Phil on June 9th, 2009

I just got my appraisal back and am more than a little surprised at the numbers they came up with.
Surprised in a good way, but surprised nonetheless: they appraised it at $100 more than I bought it for. This means that my refinance is /clearly/ not going to be a problem. Sadly, it [...]

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Phil on January 10th, 2009

My old BMW F650 didn’t really present a lot of problems for me, tool-wise.  Everything required to work on it was easily obtainable from any old auto parts or hardware store.  Worst it ever did to me was the 30mm socket for the front drive sprocket.  Big, but not exactly rare.
In comes the FJR.  The [...]

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Phil on January 7th, 2009

I lent my car out this past weekend, so I got to enjoy the cold on the motorcycle.  I discovered that my front tire is now an interesting shape, kind of like this: \_/  .  They’re supposed to be less trapezoidal than that, ideally.
Fortunately, I have a new set of tires waiting in my garage [...]

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