I remember when I first started riding, I spent many afternoons getting "lost" around the area just riding through the landscape, making a mental map of all the places that I might want to go back to and ride with friends. I didn't even think about bringing a map with me. ...

One of the things that I've learned living in the Northwest is that you never trust a sunny day. There are a couple of reasons, like the rain storm that is just hiding over the mountains to the west, but mostly it's because in the morning it might look ...

There's not much quite like the feeling of getting your hands dirty from working on your bike. Some things that might take a mechanic to do in 30 minutes might take the typical garage handyman an hour to do, but who cares? It's your bike, and you don't mind ...

My co-worker and I are different in a lot of ways, but if you saw our bikes sitting next to each other, you would be able to tell right off the bat which one of us spends more time tinkering. I typically tend to keep things relatively stock, not ...

I remember being younger and helping my dad get the dirt bikes ready for the weekend trip. We used to load everything up on the trailer and park it in the driveway the night before so we could just hook it up in the morning and take off. Well, luckily ...

I'll never forget the first time I touched a hot exhaust by accident; in fact, I still have melted glove to prove it. I was at the back of my bike checking my rear tire pressure, and I set my left hand on the exhaust pipe to help ...

There are few things in life that I wish I could do more than ride through an open country road on a nice sunny day with an attractive girl on the back seat holding on to the sissy bars of my bike. I wouldn't mind in the slightest ...

It's bound to happen sooner or later. You're going to have to take your motorcycle into the shop or tow it home in the back of a truck or in a trailer at some point. It's what they call the law of have-to's. Kind of like when ...

One of the things that always makes it hard for showrooms to sell motorcycles to everyone who walks in the door is the inability to make every bike fit every person. You can't adjust the seat with the push of a button like in a car, you don't have a ton ...

Riding a motorcycle does a few things to you. It gives you a different perspective on your surroundings, especially if it's down a road you normally drive down in your car. You might notice little stores you haven't seen before, or even a babbling brook just down the road ...