May 30, 2023
There were many swear words falling from my mouth as I removed the cowl to begin my annual condition inspection and I saw a lot of oil on the bottom of the cowl (sorry I failed to take a picture) and on the top of the airbox. Not good. It looked like a classic crankshaft seal failure. First call was…
May 13, 2023
After cracking my inner chain ring in Moab and with the upcoming mountain bike season close at hand, I decided it was best to get ahead of the curve and do some servicing/upgrades on my bike. I pretty much tore it down to the individual pieces and then built it back up again. I’ll admit I was dismayed to find…
April 29, 2023
It took some time for me to full appreciate how to fine-tune my P200-6X Lycoming P-mags. I’m putting together this page to help others get up to speed more quickly. Information: I have been most please with settings of 23° BTDC (MIN) and 29° BTDC (MAX), but you will want to experiment to determine your optimum values CHT will increase…
April 17, 2023
I’ll be honest, I was dreading this ride all week. 11 miles up on a Black diamond run sounded like a big challenge, especially after day one was only 18 miles. Nearly 100% of the riders of this trail take a shuttle to the top and ride down. Not us, we committed to peddle up and then enjoy the fruits…
April 16, 2023
The previous weekend, passing through Moab, I had a morning ride around the Moab Brands area. It was a good warmup area and in between where we were camping and Dead Horse Point. We made quick work of it and with our early start had the trails to ourselves. Then it was on to Dead Horse, getting close to the…
April 15, 2023
After getting some advice from the owner of Rim Cyclery we decided to check out the Navajo Rocks area. This section has two loops and we choose the southern loop first. It worked out fine but probably would have been better to do the North loop first before it got crowded. Oh well, it wasn’t that bad but definitely way…
April 14, 2023
With heavy rain and wind overnight we felt lucky that come sunrise it had stopped and we could drive to town. On the way we hit more storms with a section of highway that held two inch deep hail, yeah that was fun until we slowed down a bit. A relaxing breakfast at Love Muffin was followed by waiting out…
April 13, 2023
After a filling breakfast at Jailhouse Cafe we were on the trails by 8:30 for a long day in the saddle. In terms of riding here is what we checked off: Day 1 – 17.9 miles Amasa Back Area HyMasa (Blue/Black) Amasa Back (Black) Overlook Pothole Arch (Blue/Black) Rockstacker (Double Black) Upper and Lower Captain Ahab (Double Black)
April 12, 2023
With typhon season in Fiji my friend Carl was free for another trip to Moab. I felt lucky, getting a week of riding the week before in Arizona to give me a sliver of fitness for what was a lot of miles. Just like our previous trip we camped in Bartlett wash (after our first night in Onion Creek). This…
March 31, 2023
I had help with the engine cowling during constructions and unfortunately the nose gear gap was cut off center and larger than necessary. So back during construction I fabricated a repair using epoxy and flox. Pretty dumb of me to think that the small amount of surface area (I did sand the fiberglass cowling at an angle) would be sufficient…
January 29, 2023
Angie suggested a food tour and it was quickly “yeses” all around. After a short cab ride, the only hiccup of the day came – a passing rain shower. As visions of running from place to place wet and freezing danced through our minds we thankfully were able to push that aside and enjoy a dry tour around Old San…
January 28, 2023
Great time slips by with too much speed. As we closed out the trip I did manage to fit in one of my signature moments – in this case walking a half hour along essentially a highway to the rum tasting. Wonderful smells of exhaust and strong breezes as tractor trailers flew by us, all while in the hot sun.…