The five days, of which two were travel, were a whirlwind tour of another world — one where motorcycles outnumber cars and biker culture rules. It was also an amazing place to ride, with something for everybody even if you don’t ride the American cruisers that make up 99% of the population of this event.ContinueContinue reading “Sturgis Was Awesome”
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New Bike, Track Bike, Rally, Rememberance
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. Let me sum up. This is my new-to-me 2005 Kawasaki KLR 650. After getting Ricky Carmichael’s advice, I’m finally getting dirty. Most of my dirt riding experience so far consists of crashing from using too much front brake. There are a ton of dirt and class 6 (unmaintained)ContinueContinue reading “New Bike, Track Bike, Rally, Rememberance”
Suddenly, I’m Going To Sturgis
Thanks to a strange chain of events and an accommodating day job, I’ll be going to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally during the first week of August. Yeah, I’m surprised, too. Big biker rallies like this aren’t generally my thing. I don’t even attend local Laconia aside from the occasional side event like the Mt. WashingtonContinueContinue reading “Suddenly, I’m Going To Sturgis”
It’s like the same thing, only different
I’ve really enjoyed writing for RideApart. Getting to nerd out about motorcycles and get paid for it has been great. I nerd out about motorcycles regardless. Plus the staff is a great crew of like-minded biker nerds to geek out with on our Slack chat. I really didn’t want to drop the daily writer gig toContinueContinue reading “It’s like the same thing, only different”
Writing About Riding
Suddenly I find myself writing for one of the motorcycle sites I’ve been reading for years, RideApart. It all happened so fast, but here I am! The only thing better than getting paid to write about cars, in my mind, is getting paid to write about motorcycles. You can read my RideApart work here. I’m stillContinueContinue reading “Writing About Riding”
