Category Archives: wr250x

Noisy Kids Who Go Nowhere

Posted on October 10, 2023 by T.W. Day

I was sitting in my backyard, mostly enjoying the quiet country environment, but being intermittently blasted by various noise machines: motorcycles, jacked up pickups, sportscar-poser Honda Civics, totally illegal-for-street-use ATVs, and other noisy toys. After the umpteenth laughable Hardly yard … Continue reading →

Posted in DL650, geezer with a grudge, harley davidson, noise, performance, V-Strom, wr250x | 2 Comments

The High Cost of Being Stupid

Posted on June 29, 2022 by T.W. Day

About a year into the pandemic, I was marveling at the anti-vaxers willingness to test their own immune systems often followed by their panicked attempts to jump to the head of the line in healthcare and even begging for a … Continue reading →

Posted in biker culture, crash data, engineering, hippobike, motorcycle, my motorcycles, noise, suzuki, wr250x, yamaha | Leave a comment

Where Did All the Miles Take Me?

Posted on July 6, 2020 by T.W. Day

As of April 27, 2020 for the first time since sometime in early 1969, I do not own a motorcycle. That one brief hole in my motorcycle life between early ‘68 and late ‘69 was due to the distraction provided … Continue reading →

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Seat of the Pants Performance Comparisons

Posted on November 28, 2019 by T.W. Day

A few years ago, when I was still capable of riding half-quickly and competently off-road, I was riding with a group of Twin Cities Dual Purpose guys north of the Cities. The “route” was a convoluted collection of gravel and … Continue reading →

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