I rode the R80/7 to work today, but I can’t shake this nervous feeling that I have had about the bike since my trip last weekenD. I’m not sure what it is, exactly, but I feel like a novice doing something I shouldn’t be doing. I’ve been feeling a bit off today, so maybe I [...]
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Raiford to Macon
Rain. Wind. Gray. Not an auspicious start to what my mind had envisioned as a sunny day for my first motorcycle trip. Yet, after traveling for about 250 miles through north Florida and southern Georgia, I am simultaneously exhausted and exhilarated. I rode through rain, heat, fatigue, and my own brain’s winding roads most of [...]
Out of the Cradle
After a much-needed washing and a bit of air in the tires, I donned my helmet and other riding gear and headed east toward Starke, FL on my newly purchased (almost) BMW R80/7. While I had ridden it for a bit last weekend, that brief excursion around the block did not inspire confidence. As I [...]
The Perfect Vehicle
From The Perfet Vehicle, by Melissa Holbrook Pierson: At percisely this moment someone, somewhere, is getting ready to ride. . . . The key is slipped into the ignition at the top of the stearing head. Then the rider swings a leg over the seat and sit but keeps the weight on the balls of [...]
Long Way Round
I finished watching “Long Way Round” this evening. Though I wish they had spent some more time highlighting the U.S., the seven episode series was very well done. Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman rode 20,000 miles from London to New York City, though Mongolia and Siberia on a pair of BMW R 1150 GS motorcycles. [...]
Motorcycle First
It was like flying. I know that’s probably a cliché that all young bikers think about, but it was as close to flying as I think I will ever get on my own. Even sitting behind Terry as he opened up the throttle, I felt a nervous excitement, close to the giddiness that one might [...]
