http://www.mikekirk.org Geek Gab in the Great White North Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:39:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, yes, I did just get back from vacation last week. But I still took last Friday off to head out to Kashaga Lodge with BJ and Wayne... to ride the great trails around Gooderham! I was itching to get out again, after fixing the blowout of the cam cover ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=676 Hooray! I managed to get in on the ATV tour I was hoping for. I was worried about them not having room, but it turns out that since it was the day before the July 4 holiday, and the off-season... there were only 4 of us on the ride, including ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=674 Ok, not quite Tinkertown, but close. If reading Tinkertown didn't make you excited... then you're not from Kenora :) I was sent to Orlando for 3 days of work. Since that only covered Mon-Wed... and Thursday is Canada Day... that meant I could squeeze in a few days vacation in sunny ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=664 ...ah, dodgy Li-ion batteries, strapped to my head... what could go wrong? I wanted to get another battery for my ContourHD helmetcam... but for such a small battery they aren't cheap! So I dug around the VholdR forums and Ebay... and found that I could get 2 aftermarket batteries shipped to ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=660 I've been too lazy to edit the videos of our ride in Barrie last Saturday... but that can be a job for later this week :) . Yesterday my friend BJ gave me a spot on his trailer, and we headed out with 3 other guys (Dan, Jeff, and Rob) ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=653 This past Sunday I was out in Ganaraska forest again... but not for a regular ride: this time it was a club event: the Mini Pine 2010! Getting out of bed before 6 and on the road by 6:30 had me rolling in to Sandraska Park at around 8:15am: [singlepic=538,256] I thought I ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=647 ...but I'm not hunting wabbit :) Another club event is coming up, the Mini Pine... and as it's a club event that means there will be a sound test before you can begin. They take the "Less Sound = More Ground" message seriously, as should anyone who wants to continue to ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=643 ...to steal the phrase from the 3WheelerWorld forum. May 1st was the first 2010 meetup of the Southern Ontario Trikers (SOT) at Ganaraska forest... organized by my friend BJ (Xhumeka). Got over to BJ's early in the morning to help get the trailer sorted. Normally he could take up to 3 ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=632 First, a little background... I fed a couple aftermarket and OEM batteries to my dirtbike before clueing in that it wasn't the batteries that were the problem... it was the charging system cooking them (oh, and now it makes sense why new headlights would burn out 5 minutes after installing them ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=622 Yesterday I attended my first club ride of the season: the Bethany 2010! Fortunately I did a lot better than last year: in that I didn't spend all day mudwrestling. I arrived at BJ's place around 7am, and we loaded up the bikes... [singlepic=496,256] ...then it was off for breakfast with the gang ... http://www.mikekirk.org/?p=617