We finally had a day when all the stars came together and both of us were out of bed at much the same time – in the morning. We decided to start work on my front forks, changing the fork and the dust seals to lose one of the last leaks, if not the last. [...]

We took a ride to the coast today. We got onto the freeway and went to highway one after a brief break at Half Moon Bay (we had lunch at Subway). There was bright sunshine but it was definitely cooler, so we went down to San Gregorio beach, took a couple of pictures, and added [...]

We went on a night ride to a long-abandoned favourite destination – the little corner store near Sunol. It’s sort of in the middle of nowhere and has always been a “special” place, closed or not. We had a chat about Things – we don’t always get the chance because life and computers get in [...]

I cleaned and polished Don’s bike. I went into a sort of “zen/meditative” mode and just got working. It was fun. I discovered that the polish also has the nice effect of just cutting through the grease. Now, the forks aren’t black any more and the wheel rims shine. I wish Don would organise getting [...]

We went for another night ride, out past Stephen’s Creek and such. It was great, and the starry night was much clearer than when we did the same route looking for meteorites. It would be nice to have a big telescope, but the 10″ one we have our eye on wouldn’t do so well on [...]

I’ve been busy with other things so have not been updating daily. We’ve done many rides around local areas. There’s still an oil leak, and we’ve tracked it down to the clutch casing somewhere. We’re probably going to have to rip off the whole side and put in a gasket. Don’s been in nocturnal cycle, [...]