After lots of help from friends, co-workers and the good people on Pacific Northwest Riders Forums, I decided on a plan of action for wrestling tires on and off motorcycle rims. Breaking the bead of the tire away from the rim can be quite difficult, and tends to produce a lot of swear words… in [...]
Entries from October 2009
DIY Motorcycle Tire Change
October 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Mechanical Husbandry
Saturday Night
October 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Reflections
Start Dating Motorcyclists
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Mechanical Husbandry
Land Shark
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Mako shark attack on a green sea turtle:
Tukwila land-shark attack on a green Kawasaki:
Tags: Mechanical Husbandry
DIY Cooling System Troubleshooting: BMW E36
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments
Mechanical husbandry is not glamorous. The other day I saw a guy walking along the side of the freeway towards a dilapidated flat-bed truck that was broken down on the shoulder. He was carrying an enormous driveshaft, and from the look of things, he was actually going to fix his busted driveshaft on the side [...]
Tags: Mechanical Husbandry
Five Less Scenes
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Reflections
Guardians of the Peace
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: National News
De Facto was its Name-o
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
It’s neat that some U.S. officials have criticized the military overthrow of the democratically elected Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya. It would also be really neat if anyone mentioned that the general in charge of the coup is a graduate of the School of the Americas, (now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation!), in Fort [...]
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