As is often the case with older VW’s, my headlights had become fogged and scratched – no amount of polishing or cleaning with rectify the issue, so I decided to replace the entire assemblies this weekend. It’s a pretty simple process, really, with immediate, satisfying results. Using a minimum of tools (Torx wrenches and a [...]
Click for larger image Took a ride yesterday looking to traverse Trail Ridge Road while the rest of the Front Range baked in 90+ temps, only to be turned away by 12 miles of oiled gravel laid down in preparation of the Park Service resurfacing the classic 1920′s 12,000-foot-high scenic wonder. I even brought my [...]
To quote Gizmodo today: Sure, you can get a fuel-efficient hybrid car, but it’ll cost tens of thousands of dollars. That’s too much for the Top Gear crew, who’ve set out to build a 70MPG car for only $7,000. They’re doing this by buying a 28-year-old Volkswagen Rabbit, driving it up to CWS Tuning in [...]
Notice the Madstad bracket – the first purchase any ‘strom owner needs to make.
Took a little trickery and cutting a hole in my ceiling to route a cable over the top of one of the garage rafters, but I managed to get the DL650 up in the air enough to get both wheels off at once. Now we’ve just got to drop the wheels off at a shop [...]
I’d consider myself to be a careful bike rider. I’d also consider myself to be safety-conscious, in that I always gear up, I always wear a bright yellow jacket, I’ve got dual H4 headlights up front, and I assume that I’m pretty much invisible to anyone on the road. Still, it does not come as [...]
So last weekend I took off on Saturday morning, rode ~300 miles to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, camped overnight, and rode back while trying to stay off of any major highway I could find. Not much of a story to tell, but some incredibly beautiful (but hot!) riding through southwestern Colorado.
With gas at the $4/gallon mark and oil flirting with $140/barrel, fuel economy seems to be on everyone’s mind – and pretty much completely taking over the motivations of any auto manufacturer’s marketing department. You see MPG ratings prominently displayed in TV and magazine ads, where even a Dodge 2500 is trying to claim 20mpg [...]
“Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. Therearemonkeys. . . There. Are. Monkeys.” Thank you, Anna, for reminding me of this. AWESOME.
So, we’ve been watching Long Way Down (thank you, Internets). Being able to watch the original BBC broadcast is interesting – they’ll censor out “bollocks” but dropping an f-bomb left or right doesn’t seem to faze the censors… It’ll be fun to compare with the American broadcast coming up in a couple of months. All [...]