March Ride Report

Motorcycling in New Hampshire, in March is madness. A good kind of madness mind you, but mad none the less.

Frost Heaves, if you are not from the area you might think this is a politician running for the school board, considering the number of signs stuck into the side of the road with "his" name. In addition to being a basketball team from VT Frost Heaves are cracks and bumps in the road that have resulted from the freeze thaw conditions of spring. See also washboard.


Sometimes the bumps can be fun, but where there are more cracks than pavement, it can be annoying and dangerous. To ride these moguls sit light in your seat, feet firmly planted on the pegs ready to dance with the bike. I've never ridden a horse, but I imagine it's something like that. If you're riding a cruiser with feet forward, good luck to you, I don't know how you do it!

Here is a little video I put together from yesterday's ride.

Real Women Read the Manual

It's another winter day in the garage. I finally ordered the brake pedal for the GT, I cracked that bugger last spring in a freak garage accident. I was pulling the K75 off the center stand, and as unluck would have it, it was aligned right begind the GT. The front wheel of the K75 hit the rear wheel of the GT, pushing it off its center stand, and down she went.


I invested in manuals for both bikes. Sure they are onine somewhere, but you can't put sticky notes online and get them all greasy!


Here is the problem, the old pedal has a crack in it. It's hard to believe that if the bike falls onto the right side, it's the brake pedal that takes the fall! (when the bags are off)


I don't just take pictures for the entertainment of my readers, it's a reference for putting things back together!!


Having the right tool is important. The only thing I was missing was the locktight and some greese, so I made a trip for those.


Last chance for before pictures!


So this is how the spring goes on, less all the road salt. Who the heck rides in the winter!


It's important to take lots of breaks. In my case, I left for half the day and then came back to my project.


And voila, the spring went back into place, the locktight cleaned up, and a glowing new brake pedal, that hopefully works just fine!