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Motorcycling meets High Fashion!
Last week I found this really fun fashion collage site called Polyvore and I’ve spent lots of free time playing with it. You can go to any website and clip a picture and build a collage with the clippings. Being I was a hairdresser for a mere 18 years, I still have my inclination toward…
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BOOK REVIEW–LIVE FULL THROTTLE by Tamela Rich
Being cynical by nature, I always scoff at “self help” or “inspirational” books. I feel that bookstores and digital media are bulging with inspirational books but the world in which we live seems so gritty and unchanged by this phenomena. I knew Tamela was a rider but also an outsource communications specialist and I wondered…
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More Riding Tips from another Veteran Rider with Skills to Share!!
I am fortunate to have some very talented rider pals that have contributed some wonderful information to put to print. The object is to make new riders aware of potential problems as well as keep ua experienced riders from becoming complacent. Stuart Pauly is an avid sportbike rider that rides both street and track. He…
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Bell Helmet Farkling…giving gender where there was none!
I purchased a new helmet this season, a Bell Revolver, which now has been replace by the Bell Revolver EVO helmet. The EVO worked out what the manufacturers considered the bugs in the first rendition of the Revolver, however must say, other than the fact it’s noisy, I have no complaints. I always wear ear…
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Memorial Day Salute to Women Riders during Wartime…
The subject of women’s roles in WWI and WWII history seemes an appropriate topic to enter into this Memorial Day weekend. In a previous post, Bikes and Babes-Women Motorcyclists Riding into History, I tried to chronicle women rider’s historic contributions. For today’s post I revisited a couple of the women who had contributed to the…
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Trying to shed Hollywood’s “bad biker” image!!
Forever motorcyclists have been portrayed as bad asses by Hollywood in a plethora of “B” movies. For those of us that find passion in riding it’s difficult to shake the self-fulfilling prophesy of outlaw as portrayed by film. The 1960s and 70s gave birth to a subculture of aspiring bad-ass biker wannabes. “The Mini-skirt Mob”…
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RYNO one-wheeled motorcycle or Uni-moto?
Would you ride one?? Vehicle production company RYNO Motors is pulling out all the stops in the motorized retail market this year. Based in Portland, OR, they have developed a vehicle that redefines the traditional scooter. They are in the middle of building a series of 50 hand built limited edition pre-production bikes. Called ‘Micro-Cycle’…
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Come on Hon, it’s only $90 bucks…
Squirrel on a motorcycle
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Advice for NEW RIDERS from those with years and (s)miles! Part 4
For the final submission from experienced riders sharing knowledge with new riders, we have five women with lots of experience and miles. Susan Garza has been riding for years. She has ridden several different formats of machine, but seems to prefer the sportbike. She’s an ATGATT rider who makes riding look effortless. Susan sez: Pay…
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My woes at the California DMV or the 10th Circle of HELL!
I went to DMV yesterday to renew my plates and surrender my dmnshea plate since Gary doesn’t love riding the Bandit with my personalized plate. In my wisdom, I got numeric plates for both bikes so we can switch off. Anyway… The DMV woman tells me I have a parking ticket in SF that needs…