Category Archives: biking
Morgan Territory Motorcyclin’ — 85 mile east bay loop around Mt. Diablo with Honda CB400A “decaf”
After months of work, Russ finally gets his Ninja 600cc working! Hunter, Russ, and I celebrate with an 85-mile day trip during the three day weekend around Mount Diablo, through the legendary Morgan Territory. Ridden over: Oakland, Canyon, Moraga, Lafayette, … Continue reading
today I did my first oil and oil filter change, ever! (Honda CB400A “decaf”)
Russ and I changed our motorcycle’s oil and oil filters today. This was the first time I’ve ever changed oil in a vehicle — I guess it sort of was a life goal I figured I’d never get around to … Continue reading
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decaf 1978 honda CB400A running and instruments working
Here’s a short video mid-way through a 50-mile day of canyons and twisties. Fun! The “idiot lights” are working (still have to get the dang neutral light to turn off when in gear, but otherwise good 8-p) and now you … Continue reading
decaf – CB400A reassembled and on the cruise
Everything is working again with my greatly streamlined instrument cluster is in place! (Well my LED “idiot light” for “neutral” is always on now so one last adjustment/fix sometime soon!)
honda CB400A — fixing turn signal and neutral LEDs (to new speedometer)
Whups, my new speedo’s turn indicator LED was only going on when left signal was running. Thankfully, found this post on hondatwins that mentioned the orange and light blue bike lines were actually active lines for when left or right … Continue reading
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decaf 1978 honda CB400A speedometer and instruments replaced!
OK, so I sorted out all my re-wiring and was able to replace my stock honda huge instrument cluster with a much smaller and streamlined single mini-speedometer with four instrument lights combined in it. I used a CB400A wiring clymer … Continue reading
replacing CB400A instruments to smaller cafe racer style
Today I did much more than I thought I would — I pulled out and disconnected all instruments and relocated the ignition/key switch. The plan is to combine the current speedometer/odometer with four of the seven indicator lights (neutral, high … Continue reading
decaf! Honda CB400A automatic cafe racer. I’ve been a bad girl today….
Today Hunter helped me inspect, test-drive, buy, and drive 100+ miles home from a mom-n-pop custom bike modifier in California’s central valley. We avoided the 5 and all freeways and started out with about an hour of “country roads” and … Continue reading
mole rolls to freedom
hunter and i were biking the other day parallel to the caldecott tunnel / 24, and were horrified to see a mole, midday, just rolling over and over again down the hill/pavement. we think maybe a huge rainstorm drove it … Continue reading
THANK YOU DONORS!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU donors to my AIDS LifeCycle8 bikeride! I took about 500 photos myself during the seven days of riding. Hunter also took about that many photos, too. I will make a combined album soon and … Continue reading
Finished the ride!
Well, Hunter and I made it home safe and sound last night! We finished just before the course formally closed, yesterday (saturday) around 3pm. (A lot of us were late due to two accident-caused road closure/delays and then Hunter and … Continue reading
Rain delay at start day6
Well we are all waiting to roll after CA Highway Patrol Shut down the course due to early rain. Not sure if we’ll get cleared to ride Was an early accident on only big downhill of the day. Rumor is … Continue reading
Starting Day 6!
So far so good. We made it safe and dry until now. Today started light rain with wet tent. It’s let up over breakfast mostly so we are hoping hoping for a break Today and crossing our fingers Today’s highlights … Continue reading
Halfway through AIDS LifeCycle
We finished day three’s ride today. I an feeling very strong still and enjoying the unbelievably pretty inland agricultural “salad bowl” of CA and then the dryer wide open grasslands too. The weather has been quite good – not too … Continue reading
It’s OK to be a TRL (video)
Hunter and Tracey finish up their season of being Training Ride Leaders and share a little of what they’ve learned It’s OK to be a TRL
tracey bike accident — walks away scraped but OK
ouchie! A steel cruiser bike roared blindly out of a blind drive and ran into me. The impact “taco-ed” (crumpled) my wheel and pitched me over the handle bars and the 2nd bike. I hit the pavement, but managed to … Continue reading
Tracey’s new domain and website!
This is the debut of my first and only purchased domain/website! How do I feel? See this clip from Hunter’s ALC7 Video
AIDS LifeCycle 7
WE DID IT! We did our first AIDS charity bikeride and raised over $20,000 as part of the $11.6 million raised by the 2,500 riders plus 500 “roadies” for this weeklong event. It was 7 days of biking (every day) … Continue reading
Bike gears — jamming a triple into a double
When my local bike store set me up with my new great ride, I agonized over getting the easier-to-shift double (2 ring) front gearset vs. a triple (3 ring) easier-to-climb option. Turns out, you can have your cake and eat … Continue reading
Training to bike first Aids LifeCycle (SF to LA)
After about 45 days of training for the big 7-day bikeride in June, I got a new bike to help me get through the long repetitive days in the saddle. The training has been going well, and the last week … Continue reading