TWT: Starting on a Liter Bike?
9 April, 2015
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Can you start riding on a 1000cc sport bike?
Category: FZ1
TWT: Defensive Riding for the Highway
2 April, 2015
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Two Wheel Thursday! Tips, tricks, and discussion on safe highway riding. Video of Australian motorcyclist getting rear ended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BiczTfhmuI Revzilla article on Spring hazards: http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/spring-hazards The invisible gorilla experiment: http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/gorilla_experiment.html
TWT: The Joy of Two Wheels
26 March, 2015
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A few thoughts on the joy of motorcycle riding on a nice country backroad.
TWT: Lane Filtering
19 March, 2015
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Two Wheel Thursday! A few of my thoughts on lane filtering / splitting. 2014 California Lane Splitting Study http://www.ots.ca.gov/pdf/Publications/LaneSplittingReport.pdf Additional info and links http://lanesplittingislegal.com/resources-links
TWT: Mic Test – FAIL – Rice
12 March, 2015
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Thanks to a reddit post in /r/motorcycles I was able to pick up a Drift HD Ghost for half off. I've really wanted to get into motovlogging and saw this as my opportunity. This video…
Close Calls 2014
3 March, 2015
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Since getting involved with motorcycling last year I have had people constantly tell me to "be safe", "ride safe", ask "isn't it dangerous?", and otherwise worry for my safety. While motorcycling can be dangerous, I…
Riding an Iron Horse to the Renaissance Festival
30 August, 2014
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Riding my motorcycle has been some of the best fun I've had in a long time. Before getting my motorcycle license I didn't give motorcycles much thought. I didn't know anyone who owned one and…
2 Wheels, 3 States, 782 Miles
9 June, 2014
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So what do you do when you've had your motorcycle license for less than three weeks and only bought a (very powerful) motorcycle just two weeks ago? Take it on an 800 mile roadtrip through…
2003 Yamaha FZ1 – My New Bike
24 May, 2014
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After getting my motorcycle license on Monday I started browsing eBay, Cragislist, and the internet in general looking for a motorcycle. As can be evidenced on this blog, my automotive interests usually gravitate towards racing…