Newsflash – Girls Ride Motorcycles
On Sunday morning I hopped on my bike to head out to Captree Park to meet my dear friend Bill for coffee. The Captree parking lot serves as an informal hang for motorcycle and...
Monthly Archive: April 2012
Wishful Thinking: One More For The To Do List – Teakettle Junction
A few weekends ago a friend posted a photo on Facebook of a motorcycle ride he’d taken in Death Valley. The picture was a group of friends in their riding gear in front of...
A Brush With Greatness: Meeting the Wienermobile
Some dreams are gigantic, epic undertakings that take a lifetime to complete if they can ever even be completed. Then there are other dreams that are just simple bits of whimsy. Wishes, if you...
Do Women Who Ride Motorcycles Find It Easier to Get Dates?
I received a comment from long time motorcycle rider BobbyN who asks the following: In a previous life I was a bartender for a large theme restaurant in NYC. I worked with a lot of...
I Think It’s Time For Us To Go Somewhere
I feel like Kenny and I haven’t gone anywhere or done any riding in the longest time. Of course, it was winter. Sort of. But, it’s time; time for us to think about hitting...
The Living the Goes Into Motorcycle Helmets
When you consider that you might have a helmet for say, 4 years – there is a lot of living that goes on during that time. Many roads traveled, friendships made, time shared and...
Muffler Man: Checking in with the Jackson, NJ Halfwit
Over the last few weekends my travels have added two more checks in the “Visited” column of my Muffler Man to-do list. There are still plenty more to see but I’m enjoying picking them...
Muffler Man: Mohawk Motors Indian of Shirley, Ma.
A few weekends ago I took a ride with some friends who wanted to stop in to the open house at MotoMarket in Acton, Ma. Since I had no interest in buying anything I...
What’s Your Take On This 3-Wheeled Scooter?
Today at the office, the only other moto in the lot beside my own was this 3-wheeled scooter: What’s your opinion on this 3 wheeled scooter? Cute, cool, non-committal, geeky – what do you...
The Perks of Being Part of a Motorcycle “Couple”
Many people who are part of a couple in which both people ride their own motorcycles like to wax poetic about how it’s so great to be able to ride with the person you...
A Case for Motorcycle Commuting
Lately I haven’t been doing much pleasure riding. Like other people with full time jobs, with children and families there are seemingly weeks and weeks that go by where the majority of your time...
Motorcycle Misperceptions – Changing Them, One Person At A Time
Yesterday when I stood outside of my office packing up my sidebag and getting ready to head home – a man walked out of the building, eyes fixed on me and the Tiger. I...
What Is It About Harley-Davidson That Makes Them So Polarizing?
In the Town of Port Jefferson there is a parking lot that has stalls marked for motorcycle only parking. There are a few picnic tables and benches in this area to allow people to...
