Ain't No Pillion

We’re nearing the final stages of gearing up for our big trip (hopefully leaving at the beginning of December!) and so we’re picking up the last bits of kit that we’ll need for the trip. We’ve got pretty much all of our motorcycle gear (although we still need to figure out winter-weight gloves) and I [...]

Bummer. We were planning to do the PDR but an unplanned trip to the emergency room last Friday has grounded me from riding. Long story short, I had an abscess on my tailbone that had to be lanced and drained, and there’s a long process for healing. I’ve got to see a surgeon for follow [...]

It’s a heated debate in the motorcycle community: soft bags versus hard panniers for traveling. Some people swear by soft bags, saying they’re yielding and won’t break the bike’s frame (or your leg!) if you have a fall. Other people say that hard panniers have saved their legs in nasty offs, and are the only [...]

The trip that Masukomi and I are planning for the end of the year isn’t exactly a first. We’ll be riding from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego north, until we get home to Boston. (Logistically, this works on so many levels better than riding from Boston to Ushuaia, but it doesn’t sound as impressive.) Plenty of [...]

I must continue my theme of “bikers are awesome.” Last Friday, I rode down to Twisted Throttle in Rhode Island to pick up a luggage rack for my F650GS. I had a camping trip planned for this weekend and needed the rack ASAP, so I bought and installed it in the parking lot and rode [...]