With apologies to Robert Pirsig
As some of you guessed from my last post, I’ve been a little stressed out. But lucky for me, I have some motorcycle maintenance to do. Motorcycling, for me, has […]
Motorcycles
I’m motorcycle mad. I’ve raced and done a hundred or more track days. I’ve owned dozens of bikes, the most recent a 2012 Ninja 1000. I also have gotten my daughter into it.
Georgia ghost town
Normally I’d do one of these posts using the photo gallery on this blog, but I want to tell more of a story than just photo captions. We got up […]
Do not attempt… anything
I followed a link from Twitter to a video about the handling characteristics of the Suzuki GSXR-600 currently being raced in the MotoAmerica series. As is normal with a lot […]
Take care of yourself
This morning, Suzanne and I set out for Monroe, Georgia, to go buy some soap. I mapped a back-road route we’d never seen before and mounted up on the trusty […]
Sport and spectacle
This past weekend, Annie and I went to see EnduroCross at Infinite Energy Arena. This was our first time at EnduroCross, but we’d been to SuperCross a few years ago. I […]
Fear at your doorstep
Recently, in one of her email updates, Erika Napoletano asked the question “What scares you?” and solicited responses from her readers. I’m not usually one to respond to these types […]
13 questions newbie motorcyclists ask
If there were a subtitle to this post, it might be “…and then proceed to ignore the answers.” I’ve been riding motorcycles for a long time and have logged lots […]
I’m better than all of you – a study of criticism
I’ve wrecked my share of motorcycles. Sometimes it’s been my fault. Sometimes it’s been a cager. On rare occasions it’s been a malfunction. I generally see those as my fault […]
Your child on a motorcycle
I recently read this headline in my Facebook feed: Mom ‘shamed’ for letting 7-year-old daughter ride on motorcycle. It was posted in a closed motorcycling group, so you can imagine it […]
Nerd on a motorcycle
The release of the movie Why We Ride, combined with a look at many of my motorcyclist friends, made me think about why I started riding. I started riding a motorcycle […]