Received the Sargent Seat.
Last Friday instead of going to the gym and washing the car, my wonderful wife-to-be convinced me instead to take the bikes out of storage. I guess she had enough of me complaining :p
Two oil filters, 6L of oil l, couple of bleeding knuckles and 3 hours later, I was on merry way, freezing, at no more than 80 kph going home with the biggest grin on my face.
F*ck it was good!
Took a nice ride on Sunday down the St-John river, grand total around 200km, nothing spectacular but oh so therapeutic. I'll be back! I just love that quote, too bad my Gobernator impersonation is horrible.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Updates
Bought the Sargent seat.
Almost bought a house.
Instead
Bought a new car.
Old one died (brakes failed, need bearings in front, cross member rusted out).
Car payments are on the way :(
Snow is melting :)
Almost bought a house.
Instead
Bought a new car.
Old one died (brakes failed, need bearings in front, cross member rusted out).
Car payments are on the way :(
Snow is melting :)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
It's been quite a while ...
Yet there is still quite a lot of snow on the ground and things don't look good for an early season.
On the other hand, I have a chin spoiler on the way. It will need some paint and fabricating some bracket.
I am set on getting a pair of A* SMX-4 Waterproof, still debating for what material for my new pant/jacket combo.
Last night in an attempt to retain what is left of my sanity, I sat down, took the helmets off the shelf and proceeded to clean them. A can of Plexus is on my shopping list as my visor is getting scratched and might explain the sun glare I get.
As much as a menial and annoying task cleaning helmets can be, I did wonders for my sanity. It took my mind off the need to ride and made me think about all the other things that need to be done on a regular basis during riding season. I also fixed the headlight for the missus bike, a tab needed to re glued.
Next step is to go shopping, try some stuff on and make my mind. I still gotta order the Sargent seat.
$$$
On the other hand, I have a chin spoiler on the way. It will need some paint and fabricating some bracket.
I am set on getting a pair of A* SMX-4 Waterproof, still debating for what material for my new pant/jacket combo.
Last night in an attempt to retain what is left of my sanity, I sat down, took the helmets off the shelf and proceeded to clean them. A can of Plexus is on my shopping list as my visor is getting scratched and might explain the sun glare I get.
As much as a menial and annoying task cleaning helmets can be, I did wonders for my sanity. It took my mind off the need to ride and made me think about all the other things that need to be done on a regular basis during riding season. I also fixed the headlight for the missus bike, a tab needed to re glued.
Next step is to go shopping, try some stuff on and make my mind. I still gotta order the Sargent seat.
$$$
Monday, January 28, 2008
Last night Simpsons Episode - That 90's Show
It is widely discussed whether or not The Simpsons have jumped the shark. I am still on the fence on that one, the quality has gone down in the past seasons but there have been some pretty good episode in the bunch.
Last night episode was of the latter. Awesome!
Maybe its because I am a product of the 90's but I could not find anything wrong with this episode, the cultural references were good and the music choice was representative of the 90's. To see Homer in a Cobain character was just brilliant.
After watching the Simpsons Movie, I really lost my faith in the show but after watching this episode, I guess there is hope.
It seems to me that the 90's is the unloved child of the 20th century. It seems it passed under the radar, I guess its the faith of all transitional decades. However as time passes it seems the 90's are getting the recognition it deserves.
Long live the 90's!
Last night episode was of the latter. Awesome!
Maybe its because I am a product of the 90's but I could not find anything wrong with this episode, the cultural references were good and the music choice was representative of the 90's. To see Homer in a Cobain character was just brilliant.
After watching the Simpsons Movie, I really lost my faith in the show but after watching this episode, I guess there is hope.
It seems to me that the 90's is the unloved child of the 20th century. It seems it passed under the radar, I guess its the faith of all transitional decades. However as time passes it seems the 90's are getting the recognition it deserves.
Long live the 90's!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Feeling Old School
We live in an age we everything is digitally supported. Movies are stored on plastic disks, music can be bough online and put on you mp3 player with a flash based memory. Everything is tiny, everything is down behind the scene.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate my tiny 4gigs Zen V, my Blackberry Pearl that can do more 10x more than the first computer I ever laid my hands on.
The demise of HD DVD reminded me of the VHS-Beta battle of the early 80s (Sony finally got back to the world) and got me thinking about the good old k-set. I look at my mp3 player cranking tunes and all I see is a tiny piece of plastic with an lcd screen showing me the song info and I see no magic.
Now looking at a cassette player was something to be amazed of, you could see all the mechanisms need to produce the sound, the motors turning the spools making the magnetic tape travel in front of the reading heads. Once you were done with one side you had to take it out turn it around, put in back and press play unless of course you had auto-reverse and then you were good for 60 min of none-stop play. High-speed dubbing was great invention because otherwise you had to sit there for 30min per side.
My biggest wish as a kid was to own a reel-to-reel audio player and when I watched Pulp Fiction for the first time, I was stoked to see one when Uma Thurman's character is dancing around to Urge Overkill's version of Niel Diamond's Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon.
One day, I will acquire and install it in my living room. I will then proceed to pour myself an Amaretto Sour on the rocks, sit down comfortably in my preferred chair and enjoy my favorite tunes while looking at one spool unwind itself onto another.
Yup I am that old school. Yet I could care less about carburetors and will make sure I never own another carbed bike.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate my tiny 4gigs Zen V, my Blackberry Pearl that can do more 10x more than the first computer I ever laid my hands on.
The demise of HD DVD reminded me of the VHS-Beta battle of the early 80s (Sony finally got back to the world) and got me thinking about the good old k-set. I look at my mp3 player cranking tunes and all I see is a tiny piece of plastic with an lcd screen showing me the song info and I see no magic.
Now looking at a cassette player was something to be amazed of, you could see all the mechanisms need to produce the sound, the motors turning the spools making the magnetic tape travel in front of the reading heads. Once you were done with one side you had to take it out turn it around, put in back and press play unless of course you had auto-reverse and then you were good for 60 min of none-stop play. High-speed dubbing was great invention because otherwise you had to sit there for 30min per side.
My biggest wish as a kid was to own a reel-to-reel audio player and when I watched Pulp Fiction for the first time, I was stoked to see one when Uma Thurman's character is dancing around to Urge Overkill's version of Niel Diamond's Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon.
One day, I will acquire and install it in my living room. I will then proceed to pour myself an Amaretto Sour on the rocks, sit down comfortably in my preferred chair and enjoy my favorite tunes while looking at one spool unwind itself onto another.
Yup I am that old school. Yet I could care less about carburetors and will make sure I never own another carbed bike.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Joyeux Noel and a Happy New Year!
The fun is over, back to work I am.
What does 2008 has in store for me? Right now, a lot of snow!!!
What does 2008 has in store for me? Right now, a lot of snow!!!
Friday, December 21, 2007
When I thougth it had it all or Things you find while browsing the Japanese website of Honda motorcycle
Holy Cr*p!
The JDM Goldwing has a windshield wiper and 2 nozzles
And I though the Wing had it all: reverse, ABS, heated seat, heated grips, foot warming system, 6 speaker cd player sound system, com system, electronic cruise control, motorized headlight aiming system, air bags, gps nav.
You know what, I don't know what to expect from them Japs any more ... AC and traction control are probably on the way!
The JDM Goldwing has a windshield wiper and 2 nozzles
And I though the Wing had it all: reverse, ABS, heated seat, heated grips, foot warming system, 6 speaker cd player sound system, com system, electronic cruise control, motorized headlight aiming system, air bags, gps nav.You know what, I don't know what to expect from them Japs any more ... AC and traction control are probably on the way!
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