Category: Road Stories
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The Night Patrol
I remember meeting John early in my motorcycling career. We met through the San Francisco Bay Area Kawasaki Vulcan Riders Owners Club. While a handful to type and say, we just called it VROC. I’m… Read more
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The Moto Social SF May 2025: Jane
Sometimes I do a post from the Wayback Machine…. I never got around to posting this one after the April edition… to that effect, May will be black and white to highlight the vintage nature… Read more
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The Aerostich Doesn’t Lie
This blog highlights three Aerostich Roadcrafter one-piece suits: Suit 1, purchased in 2008; Suit 2, made in 2011, but I got it secondhand in 2021; and Suit 3, purchased in 2025. These are referred to… Read more
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The Moto Social at 15-35mm
The Moto Social is a monthly gathering of motorcycle riders. Started in Toronto back in 2013, The Moto Social has spread across the globe gathering motorcycle riders of all persuasions to hang out for one… Read more
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Born a Streetfighter
I first rode the Speed Triple out on California’s Highway 1, squiggling the coast on a picture-perfect, blue-bird sky kind of day. I’m sure on that kind of day, I might have fallen in love… Read more
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Rivian Tech Day
After publishing Join a Motorcycle Tech Day: Build Skills, Friends, Confidence, and Savings, my dad sent me a similar article from the Wall Street Journal, which was published the next day. The article details how… Read more
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Holidays in the Bay
This year has been a year of doubling down on experiencies that make the bay, the bay. I’ve enjoyed some old and new motorcycle epics like: Much like motorcycle epics in the Bay, I wanted… Read more
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Join a Motorcycle Tech Day: Build Skills, Friends, Confidence, and Savings
I’ve been a part of car and motorcycle clubs my entire adult life. I remember growing up as a kid riding jet skis out on the lake. Whenever anything came up, I gave it the… Read more
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Diabetes and Motorcycles: When things go awry
I was poking around on our local motorcycle forum and found a post about Type 1 motorcycle riders and one of the questions that came up was how can we help a rider in distress?… Read more
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The bike that got me hooked!
As I’ve been thinking about this blog, my mind keeps going back to the Moto journalist greats like Clement Salvatori and Peter Egan. They write with a deep appreciation and a long perspective of the… Read more
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Electrify America: SF Flagship Charging Station
Growing up, I vividly remember vacations in the family car in Florida. As soon as we crossed the state line, I could see my father’s smile widen as we entered his happy place. We were… Read more
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The Magic of Flight
I was just out of high school. My grandfather and I went to the new IMAX theater on the other side of town to watch the new film The Magic of Flight on the circular, silver screen.… Read more
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California Alpine & Low Country Boils
This post is retroactive. All events took place on Memorial Day weekend 2021. A half-written post sat in my drafts folder for almost a year, so it’s now time to finish! I was highly emotional… Read more
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A motorcyclist marked by Covid
This post is a follow-up to my first pandemic post: It’s ok to say “I’m hurting”. Talk to any seasoned motorcycle rider, and you often hear the phrase “There is cold, and there is cold… Read more
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Turning Left on Highway 20 East
WordPress, the software that powers this blog, has a small folder called “Drafts.” The drafts folder contains thoughts that got started but were not quite finished. Some of those posts sit days. Some of them… Read more
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Old motorcycle musings…
I still remember the thrill of buying copies of Cycle World as a kid. I remember pouring over each issue flipping through bikes, the riders, and all the latest gear. Somehow reading motorcycle magazines kept… Read more
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Sodastream: pursuing fizzy!
This past weekend I ran into a couple of neighbors on the street, and we stumbled into talking about Sodastream. As we were speaking, she remarked, “you should do a blog on this!” So, here… Read more
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Juneteenth: Langston Hughes
Today is Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Today I want to recognize Langston Hughes who has had a profound impact on my life… Read more
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Moving Forward
“The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating — in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself… Read more
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The changing of seasons
It’s crazy to me that 45 days have passed since the original Bay Area shelter in place went out on March 17. In the beginning, days seemed like months. I blinked and then realized today… Read more
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It’s ok to say “I’m hurting”
Dear family and friends, It’s 11:21 PM on a Sunday night and I feel compelled to write after an interaction on social media that crystallized a few things in my mind about the ongoing coronavirus… Read more
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The 2020 CovidCut
It’s no secret that I like my hair short. Even growing up, my mother and I would battle it out about when to get a haircut. Wearing helmets to ride two-wheeled contraptions has been a… Read more
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Coronavirus: Increasing Resolution
I remember seeing news reports of the coronavirus in China earlier in the year. It seemed far away and similar to SARS and MERS – both of which had very little impact to my life… Read more
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Tot Weerziens Robert
Robert and I first crossed paths just outside of San Jose, California on a group ride down to Death Valley back in 2008. We were a jolly group of 30 set out on President’s day… Read more
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Celebrating 117,334 Miles
I walked into the garage a few weeks ago and I noticed a few “motorcycle tears” on the garage floor. On closer inspection, the right fork was leaking. It was more a small weep than… Read more
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Chapter 3: Gelände Straße
It’s no secret that I’m a motorcycle monogamist. In 20 years of motorcycling, I’ve only owned two bikes: a 2001 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 and a 2003 Suzuki V-Strom 1000. After about 15,000 miles I had… Read more
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Out: Nine years later
Nine years went fast. Coming out was the decision that altered my life like no other decision I’ve made. I took the reins of my own life. My life is now high resolution. My highs… Read more
