Blog My Bike Upgrade Yes, I got a new bike. After owning the Tiger 900 for 15 months and 25,000 miles (including the trip across the USA), I decided to start looking at a bigger bike and settled on the 2023 Triumph Tiger 1200 Explorer. So why the change? Honestly, it is a
Blog Wind Chill Chart It is getting to be that time of year and thought we would post up just how cold it feels when riding your motorcycle.
Blog Route 66 Trip Update Now that I am back home, I went back and made some minor updates to ALL the posts but most importantly, I added ALL the pictures to each post. Feel free to go back and take a look. It was just too difficult on the road with the crappy WIFI
Blog Trying Grip Puppies! I installed a set of Grip Puppies, not for any certain reason but just thought a larger grip would feel better and to see if there’s a vibration issue. You’ll have to cut to size making sure to measure left and right grips because they are not always
Blog Caught in the Storm I was coming home last Thursday evening at night when this storm popped out or no where. No warning. Was not on the news or on my radar app. It was quite the storm and luckily it only lasted about 45-60 minutes. Here is a quick video I snapped as
Blog Getting Ready for Route 66 We are only a few week away from our big trip across America. In preparation, we just had our bikes serviced. This included the typical oil/filter change but also a new set of tires and for some of us, new sprockets and a chain. Pricey? Yea but worth it
Blog How a Clutch Works I was so impressed with the Transmission video, I decided to post this one as well.
Blog How The Tranny Works I found this video and animation one of best explanations on how a motorcycle transmission works so I thought I would post it.
Blog Planning a Route 66 Trip We are planning a big trip this year and decided to travel the entire Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. Leaving from NC to travel up to Chicago, we will try to stick to as much of the original Route 66 as we can. We will be keeping a
Adventures Camping in the Redverz When the Redverz tent first arrived, I immediately took it out to the backyard and set it up (you can read more about it - Redverz Motorcycle Tent). Just as described on their website, it was easy to setup and take down. Now I wanted to try it out in
Blog Assembly CLT - Bike Nite II Join the vibrant motorcycle community at Assembly CLT's Bike Night (this time in Mooresville) on Thursday evenings. This event features an exciting mix of bikes, great conversations, and a welcoming atmosphere.
Blog Finally a Sunny Day Last Sunday we finally were able to get out and take a nice long ride. The entire week, all it did was rain. Every day for 5 straight days. Everytime it looked like it may let up, it would start up again. Cabin fever was starting to set it. Since
Blog Assembly CLT - Bike Nite Both of us live near Charlotte and recently we were able to hook up with a local group of motorcycle riders that meet every thursday night. They have a Facebook page, Assembly CLT - Bike Night. Typically they take a poll of which bar to meet at to start. Everyone
Blog Level I Adventure Riding Class This was my first adventure riding class. Yes, it was a level 1. Not necessarily a beginner class but the first in the series. I took the class at Mountain View Motorcycle Campground. Overall, the class was fantastic. It covers a lot of the basics from motorcycle fit, how to
Blog Trying something! During my first camping trip of 2023 I decided to use my tarp as a possible weather fly, not necessarily a rain fly. My thoughts are that I will not use my rain fly during warmer/hot temperatures but use the tarp to keep dew and debris off of the
Blog Dumb A$$ Drivers Its a nice day to commute to work. Its not hot. Its not cold. Its not breezy. Traffic is light. I take the back roads in order to try and avoid all the numb nut drivers. Not today! Here is a quick video of a driver with ZERO patience. As
Blog Hot Mess Bugers We have driven by this restaurant on our motorcycles countless times but never been able to get the timing right for trying their burgers. Well Saturday was a gorgeous day and I decided to go give them a try so I fired up the bike. Its about 20 minutes from
Blog Sunday Drive to the Beaver So it rained ALL day Friday. Weather broke and we went to the Meltdown on Saturday. It rained all night and at 1:30, the weather broke. Texted Kirk and we hit the road to head to the beaver. This is a great local bar in Plaza Midwood. We have
Blog The Meltdown Event On Saturday, the weather was nice (it rained all day Friday and will again Sunday) so we decided to ride up the Meltdown Vintage Motorcycle Show. The drive is a little over 2 hrs for us. So around 9:45, we headed up to Hendersonville, NC. Driving up it was
Blog No Bikes...Bummer No, nothing happened to our bikes. We had to take them in for their 12,000 mile service. This service is a pretty big one and it takes a few days. Also, it is a cold service which means drop them off and leave them. One of us also needs
Adventures Riding in Panama City Beach The ride down here was actually quite a lot of fun. We took nothing but back roads and road about 250-300 miles/day (it took us 2 days). The weather coming down was quite nice (cloudy) and the scenery was fantastic. We both love riding back roads! There is so
Blog PCB Bound First big trip of the year. We are going to do a bit of house sitting in Panama City Beach, FL. Rough life. Beach front house. Going to enjoy a 2-3 week work-cation. We are going to get out on some of trail down there. We are not familiar with
Blog Watch out for buzzards! While heading out for an afternoon of trail riding on a drizzly day, I almost got clipped by a buzzard while driving down the highway.
Blog Another Close One..! This weekend the weather was fantastic. We both wanted to get out and ride. So on Saturday, we decided to do a long ride (about 300 miles). The main purpose of this trip was to give my seat (Scot) a trial run. I just bought a new seat from Sargent
Blog A New Website Section - Dives We added a new section to the website called "Dives". We really like finding new local mom and pop places. These are typically bars or bar/restaurants. As we travel around, if we see an interesting out of the way spot, we give it a try. What we
