Give Me The Road – I Need to Feel Free
This year was… odd. There were all sorts of stops and starts and bumps in the road that caused me to lose my place, lose my footing. One thing that I really missed out...
Category: Blog Challenges
Want to Make Friends? Ride a Motorcycle.
After dinner tonight I rode in to town to have coffee with some of the guys. Along the way I was think ing about the many friendships that I’ve made over the years because of...
You Know What YOU Should Do? …Shut The Hell Up.
This morning I saw an article on Ultimate Motorcycling by Ron Lieback. It was called 7 Tips for Winter Motorcycle Riding. I shared it on my Facebook page. As the morning rolled on I...
Listening to My Dad While I’m Riding
It’s been such a strange few months since my Dad passed away. When I’m riding my motorcycle I feel like I can hear his voice much more easily than at any other time. That’s...
Trailside Snapshots – Meeting Some Four Legged Friends
We’re From the Internet. We Come in Peace. You make me feel like sayin’… FOXY On our last dirt ride, while I was standing around having a drink I saw something scuttling across the...
MotoBlogger Meet-Ups: Have You Had Good Luck?
Have you had any experience with meeting up with other riders that you ‘got to know’ either through their comments on your blog or from reading theirs? I’ll extend that out to people that...
Road Trip Inspiration: Connecticut Diners and the Lincoln Highway
Back in February, I posted about some of the roadside treasures that I was hoping to visit this year. Surprisingly enough, I did actually manage to visit some of them. Can you believe it?...
Just Me and My Gigantic Noggin. And Dinosaurs.
Lately, I’ve been riding around everywhere with my GoPro on a stick in photo-mode. I love being able to extend the stick to get a point of view that you could never get with...
New Jersey’s Cowtown Rodeo Muffler Man
Well, this is embarrassing. The Cowtown Rodeo cowboy and I showed up to the party wearing the same shoes. For its petite size, New Jersey is really full to the brim with silly roadside...
Sunday Ride: Soaking up the Autumn Light at the Beach
There is something especially beautiful about the morning light at this time of the year. I don’t know if it is the colors that get reflected from the trees and grass, the suns position...
Fact or Fiction: Empowering Women Motorcycle Riders
While scrolling through Twitter, I saw this post from Hipster Bike Videos: Photoset: This is what “empowering” female riders looks like apparently. http://t.co/Gmi5Rw8XkX — Hipster Bike Videos (@HipsterBikeVids) October 11, 2013 Hmm. Okay, I’ll...
A Day in the Life – Will Ride For Nonsense
What is it about a giant, fiberglass peg-legged pirate that will make me ride 170 miles out of my way? Is that the dumbest sentence you’ve ever read? Sometimes my ‘reasons’ for riding must...
Memory Lane: 10 Random Motorcycle Photos
Unexpected Hail on Monitor Pass in California GoPro Selfie on West Virginia 33 Playing in Puddles in Pennsylvania Cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway Like Mother, Like Daughter That Time I Rode Pillion When I...
Cringeworthy Phrases: Motorcycles are Dangerous
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” After nearly two decades in the game I would’ve thought that by now people’s comments about how dangerous motorcycles are would just roll right off my back. Or...
Old Blue Eyes and the Concord Point Lighthouse
When I turned off of I-95 at the exit for Havre de Grace, Maryland I had only one goal in mind. I would visit the Desert Storm muffler man. As I approached the station...
The Giant Chicken Army Chronicles – New Jersey Edition
Giant Chicken Army. It’s a thing. It’s either that or one rogue bird that keeps following me. And he’s taking the long way ’round because he lies in wait at the places I’m going...
Super-Extendo GoPro on a Stick Kicks Ass
Right before I left for The Void Rally, I picked up a new GoPro Hero 3+ Black edition. The 3+ is a pretty big improvement over my old Heros. The photo quality is great,...
The Ural Monkey and a Double Chicken Fantasy
The temperature crept up to nearly 70 degrees today. That’s kind of unusual for a November day. You bet your boots I was only too happy to load my monkey Chloe into the Ural...
MotoBlogging – Every Day in November #BEDN
While reading Twitter and stuffing my face with leftover Halloween candy, I saw a post from Zoe at Splodz Blog about a month long November blogging challenge. It’s called BEDN – Blog Every Day...
Blog Challenge: Ride to Eat Mom & Pop Style
Over on my Facebook page, I posted a photo of my bike at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. I was questioning whether or not it was worth my while to stop there ever again after...
