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Dropped on the left side on downhill slope (gravel, on the apron of the highway) and cursed my low-speed maneuvering on ball-bearings skills. There was no way she was coming up, no traction, levering uphill. Every attempt caused more abrasion. Thankfully, help came. No, I'm not severely...

Yeah, mine went down with me on it. I was touring the Icefields Parkway, and went offroad looking for a place to take a short break. Got into some nasty road that had been tracked heavily when wet, now dried and deeply rutted. I negotiated my return to the highway without incident, relieved...

Jdog, you are one amazing dude. Not only do you capture the emotions that most FHR owners (O.K., all FJR owners who have a fucking brain) feel while riding, but the production of your videos is spotless and your choice of music is well thought out. Damned nice editing. Give us more, or, for...

Oh, dear Gawd, he could be Albertan!!

Currently, little, aside from my U.S. export papers and rain suit. I think I'll pack them with cash. Any idea how much I can fit in???

You might enjoy a full-facer if it looked like this:

First attempt, bear with me here:

Stationary only. I use an Olympus Evolt E-500 SLR, with 3 separate lenses. A 1 Mb card can store over 500 high-res images, but I have never taken it to the limit.

Senseless. What a dark day. There is little I can say beyond I hope that the families can someday get over this, but that is doubtful. Beyond imagining. We must do a better job of helping out those who show signs of anti-social behaviour. There are indicators, but they get ignored. Mental...

Prior to the World Cup Soccer matches in Germany, somebody invented a small "goal" made from green mesh firm plastic, and a little orange ball was suspended from a wire mid-goal, within the urinal. If you pissed on it steadily enough (you must chase it, the urine stream makes it move about) it...

49, and holding on for dear life. My '05 is my fourth bike, by far the best. I bought mine through divine intervention, on ebay, (hard to explain, I don't buy stuff online, it was all too weird) and through a combination of an Air Canada ticket and a cross-border hitchhiking adventure, wound...

I found mine yesterday afternoon. (DUH!!) Thanks again for the info. I've barely had the bike a year. I may need to wear a lead-belt, but I think I might be able to do this if I sneak up and jump on the lever. I haven't made an attempt yet, the bike is parked on the mud floor of my slum-like...

Sounds physically impossible, I know. I am, indeed, a stick-man. At 49, I have accidentally worn my 16 year old daughter's Wranglers to work after raiding the fresh laundry... Never tipped the scale at over 134 lbs, when I was a swim fanatic and always hungry. My aplogies to those who think...

Fortunately, my experiences have mostly been positive on the road. I agree about urban centers of larger density being more stress-inducing for all drivers of all vehicles, therefore people take stupid chances and drift to more pleasant locales in their limited consciousness while behind the...

Wonderful. "A picture is worth a thousand dollars." Your cheque's in the mail....

Thanks, I did the search thing initially but wrong terms. My buddy's '06 has a grab-bar below the seat, that's why I asked. I'll try reefin' it backwards instead of upwards, should positvely affect how it goes. Had my Beemer fall over to the right while parking at a fuel stop, the pad wasn't...

I can't seem to get it up. Sounds Typical for guys my age.... Actually, it's the '05 I need help with. There isn't a decent grab-bar under the seat, nothing but mouldings, actually. I find that I must grab the hand-hold behind the seat, and the amount of heave I can generate from there is...

Maybe its the horseshoes... I got my unit out of the storage yesterday. Put it away in haste in early October without removing or even disconnecting the stock battery. Sure, it was in a frost-free shop for 6 months with no pre-winter service save for fuel preservative, but I anticipated having...

This reminded me of something. I used to own a '68 Volkswagen Bus. It had what was known as an "oil heater", an element sealed within a fat drain plug/plate. Air-cooled, of course. Works like a block heater in cars with radiators. At -40 C, that baby always started. Maybe there is something...