A motorcycle is a fabulous form of transportation for those that will try it. I rode a bike once and fell in love. My friend rode a motorcycle and swore to never get on one again. It isn’t for everyone, but a bike provides a sense of freedom and a connection to the ride that you just can’t get anywhere else. Two wheels are an amazing way to get around, and a motorcycle will add fun and adventure to every trip.
While a motorcycle isn’t usually suitable for the weekly grocery trip, and it’s tough to take your animals to the vet on one, they provide a freedom and fun that you can never experience in a car, not even a convertible. And they give you a connection with other riders, that you also can’t get in a car, no matter what kind.
There are a billion types of bikes to choose from, cruisers, crotch rockets, touring bikes, sport tourers, you name it.
Intimate A motorcycle is a much more intimate mode of transportation than a car or truck. You aren’t surrounded by glass and metal, protected by seatbelts and a crash zone. You can feel and smell, see and hear things you just can’t when you’re in a car, even if you have the windows down. There’s […]
Morning I woke up in the morning and ran out to the garage to make sure yesterday wasn’t a dream. It wasn’t! My gorgeous carbon black metallic R1250 RT was still there! I sometimes feel like a kid at Christmas, but why should they be the only ones to experience such joy? I ran into
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Thrills Hopping on my new bike for the first time was a thrilling feeling. It sounded amazing and felt so smooth. Adam had kindly put the bike in rain mode to keep everything a little slower and, he thought, safer for me. I rode it out into the street and when the light turned green,
Anxiety The check arrived about 2:30 Thursday afternoon, and my BFG and I hit the road. That was a very long 450 miles, but my BFG is fun to talk to and we had a good time. We checked in to our hotel and I told him I wish they had sent me the owner’s
Searching Looking for something that you really want can be so difficult. I was searching for a used BMW R1200 RT or R1250 RT. I could afford a new one, but the prospect of buying a brand new bike scared me, and I was hoping to save several thousand dollars. A new bike would be
Reality The first dose of reality surrounding this long distance trip that came to me once the euphoria of the thought of travel started to abate slightly, was thoughts of my bike. The motorcycle I was driving when I came up with this brilliant idea to see my own country was my 2007 Yamaha FJR,
The beginning I rode my first motorcycle when I was 18 years old and promptly bought one. I lived in the Philippines at the time, and everyone rode them there. It was a great place to ride, because the weather was always warm even though it rained a lot, and there were a bunch of
A few months ago, feeling trapped by COVID-19 like so many others, and after reading something regarding European’s surprise at how little Americans travel their own country, I decided to take a motorcycle trip to see all of the states to which I had not yet been. A friend of mine travels everywhere and I
