Allen Snook http://www.allensnook.com Today is a Snow Day - Adventures in Life and Motorcycling Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:20:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Next Bike http://www.allensnook.com/2012/02/the-next-bike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-next-bike http://www.allensnook.com/2012/02/the-next-bike/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:28:07 +0000 Allen http://www.allensnook.com/?p=54 Continue reading →]]> Niobe, my Yamaha Warrior sport cruiser, is a powerful gorgeous bike, but she’s not really built for adventure motorcycling.  At 1700cc, she’s got tons of power, but she also weighs around 800 pounds.

All those stylish curves and that massive muffler mean that bags just never looked right on her.

I think it’s time for something different.  A bike that has a bigger gas tank (the warrior holds about 4 gallons for a range of about 160 miles).  A bike that doesn’t weigh so much and could handle some off-highway action (I’m thinking the rough surface of the Al-Can, or fireroads in the Cascades) and not be quite so heavy to pick up.

A bike that looks like it was designed for some cargo cases.

And a bike with a bit of a fairing, like my old Honda, would be nice to cut down on wind fatigue on long rides.

A friend suggested the Tiger 800.  Hmmm.  There’s always the BMW adventure bikes too.  Hmmm…

]]> http://www.allensnook.com/2012/02/the-next-bike/feed/ 0 Today is a Snow Day http://www.allensnook.com/2012/01/today-is-a-snow-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=today-is-a-snow-day http://www.allensnook.com/2012/01/today-is-a-snow-day/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:07:00 +0000 Allen http://www.allensnook.com/?p=39 Continue reading →]]> That hella big snowstorm earlier this month?  I lost my glasses during a walk with the fam.  Made me slow down (can’t really see the computer screen well without the glasses).  Life is too short.  We had a good time as a family with Daddy away from the computer – time to have more snow days.

]]> http://www.allensnook.com/2012/01/today-is-a-snow-day/feed/ 0