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Onward to Canada, Two California Chicks Converge on Canada!
I am unsure why, but this has been the longest it has taken me to put together a ride report of a recent journey. Whether it was the thought provoking visit with my aging dementia ridden father the first day, or the fact I spent nearly every evening visiting with my riding buddy giving absolutely…
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My woes at the California DMV or the 10th Circle of HELL!
I went to DMV yesterday to renew my plates and surrender my dmnshea plate since Gary doesn’t love riding the Bandit with my personalized plate. In my wisdom, I got numeric plates for both bikes so we can switch off. Anyway… The DMV woman tells me I have a parking ticket in SF that needs…
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Old Maps… an amazing source of delight
While having my auto smogged last week, I discovered an estate sale and, to my delight, a stack of old maps. Now, some people love antique stuff, and I am no stranger to finding some amazing deals at estate and garage sales, but I am mostly limited to purchasing ephemera, or old paper products. Whether…
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Los Angeles…home to the Watts Towers
Combining my motorcycle and art addiction makes touring a very stimulating and rewarding experience, especially when seeing something as brilliant as the Watts Towers, by Simon Rodia. An Italian immigrant, Simon began construction on the Watts Towers in 1921 and for 34 years he worked single-handedly to build his towers without benefit of machine equipment,…
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Finally, some signs of Spring
Well, I guess March showers bring April flowers, or so it seems this morning in Sacramento. The sky opened up last evening and began refilling the swimming pool. At least I got a good walk in every day last week, and took a camera with me the last dry day to try and capture a…
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My Grandmother’s 1922 Moto trip–Ongoing discovery
After posting my grandmother’s photo album on my blog, I have been approached by a few people with some great advice to assist with identifying the other riders in the album and the route they possibly took crossing the Sierra Nevada Range out of Yosemite. So here’s some additional information that I recently received. My…
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See m’friends, you can ride a sportbike anywhere…
My friend Com3 taught me early on that if you have the cojonas, you can take any bike just about anywhere. For me cojonas is the key here, as I seem to be lacking them in more ways than one. ; ) Enjoy this video and many other of his totally awesome videos found at…
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2010 the MOST AWESOME RIDING Year Yet–A year end synopsis slideshow
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WOW…skateboards and motorcycles!
You be the judge!! Me, I’m impressed! Skating Mountains with Motorcycles from michael amundson on Vimeo.
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Friends, Death Valley, Streetmasters and some Awesome CA backroads!
They say experience leads to wisdom, however early Tuesday morning, my experience taught me I was lacking in motorcycle maintenance as I prepared to ride off to meet my friend, Bruce in the blooming desert of Southern CA. My battery was as dead as the proverbial doornail. I hadn’t ridden the bike for weeks and…