MotoMojo: Winterizing Your Motorcycle
Leaving a motorcycle idle for several months can wreak havoc if precautions are not taken. Here are a few minor things you can do to protect your bike and prevent problems when you’re ready to ride...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Wildness: Abó Ruins, New Mexico
In the 2009 documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Director Ken Burns spoke about the grandeur of a world known as Yellowstone National Park, as well as less familiar National Park...
View ArticleZen Motorcyclist : In Memory of a Friend
I had other ideas for this column, but today I find myself unable to write a single word about anything other than the loss of my dear friend Bob Walden, who died tragically in a motorcycle accident in...
View ArticleSocial Rider: Digital Assistants
Humans are not the strongest, fastest, biggest, or most agile species. However, Homo sapiens excels at one particular feature more than any other creature that has ever lived: exchange of accurate,...
View ArticleThe Social Rider: Motorcycle as a Service
Digital transformation and disruptive technologies are concepts that we’ve all experienced very strongly in the last 20 years. Some traditional business models have been shattered to pieces and ceased...
View ArticleMotoMojo: Lithium-Ion Batteries for Motorcycles
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are used in all sorts of common portable devices, including cordless power tools, cell phones, laptops, and tablets. Lithium-ion cells have made nickel-cadmium and...
View ArticleZen Motorcyclist: Soothed Through Movement
When my daughter was little, maybe six or seven, I took her outside on a summer night and we climbed a ladder up to the roof of our house to look at the moon and stars. I’ll never forget it; she looked...
View ArticleMotoMojo: What to Do When Your Bike Quits or Won’t Start
Motorcycles have become very reliable, but occasionally problems still happen. If the engine stalls on the road, get to a safe place. If it’s losing oil pressure or overheating, stop immediately....
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Wildness: Petrified Forest National Park
I’m on historic US Route 66 heading east for a small village nestled next to the Rio Grande in New Mexico called La Joya. Each year, I make this journey across the wild west, past little communities...
View ArticleA Motorcyclist’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Future of Socialization
People outside of the motorcycle community often think that our beloved hobby is mainly about the motorcycle and its mechanics. In reality, among the more important aspects of riding are keeping in...
View ArticleZen Motorcyclist: A Little Bit of Everything
“Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder.”—Rumi— A couple of years ago I was touring Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with my friend Ken and his wife Cindy....
View ArticleA Mother-Daughter Two-Up Journey
The tires were humming along to the cadence of our favorite adventure tune, and I was lost in reverie. It had been just 16 years ago that I gave birth to my favorite pillion, who was riding with me now...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Wildness: Great Basin National Park
Rarely do I ride 1,800 miles just because a stranger suggests an awesome ride, but I had just met a fellow rider, Scott, in Springerville, AZ, and he was already persuading me to take a ride near his...
View ArticleWorld Tour: How not to have an Adventure
It was supposed to be a special day—the first of our round-the-world adventure. But all it turned out to be was a special kind of hell. Soon, though it got even worse… And fast. Not wanting to die on...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Wildness: Grand Canyon National Park North Rim
The North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona has been on my bucket list due to its grand vistas. Still, in all honesty, I never would have come this far north if a close friend, who once lived at Grand...
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