Sunday, June 7, 2009

So mom and I went for a ride to day. For several reasons. One, she had been out of town so it had been awhile. Two, it was a beautiful day for a ride. And Three, do you really need an excuse to go for a ride???? We decided that Hixon looked like a nice place to visit. My first suggestion was Hixon for ice cream, then mom suggested Hixon for PIE. A MUCH BETTER IDEA. The weather was great, the ride was great, the company was great and the pie was great. All and all, an AWESOME day.

Start: 42,435 km - End: 42,570 km - Total Distance: 135 km

Sunday, May 24, 2009

O.k. so its been a whole month since my bike has been on the road and I haven't posted anything up here. Bad Girl. That doesn't mean to say that I haven't done any riding. I haven't done a lot but I have done some. I know I've boomed around town with my mom a couple of times at least.

May 1st and 2nd was the annual mall show. A bunch of groups around town sacrifice the riding weekend to put our bikes on display in the mall. Its sort of a "Hello again, its that time of year. Please realize we are on the road again and look out for us" Of course like every year it seems, it was far too nice of a weekend to be cooped up in the mall. But we got to get our bikes out at about 4:30 pm on Saturday, so we took a trip out to Hixon for dinner. It was a beautiful ride and a great way to really kick off the season.

I haven't really done much riding since that. I was out of town from the 10th-23rd, so that has a lot to do with it. Also, I REALLY needed a new back tire and really didn't want to ride on the old one very much more.

While I was out of town, I left my bike with Reg so that he could do some work on it. And work he did. I sort of gave him a very long list, and he fulfilled them all, with the help of Kyle his son. For my records I will list everything that got done. (as you can tell I sort of use this as a maintenance log as well) So here goes, the very long list.

1) New Tires, I got both a new front and rear tire and had dyna-beads put in as well
2) Oil Change (Way over due, and I was told I need to remember to check my oil more often, oops)
3) The Crash Bar was fixed. It wasn't properly attached, which I didn't notice until the end of last season
4) A bolt for the high side saddle bag bracket was replaced
5) the low side highway peg was adjusted.

Kay so #3-5 were supposed to be easy little fixes, turns out 3 and 4 were actually a pain in the butt. Thanks again to Reg and Kyle for all the hard work you did to get that rectified.

So ya, it was kinda nice, I didn't really even have any down time with all that work because I was out of town anyway, and my bike was stored in a nice safe and warm garage while I was out of town. It was perfect.

So today my mom and I went and picked it up, all spiffed up and ready to ride. It was a beautiful day and we decided to head out to Salmon Valley for a little bit of a highway ride. On our way back we took Old Summit Lake Road back into town. It was a nice little ride.

So as for Kilometers, I don't really know exactly have good records I do know that I went about 70km today, so I'm going to say that all the work was done at 42,365 km. Other than that, I'll just but down from April 25th to May 24th and hopefully I'll get it together for the rest of the riding season.

Start: 42,194 km - End: 42,435 - Total Distance: 241 km

Friday, April 24, 2009 - ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Season Start: 42,159 km

So all the snow finally melted at my mom's place and Reg went and got my bike up the hill yesterday, and I insured it TODAY!!!! Mom drove me up to her house, and after changing out the wiring for my old heated gear to the wiring for my new heated gear, and changing my seat, I was good to go. It only took like 1/2 an hour to get dressed, but it was all worth it.

I was a little worried on how it was going to start and run after sitting all winter. I completely neglected to properly winterize it. Didn't do a darn thing, no stablizer, didn't take the battery out, nothing. (The battery was dead, but my mom had that fixed before I got there) I did do one thing right though, there was a full tank of gas in it. I worried for nothing though, it was a little hard to turn over at first but that was more due to the less than fully charged battery than anything else. Once the battery was charged, it ran fantastically.

We just rode around town a little bit but I had a blast. There is still TONS of sand and potholes everywhere, but you just have to be a little more careful.

Reg did look at my tires, and I had already ordered a new back tire, but we decided to order a new front tire as well. The one that's on there seems to have worn really funny and I didn't want to mess with it. I'll get him to replace both of them when the new front one comes in.

One bit of annoying news, after hooking up all my new heated gear, I discovered that my "new" thermostat doesn't work. Of course I bought it off of ebay so I might be out of luck. We'll see if I can find something to replace it. Widder (the brand of my heated gear) has recently gone out of business so finding replacement parts has been a bit of a chore.

Start: 42,159 km - End: 42,194 km - Total Distance: 35km

Season in Review

O.k. so I should have written this post two weeks ago but oh well, here I am now. I put my bike away for the season on October 6th. (The day before the insurance ran out) It is now safely put away for the winter. I do still need to get up to my mom's and winterize it. I should really do that soon before it gets too cold.

I had a really great season on the bike this year. It was my first season back riding in a few years and I think probably my most active. I went on three trips, the biggest being to Yellowknife, which I had never been before. I put on 10,621 km which is pretty darn good in my opinion. I was away from Hubby a lot, which is sad, but I had a lot of fun anyway.

I had no major mechanical problems which is great. (Although I probably should have changed my oil more than I did.) So in the spring I need to get a new back tire and change my oil. I also need to look at my back brake because it has started to stick. It has almost cost me a couple of times so I should get it looked at before it is the cause of anything major occurring.

So that was my season. I hope next season is just as much fun. :D

Odometer Reading for the Season:
Start: 31,538 km - End: 42,159 km - Total Distance: 10,621 km

Monday, September 15, 2008

So today Reg, my mom and I went out to my dad's accident site.


It is between Houston and Smithers. We try and get out there about once a year. And we like to go in the summer so that we can go on our bikes.


It was a gorgeous ride. Especially for being so late in the year. The above picture doesn't really show it, it was kinda cloudy at the site itself. But it was really hot and sunny most of the day.

We did a few things while we were out there. Reg cleaned up the site quite a bit. He brought out some clippers and cleared away all the weeds around the cross. Mom and I replaced the wind chimes that were out there and I brought out the tribute that I had made for my dad. We also took some pictures.


There is actually a huge ditch between the road and the site, so I had to set up the camera on my bike, hit the timer and RUN through the ditch and get into position for this picture to work. It took two tries, but it turned out pretty well. All in all a really great day with family.

Start: 41,474 km - End: 42,148 km - Total Distance: 674 km

Okanagan Stats

So we'll start with the stats for this trip:

Total Days Traveled: 4 days
Total Distance Traveled: 1643 km
Average Fuel Consumption Rate: 20.27 km/L or 47.37 miles/gallon
Average Price for Gas: $1.44/L

So I've pretty much said everything I want to say about this trip. My mom and I had a blast. I always have a great time with my mom. I find it interesting that I got almost 10 miles/gallon better gas mileage on this trip than when I was by myself or with Dan. (Think maybe I ride more aggressively by myself? The weather was a big factor in that too).

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Today was our last day on the road and it was a long one. It wasn't really that long distance wise, or even time wise, but I think both my mom and I were ready to come home. We did stop for a few pictures though.


It didn't help that we had scattered showers from Kamloops all the way until 100 mile house. It was also pretty cold all day. It did warm up quite a bit at 100 mile, so that was nice.

I pretty much spend all day putting on more clothes every time we stopped. (yes I was that cold) I had my rain gear on my the time we hit 100 mile, and then I was over hot for most of the rest of the trip.

It did try and rain on us again just outside of Prince George, but it wasn't too bad. I'm now home and unloaded. All my stuff is all over the floor again


I'll get to it tomorrow, maybe.

Start: 40,934 km - End: 41,474 km - Total Distance: 540 km