I painted the replacement front fender I bought a year ago. It was originally red, and I plan to paint it dark blue, along witht the bike frame, but temporarily painted it an off-white color, the same as the side covers. I didn’t want to have a red fender on my light blue bike. I [...]
Archive for October, 2005
October 17, 2005
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Night Ride
By Barron in Honda C70 SupercubTonight I went for a ride around the neighborhood. It was about 77° out when I started, which made for a perfect ride. First I went to the parking lot of the huge church “compound” near our place to practice some hard braking and slow tight turns. I saw the Austin Police Dept motorcycle cops [...]
October 17, 2005
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Mariko’s Old Scooter
By Barron in UncategorizedWhile in Japan (and before we met), Mariko used to have a scooter like the one above. She cannot remember what happened to it, though. I can’t believe you can just not know what happened to you scooter? Crazy woman!
October 13, 2005
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Nice Passport
By Barron in Honda C70 SupercubWe went to a wine-tasting at Central Market, and I spotted this nice C70 Passport.
October 12, 2005
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Jupiter’s Travels
By Barron in ADVI have been reading “Jupiter’s Travels” by Ted Simon for a week or so, and it is really good. It’s about a round-the-world trip that Ted Simon took upon his Triumph motorcycle back in the 70’s. He balances the technical motorcycle aspect with the travel aspect perfectly (to me, at least), and the pacing is [...]
October 11, 2005
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New Helmet
By Barron in GearGot a new helmet yesterday. It’s an HJC CL-14, and pretty nice, with both DOT and SNELL approval. It’s got five adjustable vents, and fits snugly, but the padding is such that my glasses go on easily. I have my old helmet up for sale, but no takers yet.
October 10, 2005
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C70 Update
By Barron in Honda C70 SupercubWent riding last night, and it was fun as always. I am getting a lot more comfortable shifting. It’s almost automatic, I don’t even have to think too much about it. Downshifting and slowing down before I initiate a turn are pretty automatic now as well. I am getting confident that the bike is mechanically [...]
October 2, 2005
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C70 Update
By Barron in Honda C70 SupercubI was going to change the rear tire on the C70 last night, when I noticed that it was in pretty good shape. The front was all cracked and worn, so I had replaced it, and had thought the rear would be the same. But, there is no cracking, and plenty of tread left. But, [...]
