We have seen what kind of clothing you should wear, and we have looked at what kind of precautions you need to take in order to ride your motorcycle during the winter months. Now, let us look at the actual ride itself. Once autumn is in full swing, and then the long winter months have [...]
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Riding Motorcycle In The Winter – Part 3
Posted in Daily Ride, Motorcycle safety, Touring, tagged Winter on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lake Tahoe to Sacramento Trip
Posted in Touring, Uncategorized on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those who believe the descent from the peaks of Lake Tahoe and Donner Pass (CA) to Sacramento is a smooth one, think again. One hundred miles is a short ride, yes, but dropping nearly 8,000 feet is not. It was in the low 40s when I departed Lake Tahoe, bitterly windy, and bits of [...]
I Was There
Posted in Daily Ride, Touring, tagged motorcycle riders on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You don’t buy a motorcycle for transportation, in my opinion. Sure, when you turn your car in at the shop, you might use your bike, but that’s an exception. As a general rule, bikes don’t have enough cargo space, they’re too vulnerable to foul weather, and they’re entirely too expensive. No, you have a car [...]
Motorcycle Trip Planning-To Plan Or Not To?
Posted in Touring, Uncategorized, tagged motorcycle trips on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For those of you planning a lengthy motorcycle trip, my advice is to quit planning immediately. Planning means stating your intentions. And that means the gods of fortune are alerted to the fact you have hopes of doing something, at which point they unite against you to ensure that plenty of things go wrong. Two [...]
Tips for long road trips from Atlas Rider
Posted in Touring on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some practical tips from Bill a real biker who blogs in atlas rider. The mental tips for those long trips are great! Atlas Rider