It has been precisely 4 weeks since I had purchased the Wee. This would be my first in the series of review-like posts on various things my Wee has or does not have to offer. This particular post would be about the dreaded wind buffeting. Read Full Story

To wee or not to wee, that was the question. And here is the answer. For the last few weeks I have been semi-frantically looking for a good deal on a used Wee-Strom. I have found a couple of really good offers neither of which was within a 600 mile radius from my house. I was totally open to a fly and ride option, i.e. fly into a city, pick up a new bike from its owner and ride it back home. Motodisiac has done it a few times. While I was looking for a good deal I kept reading various inform... Read Full Story

Despite my enormous interest in all military and history related I am not going to discuss the actual battle known as the bloodiest in the history of the US per Wikipedia. Nor will I reflect on the whole Ardennes offensive alltogether. Instead I will bring up a somewhat mundane subject - my health. I have been an athlete pretty much all my life. Going from one sport to the next I ended up falling in love with beach volleyball. Hence the nickname (Sideout). Lately however I have been experien... Read Full Story

As you all know California happens to be the place where lane splitting, I mean lane sharing is legal. While the jury is still out on whether it is more dangerous to split lanes than not the reality is that most of us California riders are taking advantage of this daily. Motorcycle riding is inherently dangerous. However lane splitting presents a brand new set of dangers. There is a really good discussion thread on advrider about lane splitting. It is very detail oriented and provides plenty... Read Full Story

As my previous post suggests I am strongly considering buying a used 650cc V-Strom. Probably I will never do really tough off-road excursions. But it is always nice to know what your noble steed is capable of. Today I found this video on youtube that provides proof that a V-Strom could easily go amphibious. A quality definitely worthy of being called an adventure motorcycle, don’t you think? This entry was posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009 at 12:10 am and... Read Full Story

Yes my first off-roading experience was not pleasant. My second time was last October when we took a trip to Baja California. Our attempt to conquer the road from San Felipe to Gonzaga Bay failed largely due to my nagging and my fear of dropping my bike. I was riding the KTM SuperMoto which is clearly not an adventure motorcycle. I was afraid to damage it. Besides it was only my second time doing an off-road excursion. Well, among other things the road was tough. Anyway my third time came ar... Read Full Story

I just came back from a motorcycle adventure trip to Death Valley. As a true adventure rider I was equipped with some adventure riding gear. Among those - the Cayenne Pro jacket and pants. For those of you who don’t know what Death Valley is and the name did not give you any hints I will say that it is a desert located on the border of California and Nevada. And deserts are known for huge temperature fluctuations. I was quite interested how the Cayenne Pro combo would perform under th... Read Full Story

Bajaj has been always pretty tasteful and creative in their motorcycle commercials. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 at 10:44 am and is filed under Racing, Motorcycles, Street, Riding, Life. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Read Full Story

It has been raining for the past couple days out here. I drove my car on the first day and was utterly disappointed and frustrated. Being used to a fast commute in and out of the office I found myself crawling home at a speed of a casual jogger. I had enough and decided to ride the next day. The weather did not seem to be cold. So I opted out to wearing the following REV’IT! gear for my trial by rain: boots - Rival pants - Cayenne Pro with only rain liner in jacket - Ignition with al... Read Full Story

Well, I did it again. I won the case one more time. Devoted readers remember my bogus ticket from half a year ago. After a hiccup with pleading not guilty and reopening my case the trial date was set. In preparation to the hearing I followed the protocol of what I did for my previous victory, i.e. bugged the police department and the court with my informal discovery request. A couple of days before the trial date I sat down and wrote down all the questions I had for the police officer in cas... Read Full Story