The Winery Detour

As usual, the mission was to wedge some activity with the RCM boys in between recall on the Subaru, and a myriad of other duties. […]

Better than ever

The 280SE is running better than ever after a few more tankfulls of fuel. It seems to start easily, and the throttle is more responsive. […]

Arrival

I hit rain a couple of times in eastern Ohio, and in PA, which slowed things down a bunch and was no fun with the […]

Elkhart, IN

Fuel stop in the heartland. This interesting group of guys from Chicago were out for the day touring on their modified Victory machines….

Madison, WI

An overnight stop, with a visit to Uno for some Chicago deep dish pizza. Courtyard is great since they let me (and another guy with […]

St Paul, MN

Back at the rally, I bump into Tony from the MacPac. It seems I have missed the small contingent who are camped in a secret […]

Monticello, MN

Getting the 12k service done. Of the three dealers in the area of the MOA Rally, only the good folks at Moon Motorsports were able […]

St Paul, MN

Arrived at the rally grounds, and found a vendor re shaping seats for a good price. I signed up, and another guy on an identical […]

Menomonie, WI

Wisconsin was rather disappointing as far as roads go. It had some undulations, but everything that I traversed was arrow-straight.  The only good thing was […]

Manistique, MI

The wonderful Hiawatha National Forest occupies a good chunk of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Lots of old dilapidated lakeshore motels and cottages. However, there are also […]

Wolverine, MI

Michigan has virtually all of its cities and population crowded around the Great Lakes. This leaves the rest of it pretty rural, and full of […]

A Narrow Escape

After pushing it to get as far as possible, I decided to pull in before dark and find a motel. The skies were looking ominous, […]

Grayling, MIchigan

Looks nice outside, but the weather site says sever weather is on the way soon. Time to grab a quick bite at a local eatery. […]

A Bigger Circle

A nice day presented a good excuse to take the Condor out for the next bigger concentric circle. A 60 mile loop with curves and […]

Road Prep

This bike is going to the MOA Rally in St Paul, MN. In a week or so ! It is in need of a few […]

On the Road Again

Following the re-assembly of the machine, I took it out on the road for a test run. About forty miles in a loop around the […]

Transfers

There are a surprising number of small but important items that need to be transferred to the R 1150 GS adventure. They include RAM mounts, […]