Category Archives: Garagineering

Peaceful Motorcycle Ride: Part 13: Maintenance Deferral

Posted on September 21, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

After many happy miles, I’ve properly broken in my Yamaha TW200. I love the bike! Part of the fun is that I’m not fretting about it. I just ride it into, over, through, or around anything… and if I smash … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen

Posted on August 22, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

My crude little bike is slowly becoming a properly tested and outfitted exploration vehicle. Every time I ride I test something. Nothing goes on or off but what I put a lot of thought into it. I carry a lot … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Epilogue

Posted on August 21, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

My truck’s air conditioned cab was luxurious after getting roasted in the sun all day. Shortly after sunset, I wound up eating dinner at the only place I could find, a bar that was absolutely filled with drunks. Not a … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 3

Posted on August 20, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I can’t express enough how much of a relief it was to be among people who aren’t whiny little bitches. If the long slow drag of societal collapse is getting you down, go find people who aren’t wimps. Society is … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 2

Posted on August 19, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The trail head was an access point for a network of ATV/UTV trails and an overlain mesh of motorcycle-only trails. Miles and miles of trail on our forest. The forests of the American people. Imagine that! Some tiny vestigial organs … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 1

Posted on August 18, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I shifted my Dodge into drive and rolled down the window. I hit the gas just hard enough to break the dual rear wheels loose and toss up a little dirt; a thing both appreciated and celebrated in this crowd. … Continue reading →

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A Non-Curmudgeon Review Of The TW200

Posted on July 23, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Forgive the navel gazing. I was thinking aloud and started typing.] My motorcycle (like its rider) is an “odd duck”. Neither fish nor fowl, it seems to baffle everyone. In a parking lot, non-riders and kids smile appreciatively. Karens mentally … Continue reading →

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TW200: Footpegs

Posted on July 13, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

If you’re a regular reader you know that in 2020, year of the risk-averse Karenific shitstorm, I bought a little dirtbike. My first dirtbike. At an age when I might be thinking about grandkids and 401(k)s, I saddled up and … Continue reading →

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Pee Wee Herman

Posted on June 20, 2020 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The events of my last ride were caught on video:

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Sand Is Trying To Kill Me: Part 3

Posted on June 20, 2020 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

False fear jacks people up! Look around. It’s the sixth month of 2020 and there hasn’t been a single week in which fear wasn’t driving events. Most of the populace has become ridiculously risk averse; the rest throw tantrums. The … Continue reading →

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