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Indian Motorcycles Chieftain Elite and Chieftain Limited
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Alpinestars Durban Suit
Everything I know about South Africa, I can write on the back of a pack of matches. And were it not for Alpinestars, I wouldn’t know there’s a coastal city in eastern South Africa known for hosting the 2010 World Cup and the namesake of their latest and greatest Tech-Touring piece of riding gear, the textile …
No ICE Please, Just a Zero
“Mastering the art of science and electric propulsion since 2006,” Zero Motorcycles delivers its 10th model year line-up with many returning models, a few lower-priced ones and a slew of brand-new ones, including a whole new motor. The future is swiftly, and quietly, approaching. And that idea of terminating your credit card account with the …
Thinking Outside The Box
Using your adventure motorcycle to get your body from point A to B on the map can be mighty boring, unless you’re riding the lesser-straight roads and trails in between — it’s built for so much more than that. Same thing can be said of your hard cases. Using them just for hauling your supplies …
To Adventure Or Not. That Is The Question.
Everyone kept saying “get the big bike, its better” and until you look for yourself at the differences between the standard and Adventure models, and decide if they’re what you need, opinions mean nothing. Today I made a choice between two of the best out there. The decision on which bike I’d buy for my …
End of An Era: Motorcycle Magazine
Last night I returned home from a ride, picked up the iPad and found the notification of a new issue of Motorcycle Rides & Culture in my Zinio account, sweet… new reads! What I found inside, wasn’t so sweet afterall. Amongst the usual tour pieces, bike tests, build outs and product tests (including mine of the …
March Madness in April
Eating nothing nothing but twisty roads and gas station burritos for 2 days, I left home this weekend with a fresh tank of gas and no wallet. One-hundred fifty miles later I come to realize I need to fill both of my tanks and I’m in a pickle, on a motor-sickle. My trip to the …
Radials For The RTW Rider [ADV Pulse]
A hundred-twenty some years ago, there was a bicyclist in need of fixing a flat tire somewhere in the French countryside. The farmer that helped this man get back in the race later came to develop an entire empire on replaceable tires for everything from bicycles to spacecraft, railcars to motorcars. But before there was …
An Introduction to Expedition 65
Sleeping under the same patch of Arizona stars as travelers from all over the world, I’m at an annual gathering called the Overland Expo (before there was an east coast edition), getting overloaded with inspiration and information about traveling to any and every part of the world. I’m an addict and willing to admit it. …
Shutdown at the Showdown
Last weekend was loaded with detours. Instead of attending what had become a spring ritual, a ride with Jimmy Lewis at the AltRider event in Pahrump, Nevada, I took on the task of helping another publication do what needed to be done. Ride motorcycles. The crew at RideApart threw together a collection of staff, family and friends to …
BMW R 1200 RS Review [Motorcycle Mag]
Hidden between our youthful discretions and our elderly wisdom is a grey zone rife with confusion… if you manage it poorly. Or excitement if you’re a lucky one. And while the choices in life might not always be yours, the machine you ride (possibly the most important one) is one that is. And one you …
A Dark Side Throwback [About.com]
When I got the call from the motorcycle editor of About.com to ride the brand new 2016 Harley-Davidson FXDLS Dyna Low Rider S this week (priced at $16,699) in my own Los Angeles backyard, I couldn’t say no. Two weeks and 45 minutes later, I arrive at the host hotel (traffic!) and climb down off my …
The Crystal Alignment
After a long-fought mental battle between words and thoughts over a relationship’s ending, on nearly the anniversary of such occasion, and furthermore, on Valentines day of this year, my motorcycle touring piece from Japan has just been published in Motorcyclist Magazine, and is available online! And it’s not a downer, I promise! Akin to an alignment …
Can-Am Spyder F3-T Review
Twist the grip wide open, and upon take-off, hold it wide open for just a beat more and the road opens up screaming for mercy. As mother earth’s grip upon your rear end’s contact patch breaks, the devil’s deamons howl out your name in rejoice. Echoing off the cityscape around you and the machine, you’re …
The Missing Link
BMW S1000XR Review from Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada
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Meridian Mambo [Motorcycle Mag]
For the last few years, I’ve been gleefully chasing a woman around the world. Six countries in 3 years, thousands of air miles and nearly a million photographs and kisses. While I had the time of my life digging a new hole (i.e. credit limit) for myself, It’s time for a change. Time to break …
Adjusting With The Times
Review of the 2015 Ducati Multistrada DVT from Lanzarote, Spain in April
Record Your Ride
Digital Toys For Riders Lets face it, we’re all dialed in. We’re connected, wired or whatever else you wanna call those of us enjoying the digital age with social media, portable electronics and a networked world. Who here doesn’t want to share the good times with friends around the world? Almost nobody I would guess, …
Quintessentially American
Just a quick pre-rally hype piece in RoadRUNNER travel