Feb 24, 2017 | Routes and Trails
California has no shortage of place to ride, but If you find yourself somewhere way east of San Francisco with a dirt bike or a dual sport, you’ll want to check out the Carnegie SRVA. The Carnegie SRVA site has the best description of what you’ll find...
Feb 24, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but video can be worth millions. When we first heard about this Husky, we wondered if any claims that it could be a near perfect dual sport were grounded in reality. But a look at what the rider on this one does with it kills...
Feb 24, 2017 | Gear & Such
Last year, we profiled Lee Block, president of RacerGloves USA. A few days after we met up with him to get a better sense of his business and the RacerGloves line, he was kind enough to give us a pair of the RacerGloves Grip model to review. Since then, we can...
Feb 19, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
Aprilia recently unveiled four new versions of their V4 lineup at the International Motorcycle Show in Chicago, and every single one of them is a thing of beauty. Intent to continue to take on Ducati, and the Japanese race bikes, Aprilia has made a number of...
Feb 19, 2017 | Food to Go
Texas is a big, make that huge, state, which makes it too hard to confine any eating suggestions to just one place. A quick search led us to the appropriately titled article from the Dallas Observer — 30 Essential Texas Restaurants to Visit Before You Die. By...
Feb 19, 2017 | Routes and Trails
Everybody talks about how bad Mexico is, but we’ve read too many first person accounts of travels down the Baja Peninsula to believe that some of that is just plain ignorance and fear mongering. Traveling in a foreign country is always going to have some...
Feb 19, 2017 | Gear & Such
Pretty soon the weather will start getting warmer, and that means bugs…splattered all over windshields and visors. Better to get prepared now than wait! There are any number of products and home brewed techniques for cleaning them away, but we found Cycle...
Feb 10, 2017 | Food to Go
Ahh, Mexican food. It usually comes in three varieties: Great, Good and Terrible. Casa Ramos is north of Great. Serving up great dishes made from recipes that have been around the Ramos family a few generations, they offer portions that could fill the pie hole of the...
Feb 8, 2017 | Routes and Trails
While most of the country is currently ensconced in either rain, snow, or mud, we thought a little dirt might be in order. We turned to Rider Planet for its collection of Arizona dirt trails, motocross parks, mountain areas and old mine trails. Some sit on BLM land,...
Feb 8, 2017 | Gear & Such
Considering the ongoing series of rain storms in northern California, staying dry while riding has become a priority. While some riders like the idea of wearing a full on rain suit, we prefer the ability to strip back to regular riding gear once the rain clears. So...
Feb 7, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
The two biggest issues we have with many dual sports – regardless of engine displacement and size — is that the seat height seems geared toward those 6 feet and over, and they are expensive. Granted some of the newer dualies from KTM, BMW and Triumph offer...
Feb 2, 2017 | Favorite Bikes
While we’ve seen a few custom Indians so far, we were wondering how long it would take to take their Chieftan to the next level on a broader scale. Well, we didn’t have to wait too long as evidenced by the contest Indian is running to let the public pick...
