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  • Wow. Google Alerts pointed out my "Mike Smash!" Tweets. 34 mins ago
  • Time to make my Shuri-ryu stronger. Unfortunately the Midget stays behind. 5 hrs ago
  • Task list is down to 35 items. Yay me! 7 hrs ago
  • Lunch: grilled cheese sammich, Pringles, and the strawberry milk Little Bird wanted ("It's pink!") but doesn't like. Now back to data entry. 9 hrs ago
  • There are about to be several teaching openings in our district due to untimely deaths. 11 hrs ago
  • Teh Interwebitubes are full of sarcasm today. @atomictiki needs to remember he is within easy driving distance for the throat-punching. ;) 13 hrs ago
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Motorpsycho: The Rebel

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Honda Rebel
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

Here’s a Honda Rebel I was riding around in class on Monday and Wednesday. As I expected, the seat on these little guys is a lot more comfortable than the long, narrow seat on the Nighthawks.
This particular bike was donated by the Peoria-Tazwell ABATE chapter, which is why it has the [...]

Motorpsycho: First Ride

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

You know, I could really get the hang of this.
I’m not itchin’ to go out and buy a bike, mind, but I have been eyeballing them a little harder on the web and on the streets since climbing aboard a Honda Nighthawk and tooling around the driving range in class on Wednesday night. I thought [...]

Motorpsycho

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A week since my last post? Holy crap time flies. I’ve been up to a lot, though.
Including taking a motorcycle class through the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
My first class was last night, and our instructors Steve and “The Dude” (yes, really) took us through all the classwork. Tomorrow we get to jump on the bikes and [...]

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