motorcycles – The Motoworld

Take a breath

Bythemotoworld April 4, 2017April 4, 2019

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…

Tapping into your Inner Rider

Bythemotoworld March 14, 2017April 4, 2019

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…

Two wheeled therapy

Bythemotoworld February 10, 2017April 4, 2019

There is a saying, If you want to be happy for a day…drink. If you want to happy for a year… get married. If you want to be happy for life…ride a motorcycle. When I started traveling on a motorcycle I found a peace that even the Hippies of the Sixties didn’t know about. It…

Dogs and Motorcycles

Bythemotoworld January 14, 2015April 4, 2019

There is a saying “only a biker knows why a dog hangs his head out the window of a car” . It’s so true but if you’re really lucky, your dog is on your bike with you!! Me and Boscoe.

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!…

Moto-Camping in High Style

Bythemotoworld February 4, 2014April 4, 2019

I’m a pretty minimalist kind of guy when it comes to motorcycle travel. I believe if you’re going ‘credit card camping’ Motel 6 is plenty fine…as long as there is a good restaurant and local dive bar within walking distance. A couple of clean T-shirts, skivvies, socks and rain gear…you’re good to go. I have…

First dates

Bythemotoworld January 15, 2014March 21, 2019

I like motorcycles, she likes boats. The first time I asked my now wife on a date it was to go look at all the Christmas decorations around town. The fun part of all of this was that I was going to take her in a motorcycle side car. Now think about it, how many…

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Old vs. New Technology…

Bythemotoworld December 12, 2013March 21, 2019

…and does it make riding more fun? I recently bought a motorcycle that was actually made in ‘this’ century. Now, I have been riding ‘Vintage’ motorcycles even before they were ‘Vintage’ so getting a bike without carburetors was really weird…”You mean I have to hook up a laptop computer to my bikes computer brain to…

Wives always tell the truth…

Bythemotoworld March 21, 2013March 21, 2019

…even when you don’t need them to! A while back I went to a ‘Bike Night’ hosted by a local dealership at a popular drive-in burger joint (aren’t they all?). I took a sh*tload of pictures ( thank god, and Nikon, for digital camera’s) and met a bunch of very friendly and enthusiastic riders. There…

Everybody has their own sense of style

Bythemotoworld March 20, 2013March 21, 2019

I’m an open minded kind of guy, I think. I like all kinds of food (including stuff that if you really knew what it was you wouldn’t get it anywhere near your mouth), most all kinds of music (I learned to like punk because of my son but I will never accept rap as a…