Motorcycle safety, musings and more.
The one motorcycle gear question I get asked most often is: How do I keep my hands warm in the winter? For a long time, my answer was simple -- I didn't. I gritted my teeth through the cold, layering my all-season gloves with tight, …
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Hippo Hands & Oxford Heaterz
When I wrote my previous rebuild update in December, I thought I wouldn't write about this motorcycle again until after it was reassembled, running and ready to show off. But then, my XL250 project was accepted to the One Moto Show. And that …
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If there's one thing I know about riding a motorcycle, it's that it demands good judgement. In any given ride, motorcyclists make hundreds, if not thousands, of judgement calls. Everything from "How fast should I take this corner?" to "Is that car …
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I just came inside from an afternoon in the garage. My hands are sore, I’ve got a crick in my upper back, and my arches are flatter than pancakes. But I don’t feel any of it. Because the XL250 is finally coming together. Two weeks ago, I felt a …
Last year, if you told me I’d be teaching motorcycle classes before the end of 2018, I wouldn’t have believed you. It would have been too much of a dream, too utterly awesome, to be true. But in August I completed my apprenticeship, and so far …
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