Take the wife asphalt dancing

• Treat the Trans-Canada Highway like the back straight
  
• Ride until English becomes a foreign language
  
• Do in a few days what took Lewis and Clark a few years
  
• Briefly imagine competing in MotoGP
  
• Take the wife asphalt dancing
  
• Seek out questionable hotel rooms everywhere
  
• Make the entire country your racetrack
  
• Have more weather protection than most homes
  
• Scream through the twisties with 35 liters of stowage space
  
• Go somewhere for a change
  
• Realize that a touring bike doesn't have to handle like an oil barge
  
• Look sensible. Ride maniacal
  

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Grab the missus and hurry in to your BMW dealer to see the new 110-horsepower R1200RT with electronically adjustable suspension. For more information about the most exhilarating sport tourer on the road ... bmwmotorcycles.com.

You don't need a hibachi to cook Japanese

You don't need a hibachi to cook Japanese.

So I'm riding through the city and I pass this guy over the bridge. Apparently, he wasn't too happy about it, because he wound up trying to pass me back. Guess he saw that BMW logo and decided to put me in my place.

Well, that didn't happen. Because I shifted up a gear, flicked the throttle, and there went Mr. Hot Shot Racer Boy, disappearing in my rearview mirror. I guess he didn't know that I was packing 163 horsepower.

But you know what? He knows now.

The K1200R is the most powerful naked bike ever.

The ride is on. BMW.

If it was another woman, at least I could compete

If it was another woman, at least I could compete.

It's not like I'm asking him to stay in bed all weekend and cuddle. I'd just be happy to roll over and hear "good morning." But he's off at the crack of dawn.

And when he finally comes home, all he can talk about is her.

Her smooth powerband, her seamless torque, incredible cornering, and worst of all, how she makes him feel inside.

I wouldn't mind if he was up that early cleaning the garage, but he's out there having fun with her.

A little too much fun.

Triumph Rocket III

Happy Valentines Day

Memphis Slims for Honda Magna

Memphis Slim 17" smoke.

I bought the shield and the mounting brackets from two different sellers on eBay. The shield finally arrived tonight and I installed it right away. I like the looks of it.

Time and a test drive will tell me whether I guessed right about the appropriate windshield height.

I tried a test fit on my wife's VF500C just to see and it does not fit -- rectangular headlight does not line up well with the brackets and the headlight cutout. There are other brackets specific to the VF500C that I will have to track down. My thoughts were to share the shield with my wife. Let her use it on our jaunts together -- she has more of a need for wind protection than me; I tolerate the cool air better than her. I would use the shield during the coolest commutes.

Note the width of the shield and the position of the front turn signals. A few websites have recommended the turn signal relocation kit when installing the Memphis Slims on the Magna, but I feel that the turn signals are still adequately visitble. The shield does encroach on the top fraction of the signal, but I don't feel this is a significant impairment of the signal's visibility.

What is ATGATT

What is ATGATT anyway?

ATGATT stands for "All The Gear, All The Time".

ATGATTers believe in wearing protective gear at all times when riding on a motorcycle.

Protective gear includes a full-face helmet, protective gloves, a leather or other abrasion-resistant jacket, protective pants or chaps, and boots.