Fonzie Will Show You The Way
“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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s the first week of June and the plans for Expedition 65 are only now starting to solidify, only 99 days left! After our meeting at the Overland Expo, almost every point of the schedule hinged upon the shipping lines and the available space for our containers. With those dates in our hands we’re finally …
A year after the first mention of Expedition 65, the team gathers for a face to face at this years Overland Expo West. After tossing back and forth dozens of megabytes of emails –if not hundreds– between 15 guys, each with an opinion, comment or addition to the conversation, we finally got the full compliment of …
Passion for motorcycling and protecting its riders go hand in hand for Alpinestars. Given their attention to detail, the riders and their needs, they’ve grown, in their historical 50 years, to be the market leaders in rider protection. Last week they revealed to the press their 2016 product line-up and here’s a quick look at …
In March of 2014, I flew off to northern Arizona to test ride the returning Aprilia Caponord for Motorcycle USA. Later that fall I got an extended ride on the machine, to deeper understand its livability with a ride up the coast to Monterey for the races at Laguna Seca. This is that story… unpublished on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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. …
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 …
Think about what you plan to be doing in September and I’d forgive you for not knowing your exact plans beyond knowing you’ll probably be “at work” or wishing you were somewhere else. For me and my cohorts here, we’ll be on a lifelong journey to the end of the world, come along for the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Zero Motorcycles 2016 Lineup – Two New Models New for 2016 are two new models and larger capacity cells across the lineup. More akin to shopping for a computer over a traditional internal combustion motorcycle, balancing range and efficiency against your budget instead of accessory and electronics packages, the price chart for the 2016 Zero …
Building upon the RoadRUNNER publishing archives, and culling images from it’s 15 plus years of backstock, comes the 2016 wall calendar… this year’s edition starring one of my very own images. What an honor! A California touring piece titled “Hot Springs, The Hard Way,” and detailing the ride north from Los Angeles to the geothermic hotbed of Bishop. …
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 …