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.

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Extending the Canadian Motorcycle Riding Season: Snow Bikes!

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The idea of a snowmobile conversion for a motorcycle keeps popping up everywhere this winter.   Timbersled makes just such a thing. ...
Thursday, 29 December 2016

Busy Winter Garage & Kawasaki Industrial Art

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I never intended to become hooked on Kawasakis.  The motorcycle fixation of my younger self was always Hondas , but when I finally got into ...
Monday, 26 December 2016

Pigeon Forge Motorcycle Base Camp Trip Planning

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The Smokey Mountains are a motorcycle Mecca for a reason. Using a combination of motorcycleroads.com  and Furkot.com  I've been plan...
Sunday, 25 December 2016

Stripping a BMW Airhead

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On the shortest day of the year, as the sun set in the middle of the afternoon, I found myself driving into the country to help Jeff the m...
Tuesday, 20 December 2016

A New Roof

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My favorite helmet company has come out with a new evolution of their unique helmet.  Lots of companies make a lifting visor helmet but wha...
Thursday, 15 December 2016

Daydreaming: Winter Road Trip to New Orleans & Key West

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It's an 11 hour drive down to Knoxville, Tennessee from here.  If I took the bike that far south in a van to dodge the snowline, I coul...
Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Winter Dreams: Sports Bikes and Dragons

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Snow is flying outside.  It's supposed to be -20°C by the end of the week with more snow on the way.  Working on the bike in the garage ...
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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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