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Sprocket Repair

Blasted! Wouldn’t you know that I’m missing some amazing weather here in Pennsylvania to ride. My problemo is that my rear sprocket is shot. Some of the teeth are wearing incredibly thin and other have already broken off.

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A replacement is on order and should be arriving any day. I’ll be doing the work myself. Replacing the front and rear sprockets, the chain, and the front brake pads.

With the temperature in the mid 70′s during the day I’m really bummed to not be able to ride. The leaves are changing and I just want to head off into the mountains for a full day of riding amongst the changing colors.

2008
10/15
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Ride For Sean

First of all, I am a year older now. The posts have been pretty scarce so I need to catch up a bit on that.

Tomorrow I will be doing my first charityish ride for a co-worker. His son was in a severe accident not long ago in which he was thrown from the vehicle. The insurance company only covers a small fraction of the medical bills. So we are riding to raise money to help the family.

My bike is in dire need of a sprocket and chain. I’m going to double-check it tonight and see if it is safe for an 80 mile ride tomorrow. If not, my friend Ron has decided that I can ride his wife’s Harley-Davidson Sportster. She’s new to riding and not comfortable riding in a large group so she’ll be riding with Ron. I REALLY don’t like Harley’s, but I am in need of some two-wheel therapy and getting out with some friends on such a beautiful weekend seems like it may really cheer me up.

We’ll be meeting at Susquehanna Valley Harley-Davidson at 10am tomorrow, kickstands up at 11am. The ride is going to be about 80 miles through Cumberland, Perry, and Dauphin counties. And it looks like it’s going to be fantastic weather!

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2008
10/10
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Riding Tower Road

I had the day off work so I decided to head out early and do some riding before it got too hot. I decided to cross the Susquehanna and ride Tower Road. This bike hasn’t seen enough dirt lately and I wanted to change that. Here’s are two videos of the BMW F650GS crossing the mountain. It was a lot of fun. There was a crew of workers at the top performing some maintenance on a tower. They gave me a strange look as I headed into the woods on the bike to go around their Hummer which blocked my path. :)

2008
06/13
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Once Around The Block

I mounted the Oregon Scientific ATC2K video camera to my bike instead of my helmet today. Then I decided to go for a short ride around the city to see how the perspective of the camera is and to see how sturdy the mount is. And I had just the right music for the video too.

2008
06/11
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Oregon Scientific ATC2K Helmet Camera

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This is my first attempt at capturing video while riding. I’ve attached the Oregon Scientific ATC2K vide camera to the side of my helmet using Dual-Lock adhesive. It’s like velcro on crack. Seems to be pretty sturdy but aiming the camera is another story.

2008
05/26
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Motorcycles
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