This weekend is the kick-off of the desert riding season in Southern California, and what a great way to kick it off with the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix! Revived a few years ago by my friends at Podium Productions, the LEGP is a full weekend of racing in and around Lake Elsinore, a beautiful community just east of Los Angeles and northeast of San Diego. All the different classes of racing are too numerous to list-check their website out. If none of those races interest you, you aren't interested in off-road racing! Beginners, mini's (including tiny tots-some who can barely walk get out there and race!), quads, vintage and yes, off-road sidecars. That's got to be wild, as I've seen track sidecar racing but off-road? And I thought my work was crazy!
Of course, how could you mention SOCAL off-road racing, the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix, and motorcycles and not mention one Harvey Mushman. Some folks use his screen name more often, but Harvey Mushman was a legend in racing circles out in SOCAL and in his honor there will be the Harvey Mushman 100 at 2:15 this afternoon. This is an open race over 100 miles looping in and out of Lake Elsinore. A true test of endurance and a hotly contested event. I bet even Steve McQueen would race in it if he was still around!
If you are in SoCAL this weekend and looking for something to do, head out to Lake Elsinore for the Grand Prix. Some of my Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) brothers and sisters will be out there-tell them "Bur" sent you and say "Hi". Have a great weekend whatever kind of riding you are doing and keep it dirty side down.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
The latest BikeBandit Daily Deal-now with live link!
Yesterday I posted about the BikeBandit.com Daily Deal, but hadn't figured out how to link to the actual deal in the post. But never fear-I am being drug (dragged?) kicking and screaming into modernity, and think this should work now. Here's the link to the Daily Deal and today it's also a helmet deal.
It is the Icon Airframe Carbon RR helmet at 28% off, total price with free shipping $280. Sizes are limited with blue, red and pink helmets (actually trim, the helmet is mainly carbon grey but looks cool) available.
It's going to be a beautiful day-hope you get some riding in!
It is the Icon Airframe Carbon RR helmet at 28% off, total price with free shipping $280. Sizes are limited with blue, red and pink helmets (actually trim, the helmet is mainly carbon grey but looks cool) available.
It's going to be a beautiful day-hope you get some riding in!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Today's BikeBandit.com Daily Deal is a scorching good one on an Icon Airmada SB1 Helmet
As I often promote, I'm an affiliate marketer for BikeBandit.com. Well, here's a daily deal I have to promote!
They are selling Icon Airmada helmets in a variety of colors for $112.50, which also qualifies you for free shipping. What a bargain! This is 41% off their already good pricing and much lower than most other internet prices.
If you are needing a new helmet, or are thinking about an early Christmas present (say a red or blue large for the author of the motorcycle blog you are currently reading...hint, hint) you should snap this up.
Offer ends at 11:59PM PST today (11/6/2014). Click on one of the Bike Bandit links on this blog if you could-I get a small percentage of sales tracked through this site, and you still get the Daily Deal pricing. We both win. Thanks, and ride safely.
They are selling Icon Airmada helmets in a variety of colors for $112.50, which also qualifies you for free shipping. What a bargain! This is 41% off their already good pricing and much lower than most other internet prices.
If you are needing a new helmet, or are thinking about an early Christmas present (say a red or blue large for the author of the motorcycle blog you are currently reading...hint, hint) you should snap this up.
Offer ends at 11:59PM PST today (11/6/2014). Click on one of the Bike Bandit links on this blog if you could-I get a small percentage of sales tracked through this site, and you still get the Daily Deal pricing. We both win. Thanks, and ride safely.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Post 200!
This is a milestone post of a sort. 200 posts into this blog. What I've learned since starting this blog to initially talk about my IA to Iraq in 2008 only to find out blogging from theater was prohibited:
Blogging takes discipline and persistence. There have been long periods without any posts, even if I've been out riding and working on bikes.
Adsense isn't the path to riches. Still awaiting my first $100 check from Google Adsense, but that isn't why I do this.
The Cycle Gear wheel chock posts are the most popular in both pageviews and comments. Otherwise the Sportster oil tank change out post has also been viewed more than any of the other posts.
I still don't know much about fancy layouts, pictures, backgrounds and other features. Not sure that would help much anyway.
It takes a long time to put 100,000 miles on a motorcycle, especially when its only one of multiple bikes ridden and also the bike sits for over two years.
Well, that's it, I'll post more on the restoration of the 1994 Kawasaki Concours soon.
Blogging takes discipline and persistence. There have been long periods without any posts, even if I've been out riding and working on bikes.
Adsense isn't the path to riches. Still awaiting my first $100 check from Google Adsense, but that isn't why I do this.
The Cycle Gear wheel chock posts are the most popular in both pageviews and comments. Otherwise the Sportster oil tank change out post has also been viewed more than any of the other posts.
I still don't know much about fancy layouts, pictures, backgrounds and other features. Not sure that would help much anyway.
It takes a long time to put 100,000 miles on a motorcycle, especially when its only one of multiple bikes ridden and also the bike sits for over two years.
Well, that's it, I'll post more on the restoration of the 1994 Kawasaki Concours soon.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
1986 Connie back on the road
Just a quick note to update the 86 Connie electrical gremlin saga. Turns out it was the J-box after all, so now I'm a bit concerned about the one on the 1994. The guys at Poway Motorcycle put a new pigtail on (the automotive one for an H4 bulb works fine) but still no headlight. So the J-box got pulled off, put on the bench and closely inspected. Sure enough the headlight/starter relay was shot so some solder was flowed in there to restore the connection.
Good to go, rode it a bit Saturday and over-all runs great-they also smoothed out the idle and fuel mix a bit.
Good to go, rode it a bit Saturday and over-all runs great-they also smoothed out the idle and fuel mix a bit.
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