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The North Cascades Highway is a spectacular, hilly, twisty route through the mountains that I live riding on a motorcycle, and would one day like to cycle. Winthrop is a strange little town that's been made over in a complete western theme, complete with saloons instead of restaurants and pumping...
"This is Daisy Dufuss reporting on KDUH as to the mysterious whereabouts of the town's entire police motorcycle division. There has been a very observable absense of the two-wheeled vehicles and the officers that patrol on them. I can personally testify that my team has been out all day, along with...
A number of my co-workers are getting motorcycles...in fact, lots. I've been commute riding the longest in this company (by far, ~10yrs) so I've been getting a lot of feels for what bikes to buy, rules of thumb, etc. I actually have a lot to offer, most of which I won't pile on here simply because...
This past weekend, I took the beginner motorcycle course. Here in TN it costs about $200. I had a dirt bike for a while when I was a kid, but it had been about 15 years since I had ridden. Gas prices along with a longstanding interest in motorcycles urged me to take the course. Friday 06/13-...
I remember the Sportster my brother had. It was customized to his taste, and just way too cool. He loved it. Of course that was before he went cuckoo in the head and ended up selling it. He has always loved Harley Davidson motorcycles. Actually, who doesn't love them? I suppose that now that my...
Being a Harley Davidson fan i would have never considered Victory Motorcycles, however they were having an open house at their manufacturing facility just west of Minneapolis, MN. I had to go check it out! Saturday i went for a ride and tried to keep an absolute unbiased opinion. Although the crowd...
Well it has been a while since I've posted a substantial blog, we have been very busy around the Siva/Atty camp so I figured it was about time for a little update. I am not complaining about not having enough time to blog, mind you. I am definitely enjoying spending time with my family. So without...
Luc Bourdon had been riding for 10 days before this accident. Lack of rider training is the number one cause of motorcycle accidents. Schneider wasn't surprised Bourdon would ride a motorcycle. "Something like this, buying a motorcycle, just fits right into his persona. Always fearless and doing...
How are you spending this Memorial Day? How will it differ from Memorial Days past? we took a trip this weekend to pioneer, ohio... there's this leather shop called Hudson Leather. there was a congregation and huge sale on acct. of memorial day, the place was packed .. we rode in a group of only 6,...
Wassy and I have arrived in Washington DC. I'm typing this up this morning while she's getting ready for us to head down for breakfast and the other associated activities of today since I didn't have much time to do so last night. Or the energy for that matter. So...here we go. Well, actually,...
A few of the first pictures from the parade. I took like 360, so... it'll take me a while to go through them and pick out any nice ones. :D To the left were a couple guys walking on the sidewalk behind us, up to the parade, before it started. They were in the parade later. I liked the guy in the...
I finally managed to get it together & do a book about Friday the 13th in Port Dover. I think I'm in love with the end product. You can check it out at: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/235046
Went for a first ride on Sunday (finally, the weather co-operated) on my Suzuki SV650 (aka "Hiro"). We look good together, dontcha think? (That bike in the background is my husband's big fat purple grape of a sport touring bike.)
I do not consider myself an expert rider. There are many out there with way more riding experience than myself. What I have learned; with probably close to 50,000 miles of saddle time, is that I am a long ways from being a beginner. Therefore I can offer some advice to the rider just starting out,...
I used to think it would be distracting to listen to music through ear phones or helmet speakers while riding. After all anything that takes your attention off the task at hand would be a bad thing, right. Well I am not so sure anymore. Most of the close calls I have had were caused by a mental let...
Back before podcasts I used to listen to Tom and Ray on NPR's Car Talk regularly because there wasn't anything else worth listening to on the radio on Sunday mornings. I get them in podcast form now and listen to them from time to time, but the shows seem disappointing these days and it took me a...
Motorcyclists tend to to clique-up according to their style of bike, which is fine from the mutual support standpoint but irks the crap out of me when they get to picking on other riders. This constant tone of disdain and self-importance was such a common element of threads on my most regular (sport...
When coming to a stoplight at the end of a twisty off-ramp and (being -- generally speaking -- a dipthong) remaining in 4th gear, one is able to (a) stall when letting off the clutch, yet (b) move forward anyway, then (c) thumb the starter casually while doing so, and (d) ride off without anybody...
Just before noon on Saturday, it was with high hopes that I braved the torrential rains to see Bike Asia at the Singapore Expo. IT was hyped up to be Asia's chance to see the premier 2 wheel offerings from all the top manufactures. From the Bike Asia website, "...the world's largest motorcycle and...
Harley helmets are available in many different shapes and styles. What one to select? That depends on many factors -- what type of biker you are, if you want the ultimate in security, and what the rest of your accessories look. We'll review a few of the options available so you can sift through the...
