Loading your motorcycle onto your truck or trailer can be like walking the plank with a 500-pound load. Using the wrong ramp can be downright dangerous. All of us would all rather ride than tow, but motorcycle transport is a necessary evil. The 5 Star Shine 7' ...

Every time I tell of a long motorcycle trip, there is an inevitable question looming in the mind and will come out at some point in the conversation: "Did you have any mechanical problems?" It is sometimes asked bluntly and other times delivered in a quiet voice that overcompensates for ...

When it comes to getting your bike into the bed of your truck, there aren't a whole lot of ways to do it. Sure, that nasty old deck plank you found behind your grandparents' shed works, but eventually you might want something a bit sturdier and better constructed than a water-logged piece ...

There will be times when you are going to have to load your bike into a trailer or the bed of a truck. For me, that means I've broken down and I'm probably in a vicious mood, but some people need to transport a show bike or take their ...

Some years ago I was riding to Wyoming with some buddies. Just over the border of Nevada, one of us hit pea gravel, and down he went. It happened in an instant -- one second he was upright, the next he was under his bike. This was ...