Originally written by ‘jenner’ in rec.moto in 2002, it’s a good one to re-read…
Passengers are usually at the mercy of the rider’s good sense, or sometimes the lack thereof. Many passengers don’t know better. So much is written on riding a bike, so many classes are offered for riders, yet very little is […]
Originally posted to the Usenet group rec.moto, I found this to be a quite enlightening post
A Newbie’s First Shot at Motorcycling
Part 1 ‘Reasearch’ I moved to CA from upstate NY in June, and decided I’d rather have a motorcycle than a car when I found out it didn’t snow here. I’ve wanted one […]
Randy Quam summed it up in this post to a mailing list. The disucssion was on a propeller-badged bike company, and their response to rear drive unit failures.
My 99 ST1100 went thru 3 rear drives in 100K miles. Never was able to figure out why. Two of the occurances happened when it was > […]
[Given the limits of vacation and the distance between points here in the US, we often end up riding long hours. Joe Z posted the following tips for staying alert while riding in August of 2002]
Several things I use regularly where I “could” pull over anywhere & at anytime. The key here is […]
Jeff Schneider wrote about altitude sickness before heading to WeSTOC in Ashland, OR a few years ago. With WeSTOC in the Colorado Mountains this year, I think it’s appropriate to re-post:
Not that I think this may be a big problem, but it is something people should be aware of, especially us flat landers (I […]
(Another from the archives - originally posted to the Concours Owners Group list by Doug Grossjean)
Sooner or later, Winter will be here for all of us. We have snow falling now as I ride in a van with my laptop on a biz trip, and most of the rest of the country has already […]
Motorcycle racing on the streets of Ireland! The North West 200 coverage, all archived at:
http://www.u.tv/nw200/coverage.asp
Thanks to Robert Bashaw, AR state newsletter wizard, we have a great list of online tire stores:
http://www.casporttouring.com
http://www.motorcycletire.com
http://www.tirenet.com/motorcycle.html
http://www.onoffroad.com
http://www.discountmotorcycletire.com
http://www.moto-mall.com
http://www.motorcyclemart.com
http://www.clevelandmotorcyclesupply.com
http://www.chapparel-racing.com
http://www.denniskirk.com
http://www.accwhse.com
http://www.compacc.com
http://www.cycledepot.net/
http://www.servicehonda.com/
http://www.ronayers.com/
http://www.swmototires.com/
http://www.mawonline.com
With WeSTOC (a non-HSTA event) coming up in Colorado, I thought y’all would like to see some good roads in the area. I pulled this post from John Harrison out of my archives. He has some great suggestions and route ideas . . .
One from the archives, originally by “Troy the Troll” in alt.motorcycle.sportbike, posted on September 19, 2002
When you think you are at the screaming limit, that there is nothing left but lowsiding into the dirt, when all hope is lost, all load is on the front tire…when you are POSITIVE of all these things…the one thing […]