Wise old saying…

Bythemotoworld May 29, 2014August 15, 2020

There is a romantic old saying “if you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you it is true love”. However, those of us that race and ride motorcycles know the saying actually goes,

“If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, it means you high sided!

Enough said..have a good day

New motorcycles and old friends

Bythemotoworld December 8, 2013March 21, 2019

The other day MotoWorld staff photographer Heather and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Long Beach Motorcycle show. New motorcycles, (and all the hoopla that goes with them) and all the new goodies that you just have to have for your new motorcycle. I love seeing the new motorcycles, and yes, I do my…

Helmet Time

The race is over

Bythemotoworld May 31, 2009March 21, 2019

Superbike weekend is over, well, not really. The race was over a couple of hours ago but for the media, the day isn’t quite done. Photographers are editing, uploading and sending pictures, websites are posting results and bloggers are blogging away. Race days are long days. This is what we have chosen to do so…

Helmet Time | motorcycle racing | superbikes

The Church of Speed

Bythemotoworld May 30, 2010March 21, 2019

Welcome to Sunday morning at the Church of Speed. Everyone is dressed in their Sunday best; racers in their finest leathers, photographers with their cameras hanging around their neck like jewelry, journalists writing sermons, and spectators holding their beers like Holy Water. It’s a perfect Sunday for church in Utah; sunny, not a cloud in…

Helmet Time | motorcycle racing | motorcycle travel

Start ’em young, or…

Bythemotoworld October 16, 2008March 21, 2019

…the family that rides together…uh, rides together. I think I was fourteen years old, my dad had just returned from a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. He was only going to be home for six months before heading back. He had a Honda 160 tucked away in the garage. After he settled in,…

Helmet Time | motorcycle racing | vintage bikes

Some rides are a bit better than others.

Bythemotoworld October 11, 2010March 21, 2019

Ok, here I am sitting at my computer on a truly beautiful day in Southern California wishing I was out riding my motorcycle instead. Such is life for all too many of us. Doing research for a story about Vintage Triumph 250’s, I open up my Thumper Talk Newsletter email and am glad I’m only…

The Soul of a Motorcycle

Bythemotoworld February 25, 2019April 4, 2019

Some motorcycles are born with soul, others are given soul by their builders/customizers, but most are given their soul by the rider. The guy or gal that has either stripped it down and rebuilt it into something it wasn’t before or just put gas in it and ridden it from here to wherever and has…

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