Monthly Archives: January 2014

Motorcycle Review: 2012 BMW R1200GS

Posted on January 24, 2014 by toomuchexperience

Adventure Touring’s Founding Father All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day I have no idea where this building was. I stumbled on it while wandering around the Minnesota River Valley. BMW was the first manufacturer to take the whole … Continue reading →

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When Do You Fold?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by toomuchexperience

As much to tweak the VW assholes in Albuquerque as anything, I’ve been running an ad to sell the damn RV for the last four weeks. I’ve had a couple of calls, but nobody serious. More than one Craig’s Lister … Continue reading →

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Shade Tree Geniuses

Posted on January 20, 2014 by toomuchexperience

The cause of the series of disasters that set us back 10,000 miles and two weeks in Albuquerque, was a piece of typical shade tree mechanical stupidity. VW installed the Engine Control Unit (ECU) circuitry just to the left and … Continue reading →

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Homers

Posted on January 18, 2014 by toomuchexperience

homer – a pigeon trained to return home, someone who shows blind loyalty to a team or organization, typically ignoring any shortcomings or faults they have. (baseball) to hit a home run, a blind Greek poet and storyteller, Homer Simpson … Continue reading →

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Looping Lake Superior

Posted on January 17, 2014 by toomuchexperience

NOTE: This was an article I wrote for Lake Superior Magazine. The published version was pretty dramatically different than the article I wrote, but I was in a lot of post-surgery pain and I’m pretty happy with the published version, … Continue reading →

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Too Old for That

Posted on January 16, 2014 by toomuchexperience

Cycle World just published an article titled “Ten New Motorcycles We’re Dying to Ride in 2014.” (Yeah, I know there are only 9 in the screen print at left.) After I scanned the article and found only one motorcycle of … Continue reading →

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Shade Tree Geniuses

Posted on January 14, 2014 by toomuchexperience

The cause of the series of disasters that set us back 10,000 miles and two weeks in Albuquerque, was a piece of typical shade tree mechanical stupidity. VW installed the Engine Control Unit (ECU) circuitry just to the left and … Continue reading →

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The Bike Size Question, Again

Posted on January 10, 2014 by toomuchexperience

Because our VW-handicapped RV has been pretty much useless as dependable transportation, we’ve been overusing the WR250X a lot on this trip. So much so that I’m beginning to worry about the WR’s clutch and, even, the transmission. There is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Attack the Block

Posted on January 10, 2014 by toomuchexperience

written by Joe Cornish and directed by Joe Cornish, 2011 All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day Attack the Block is a weird sort of science fiction, horror flick, action movie where the main characters are mostly kids. In … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Peaceful Warrior

Posted on January 3, 2014 by toomuchexperience

written by Kevin Bernhardt (screenplay), Dan Millman (novel) and directed by Victor Salva, 2006 All Rights Reserved © 2011 Thomas W. Day This is an odd sort of movie, bits of mystical Karate Kid blended with a love story and … Continue reading →

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