This is easy to figure out when you’re riding a touring bike. A lot of touring bikes come with luggage or saddle bags. Often the saddle bags or cases easily come off to be carried inside with you. A few more recent models even come with false gas tanks capable of storing overnight gear, gloves,…
Proper braking and downshifting is something that you will really have to learn the intricacies of through action. This is what motorcycle safety courses and closed course training are for. Many people, myself included, learned braking and shifting on off-road bikes. The skills you learn in class, or off road, are directly transferable to the…
I found the text below in a motorcyclists forum, I cannot for the life of me recall the source but I wanted to share this little story that I think explains it well. “…The bike’s passenger seat swept up just enough that I could see over my father’s shoulders. That seat was my throne. My…
Cost: gas and toll savings Did you know that most motorcycles get better miles per gallon than the majority of passenger cars on the road? Yup, even my older 2006 CBR 600RR gets around 35 mpg. A new 2016 CBR 600RR gets around 45 mpg. With gas around me hovering at $2 a gallon, I’m…
Even in Texas, it gets cold enough to make my hands numb after a short ride down the highway. If you’ve been riding out in the winter then you’ve, no doubt, experienced this too. How cold does it get here? For reference, riding in the winter you are almost always exposed to negative wind chill…
I don’t care what any of the self-proclaimed “Experts” on Reddit proclaim, for daily commuting slicks and knob tires suck. Niche tires are really good at what they are designed for but nothing else. Then there are tires that are kind of good at a lot of things but not the best at anything. For…
Ask What Gear to Wear and Risk Starting a War People get crazy over some subjects and within the riding community riding gear is one of those subjects. There are generally two camps I’ve observed. One camp who says racing leathers all the time and the other camp who will go full-squid (no protective gear)…
Just Obey Traffic Laws and Don’t Speed! Right…. If you stumbled on this post, I’d bet you’re probably not the type to do that. So, here are some tips to avoid tickets and other unwanted attention, all the way up to the moment when you realize you’ve done screwed up, and the 5-O is turning…
Usual mistakes of a new motorcycle rider Mistake 1: Forgetting to turn off their turn signal What usually happens: Stop, put on your blinker. Look for cars and turn the handlebars. Twist the throttle and begin a textbook turn. Panic and almost die sliding through the turn, there must have been lots of sand in…
They Told Me a Motorcycle Would Attract Girls.. We’ve all heard this as young men, read it on some forum or thought it at some point. Here is the truth of it: the only people who will try to speak to you because of your bike are middle aged/older men. There are times when it won’t…
