• Stories from the Road

    Tank is full, switch is on Night is warm, cops are gone Rocket bike is all her own It’s called a hurricane She told me once it’s quite a ride It’s shaped so there’s this place inside Where if you’re moving you can hide Safe within the rain- David Wilcox The above lyrics are from a song that came out in the late 80s, a one hit wonder or something like that. Or most likely you’ve never heard this song, or the artist for that matter. Listening to that song over and over again for many years I can relate to much of what is said in this story. David…

  • Stories from the Road

    1st Sunday of the Month, Two Wheels at the Reservoir

    My inspiration for the 1st Sunday of the Month RTE at the Reservoir was from some events I had attended in the past and something I had remembered from reading columns from one of my favorite moto journalists, Peter Egan From a very young age I had not only completely falling in love with riding my motorcycle I was also mildly obsessed with finding everything about them in print. Books and magazines could be found in every room in my house. At one time I had boxes in my garage with hundreds, maybe thousands of motorcycles magazines from the early 80s up to the early 2000s. From technical details of…

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    Pretend you’re good at it

    I read this quote once that I find myself coming back to every once and a while. It goes like this… After all the heartache and painStill be softStill be KindStill be HopefulStill be magicalStill be wholeStill be presentStill be honestStill be lovingStill be acceptingStill be you Such a wonderful sentiment and I used to worry about the fact that sometimes I really do need to go back and read this to remind myself that those are very important ideals to have and practice. Because it’s so easy to let the harshness of the world with the pain others have caused to change the way you feel and act. So…