:56:44Z

I just finished a video of a nice little park in the foothills of the Cascades. I am testing a piece of camera gear to see if I can use it on next seasons rides. The video was shot with a Nikon D90 digital SLR with video capabilities. it might be ...

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Death of the American Sport Bike

2009-10-25T17:35:58Z

It deeply saddens me to see that Harley Davidson is dumping the Buell Motorcycles, the only American sport-bike company. I never owned a Buell motorcycle but they built a couple of bikes that I had considered for the future and it seemed in th...

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Next Year's Ride

2009-10-18T17:27:11Z

With the motorcycle touring season coming to an end in much of the country, at least in my neck of the woods. My thoughts have already began to race to next season. We have all ready picked next years big ride which will take us to the scenic sta...

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Motorcycling is so Relaxing

2009-10-11T00:35:11Z

I cringe every time I here somebody say that motorcycle riding is so relaxing. Relaxing! I have been with in inches of being a hood ornament two times this week alone, thank God I was not relaxing. Relaxing conjures up thoughts of kicking back on...

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The Mileage Badge of Honor

2009-09-28T21:39:57Z

Recently I have noticed that when talking to bikers about past rides one of the first details shared is the mileage of the trip. An example would be, Yeah I just did a 3000 mile ride to Yellowstone. I have noticed I do the same thing and I am n...

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Riding the Edge in Central Oregon

2009-09-28T07:36:45Z

We have just finished a new trip video from a recent motorcycle camping trip to central Oregon. You can check it out here http://ridingtheedge.net/centraloregon.html

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Suzuki DR650

2009-09-07T01:30:11Z

I was looking into a Suzuki dr650 as another option for an adventure bike. Some of the knocks on that dual sport is the small 3.4 gallon tank and a narrow and hard seat. No worries, after market parts to the rescue. You can turn that dual sport in...

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