Monthly Archives: November 2013

MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: 2009 Kawasaki Versys KLE650

All Rights Reserved © 2009 Thomas W. Day Gus handed over the Versys at about 8PM on a rare temperate early April evening. Our test bike was decked in Kawasaki’s Candy Lime Green, which was a nice thought after this … Continue reading

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PRODUCT REVIEW: Aerostich 92 Piece Molex Connector Kit

All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day Most of us who go places on our motorcycles want to take a little of home along with us. You got your GPS, your radar detector, your satellite radio,  your MP3 player, … Continue reading

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PRODUCT REVIEW: MotoFizz Camping Seat Bags

All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day Partially loaded, fully compressed (minimum size) large MotoFizz camping seat bag. I snagged this bag late in 2006, moments after the riding season ended. On a trip to Duluth and a visit … Continue reading

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Go Everywhere, Do Anything – 2012 Yamaha Super Ténéré

All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day [After riding the big BMW GS, I realized how much I really liked the Ténéré. In a head-to-head shootout, the BMW would be clobbered by all of the Ténéré’s features, function, and … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Review: 2008 Hyosung GV650/Avitar

All Rights Reserved © 2008 Thomas W. Day While I was waiting for Garceau’s [A hardware store that is pretty much completely out of the motorcycle business in 2013.] to finish prepping the bike, I walked around the shop and … Continue reading

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One Man (Cat) Down

We’re about to leave Lake Texoma and one of us is not going to be on the rest of the trip. Our seven year-old cat, Spike, decided he’d had enough of travel and ran off this morning (Tuesday). He’d slipped … Continue reading

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PRODUCT REVIEW: ICON ARC Lightweight Street Gloves

All Rights Reserved © 2008 Thomas W. Day I don’t have normal hands. My wife calls my foreleg appendages “evolved paws.” I prefer “mitts,” but at least my fingers aren’t webbed. The problem is that my fingers are short, my … Continue reading

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Roughing It with the 1%

One of the beauties of travelling in a dinky “mini-Class C” RV is that pretty much everyone in a given RV park will tower over us and we make them feel superior in multiple ways (until we talk about gas … Continue reading

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Still Waitin’ for Good Weather

Today, Monday, was a better day. The sun was out early and a lot of the ice and snow melted off before noon. The park, Carlsbad Cavern, was open for business at 11AM and we got ready to go a … Continue reading

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Loafin’ in Texas

Texas Camping VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL   We’re livin’ the high life this week. We drove all day from Arkansas to Lake Texoma and ended up landing at our destination (Cedar Mills Marina & Resort)  too late to check … Continue reading

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