Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

Tim's Motorcycle Diaries is a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who's now a technology teacher. This is not your typical motorcycle blog. If you're looking for cruisers and biker life, this ain't that. If you're into thinking about motorbikes in technical, dynamic and creative ways, Tim's Motorcycle Diaries will take you there. If you like a post, please do share it on social media.

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Sunday, 19 January 2020

Moto Anime

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Best. Wheelie. Ever! The Robotech Cyclone rocks! At the end of the 1970s as a nine year old I came across Star Blazers , the English ve...

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Stealing One Back From Winter II

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I stole one from February last year. This year the weather aligned again and I was able to get a ride in between snow storms. It was a c...

Friday, 7 April 2017

The Virtual Motorcycle

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The sedendary gamerz don't do well in VR - it demands some athleticism. Our highest scorer on Space Pirate Trainer is a black belt. ...

Friday, 24 March 2017

MotoGP 2017 Season: It Has Begun!

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Is it just me or did Cal just say something rude before the picture was taken? MotoGP starts this weekend in Qatar. Maverick Viñale...

Saturday, 11 June 2016

The Third Way

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I was at Skills Canada's National Competition in New Brunswick last weekend and had a rainy Sunday morning in Moncton to listen to Mich...

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

The Magic of Motorcycles

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My son is a pretty shy guy, but he's an instant celebrity on the bike. When we ride home kids who might not otherwise acknowledge him...

This Month's Wish List

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This changes moment to moment, but based on bikes I've actually thrown a leg over, and the shear avalanche of reports on the Ninja H2, I...

Friday, 27 February 2015

The Desperate American Cruiser

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I've been reading Inside Motorcycles , Canada's Source for Motorcycle News . Their February/March 2015 issue has an article that un...

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Unscripted Moments

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Steve Hoffarth has a good editorial piece in the August/September 2014 edition of Inside Motorcycles that got me thinking about scripted...

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

One Bike To Rule Them All!

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I think I need 3 bikes, a road bike, an off road/scrappy bike and a touring bike that lets me 2 up easily. The wee garage would easily swal...

Monday, 30 December 2013

Mechanical Empathy & Human Expression

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I've enjoyed machines since I was a child. My father is a mechanic and engineer and his fearless approach to maintaining, repairing and...

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Timothy King: An art student in college, I dropped out to apprentice as a millwright and then an I.T. technician before going back to school for English and philosophy degrees. Now a published writer, award winning educator, relentlessly curious digital explorer and avid (though atypical) motorbike rider.

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