Pepe's Garage

This has been going on too long! I don’t even know what to say! Argh! Maybe I ought to type in anything! Hmmmmm, I’ll get back to you tonight.

I am glad President Obama doing it. We, as Americans, need to focus on our country. This war was exhausting and it still is. Time for Afghanistan to go their own way. Now, Iraq? I want out!

I am gonna say this to the U.S. Arms Force, Thanks and come on back home! Thanks, President Obama!

OOF, what a day! I’ve been updating my blog site. I’ve used Minimalism from C. Genaehr and modified the look and feel on my Dreamweaver CS5. Works great. Looks great. Very, well, minimal. I ditched Atahualpa theme because it was going off the wall.

I’ve rework on my header’s image on Photoshop CS5. Decided to go black and white. I still have more to upload. Need to find good photos for elegant displaying. So far, so good.

It’s high time for my rest and going to a nice bath. I could go for a fine Woodford’s Reserve Whiskey but I am not in mood for it. Maybe next time.

Be sure to look at my widget on the right. I got new links to different websites. I set categories as a drop down thus saving space. Quick tag needs editing, it looks a little messy, forgive me on that. I’ll tidy it up in no time.

What a day! My friend, Tim Kettering, and I head over to Munroe Motors to try out the new bikes. I was hoping for Triumph to bring in the new Tiger. Lo and behold, they did! They also brought the new twin-headlights Thunderbird, a 1600cc cruiser. To everyone’s surprise, the new brute of a machine, the Speed Triple.

Previous generation Tigers were nice looking but doesn’t live up to its’ name. They were too big, too road oriented, and ungainly off road. It should be called Triumph Hippotamus 1050 as it is still as vicious as the said name. The newest Tiger 800 and it’s taller brother, XC (as in cross country), are the real Tigers: easy handling everywhere and anywhere from Timbuktu to Nowheresville in Nowheresania, lightweight , rugged and tough, skinny, practical, and beautiful plus lethal. The Tiger 800′s main diets are dirt, snow, mud, grass, water, hills, rocks, and so forth with occasional desserts of asphalt, preferred rough New York City streets and San Francisco’s pothole laden roads.

My buddy and I demo’ed the Tiger. He on the Tiger 800 and I on the Tiger 800 XC. Sitting on it, the XC felt very tall but not intimidating. Feels the same as sitting on an actual dirt bike but only couple hundred pounds more. Wide bars gives a feel of total control, adjustable levers on both sides, good location of the dashboard plus easily readable, small stock windscreen that is not much of a bother, and good thumb controls on both side of the handlebar. The saddle’s spot on but I only put in about 6 miles or so on it. Haven’t tried to put hundreds miles on it to get the feel of the saddle but am sure it is comfy. My buddy said that the shorter Tiger, u can easily put your foot on the ground and I second that after sitting on it. He sat on the XC and it is tall. That’s a good thing since it’s height perfect for serious off roading.

The motor, oo wow, the motor is amazing. Good traction, thanks to dirt oriented gearings. I wonder what it is like with some upgrades. Surely, it’ll be fast. Possibly much faster than BMW F800GS. Note to self: test ride the Beemer ASAP. Anyway, the engine is similar to the street triple but only bigger, 125cc more. Oo, it has three cylinder. Seems like Triumph loves three more than four. Is Three their lucky number? I think so.

We took to the street of San Francisco with a group of other riders. On every bumps, cracks, holes, and dips, the Tiger loves them a lot. On a very curvy and bumpy road on Twin Peaks, it gripped to the asphalt with much confidence including near full lean. Great stopping power on both brakes. Great tires! They’re Pirellis Scorpion Trail.

I highly recommend this Tiger 800 XC. It’s the bike to cross Siberia, the bike to commute to work and back home, the bike to tear up the backroads, the bike to take a mud bath with, the bike to do anything. Oo hey, I am sure your partner would love a ride with you on it because the rear seat looks good too. Great grab handle too but get a top box and she’ll be much more happier.

I got great photos too. Took’em with my iPhone. You know what, I would love to test ride every motorcycles and blog’em online. Motorcycles are good for your health, really. It does gives smiling wrinkles on your face a lot.