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Key West Diary

Waiting To Move - Monday morning we get the keys to an apartment in the neighboring apartment building in this complex. It’s a sort of studio with a partitioned bedroom ap...
11 hours ago
Redleg's Rides

Chores and Repairs - I took Umarang, the VRRV to the shop to have an O2 sensor OBD code which sprung up just before I got to Elephant Butte, NM last month. The Bank 1 Sensor ...
3 days ago
Confessions of an Ageing Motorcyclist

A new vehicle and new learnings - The previous post was in August and having turned 78 in October, I thought I'd better announce that I'm still alive and kicking! One way or another, it'...
1 week ago
Richard's Page

Hanging Around the Park - *Saturday* - There was a mid-day test session, and while monitoring the test, I continued to make FT8 contacts. So far, the only DX (outside the U.S.) co...
1 week ago
Life on two wheels, the scoot commute

Bookbinding challenges - the cover - To see this post on the site, go to https://life2wheels.com. Making the cover is pretty straightforward. Ok, well, that's not quite true. BUT, if you're ...
1 week ago
Ninja Erik in Cable, WI

My First Year With the DR650... - It's been a busy year for me as motorcycles go. I started riding the DR in March this year after waiting all winter to ride it. The miles have added up ...
1 week ago
Coop's Corner

Another November Bike (bicycle) Ride - 2025/11/15 - Yesterday's high temperature (11/14) set a local record for mid-November and today's weather was expected to be close enough if not windier. I was in th...
3 weeks ago
Road to Nowhere

Glasshouse Mountains Enduro Ride - On a recent trip for work I decided to leave early on Saturday and visit my Older bro and his family. The basic plan was to go dirt bike riding in the Gl...
4 weeks ago
Back Road Motorcycle Rides

Lake Erie Loop - I recently attended a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Professional Development Workshop. The workshop was intended to improve and develop MSF instructors ...
4 weeks ago
Two-Wheelers revisited

Autumn River Valley - Fall slipped into the valley quietly, without much fuss. You wouldn’t notice it at first, it starts as a dry murmur in the vines and trees, a restless sh...
5 weeks ago
Scooter in the Sticks

Remembering Summer Rides - The weather has turned markedly colder and the shortened daylight triggers some biological reaction that doesn’t feel great. Looked back to brighter, war...
5 weeks ago
Bandit Rider

Magic Metal - Roads that is...It's spring here. That means it's wet. We've had decent rain most days for at least 3 weeks and even some hail just before I wrote this. ...
2 months ago
Tombstone's Travels

Big Mo. (big rain too) - It was the best of trip's - It was the worst of trips. It was a meticulously planned trip -It was a nearly total failure of those plans. It was beyond ...
2 months ago
transport of delight

Mind how you go, Hortense. - Well – after more than a decade with Hortense and 35 years since I bought my first one, I am an ex-2CV owner and this time I think it’s for good. I’ve been...
3 months ago
Appalachian Tours

Hiking in Saguaro National Park - When we lived in Virginia, we were relatively close to Shenandoah National Park, which I always referred to as SNP. Now that we live in Tucson, Arizona, we...
1 year ago
Guido's Motorcycle Blog

Building a Storage Platform - Since we need a space to store some of our personal gear, food, recovery gear, tools and the like, we took the rear seats out of our Jeep Gladiator. The ...
2 years ago
bluekat's Journeys

Utah 2023: Zion National Park - In my last post we hadn’t yet made it to our destination. We had a couple more hours of driving. The drive coming in the east entrance of Zion was specta...
2 years ago
Lilred's Riding Blog

A Week Under Stress - 9/11/2020 This week has been a vision of a hell that I never imagined possible in my lifetime, especially not while living here in Oregon. Pandemic. Wildfi...
5 years ago
Vstar Lady

Annual Trek - Yesterday and the annual trek to the Toronto International Motorcycle Show. Every year the feel of the show changes. This year it was, I felt, for the m...
5 years ago
On Two Wheels

Made in North America quality ..... pfffft. - After spending the last 30-odd years fighting with and cajoling old, second-hand, sometimes free, snowblowers into action, I decided to treat myself to a b...
5 years ago
Scootin' Old-skool

Ask your doctor if Damitol® is right for you - It’s EICMA time again, and wouldn’t you know, yet another rebooted Lambretta (or “Lambretta,” your choice) has rolled out. I have a headache. I no longer e...
6 years ago
Meandering In Lotus Land

Winstrol Cycles - Cycles di: fantasynight
6 years ago
Road Pickle

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon, Spring Creek Dispersed Camping - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest seemed like the perfect place for Sash and I to set up camp for a couple of weeks, just to get away from the Summer’s hea...
6 years ago
Bites Of Life And Food

Almost over - We spent the last few days of our time on the island watching some racing and enjoying the lovely scenery that it has to offer. (taken out of the window of...
6 years ago
Rude Biker Chick

Wanderlust is the Sweetest Poison - I miss riding with Steve, that's for certain. I was never a motorcyclist who liked to travel. I was a traveler that liked to ride a motorcycle. This has ...
6 years ago
On the Road

Update - I have been in Romania since July. I left Istanbul heartbroken on July 4th, I left not really wanting to but feeling that there was no other way around the...
6 years ago
Everyday Riding

Wear Your Gear - I'm writing this post to encourage and inspire you to wear your safety gear when riding your motorcycle. I recently crashed and wearing my gear saved my li...
6 years ago
Scootin' da Valley

Why I'm a Grammar Snob and Other Stuff - A fellow sexagenarian and one time classmate, my friend Greg has been a trusted confidante for many years and we share numbers of emails back and forth ea...
6 years ago
Troubadour on a Triumph

And She's A Lot Like You... - After coffee last week, Andy and I were wanting to go for a ride. Without a plan or a route in mind, we couldn't decide which way to go. Fortunately, An...
6 years ago
Princess Scooterpie

Still in the land of the living! - It has been quite awhile since I've created a blog post. I did a lot of teaching in 2018 and was extremely busy and it left precious little time for blogg...
6 years ago
El Diente's random ramblings

Postcard from Colombia - I'd decided to head to Colombia on the advice of my Indigenous friend Juan; the plan was to visit Cartagena, then up the coast to the Tayrona National par...
6 years ago
Bucky's Ride

We Must NEVER Forget 911 - . *We must never forget what Islamist terrorists did to us in 2001. * *Think it was just isolated to 9/11/2001? * *It was not. We are still in da...
7 years ago
Big Guy Small Scooter

Yellowstone Trip - Part 7 - West Yellowstone to Helena, Montana - 370 km - Thanks to Dale's internal and external alarm clocks, we got up really, really early this morning. How early? It was so cold that there was a build up of...
7 years ago
I'd rather be riding...

What five motorcycles would I like to own in 2019 - Very few motorcycles have caught my attention lately. The ones that do call my attention are the ones that are breaking old molds, venturing in new terrain...
7 years ago
Contemplative Rider

Converting to NEW BLOG SITE!!! - Good news, I think. After giving this some thought for several months, I've decided to get a divorce, from Google. The main reasons are: 1. A free site...
7 years ago
Trobairitz' Tablet

Still Here, Working.... and Even Riding - *CATCHING UP* Hello all. Just a quick post to say that I am still around reading blogs when I have time. I used to be able to read them every day on my ...
7 years ago
Forty Years On Two Wheels

52 Years On Two Wheels - I can't seem to resist updating the blog once a year or so. Motorcycle-wise, the '05 Kawasaki Mean Streak sits in the garage, idle and for sale. It's rep...
7 years ago
Ribbon of Highway

Three steps forward... Blown Back Two... - Morning of day three on the road... Had just crossed Wolf Creek Pass and rolled through Pagosa Springs... I was moving 15 under, at 50 in a 65, pissing p...
7 years ago
Riding the USA

Lights - My Yamaha Super Tenere has very good running lights with a nice spread on the road in front and excellent high beams projecting far on the road ahead. I a...
7 years ago
Best Scenic Routes

Scenic route through Skagit County fields to Whidbey Island airfields - Scenic roads are fun to take in by on your own, but they are also fun in a group from time to time. I ventured out on a group ride with a few fellow Suzuki...
7 years ago
For Love of a Motorbike

How to stay positive... - ...when you have to wake up at 4:30 (after 3 hours of sleep), be out of the house at 5:30, to get to the airport at 6:30 to catch a flight to NJ at 8:00 .....
7 years ago
The Motorcycle Diary

Five Safest Helmets for Under $200 - One of the more frustrating aspects of riding can be finding good gear. Or, well, that’s not totally true: good gear is relatively easy to find, but affo...
7 years ago
Arizona Harley Dude

The Ebb and Flow of Life.... - ...according to Joyce Marter (March, 2014) is the rhythm of life - a necessary process to prevent stagnation and promote our evolution of consciousness. Ne...
8 years ago
BMW Triumphant's Blog

The Joy of Good Internet - I have been unable to post due to bad internet at the places I have stayed. Motel 6 is not the only place with poor "high speed internet". So, I plan to tr...
8 years ago
Ruckus Scooter Love

My New Ride! - Meet my 2007 Yamaha C3, “The Blue Breeze”! I took her on a little ride through the valley yesterday and we stopped by our favorite creek overlook to liste...
8 years ago
Motorcycle Philosophy

When Am I Going to Get a Real Motorcycle? - Daimler Reitwagen (1885) generally accepted as the "real motorcycle" You know, I've been thinking about that myself too, because many people have asked m...
8 years ago
Residuo Pesado

Alaska 2017 - Amigos, apesar de ter feito várias viagens depois desta última publicada aqui no Resíduo Pesado, deixei de publica-las por mera preguiça, e também porquê d...
8 years ago
Australian Motorcycle Diaries

1 April - No motorcycling for a while. - A few days ago, while walking in my home town, I was struck by a car driven by a careless driver who reversed out of a parking bay without looking. The res...
8 years ago
Adventures of Scooterchick

Recovery And Upcoming Travel Plans -
8 years ago
Nikos World

Game of Fours - A fellow but competent blogger tagged me in a Game of 4's: a challenge in which 4 questions are provided, to be answered by 4 answers, and then to nominat...
9 years ago
magers in europe!

So long and thanks for all the Fish - Our three year anniversary in the Black Forest has come and passed... Not quite at home but somewhat settled, both employed, and reunited with family and...
9 years ago
Sojourner's Moto Tales

Being grounded. Dealing with priorities. And itching to get on the road… - This has been a tough spring season. Hardly any LSD riding to date. I don’t count riding to school, which takes anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour plus...
9 years ago
Flies in your throat by Gary F

There must be some bends here somewhere! - With my son Charlie, we flew across the Atlantic so we could ride at Daytona Bike Week. This is our video we made. We wanted to make a record of our tr...
9 years ago
Suzu Gladi

Last Year's Big Trip for Me - Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you all had a peaceful and quiet time with your families and friends. Time to get into some posting to remember last year'...
9 years ago
The Daily Rider

On the road to the BC Bike Race 2016 - Update: the BC Bike Race series has moved to another site: BC Bike Race: The Duct Tape Protocol Talk about *needing* to ride daily, the Daily Rider is off ...
10 years ago
The Great Motorcycle Pizza Tour

It's That Time of Year Again! - "That bunny gives me the creeps, Lucky" "Me too, Triumph. I think he's pretty harmless, though..." No, not Halloween. It's time for another brave experi...
10 years ago
Twisted Roads By Jack Riepe

Glacial Melt And Ball Drop... - Standing here on a New Jersey beach, a placid Atlantic Ocean before me, the news is not good. Two of the most relentless forces of nature are robbing me of...
10 years ago
Musings of an Intrepid Commuter

Everything I Need to Know..... - One of these days I'm going to write a book. Partially stealing from a book that's already out there it's going to be titled "Everything I've Needed to K...
10 years ago
Premeditated Scootin'

Kerouac -
10 years ago
Helmet or Heels: I'm comfortable in either!

New Wheels - Check out this post on my new blog! Okay, it’s not what you think. After selling my motorcycle we decided to invest in a lawn tractor. Meet the new ride! ...
10 years ago
Ms MQ

2015 Harley-Davidson Models, Lean Angles - 2015 H-D MODELS RIGHT (DEG) LEFT (DEG) NOTES SPORTSTER SUPERLOW 24.7 24.4 IRON 883 29 30 1200 CUSTOM 26.2 28.3 SUPERLOW 1200 T 25 26 FORTY-EIGHT 27....
10 years ago
Chessie's Tales

Colder Than a Set of Steel Balls - Yeah, that's right...I said steel balls. I awoke today to a low temp of 18 degrees. Tonight it is said to be much colder. Single digits. I knows it's on...
10 years ago
The White Shadow Diary

Dad, This one's for you. - A couple of months ago something changed in my life. My father passed away. And I have to admit I miss him like crazy. Dad was a solitary man. He loved the...
10 years ago
Scooter by the Sea

35 Years of Sobriety - On January 21, we celebrated a most vital anniversary together. I have been sober for 35 years! Briefly, Kathy was forced by my drinking to enroll me in ...
10 years ago
Travels with a Honda Transalp

A DAY AT THE BEACH - Today we’re of to Serigerme beach, a little run of about 20 miles, more riding practice for my daughter, firstly though its find “Little Vic” a tortoise th...
10 years ago
Twists and Leanings

First Snow -
11 years ago
All Things Rogey!

Bloody Hell Bob! - Bloody hell Bob you've gone. You are going to be missed by many in the blogosphere! .You were a good guy mate, Any one that that travels from Vancouver to...
11 years ago
Motorcycle Addiction

Route du Salève – D41A France – First Real Ride - If I don’t improve riding twisties during my time in Switzerland than I do not deserve to ride a motorcycle. This week, after a whole set of false starts a...
11 years ago
Scooter For Fun

- There's more to lifethan sitting astride two wheels.It must be me, although my BRW tells me that Mercury is in retrograde.I'm part of the Oil Spill Emergen...
11 years ago
Behind Bars - Motorcycles and Life

Behind Bars Update - Occasionally I get an email asking where I went. So... here I am. Hello everyone! It's been a while. To the few, consistent readers I had, all I can say i...
11 years ago
A photo once in a while

Sign Spotted in SFO -
11 years ago
Biker baby

First ride of the year. - I can't believe the last time I posted was in December. We have had such a long and hard winter here; as most of the country has experienced. Being this is...
11 years ago
Kedgi's Ride Report | Long Distance Motorcycle Adventure

The End - I am so shocked and disappointed that over 2000 readers saw my request for a little help for Lupita and only one responded, I have decided to stop writing ...
11 years ago
MeanDonnaJean's Stinkin' Thinkin' III

Baby Budgies -
12 years ago
Road Grits Cafe

BrrrrrMobile -
12 years ago
One A Day - Mostly Seattle

Half-Full or Half Empty? - I'm now making Wine Bottle Stoppers. No longer do you need to finish the whole bottle in one sitting! http://feeds.feedburner.com/OneADay-MostlySeattle
12 years ago
Lady Di - Glider Rider

MAKE A WISH... AND BLOW! - Remember these? While doing some yard work recently, I noticed this lone standing dandelion and it actually stopped me in my tracks. I stood there and l...
12 years ago
Baron's Life........

Happy 2013 to ALL - Subscribe in a reader
12 years ago
Riding With Riepe And Other Indiscretions

DISCOVERING THE HEADWATERS OF LAKE RIEPE - The West Virginia Riders MC on the shores of Lake Riep*e* Motorcycle trips usually come two flavors: Vanilla and Rocky Road. A Vanilla trip is planned ...
13 years ago
Scoot'n Art

Title Unknown... nah I'm just being lazy. - It's been a while since I have blogged up, but I just haven't had much worth while to share. And I still don't have anything worth while to share on a pers...
13 years ago
Sport Touring in the Midwest

Portland, Maine - [image: HR017326]Ebsco Business Database Advisory Board’s meeting moved out of Massachusetts. The meeting was held in Portland, Maine. The board sta...
14 years ago
The View From Over The Handlebars

First Day of Summer, North Bend - I've mentioned that we had an unseasonably warm and sunny winter, but spring has been the opposite, with cold and rain the norm. This trend continues into ...
15 years ago
On Scenic Routes

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