The Ride Report

I’ve been going a little crazy waiting to hear back on a job interview I had last week, so I went out for a little clear-my-head putt yesterday afternoon. I was riding the closest twisty road to where I live — Mulholland Drive overlooking the San Fernando Valley, host to dozens of makeout sites used […]

Apropos of nothing, here’s a self-portrait I shot last week in the wheel of my pal Earthquake’s bike. I kinda like it.

Selling my bike is still high up on my list of possible short-term solutions to my current money crunch, so I didn’t let the rain that was threatening on Sunday keep me off the road. I’m trying to get as many miles in as I can while I have it, because I’m going to miss […]

Me and a bunch of guys from the club went for a ride through the back roads of Ventura County farmland Sunday. There were about ten of us, including a couple of prospects riding at the back of the pack. One of these prospects is a kid we’ve been hammering on to work on his […]

I stumbled across a picture of the first motorcycle I ever owned tonight and it was like finding a picture of the first girl who let you touch her boobies. You remember the thrill and excitement of the moment, but you’re also struck by “Wow, she’s not as hot as I remembered. I guess it […]

The speakers in my Road Glide’s fairing started sounding like crap and I thought I had blown them out by playing them too loud. The problem was worse than I thought when I finally took the fairing off and went in to see what was what. The speakers are secured by three screws that screw […]

I lost my cool and dished out a little street justice this weekend. My wife just shook her head when I told her about it, my riding buddy probably wishes I hadn’t been there, there’s a gardener out there somewhere who’s probably still looking over his shoulder, and I feel like an idiot. My friend […]

The last day of the year calls for a last ride of the year, so that’s what I did today with my pal Greg and one of my club brothers, E. Greg and I took the 101 freeway across the valley to meet E, then we took Kanaan Road to the coast. It was pretty […]

Dear Santy Claus. This is what I want for Christmas:

On a lot of the biker blogs I read, the riders are closing up shop for the winter. It’s getting too cold to ride, there’s too much ice and snow; so they’re putting Stabil in the gas tank, tucking their bikes in for a long winter’s nap, and counting the days until spring when they […]