Gorgeous Day for a Ride
I rode my Kawasaki today, its first trip for April. I own two bikes — a 1980 Honda CB750 Custom and a 1999 Kawasaki Conours — and I make it a point to ride both of them at least once a month every...
View ArticleHonda Hits A Milestone With The Bike I Craved
One of the big events in motorcycling recently has to do with one of the smallest bikes. Honda recently announced that it has sold more than 50 million of its 49 cc Super Cub bikes. This bike was...
View ArticleThings Get Better
When my parents moved into a well-to-do development in South Carolina about 18 years ago I remarked that perhaps I’d ride my bike down to visit them there. They informed me that motorcycles were not...
View ArticleHot Dang! Concours Owners Group Coming to Colorado
Oh boy, I’m excited about this one. I own a Kawasaki Concours and I just learned that the Concours Owners Group is holding their annual rally here in Colorado. It’s going to be in Frisco the week of...
View ArticleCheck Out the New Concours 14
After 21 years Kawasaki has totally redesigned the Concours, a bike near and dear to me because I ride one. You’ve probably heard about it–it’s been in all the moto mags. All the reviews have been...
View ArticleFlat Tires and Other Hindrances to Riding
Few things will put a damper on your riding plans as quickly as a flat front tire. I had ridden two weeks ago and had to put air in but today when I tried to roll the Concours out it would hardly move....
View ArticleWrenching And Retching With Concours Owners Group
This may not be a big deal for most motorcyclists, but I just got highway pegs on my Kawasaki Concours. So why is it a big deal for me? Because for many, many years there were none available. The fact...
View ArticleCOG Rally Engulfs Frisco!!
Well, OK, not quite. You might think that a rally for the folks who ride a bike that has been in production for nearly 20 years with only minor changes — very much like the old Volkswagen Beetle —...
View ArticleWanting a New Motorcycle
We just got back from our annual OFMC motorcycle trip and already the musical chairs have started. With our group up to 10 guys now, it seems like every year someone shows up on a new bike. Last year...
View ArticleAnother One Bites the (Harley) Dust
Something over 20 years ago the OFMC started out with three guys on two Hondas and a Yamaha. My, how times have changed. John's new Harley on the dealership floor.A much larger group now, we got an...
View ArticleBut It’s Good As New!
Maybe you’ve had this experience. You buy a brand new motorcycle and you ride it. And you keep on riding it. And then one day someone mentions that you sure have an old bike. What? This is not an old...
View ArticleThe Christmas Eve Ride That Wasn’t
December 24 was very warm and the ice had finally melted off our street so I wanted to take the Kawi for a spin. I geared up, rolled the bike out and started it, and when it was warmed up I got on and...
View ArticleWhy Can’t Things Just Work?
We had some fabulous weather to start off February so I got out on all three bikes right away. Of the two bikes I’ve recently had issues with the situations varied. The V-Strom, which I put a new...
View ArticleIs This The Problem? Gotta Wait And See
OK, me, the non-mechanic, trying to trouble-shoot my Concours. I looked into what would happen if you had too much oil in the machine and my first lead was to the air intake, which is where excess oil...
View ArticleThe Connie’s Running Great Again
Hallelujah! At the smallest possible cost my 1999 Kawasaki Concours is running great again. If I was a mechanic I would have known what to do a long time ago. You’ll recall that I met a guy in the...
View ArticleTop Bag Finally On The Kawi
Yes! It’s on! I finally have a top bag on my Kawasaki Concours. Tom, who designed and built the rack for me to mount this bag on the bike, gave me a call a few days ago to say he had it ready. I rode...
View ArticleSome Clarity, At Least
I’ve had this ongoing issue with the Concours not running properly, where I’ve used carb cleaner to much benefit but not total. Every time I had ridden it lately it had run better so when I took it out...
View ArticleRunning Good, Not Great
We’re home now from this year’s OFMC ride and while I’m eager to tell you all about the trip, if you’re really hard-core your number one question would be, “how did the Kawi run?” I can’t give a one-...
View ArticleThe Wonderfulness Of Normal
I can’t even remember how long ago it was that my Concours started giving me trouble, but it seems like it’s been all summer. I packed it off to Joel before the OFMC bike trip but when he brought it...
View ArticleMileage Target Time
It’s that time of year when I always look at the odometers on my bikes to see if I can turn over just one more 1,000-mile mark by the end of the year. This year looks like it’s going to be easy. With...
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