A nice clean shot of my X in my driveway in 2005.

This shot was taken to commemorate the addition of braided radiator hose. I thought it was a nice addition in place of the stock coil that orignally encased the radiator hose.

This was another great shot in a local abandoned quarry. Actually, the area was turned into a park with wooden walkways so I had to go where no bikes ever go to find that great bolder for a backdrop.

Here's a shot that was taken at the meeting point just before a few of us XJers got together for a ride along the renowned Forks of the Credit Road back in March 2006. That's Omar "Crash" Petralis at the left and Brock Smith just to his right. I think that's Baz who's completely obscured between them. The guy in the centre, of course, is Mike "Superman" Kampman. And, of course, the covert individual in the purple hood is SWMBO, cleverly concealing her face from the camera. What's new.

I was on vacation at a trailer park in Sauble Beach in July 2006 and decided to take this shot after revitalizing my X. I couldn't think of a more peaceful way to spend the afternoon than to clean & polish my baby to perfection.

These pictures of my bright & shiny Mikunis were taken to commemorate the addition of polished socket head cap screws and chrome pilot screw caps. Polishing the stainless steel screws to a shine took a fair amount of time but was well worth the effort.

Here's a picture of my X on one of those wooden walkways I mentioned earlier and another in a nearby area of the park overlooking the local escarpment. The pedestrians weren't too pleased when I drove up and then encouraged them to leave the shot but I knew it would be worth the effort. Tragically the sun was badly positioned at the time so I might have to go back to recreate the shots with better lighting.

That's my X in the middle of a trio of Maxim-Xs at the 2005 Southern Ontario Carb Clinic in Stoufville, Ontario.

Just a good clean shot of my X in a local parking lot.

I took this picture after adding neon lights to my X. Admittedly it's not a perfect picture but it was the best I could do to accentuate the lighting. I may try to replace this picture some day.

Back in November 2004, the Hamilton chapter of the Southern Cruisers organized participation in the Waterdown Santa Claus Parade (what I like to call the Santa Claus "Charade"). I dressed up as a beardless Santa and chauffeured a 5ft inflatable Rudolph in a group of eight or so participating motorcycles. I hooked up my X-Power invertor to power a fan to inflate Rudolph, a light to illuminate Rudolph, a candy cane lantern and a string of LED lights that went all around the bike. In the pictures you'll also see my father-in-law on his decorated V30 Magna. What can I say... he likes to go overboard. The whole thing was excrutiating. We waited at our staging area for about 3 hours in the cold before merging into our place in the parade. Then we spent about 2 hours traversing a mere 2km loop, brutalizing our clutches the whole way. By the end of the parade, my battery was mighty low from idling for such a long time with the extra electrical load, and I could tell my clutch wasn't too happy either (a feeling shared by the others). I won't be doing that again. Bah humbug!

Here's a shot of me freeing my X for a brisk winter ride back in February 2004. I'm good to -4°C (25°F) and usually manage to get out on the road at least once a month during the winter, as long as the roads are dry. "I..... AM..... CANADIAN"... OK, I'm German, but I'm Canadian at heart.

Here's a shot of my X on a pier overlooking a marina in southwest Burlington. I was driving by and thought the marina would make an excellent backdrop.

This picture was taken at the Northern Ontario Carb Clinic in June 2006. Except for the imposter at the left, this is a group of Maxim-Xs, each awaiting their turn for a tune up.