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Month: April 2005

An Olympic Trip

An Olympic Trip

Tackle and I spotted a weekend that neither of had commitments on and planned a 2.5 day trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Perhaps planned is too strong a word. We picked out an end point and got some general ideas together, but we didn’t do things like arrange hotels or figure out mileage or anything like that. We invited Hot Rod and Tab to come along, making it quite the diverse collection of bikes – me on Penny, Tackle on…

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‘Round Richmond

‘Round Richmond

We headed out tonight for a quick little jaunt around Richmond – a nice easy little ride along River Road to Westminster Highway, to Number 6 Road, to Steveston Highway, to Number 5, to the dykes, to Steveston, where we stopped for hot beverages, sitting outside so we wouldn’t get all warmed up. We then headed down Number 1 to River Road, but then had to head through a dirt parking lot outside the casino because the road was closed…

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Just another manic Monday

Just another manic Monday

So, last week my horn stopped working, something I discovered when somone decided that my lane was better than his and that I didn’t really need my portion of it (I had to resort to sign language!). I’d also had some problems with Penny stalling out repeatedly while warm. So I took her into the shop on Saturday to get these things fixed. While I was waiting around, I decided to wander over to the other motorcycle store across the…

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Supper in Squamish

Supper in Squamish

The SpeedyBikeGirls got together after work for a quick jaunt up to Squamish for dinner at a pub (it’s funny how this becomes a normal idea on a bike). Despite getting, um, misdirected a couple times in the search for gas, it was a great ride. The construction area was a little rough, but it didn’t slow up traffic too badly. It was the first time that several of the girls had been up to Squamish. It was a little…

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