Sunday, 1 May 2022

Making Miles on the Concours

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We had a break in the Canadian winter (in April) and I finally got a chance to exercise the Concours.  This jaunt took me over 250kms from w...
Sunday, 10 April 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville T120 Sensible Bodywork Bolt Replacements

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I'm in the process or stripping the last bits of hardware from the frame and bodywork in order to clean up and paint the frame and bodyw...
Sunday, 3 April 2022

Motorcycle Gear as a Pre-Game Ritual

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Long before I got into riding motorcycles I discovered ice hockey as a new immigrant to Canada.  I played whenever I could from backyard rin...
Monday, 28 March 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville: More Bike Archeology from Tires, Wheel Restoration & Rear Brakes

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I got the rear tire off the rim today in the ongoing '71 Bonneville project during a late March snowstorm. It had a Lien Shin tire on ...

300kms in Two Days

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It was a long winter this year, made particularly difficult by grinding through a second year of COVID19.  I find a great deal of satisfacti...
Sunday, 27 March 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville Restoration Project: Frame Breakdown & Rear Brakes

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I'd initially planned to do a rolling restoration of the 1971 Triumph Bonneville project , but the state of the engine and my desire to ...
Sunday, 20 March 2022

Motorcycle Book Review: The Rudge Book Of The Road

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I was reading Classic Bike Magazine last month and one of the auctioneers in the back of the mag suggested getting my hands on a copy of Th...