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10 Hot Weather Riding Myths–BUSTED!
Thanks goes to my friend Wild Will at Motorcyclist Cafe for reprinting this important article from Soundrider.com Remember how important it is to stay hydrated and cool when doing summer riding. Get out your cooler gear, but remember to keep covered. ATGATT will not only keep your skin safe but it will reduce sun damage…
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New CMSP Site
The California Motorcycle Safety Program has remodeled its site just in time for the 09 Spring riding season. “The California Motorcyclist Safety Program trained 70,469 students in 2008, an 11 percent increase over 2007, setting what is believed to be the record for most students trained in a year by any state program. The CMSP…
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Ready, Set, Go! Bike essentials for a new riding season!
Ok…wake up sleepyheads and have a good long stretch. Here on the west coast it’s time to rise up from our of our winter slumber and get our bikes ready for a new and wonderful riding season! Here are 5 essential tips to get ready.
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I dropped my bike, now what??
Last year, while living in Reno, I decided to take a quick ride, out of the city in the spring sunshine. There aren’t many ways to go out of Reno, and really only two fun roads until you get to the Sierras. I was heading to one that led to Virginia City. I made it…
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International Women and Motorcycling Conference
This coming August 19-22 Harley Davidson and Buell are hosting the AMA premier event for women in Keystone, CO. This will be the fifth International Women and Motorcycling Conference and will be offering state-of-the-art amenities and world-class riding in the heart of the Rockies. The cost of the four day event is $165 until 8/03/09,…
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Interesting site: Lipstick and Wanderlust
In my web wanderings, I find many interesting items, some motorcycle related others not. Considering this is a motorcycle blog, I try my best to keep everything posted motorcycle-centric. Well, while surfing, I discovered this site Lipstick and Wanderlust by Beth Whitman, offering encouragement, travel-tested information and lighthearted anecdotes drawn from her twenty years (and…
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“How NOT to Crash” by Ianisme
OK everyone, as promised here is the follow up article. Taking a cue from the first article, we have decided there are basically 3 types of crash. The highside, lowside and impact. The best form of surviving these crashes is to try and avoid them in the first place. These are a few ideas I…
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“How to Crash” by Ianisme
Now before some of you start waffling on about not crashing in the first place, this thread is designed to help when fate overtakes desire and you end up tasting tarmac. I plan a followup article with the opposite title. There are several ways to crash but your reactions to all of them will be…
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Crashing: Ways to avoid it!
This is going to be part one of a three part post: Today–Crashing: Ways to avoid it Tomorrow–How to Crash Day After–How not to Crash I believe that everyone will take some information from all of these posts with irreverent fun, but serious overtones.