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Brian gives the route line a day off, instead following terrain, weather and whatever looks promising over the next hill. Kentucky still has to wait for a KLR petcock, clogged idle jet and fuel line that dissolves under one finger. His camping advice packs lighter by practicing first rather than discovering after dark that the sleeping bag's temperature rating is creative writing.
Robin finally gets Maggie's SV650 luggage rack and turn signals to coexist through grinding, improvised brackets and bed liner. New Mexico scouting feeds a Berea daydream where Kentucky has apparently paved every cow's commute. Deer then ruin the romance and put delayed apexes back on the agenda.
Joanne likes a flashy helmet but won't let good looks settle the riding-shoe question. Her Armory checks crush resistance via heel, toe and ankle reinforcement before sorting low adventure boots from sport-bike footwear. More money can buy longer life without much more protection while Brian's BOA boots owe their place in the closet to deep clearance.
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Brian Wringer - 00:02:00
Robin Dean - 00:02:20
Joanne Donn - 00:37:11
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22 Sept 2026
The Burrito
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Bill Hawkins rode a 250cc Honda from Ajijic, Mexico to his daughter's wedding in Washington state with no phone and a deadline worth keeping. A roadside mechanic, desert silence and a hammock between redwoods give The Burrito (https://tro.bike/downloads/the-burrito-by-bill-hawkins.pdf) something no touring catalog can sell. The Grand Canyon rearranges his sense of scale while the wedding defeats an ambitious agreement not to cry.
Robin survives an MSF RiderCoach gathering where a suspiciously tight U-turn box gives Captain Sport Touring a public humility demonstration. Back home, Maggie's SV650 gets a luggage-rack fitment fight and enough coolant to require a turkey baster. Divisive Dogmas then finds the quickest way to start a motorcycle argument: ask about oil and leave.
Brian continues The Thread Files with rivet nuts for thin metal and wire inserts for threads that have left the building. He sorts installation tools, loose inserts and metric pitch traps before returning to the KLR doohickey's apparently permanent argument. Somewhere between a hot charging fault and a GSX-8R fork cartridge, the service manual still owes him an explanation.
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Robin Dean - 00:02:24
Bill Hawkins - 00:32:23
Episode Page: https://tro.bike/?p=37034
Music by Rabid Neon (https://rabidneon.com/) and Otis McDonald (https://otismacmusic.com/)
8 Sept 2026
Practice and Resolve
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The LiveWire's fall from $29,799 to $13,999 makes its launch price look stranger than ever. Norman Hyde clears the screens entirely with an 81-mile navigation-free ride for dementia fundraising. Listener questions weigh fresh tires, a 50-hour coast-to-coast run and the long-term anxiety of electronic suspension.
Robin gives the riding calendar permission to breathe (a string of track days, tours and rallies can turn excellent riding into homework). He trades "two-wheel therapy" for practice and resolve, says a skipped ride is fine if you're still happy and proposes blowing up Berea's tidy route sheet in favor of scouting whatever lies east. Kurviger earns 4.25 stars for quick curves, GPX exports and one gravelly lie while its microscopic stop button sends interface design into solar orbit.
Brian returns from Missouri having witnessed a mint Suzuki 1100GK, refreshed track-day reflexes and one ugly lesson about overriding sight distance. The brake save worked but the "Fe" truck proves that knowing a motorcycle's limits doesn't cancel streetcraft or surprise. He finishes by rehabilitating an old Honda wheel with external and internal thread files, explaining when damaged metal can be massaged back into service and when the correct tool is a replacement part.
Speaker Entry:
Brian Wringer - 00:02:00
Robin Dean - 00:02:18
Episode Page: https://tro.bike/?p=37023
Music by Rabid Neon (https://rabidneon.com/) and Otis McDonald (https://otismacmusic.com/)
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