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.

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Dream Racer

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Triumph included a link to this on their email newsletter, so I gave it a whirl on Vimeo .  At nearly $9 it's an expensive (48 hour)...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016

An Adventurous, Versatile, Always-on Versys

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Two bikes not being used... With the ongoing frustrations with trying to run a 22 year old bike as my daily rider I'm thinking of re...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Pulling the Carbs

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The Concours' carburetor has become cursed by demons.  These carbs tend to not come back from sitting very well, though last year they...
Sunday, 13 March 2016

There is always one more thing...

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The open road awaits, and it's still waiting... Recent frustrations with the twenty two year old Concours had me saying yesterday, ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Reassembly

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The old bike is coming back together again.  I've learned a couple of valuable lessons in the process: a $30 toolbox should pre...

Carbon KLX

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Never a fan of the sticker covered MX look, I don't care for big, white, fridge-like panels designed to take numbers. I can't se...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

Nano-Tires

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I installed Counteract balancing beads on the slowly-being-rebuilt Concours today.  If you're impatient you'll find the installat...
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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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