Motorcycle Photo: 1968 Honda CL 350 Cafe Racer
I love Kenny’s CL. I think he did such a great job on resurrecting it from a shabby, mismatched clunker and turning it into a snappy little spitfire. Last week, Discovery HD Theater launched...
Author: Fuzzygalore
Corvara, Italy and Riding Passes in the Dolomites
Well hello, sunshine! What a difference a day makes. I wish I knew why I am a morning person. I so envy those that can slumber into the late morning. Alas, it isn’t in...
From Innsbruck to the Dolomites and Corvara, Italy
Oh, Innsbruck. Our time together was too short. On Wednesday morning, we packed up our circus in no time flat and said goodbye to the city. We were heading back up in to the...
I Spy: A Peraves Ecomobile on the Fluelapass
While riding on the Fluelapass in Switzerland we passed an Ecomobile. You can file that under something you don’t see everyday! What am I talking about? It’s a Swiss BMW K-bike powered, enclosed motorcycle with...
A Few Short Hours in Innsbruck, Austria
After a long day in the saddle we pulled in to the city of Innsbruck around dinner time. We found a nice, inexpensive hotel on the outskirts in the town of Rum. We got...
Riding to Austria: Our Dark Cloudy Day Has A Silvretta Lining
The first thing that I did when I woke up was open up the window and look out. To my dismay the roadway was damp. But… at least it wasn’t raining. I watched four...
Someone Pinch Me – Switzerland is Motorcycle Riding Heaven
When we climbed down from the top of the San Bernardino pass, we had the rain on our heels. If we were going to make the most of our plans for the day we...
One of the World’s Best Motorcycling Roads: San Bernardino Pass
Though it has been in use since Roman times, the San Bernardino pass was first made known to me from the first episode of Top Gear season 10. In it, Clarkson, Hammond and May...
Motorcycle Nirvana: Riding The Splügen Pass
The Splugen pass wriggles it’s way up a mountain along a terraced roadway. Hairpin turns are stacked against the earth rising up, up up…
Killing Time Around Vicosoprano, Switzerland
A low, silvery fog nestled in to the valley while we slept. It was hard to tell if it was raining or not when I looked out over the balcony of our room. I...
A Sunday Ride Through the Swiss and Italian Alps
On Sunday, we started our day with a bang, leaving our Bormio hotel and heading straight up and over the Stelvio pass. Winding our way along it’s delicious serpentine hairpins, I wondered if my...
Cross One Off The Bucket List: Riding the Stelvio Pass in Italy
Stelvio: The Holy Grail of Roads – A Dream Realized
Visiting Italy: Motorcycling from Lake Como to Bormio
We awoke long before the revelers of the night before and departed Como heading towards the town of Bellagio. The picturesque town sits at the tip of Lake Como’s peninsula. From there you can...
Visiting Italy: Lake Como and a Case of Jet Lag
We touched down in Milan at about 8:30am local time. Looking out the window of our taxi at the big blue sky was in direct conflict with what time my body said it was....
Check Out Our Fabulous Motorcycle Road Trip T-Shirts!
When Kenny and I rendezvoused with Pimmie in Bormio, Italy he came bearing gifts for us. Apparently he and Novos had been scheming for weeks – making t-shirts for Kenny and I. Novos along...
Fly and Ride: Renting Motorcycles Away From Home
Given the obvious hardship of riding our motorcycles from Long Island to Italy, doing a “Fly and Ride” was our only option. In order to take our Alpine trip Kenny and I needed to...
Visiting Italy: We Came, We Saw… We’re Tired
After months of waiting, daydreams at my work desk and excited searches for routes to take – our alpine trip to Italy has come to a close. Kenny, Pimmie and I spent a week...
Motorcycle Luggage: Oxford Handysack Helmet Backpack
Five or six years ago, my dear friend from Wales brought Kenny and I each a nifty little motorcycle luggage bag. It’s called the Oxford Handysack. It looks like a pretty standard foldaway nylon...
Rhinebeck National Meet: Vintage 1930 Henderson Art Deco Motorcycle
In June, we visited the Rhinebeck Grand National Meet in Dutchess County, NY. Within the motorcycle timeline there were many beautiful and interesting bikes on display. But, one in particular seemed to draw everyone...
Then and Now: Brick’s Gulf Gas and Service Station
There is just something that I love about old gas stations and gas pumps. There was often a stylish craftsmanship that we generally don’t see in the new all business, efficient stations of today....
