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Does this bike make my A$$ look fat?
I had a day to consider this post and what it should contain and, after great consideration, say this: What exactly is a “motorcycle for women”? I combed an entire web site only to discover that “motorcycles for women” are distinguished solely by virtue of slick paint jobs and accessories! Huh? I was under the…
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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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Harley’s Financial Woes
The NYTimes ran an article in the Economy section a couple of weeks ago entitled Harley, You’re not getting any Younger. Being interested in all brands of motorcycles, I dove into the article. The story told how Harley’s core customers, the aging baby boomers, are currently unwilling to shell out 20K plus for a “big…
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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.
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Riding at Night: The Twilight Zone
I found this at TriumphRat.net forum and found it very useful. I imagine most of us have found ourselves off schedule a bit and have had to do some night riding. Others choose night riding, preferring the roads less crowded. Either way, the gentleman who wrote this has some wonderful insight into the “twilight zone”.…
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A Motorcycle Ride Back in Time
Yesterday four friends braved the spring winds to take a cool jaunt into history. By that I mean we traveled to visit a Civil War Re-enactment preformed in Knights Ferry, about 100 miles south of Sacramento. The route we took was less than direct so we could incorporate some of the twistier roads and avoid…
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Need a moto-chair?
While surfing the web the past couple of days, I discovered that when you do a blanket search into a browser you are playing bingo. You either get more of what you need or something totally unrelated. Either way can be entertaining. I was entertained by what I considered some very interesting home furnishings. Once…
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March – Back roads riding with Gary
Today, my general dislike of riding with others had a face lift. I went riding with my husband and had a delightful ride, right in our own backyard. We shot over to the gold country and traversed several back roads crisscrossing between farm country, hillsides, dams and tiny towns. The wildflowers were in full regalia…