The Fourth Day of Christmas - The Feast of Saint Thomas à Becket

Willistown Quaker Meeting Graveyard The Feast of Thomas à Becket broke blue and bright but still cold.  By mid morning the temp had rising to 40 and it stayed there most of the day.  At about 14:00 I stopped by Gene's to talk to Harold the mechanic about the tank on the MG.  He had not found a solution to coating the inside to prevent any further rust and suggested that...

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The Third Day of Christmas - The Feast of the Innocents

Winter came back with a vengeance on the Feast of the Innocents.  It rained overnight and temperatures dropped to the mid 30s.  Morning broke overcast, misty, and cold.  By noon there was a brief break in the clouds and for about 2 seconds I thought I would take the Bullet out to beat last year's record but just as quickly I thought better of it.  So no ride. The Bullet and...

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The Second Day of Christmas - The Feast of Saint John the Apostle. bis.

St David's Chapel After returning from the ride in the MG I decided that the weather was too good to waste and took advantage of it for a short ride on the Bullet.  This time I headed out Earles Lane towards Goshen despite the steel plates, I just skirted around them.  Once on Goshen I followed that to 252 for a right turn towards Sugartown Rd.  Traffic was light on 252 and I used...

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The Second Day of Christmas - The Feast of Saint John the Apostle

Baldwin's Book Barn The Feast of St. John the Apostle turn out to be an even more beautiful day than St. Stephen's.  Clear blue sky and temps in the mid 50's, probably as high as 56 or 57 at some times.  A great opportunity to take the MG out for a spin. We headed up Goshen to gas up at the Wawa on 352 and 3 and to gauge how feasible a longer ride would be.  My wife bundled up fairly...

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The First Day of Christmas - The Feast of Saint Stephen

Historic Sugartown Good King Wenceslas went out, on the Feast of Stephen,because the snow did not lay round about, deep and crisp and even.  Actually, there was no snow at all so I took advantage of another beautiful and relatively warm day to take another short ride on the Bullet. This time I left the house at around 13:00 when temps were expected to be at their highest (around the low 50s)...

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Christmas Day

Ashbridge Preserve Christmas brought the first day in a little over a week without either rain or low temps so it was a perfect reason for a short ride on the Bullet.  The absence of low temps is relative, it was probably between 49 and 50 degrees at around 11 o'clock and since we had a Christmas commitment with friends in the afternoon, I could wait for it to get warmer so I doubled up, layered...

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Military Style Engine Guard

Inside the box Friday there was a package at the door from Nfield Gear.  The package held the contents of some of my Black Friday purchases.  Specifically, an engine guard and a free poster that Nfield Gear was giving away with purchases on Black Friday.  There's still another package on the way with a sports muffler and a Power Commander unit but that has not arrived yet. Having...

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For sale in Newbury, NH

Found this Craigslist ad in David Blasco's blog.  This bike has all kinds of bells and whistles but it does look nice and the USMC branding does appeal to my sense of humor.  And at $7500, it does seem like a bad deal.  I would buy this, despite all the bells and whistles, if I had a place to put it. http://nh.craigslist.org/mcy/4768798834.html The link will eventually rot so following...

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Sunday Rides

The Willows in the Snow Despite the snow last Wednesday, Sunday turned out to be a great day for a ride.  Although the day was grey and overcast the temps were in the mid 50s and not a drop of rain came down.  Taking advantage of the good weather I took both the Bullet and the MG out. The Bullet ride came first and it was a short (almost ten mile) jaunt around the neighborhood.  It...

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First Snow

Last Wednesday, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we had our first snow.  The media made a big fuss about a Nor'easter and expectations of a lot of snow but at least along the 95 corridor in Pennsylvania we didn't get very much.  About 99% of it was gone by Friday and what remains is only in the shaded grassy areas.  This is not the earliest I remember snow here, in 2011 I remember...

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Royal Enfield Riding Gear

Just got an email from RE linking to their shop with riding gear that is available in the US.  They have jackets, helmets, t-shirts, buffs, etc., that you can get directly from RE or that can be bought at the dealers listed at the bottom of the page.  Supposedly this stuff will eventually filter down to the local dealers as well. The nicest thing, IMHO, is the leather riding jacket for...

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K&N Air Filter After Action Report

I see you! (At Llama Farm) Winter has been with us for all of last week and there was not even a nice weather window to commute to work all week due to the cold.  However, yesterday the day was fairly clear and in the mid 50s so it was time to test out the K&N air filter.  I layered up and doubled up against the elements and headed up for a short run up Goshen/Strasburg to the Wawa...

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