Author Archives: carolyn

13-mile ride on the XT

See, I told you it wouldn't be long before I had a motorcycle update.  Ye of little faith. Today was warm and sunny (ha ha, East Coasters) and my back was feeling decent, so Peter and I decided to go … Continue reading

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January progress report

I've made Real Actual Progress during the month of December, so this update will be a bit more positive. 😉 Motorcycles No update on the motorcycles; I haven't ridden since early December.  I was hoping to ride this week sometime … Continue reading

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December progress report

Well, it's been a month since I last posted and I'm starting to feel like I don't make any actual progress on anything that I enjoy doing.  So I'm going to do monthly status updates so that I can look … Continue reading

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Yeah, still not riding.

This is my excuse:   Remember that back injury I talked about in September?  Turns out it's a ruptured disc.  Well, I feel better about being a whiny little brat about it now. I went in to see the doc … Continue reading

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RIP Buell

I find this news incredibly sad.  I don't know anything about Buell's finances, or the politics of how it was assimilated into — and ultimately killed by — Harley-Davidson, but it's never a good thing for the sport when a … Continue reading

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