The header on this website is “It’s All About The Journey“, whenever it starts and wherever it goes. But how about ‘When’ it starts ??? A fairly common question amongst the motorcycle internet groups is when did you start riding?? The answers range from “when I was a little kid” to “as soon as I…
Your best friend always has to have a place to live. It doesn’t matter whether it has two wheels or four legs, a home is important. In 1968, my best friend, a Triumph Tiger…needed a heart transplant (a bottom end job). After all the parts were ordered, without dismantling the motor, my step dad basically…
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…
We have all said that. Whether it’s about our job, family, friends, the weather, and for some us…our motorcycle. But our motorcycle is always something that separates us from, well, everyone else. Riding is not something we have to do, well, for some of us it is. We need the feel of a motorcycle, the…
A number of years ago I met Nicky Hayden at Laguna Seca Raceway during a MotoGP event. My Podcast had only been running a couple of years but Nicky was gracious enough to spend a few minutes with me. I found him just as warm as his smile and our interview was as wonderful as…
We’ll know when we get there. That goes for a lot in life but for those of us that travel on two wheels thats all part of the grand adventure. Some trips we have to be in a certain place at a certain day so we plan our trip accordingly. Some trips are based on I…
This goes for so many things in life. When you first are born you get smacked on the butt and you start breathing outside the womb. When you ask out a girl for the first time and when throw your leg over your first motorcycle. These are great times that we always remember…well maybe not…
Or… according to Elvis Costello…Peace, Love and Understanding. I have spent up until now, 100% of my motorcycling life (50 years) on Sportbikes, Sport Tourers, Vintage bikes (Honda, Yamaha, Triumph, BSA, Ducati, BMW….), dirt bikes and a couple of Adventure bikes along the way but never a two wheeled Winnebago’s (read, Gold Wing). A number…
Many of us have read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence. I have read read it twice and still don’t get it. Robert Persig did a good job but I continue to wonder why it is as popular as it is. Doesn’t matter, a lot of people like the book. There is a…
As a professional motorcycle riding coach I work with all types and styles of riders. There are those that are scared of the streets, those that aren’t quite sure if they should be riding a motorcycle at all and those that have more ego than ability. This article is about the latter and it is…
