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Spend a Year Hitting the Best Motorcycle Rallies in America
It’s just you and the open road… amazing, right? Throw in a buddy or two… even better. Amp that up into a full-on motorcycle club, and you’ll feel blessed with a true sense of community on top of the visceral excitement of the ride. Okay, how about we crank that up to, say, 5,000 or…
Read MoreHow to Prepare For a Cross-Country Motorcycle Trip
For a great many motorcyclists, a cross-country ride is their ultimate goal – both nearly tangible and seemingly just out of reach. However, this ultimate test of rider and motorcycle is one you can conquer… provided you do the research and make the adequate preparations. That first attempt not only feels like a monumental task,…
Read MoreMotorcycle Road Hazards and Government Liability
In our previous blog post, we pointed out a number of the most common causes of motorcycle accidents – ranging from impaired riding to going unseen by cars to excessive speed to inadequate training to mechanical failure. Besides simply raising awareness of these types of incidents and the potentially catastrophic consequences, the point was to…
Read MoreWhy Motorcyclists Wave
Motorcyclists are notorious wavers. We wave at everyone – fellow motorcyclists, automobiles, bicyclists, pedestrians, squirrels… whoever. If you share the road with us, you get a wave. Of course, there is more behind that than simple acts of politeness – although that’s the veneer those meanings are hidden behind. We wave for good reason. Actually,…
Read MoreSturgis Motorcycle Rally Survival Guide
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Few events – riding related or not – carry the same societal relevance, evoke such vivid imagery and emotions, or are as flat-out huge as the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Originally organized in 1938 as a relatively low-key dirt track race dubbed the “Black Hills Motor Classic,” Sturgis has far outstripped even…
Read MoreHow to Ride Safely in Extreme Heat
Summer is approaching fast, and it already feels like it’s settled in across much of the nation. Summer is the absolute peak riding time in terms of daylight hours and the sheer number of bikes on the road. Ice and snow are but a memory and even the spring showers make way for sunny skies.…
Read MoreDoes Lane Filtering Actually Reduce Motorcycle Accidents?
Motorcyclists threading their way between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction has long been a defining aspect of the two-wheeled experience in California Known as “lane splitting,” this traffic strategy has never really broken out to be accepted outside of the Golden State. However, its more sanitized cousin – “lane filtering” – is…
Read MoreEverything Riders Should Know Before Lane Filtering
We’ve covered lane filtering on this blog multiple times in recent months and for good reason. The traffic technique has picked up steam across the nation, and more and more riders are being exposed to it and given the opportunity to partake. So What is it? Lane filtering is the more conservative version of lane…
Read MoreHow Social Media Is Shaping Today’s Motorcycle Community
For better and worse, the rise of social media has reshaped our world. The leading platforms have forever changed the way information is absorbed and disseminated, accelerating trends, and shifting the balance of power in multiple respects. Facebook, Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, and others continue to entrench themselves in the everyday lives of people, significantly impacting…
Read MoreMost Popular Sportbikes for Beginners
The visceral allure of sportbikes is undeniable. They are, quite simply, adrenaline delivered via aluminum, carbon fiber, and rubber. Combining physics-defying performance and aggressive styling at price points that are downright attainable relative to their four-wheeled counterparts, there’s a reason sportbikes reliably inspire innocent bystanders to become motorcyclists. However, for years (decades even) it was…
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