Category: Daily Rants

Anything goes here. Whatever I feel like talking about or sharing.

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Break on weather

We’ve been having almost non-stop rain the past few weeks. Since I ride regardless of the weather the Bagger Wing has been getting its share of road grime and mud.

I checked the weather forecast and it doesn’t look like rain for at least a week. That’s long enough for me to get a wash in.

I’ve always said when you wash your bike that’s when you’ll find any physical abnormalities that may have occurred.

Unfortunately for me I found a big ass nail in the rear tire. It doesn’t seem to have penetrated inward into the tire but rather “sideways” piercing a rubber tread section.

I’m going to be ordering a tire soon.

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2026!

It’s the January 1, 2026 and the start of a new riding season. I don’t know if I will match the miles I put in 2025. That year was crazy in riding!

I think a lot had to do with the fact that I had a bad accident at the end of 2024 and needed to prove to myself that I wasn’t scared to ride. I ended up doing the opposite and piled up miles very quickly on my new to me 2022 Goldwing.

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Damn cold ride

Rode to work mostly in the fog. The temperature ranged from 31F to 37F. That’s getting fairly cold including the chill factor.

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End of year coming

I’ll make sure to get a photo of the Bagger Wing and the current status on miles. I’ll write up a summary of the past year.

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Chasing the sunset

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how I will see less of a particular event as time goes on.

That being said, I make it a point to stop and appreciate anything that I find makes me feel good. I’ve always had a thing for a beautiful sunset.

I’ve ridden across the country and have seen many sunsets as well as sunrises. Not one of them is the same, I don’t compare any to each other either. Just admire what’s in front of me.

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Record mileage year?

Ever since the wreck I put on some serious miles on the Goldwing. I started off with approximately 4000 miles which was one of the driving factors for buying the bike.

As of today, I clocked in over 26,000 miles which is a hell of a lot miles for anyone. Even with commuters driving their cages it’s a lot of miles.

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One year ago

Today marks the one year anniversary of my accident. Time certainly has flown by. Just about this time last year I was laid out in ER.

A quick recap, I was going to work and traveling just North of Ione when a car tried to pass a row of cars. He went into my lane on the two lane road and clipped the left side of bike. The rest is a blur, I believe I counter steered out of a full head on. I went down an embankment, shot up through a barbed wire fence and flew approximately 40 feet and landed in an open field.

When I came to, the fire department, CHP and paramedics were already there standing around me. My adrenaline was so high I jumped up and immediately fell down. My left knee cap had torn off and was sticking out my leg.

I went through 3 months of wound repair, 3 times a week at Kaiser Stockton. My body was completely black and blue, cuts everywhere, internal.

Unfortunately the 2015 Goldwing did not fair well and is on the lift table being taken apart. I’m not sure what I will end up doing with that bike as it’s not a priority for me to get it back together.

In any case I’m heck of lucky and blessed.

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20,000 miles in 11 months!

I thought this was an interesting fact. I rode the new Goldwing for over 20k miles in 11 months since I had my wreck. That’s a lot since I still have 1.5 months to go to since I owned the bike.

I purchased the bike with 4,400 miles on the odometer. This is the mileage it has now, actually a little more since I rode 100 plus miles today.

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7 months ago

I was in a bad motorcycle accident. Since that day I have ridden over 11,000 miles.

I had multiple strains throughout my body, contusions, lacerated liver, opened wounds, damaged kidney my left knee cap completely came off.

For the next 3 months I went to the hospital 3 times a week for wound repair, that’s 36 visits for body repair.

I am really blessed and lucky to be alive and still riding. I purchased another Goldwing 2 weeks later at a Sacramento motorcycle dealer. The genius in me decided to ride it home, that caused a month of additional infection repair. Not smart.