Learning the Ways of the Ural
Thanks to beautiful autumn weather, I got a chance to put a couple hundred miles on the Ural this weekend. A few weeks ago when Kenny and I visited Sine’s 5 and Dime, I bought a...
Category: Motorcycle
Welcome to Life in the Slow Lane: 2012 Ural Patrol
After weeks of waiting the big orange egg finally hatched and my 2012 Ural Patrol came home on Monday. I must admit that she’s a little bit of a celebrity around the office. This...
I Have Officially Lost My Mind and Bought…
Do you ever stop and ask yourself “why the hell not?” Is there really such a thing as a special occasion? When is it a good time to follow your heart? If not now,...
GoPro Candids: You Choose the Ending
Remember those choose your own adventure books that were popular in the 80’s? Once upon a time there was a very beautiful, smart and charming girl who liked to ride motorcycles. Did I mention...
Motorcycle Blogs – Showing Off or Sharing the World?
In March of 2012, MotoChat, the motorcycle Twitter/Facebook chat dedicated its hour-long gab fest to the topic of Motorcycle Blogs. One of the questions that was posed was: Big Epic Trips: Is it showing...
Three Things That Pissed Me Off On the Road This Weekend
I’m tired and I’m grouchy. And so, I’d like to share a few things that have pissed me off on the road this weekend: Cigarette Butts Oh, you’re a smoker? That’s great. I hear...
Making Friends: File Under Kawasaki
When I am out riding my motorcycle I must have the kind of face that says, “Please talk to me!” On Sunday while I was standing outside next to my Tiger drinking juice in...
Potato, Potahto – Who Cares? Let’s Fix My Bike
Don’t you just hate it when you lose a front brake caliper bolt when you’re riding your motorcycle? Yea. Me too. When I pulled into the parking lot in town on Sunday night, I...
New Compelling Evidence – Cavemen Rode Motorcycles
Choppers, in fact: Scratched into the concrete of a Fort Hancock bunker, this is the work of primitive men. Cavemen, perhaps. Someone clearly took great care to share their art with the world. And...
Postcards From The Road: Land of the Lost
Greetings from Dinosaurland! Whitepost, Va. Saturday June 2, 2012 Hi Y’all! Having a great time moseying around below the Mason-Dixon line. We’re makin’ some new friends along the way. When you see a T-Rex...
The GPS Files: It’s In Your Pocket, Dummy
I would like to introduce you to my nemesis: You folks who also have Garmin Zumo GPS’ know exactly what this is. It’s the little screwdriver tool that you use to “unlock” the GPS...
Name That KTM Motorcycle Garden Gnome
This rockin’ gnome lives in my friend (and KTM KoolAid drinker) F’n Hal’s RV and greets people when they enter his campsite. Can you believe this little guy doesn’t have a name? Have any suggestions?
Pre-Weekend Shakedown Ride on the Husky
Yesterday I spent a grueling hour and a half at the DMV finally getting a plate for my Husky. It isn’t that I had to do battle with a clerk or anything, my transaction...
Blogging About Motorcycle Travel – For the Rest of Us
I read a mountain of motorcycle blogs each day. In the last couple of years there seems to be a trend that has emerged across some of them. It is the idea that in order to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
