Well, I’ve done my share of Iron Butt runs, but my ride up the Blue Ridge last month took the cake. Out of the garage on Friday morning, back by sundown on Saturday. I hit seven states, did most of the Blue Ridge Parkway, traveled through the middle of Atlanta, Chattanooga, Roanoke, Washington, Charlotte, and…

We all have great biker stories of the people we have met and the places we have been. This is what makes this biker lifestyle so exciting. You never know whether the guy in that diner on Route 66 in Vega, Texas is really Elvis or just an impersonator. You never know if the guy…

I am a biker. It is 2016. I thumb my starter and go. I can cross a continent for the price of a few tanks of gas. Effortless, —–relatively. My phone tells me how to suit up for weather I’ve not stepped foot in. My GPS tells me where to turn and where there’s traffic,…

I hope that if you are reading my stories you understand who Hunter S. Thompson was. I say was, as he departed this earth on February 20th, 2005 at the age of 67, by his own hand (which happened to have a .357 revolver in it!). An act that surprised me then, but makes perfect…

As a human race, we are constantly advancing in achievements of medicine, art, technology, sciences and yes, motorcycles. We bikers likewise benefit from the evolutionary process that hurls us forward. Dynamic suspension, traction control, electronic ignition and much more, give us reliability and comfort never imagined just a decade before. I trust as a subspecies,…

My friend and mentor Judge Daniel Lalor told me once “Home is where you buy a burial plot.” A thousand variations of the “Home is…” proverb exist and I’ve even heard it said “Home is where your HOG chapter is”! I guess it depends on which chapter you belong to? Mine is Killer Creek Chapter,…

How many of you have ever picked up a hitchhiker? Responded to the universal sign of right thumb out, side of road, facing traffic, right shoulder? Hitchhiking is a social phenomenon that has become far less prevalent in the past few decades. I don’t know why nor have I fully investigated its demise but you…

It seems to me that helmet laws are an exercise in ‘natural selection’. A quick reference in any scientific journal sets forth the proposition that natural selection is the process by which natural genetic variations within a population or organism may cause some within the populace to survive and reproduce, and some to die off. …

I head west at dawn on state route 14 between Sheridan and Cody Wyoming across a magnificent landscape and the bike putts along nicely. I’ve crossed 15 states and I’ve had no mechanical issues. If I had an odometer it would probably show about 3,000 miles crossed in the last week. The August weather is…

It’s about 50 degrees and the sun is setting. A perfect autumn ride: leaves peaking in the Northern United States, temperatures dipping in deference to the impending winter. We’re crossing a mountain ridge where we know the temperatures drop 15 or 20 degrees topside. My friend, Kevro, calls this stretch of road “nipple pass” as…