Mar 29, 2017 | Shop Talk |
The Internet is flush with all kinds of tips on how to break in a new bike. The OEMs even have their own take on this with break-in periods varying from 600 miles or more. So we did some hunting around and found what sounded like some good advice. Here’s the one...
Mar 29, 2017 | Food to Go |
We met up with some southern California friends of ours not long ago and started talking about routes down there, and Mother’s came up. So we felt obliged to re-run this piece we did on them almost a year ago. Mother’s Kitchen near San Diego may not have...
Mar 29, 2017 | Favorite Bikes |
Who doesn’t love anything Italian? Bikes, cars, movies…women. And did we say bikes? Of course, when most people say “Italian bikes,” Ducati immediately comes to mind. But MV Augusta makes a bike that is just as beautiful, maybe more finicky,...
Mar 26, 2017 | Routes and Trails |
By James C. Moore The Road “Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth. Rise free from care before dawn and seek adventures. Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier...
Mar 22, 2017 | Routes and Trails |
by James C. Moore I spend a bit too much time in the Hill Country of Central Texas thinking about Australia. I’ve only been there once, but I’ve been interested in the continent and its culture since I was a boy. There is little wrong with an island that is the size...
Mar 20, 2017 | Favorite Bikes |
Long before there were big two and three cylinder dual sport bikes, there were scramblers. They gained a sort of mythical status at the hands of people like Steve McQueen who rode them in a way that seemed to make them indestructible. (They weren’t.) Various...
Mar 16, 2017 | Routes and Trails |
Sometimes the best routes aren’t the longest or the ones that take you furthest from home. They can be the ones you go to when you just need to get away for an hour or two. The Bay Area is home to a bunch of those so figuring out which one is worth sharing is a...
Mar 16, 2017 | Favorite Bikes |
For those of you who haven’t been to Sturgis, there’s more there than drinking, body paint, and bikini girls washing bikes. Last year at the Buffalo Chip they had a display of custom bikes that proved the point. Here are some of the incredible builds that...
Mar 16, 2017 | Food to Go |
If you find yourself riding the Big Bend Road featured in a previous Routes & Trails, you’ll either start or end in Ft. Davis. Consequently, you’ll be looking for something to fill your piehole to get the day going or to end the day after taking in the...
Mar 12, 2017 | Favorite Bikes |
Thank God for dealers that let you demo bikes! That’s the first thing we’re going to say about our friends at A&S Motorcycles/Powersports. They’ve dedicated every Saturday to demo rides. You sign up, pick the bike(s) you want to ride, you join...
Mar 7, 2017 | Routes and Trails |
Time for some dirt — Okie dirt that is. Yeah, it’s probably wet and cold out there, but never too early to start planning ahead. We rummaged through Rider Planet and found this killer looking place called Cross Bar Ranch — 6500 acres of ATV and dirt...
Mar 7, 2017 | Food to Go |
If you follow our tip in the Routes section and go to the Cross Bar Ranch for some dirt riding, you may decide you’d rather hook up your RV somewhere besides the ranch. Smokin’ Joe’s Rib Ranch and RV Park in nearby Davis, OK may be just the place...
Mar 7, 2017 | Shop Talk |
It’s getting close to Spring and that means more riding, which means the need for more maintenance. But let’s face it, we all get lazy when it comes to that. BIG MISTAKE! There’s a reason your owner’s manual tells you about proper settings,...
Mar 7, 2017 | Favorite Bikes |
Orange Country Choppers was a great show — the first couple of years. But their bikes were over-designed and the family interactions got to be way over the top, so we (and evidently tens of thousands of others) stopped watching. Having bought two bikes from...
Mar 1, 2017 | Gear & Such, We Ride |
It took over two years to collect 50 stories about different riders from around the US, Canada, Great Britain and, yes, even New Zealand. All of them are now available in one great collection — Asphalt & Dirt — Life on Two Wheels. For those who may be...
