Tag: featured
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Crisscrossing the Shasta Cascades
Back in the day, M and I used to run motorcycle tours for motorcycle riders who hadn’t done an overnight ride before. Over the years, we picked up more and more riders and developed quite a following. Our last tour was called “coast and volcanoes,” wandering through some of California’s most epic coastline and empowering… Read more
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The Moto Social SF: Baby Blues BBQ
R introduced me to The Moto Social about five years ago. At first, I was a casual attendee, but over the years I’ve tried to make it a priority, as it gets me out of the burbs, into the city, and connected with other cool motorcyclists. As I’ve written before, the Triumph Speed Triple, in… Read more
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Chasing Sunlight on Easter Morning
Easter Sunday – it’s become one of my favorite motorcycle traditions here in the Bay Area. Easter has come late this year, April 20th to be exact. That means the sun gets up extra early, which means we’ve got to follow suit as time goes quickly. Every year, I tell myself I must be in… Read more
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Garmin inReach: Venturing further away from home
I recently went on a ride, and one of the participants went down. It was the end of a very long day (500 miles) for him, and he forgot to change out of his sunglasses at sunset. He didn’t see gravel on the road in the soft light, and he had a small low side.… Read more
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Diablo – Adventure in Black and White
A good motorcyclist is a good meteorologist. Weather affects a ride in so many different ways: temperature, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, fog, and the list meanders on. It’s December and it’s sunny with a high temperature of 60°. How could you not ride a motorcycle today! Mount Diablo is one of the local, technical… Read more