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Archive for November, 2010

Mon
29
Nov '10

Purging

I spent the long Thanksgiving weekend going through everything I owned and purging.  I needed to get down to stuff that I would take with me, and a small amount to store in my parent’s garage.  I’m not a pack rat, so I figured this would be easy–it wasn’t. I do this as an exercise every [...]

Sun
28
Nov '10

Top Gear Vietnam

For those of you that haven’t seen this, the guys from the BBC series Top Gear ride bikes from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Hanoi.  The bikes are a Honda Cub, A Russian 150cc 2-stroke Minsk motorcycle, and what looks like a 150cc Vespa Super. Top Gear Vietnam Special – Part 1 Top Gear [...]

Sun
14
Nov '10

San Francisco

I spent a lovely long weekend in San Francisco.  Great town, delicious food and lots of motorcycles in scooters.  Maybe this is common in other cities, but it’s non-existent in Phoenix, motorcycle parking. How civilized is that?!? We stayed at the Donatello Hotel which was in the Union Square area–walking distance to Chinatown where we [...]

Wed
10
Nov '10

Vespa Re-introducing the PX?

According to Scooter-Station.com and Motoblog.it, Vespa is re-introducing the PX in 2011.  Now that Vespa is back in the Thai market, we can hope they import the PX.

Tue
9
Nov '10

Tucson-Nogales Rally (Fall Classic)

I had a very nice weekend in Tucson, AZ.  Friday night, I stayed at the Hotel Congress downtown and walked over to The Hut for the Rally meet & Greet.  Good music, great folks, and cheap drinks, but I was tired from the cold I had earlier in the week, so I turned in early. [...]