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Category Archives: Garagineering
Trailride Vignettes: Part 5
[I rewrote this part several times but could never truly capture what happened. This is the best I could do.] The motorcycle I’d agreed to buy was a long way from my home. I decided to make an overnight “mini-vacation” … Continue reading
Posted in Spring_2020, Travelogues, TW200, Walkabout
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Trailride Vignettes: Part 4
The Death Valley Trail maps were now useless too. They were stashed in the box with the Lake Powell maps. Salt Lake City was out, Barstow was out, the new destination was in western Texas. Was I unknowingly involved in … Continue reading
Posted in Spring_2020, Travelogues, TW200, Walkabout
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Trailride Vignettes: Part 3
I’ve only been to Barstow once. I dimly remember a blistering hot highway and a ridgeline with windmills. There was lots of dust as my motorcycle and I were sandblasted by hot desert winds. It was hot. I don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Spring_2020, Travelogues, TW200, Walkabout
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Trailride Vignettes: Part 2
There was a pile of maps on my desk. Most involved Lake Powell. Camping writeups and wind / climate data. Was I really going to mess with that inland sea using only my 8’ box boat and my limited seamanship … Continue reading
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Trailride Vignettes: Part 1
[Things don’t always go as planned. My first 2020 Walkabout was conceived in good faith and pursued with diligence. It didn’t come together well. It was a reasonable idea but it got pancaked by the truck of external factors. What … Continue reading
Posted in Spring_2020, Travelogues, TW200, Walkabout
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The Mr. Bean ATV: Part 7: The Solution
The Universe got tired of me faffing about; sometimes coveting this ATV, sometimes lusting after that motorcycle, always in terror of debt, and deeply saddened by the passing of a dog. The Universe threw up its hands in frustration and … Continue reading
Posted in TW200
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The Mr. Bean ATV: Part 6: Sands Of Sahara
[If you have no idea why a series of posts about ATVs is now discussing pre-historic climate, all I can say is I warned you it would get weird. Plus, it all works out in the end.] My dog died … Continue reading
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The Mr. Bean ATV: Part 5: Nothing Matters
[You thought I was all about machinery didn’t you? No. Machines are tools and nothing more. Engineering feats are means to an end and that is all they are. More important is this unquestionable truth; we are all going to … Continue reading
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The Mr. Bean ATV: Part 4
[I wish I hadn’t named this the “Mr. Bean” but that boat has sailed. Last post I was enamored with the Rokon, an $8K 2WD motorcycle of the apocalypse. But I was unusually indecisive, as you’ll read if you continue.] … Continue reading
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The Mr. Bean ATV: Part 3
[So here we are, still adding to the story. I didn’t intend to tell the rest. Things might get weird. I intended to stop after the glory of Battleduck, but it happened and it is the silly stuff we need … Continue reading
Posted in TW200
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