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Get me outta here to some good weather!!
You can follow along via the spot link to the right. Am currently in Tucson visiting an old friend. The weather here is perfect and unbelievable. ; ) I was so ready for some fine warm weather. Leaving Sacramento three days ago proved tedious, with terrible weather, snow flurries, and clouds all the way to…
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Motorcycle Wind Chill Chart
As I get ready for a road trip, I like seeing what weather I will be anticipating and often wonder how my combined speeds and that of the air temperature create wind chill. The results are sometimes surprising!
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UUUUH, DUH…
Well…my Suzuki mechanic at PCP Motorsports called me today to let me know what he discovered was wrong with my bike since it wouldn’t start on my way home from Streetmasters. The conversation went sort of like this… “Hey Donna, how’s your afternoon?” Uh fine. So do I need to be sitting down? “Well, you…
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Streetmasters 2011: Precision skills for the challenging world of motorcycling
The past weekend was spent at Streetmasters Cornering Workshop on one of the best weekends that it could have been held. The sun glowed, the wind kept at bay and the Horse Thief Mile offered up a perfect riding surface. This was my second year at Streetmasters, but after two months of rainy winter weather,…
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Confessions from a Gear Nazi
I always enjoy a good read and the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies or the IJMS always delivers. The Spring issue has an excellent article regarding helmets and gear written by Wendy Moon. The article is entitled, “Riding Half-Naked (Or The Conversion of a Safety Nazi)”. Wendy had previously had long heated discussions with her…
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Riding with an ol’ friend… an un-solo adventure!
Next week I’ll be embarking on my first adventure of the season, riding to AZ and NM with Dave, an ol’ friend from Alaska who just purchased a Wee-Strom. In the last few months he has been touring Thailand on a cute little 250, riding 2 up with his girl friend, so the Suzuki 650…
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Return to Streetmasters!
This weekend will mark nearly one year since my last Streetmasters course, only this year it’s even more crucial that I take the class since I have spent so much time off the bike this past winter. I was trying to remember the last ride I took with any sort of substance and can’t for…
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The only American made motorcycle to win the Isle of Man TT
The UK Isle of Man TT is one of the most anticipated races of the year and this year is no exception. The race first occurred in 1907 on the original St. Johns route, however, in 1911 it was re-routed to the present 37-3/4-mile Mountain Course. It was in 1911 that the Indian Motorcycle won…
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Bikes and Babes just keeps giving!
It wasn’t long ago that I did a post on More Bikes and Babes: Women in advertising and history of motorcycling. In that post was a photo of Keira Knightley filming a Coco Chanel perfume commercial. In this filmed commercial she is clad in a slick beige cat suit custom designed by Karl Lagerfeld, together…
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Don’t miss this amazing and passionate video! And some very cool bikes!! WOW…