“Why Didn’t they Wave Back?”

I've been ruminating on this post for some time now, maybe a couple of months, as the wife and I have been back on the roads, taking weekend trips and getting more miles under our belts. I'll be riding along, see another biker on the other side of the road, drop the wave, and get …

Review: EarPeace – Motorsport Earplugs

Here's a pretty detailed review, as used in the real world, of the EarPeace Motosport ear plugs. Verdict? Read on. (Also, I was not paid for nor asked to write this review.)

Getting the Right Size Bike – I Probably Did it Wrong…

I was watching this video by Lemmy and the boys from Revzilla: YouTube Link. They talk about the frustration of new riders buying (or getting sold) on bikes bigger than really ought to have at their skill levels. The video got me thinking. When the wife and I went to buy ourselves a bike in …

Motorcycles, Electronics, and Upgrades — Considerations and “How to do it Right”

This entry started from a posting I contributed to on the HDForums site. I decided to expand upon the various talking points there into a more full-fledged discussion about the hows, whys, and considerations of adding electronic gadgets to your ride. My experience involves a 2016 Harley-Davidson Heritage, so specific examples in this post may …

The Pain of Upgrading your Motorcycles and Computers

When the wife and I first decided to get our bike licenses a couple years ago, once we had committed to the class, we went to the two convenient Harley-Davidson dealerships close to us.   We started at Maverick Harley-Davidson in Carrollton, Texas, our home town and just about 5 miles from the house.  We ended …

Getting Colder in DFW (And less riding, anyway.)

Image courtesy of NBC 5 - KXAS It's starting to get to be that time.  The above picture is certainly an exaggeration for October in Dallas, though.   The high today (Oct. 11, 2018) is supposed to be around 70°, which is most certainly ride-quality.  Leaving on my (short) commute on the bike this morning, though, it …

The Accident Story

Back in late July (2018) my wife wrecked her bike.  She's a very careful, deliberate rider.  She gears up very well, including leather half-chaps that cover the knee, kevlar jeans, kevlar arm sleeves, and, of course, a helmet.  Likely these pieces of gear prevented her accident from being worse than it was. I had just …

I Feel a Bit Guilty — but it’s so Hot! (And Bricktown, Oklahoma City)

I currently follow 120 motorcycle related blogs.  These could be product oriented, from the HD Forums, magazines, certainly some Revzilla and more.  I'm also a member of a Facebook group where the posts are mostly motorcycle oriented.  (Sometimes one must filter the content...it's bikers, after all!) One theme I've truly discovered as the bane of motorcycle …

The Hill Country MC Rally, Fredericksburg, and Luckenbach

The wife and I were fortunate to be able to take some time off and attend a new bike rally:  The Hill Country MC Rally, hosted in Luckenbach, Texas.  This is a typical Friday-Sunday event, with a pre-rally get-together at Hondo's in downtown Fredericksburg. We had bought our tickets really far in advance, and had …

“Class Fatigue” vs. “The Joy of Riding”

    I was thinking this morning about a statistic I read last year about how many people have a motorcycle license as opposed to those who actually own a motorcycle.  I can't find the specific statistic now, but this article talks about "sleepers" and goes into some of the reasons behind this truth. The …