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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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“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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Riding with Others: Finding your “Pace”
After posting about why I continue to ride solo most of the time, I thought of all the others that completely enjoy riding with others and how, for many, riding together is what riding is about. This post is for you!! In regards to “the group ride”, as a new rider a few seasons ago,…
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Riding Solo: A woman’s perspective
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard, “aren’t you afraid to ride alone?” Well, the answer to that query is complicated. Though I don’t harbor any fears about riding alone, I do try to minimize the risks with proper gear, a charged cell phone and a SPOT GPS tracking device. I keep…