I started riding motorcycles in California shortly after the turn of the millennium. I’ve wanted to ride bikes since well, what seemed like forever. Year after year, my parents always said, “When you’re off the… Read more

One of the big drivers for me to do the Range of Light this year is to honor the memory of my intense but fleeting friend, Nick. We met at a bar about ten years… Read more

I always get a chuckle wondering if ride planners get a kick out of bringing the group to far, out-of-the-way places. In the 2012 Range Of Light, the ride organizers ended the ride in Yreka,… Read more

Sleepless in Seattle It was 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon, and I was exhausted. I didn’t realize how much the week’s events had caught up with me. This time, it wasn’t just a normal trip… Read more

A good buddy of mine reached out in early July and said “hey Dan, want to come on a ride I’m putting on?” I really enjoyed the run I did up to Fort Bragg earlier… Read more

A few weeks ago, I put new tires on the motorcycle. A new set of tires changes the skill and agility of the motorcycle – in some ways, it rides new again. It is perfectly… Read more

We are fortunate to ride twelve months of the year in Northern California. Sure, it’s chilly and wet in the winter, but conditions are never bad enough for a motorcyclist to not be able to… Read more

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

After a glorious ride down the Sierra Nevadas, I was ready for a bit more. I spent the middle of the week catching up on life here in the Bay Area and wanted to get… Read more

At about 3 AM it was just cold.  I wasn’t expecting the ride to be on the coast and was duly under prepared for the weather.  Given that we had no other option we just… Read more

The Range of Light Gypsy Tour is a ride that every motorcyclist in at least Northern California should do at least once. The premise is pretty simple: all you know at the beginning is the… Read more

The weather today was Fortuna usual: cold and foggy in the morning with the hope of sun in the afternoon. Looking a the map, there are a a few main options into Garberville: The Lost… Read more

I needed to see the redwoods.  Something was pulling inside of me to go see the stately giants.  A few weeks ago I was up in Kings Canyon to see the Sequoias but they don’t… Read more

I spent a fair amount of time milling around town before getting on the road. The breakfast at the inn was really good and with the heavy fog in the area I was tempted to… Read more

A friend of mine recommended staying in Trinidad a number of years ago. I put it on the “list” but never got up to town. I figured this was the weekend to go see it.… Read more

I was tired of being in such heat. The Sacramento valley sun was in full force pushing temps over 100F during the day. It was time to find some better weather. My helmet was starting… Read more

There was no getting around that it was going to be hot today. The only real escape was elevation. Redding was supposed to be 107 for the high which is just miserable. The big problem… Read more

I got to meet up with a buddy of mine from the Bay Area who moved up to Eureka about a year ago. Adam was one of the first few folks I met out here… Read more

Wow… it seemed like the big and little sabbaticals started out right about the same… I left packing to the last minute, got out way later than I wanted to, and rode 101 all the… Read more