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Build ‘em or Buy ‘em

By Kickstart • Oct 6th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

The sad and infuriating story of the custom bike stolen from the Eastside dealership recently made me think of something from the good old days. The stolen bike was referred to as a ‘custom bike’, by the media. It had been built as a tribute, in some way, and was valued at nearly [...]



Oyster Run Fun

By Kickstart • Sep 29th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

As it happens every year around this time, I found myself in the garage twiddling around with the scoot in preparation for the Oyster Run. I figured that, since it is the 25th anniversary of the Run, I should maybe scrape some of the larger hunks of dirt from the bike.
Gotta look good, ya [...]



Taking it Down

By Kickstart • Sep 22nd, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

As I slid along the pavement, I had plenty of time to think.
In the four or five seconds it took to leave the paved surface of the road and hit the gravel, a whole range of questions and scenarios rolled through my mind.
There was, of course, the instant of denial and the inevitable, “Oh S@%T” [...]



Musings on Summer Riding, Part Tres

By Kickstart • Aug 24th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

Musings on Summer Riding, Part Tres
Oh, I know….it’s too easy to go for a ride and find all kinds of great places to carve turns and roll on the throttle through a canyon or two, or even enjoy the scenery of a ride along the shore of one of the hundreds of lakes or shorelines.
But [...]



Musings on Summer Riding, part 2

By Kickstart • Aug 8th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

Bugsplat Heaven. That’s what it is.
Geez, I love riding in the summer. Communing with nature and the song of the road. You can ride along at whatever speed floats your boat, and just become one with the wind and the gentle …
Splat.
OK. Now that was just a fluke. How could [...]