Canadian Rockies – Film
Finally got the film developed and scanned. Same exact camera/film setup I used on the Denver trip about a decade ago. I’m into it.
Thursday rides in July
Def still fun.
Canadian Rockies – not film
I’m waiting to get my 5 rolls of film back. $250 to get it all developed and scanned and only a few places on the east coast still do it, bummer. Guess I’m not buying E-6 slide film again. I’m the meantime a few pics from my phone.
E30-M3
Doing the track events, I automatically get this “Grassroots Motorsports” mag. Normally it’s not my favorite but this month had a good article. When I was in college one of my autocross friends from the Honda dealership I worked at had a modified E30-M3 bmw. It was cool and he was fast. Crazy how expensive […]
Canadian Rockies – recap
Trip is over. Most of the guys flew home. Adam and I fly home in a couple hours. Hanging at Colin’s shop “number 8 wire” at the moment. Film photos to come in a month probably. Thought I’d do a quick recap. Overall I had a ton of fun. Really great time I’ll quote Quinn; […]
Canadian Rockies – day 13
Seeley Lake MO to Philipsburg MO Great weather We do some more off road riding to get to Colin’s town which is Philipsburg which is just outside Missoula Great scenery out here. Cowboy movie type scenery with all the rolling hills Again – I’m shooting 5 rolls of film so I’m saving all the photos […]
Canadian Rockies – day 12
Glacier MO to Seeley Lake MO Woke up in shit rain Colin has a huge tarp to sit under which is great Waited out rain but rain never stopped so we packed up, shit soaked Rode in rain for over an hour Got to Seeley Lake. Weather got awesome Hung and had bbq and basically […]
Canadian Rockies – day 11
Polebridge MO to east Glacier MO Wake up and hang at general store in Polebridge. Such a great spot Colin takes us into Glacier Take the Going to the Sun road up 6k miles … great views at top Pretty touristy area Rode in a bunch of rain to get to campsite Watched some dude […]
Canadian Rockies – day 10
White swan lake Alberta to Polebridge Montana Leave our campsite and go back to hot springs in the morning Met some cool girls from Portland Head back into America Do a 40 mile off road trail up and over a couple mountains, it was epic XR650L ripped Quinn’s Guzzi held up but front wheel didn’t […]
Canadian Rockies – day 9
Jasper Alberta to White Swan Lake Alberta Leave Jasper fuck the cold Head south Pass Banff entirely. Never saw the town of Banff Waitress few days ago told us about natural hot springs We went. It was awesome. Great to warm up. We made friends Camped down road after Quinn tried to go up a […]
Canadian Rockies – day 8
Golden BC to southern portion of Jasper Alberta Woke up in light rain and headed north towards Jasper Was ultra cold for me Almost didn’t go to Jasper because was too cold and rainy Have on every single layer of clothing, thermals, rain suit, 2 gloves and still cold Decided to go anyway Get to […]
Canadian Rockies – day 7
Stayed outside Golden BC again Camp spot is so epic we stayed again 1 more night Met up with NZ Colin Saw Lake Louise – it was awful tourist trap but pretty lake Great weather but then rained a little I went into Golden for dinner
Canadian Rockies – day 6
Glacier BC to Golden BC We’re just a couple hours west of Banff The weather has finally gotten sunny even though it’s warm one min and cold the next We have the most epic renegade camp spot ever. It’s on a really clear teal river Longest day of the year … we basically stared at […]
Canadian Rockies – day 5
Savona BC to W of Glacier national park BC Another day of rainy riding in our rain suits. On / off rain Very cold day for me, I was struggling Arrive at our campsite outside Glacier BC which is in the middle of no where Found a fire service camp spot and slept with the […]
Canadian Rockies – day 4
Vancouver city to Savona BC The guys swam in an insane cold lake at our campsite in the morning. I soaked in the sun Got on the road and after some time stopped in Whistler to address Andrews trans fluid leaking issue A Whistler 5 is a Philly 10 Head towards the road which takes […]
Canadian Rockies – day 3
Vancouver island to Vancouver city Take an awesome dirt road across entire Vancouver island W to E. Was epic. Super dusty though Get to Namaino and find a Honda dealer. Try and solve Adams over-heating issue. Put in oem paper air filter and remove his emissions canister and plug air box. Still reading 275deg on […]
Canadian Rockies – day 2
Lopez island WA to port renfrew Vancouver island Leave Andrews island and take 23 ferries to get to Vancouver island Quinn’s first time ever out of America which blew my mind People may or may not have smuggled things over the border Didn’t know Victoria was a city that existed. Had lunch and people watched […]
Canadian Rockies – day 1
Portland OR to Lopez Island WA All meet in Portland. Stay with bens buddy Justin. Slept in his backyard Portland is nicer than I remember. Hung with Ryan for the day. Wake in morning and take highway to Dr Andrew island to meet Andrew there 10 mins on highway outside Portland Adams XR650 shits it’s […]
Hilltop MX lodge 2019
Mike Slim put together a trip we’ve been talking about for a long time. A long weekend at Hilltop MX Lodge near St Mary PA. Was a blast overall 6 hr drive was long but wasn’t horrible The track is 5 mins from a little town with food / gas / restaurants The track itself […]
Cycle World Jap 250s
Impressed once again cycle world mag. You hit another home run. What’s next, an article about my Yam IT250? Shit I miss my cbr250r from NZ. Thing absolutely ripped.
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Z1 frame is welded
See my other post here regarding how my 74 Z1 frame was cracked. Adam helped out big time and welded the frame where it was cracked. Creating those extra frame braces and gussets was not easy so huge thanks. We did all this and placed the bracing and gussets based on pics we’ve seen from […]