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May 7, International Female Ride Day Ride!
Up and out with the sun warm on my back, I rode out to Highway 50 wondering where I could ride locally for International Female Ride Day, stay warm and get out of the commuter traffic. Ah, the woes of the unemployed!
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May 7th–Just Ride–International Female Ride Day!
The first Friday of every May has been deemed International Female Ride Day by Motoress. The idea is simply for all female riders to just get out there and ride!! Well day after tomorrow is that day, so girls, get out there and just do it!!
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May (and every other month) is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month!
This month, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation would like to remind all riders of a few basic rules to follow to ensure that everyone, riders and non-riders alike, can enjoy a beautiful and safe spring season. 1) Get properly trained and licensed – The best first ride is an MSF RiderCourseSM. Riding is serious fun and…
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More excellent photos from Streetmasters workshop April 2010
I was so impressed with my Streetmastes course, but nothing is better than seeing the fruits of ones labor. Bruce Laidlaw, Streetmasters official photographer got some absolutely wonderful actions shots during the course that I took. He sent me the files, free of charge just for my own enjoyment, however I did think this would…
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More on the Death Valley Ride
The CA Poppy Reserve My travel mate Bruce took some wonderful shots and though I don’t usually post other’s travel photos, most of these are of me, so why not?
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STREETMASTERS Precision Cornering Workshop
Riders all need improvement as it allows safer more confident riding skills and Streetmasters is the place to get excellent instruction with real world riding experience on the Horse Thief Mile at Willow Springs Raceway in SoCal. I was fortunate enough to have the time on my last tour to drop by and take the…
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Friends, Death Valley, Streetmasters and some Awesome CA backroads!
They say experience leads to wisdom, however early Tuesday morning, my experience taught me I was lacking in motorcycle maintenance as I prepared to ride off to meet my friend, Bruce in the blooming desert of Southern CA. My battery was as dead as the proverbial doornail. I hadn’t ridden the bike for weeks and…
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Off to Death Valley and a refresher course with Streetmasters!
Tomorrow morning I’ll be heading south to DV to do some riding with a friend and then to attend a day of riding the track working on ridding myself of bad habits and polishing up the good with Streetmasters Precision Cornering Workshop. The desert wildflowers are supposed to be opulent and magnificent right now as…
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2010 International Female Ride Day–Just Ride!
“The 2010 International Female Ride Day is just a few weeks away and women all over the world are getting prepared for the global occasion. More countries are expected to join in and more women are setting up activities for Friday May 7th. “Even more women are riding this year, as you might well imagine,…
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FIM introduces “Women Ride” campaign promoting women in motorcycling
FIM Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (International Motorcycling Federation) has launched a “WOMEN RIDE” video to promote women in motorcycling. This new video highlights Leslie Porterfield (FIM Speed World Record Holder), Livia Lancelot (FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion) and Laia Sanz (FIM Women”s Trial World Champion) “This campaign is the fruit of a joint project between…
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