Ain't No Pillion

One of the most common questions we got, before and after – and even during – our trip, was “Aren’t you worried about your safety?” And people didn’t mean ATGATT – people meant our safety from the people in the countries we were passing through. People seemed most shocked that we were traveling through Mexico, [...]

I get a lot of people asking me about how to plan for a long motorcycle trip, so it’s time this made it into the Monday Q&A rotation. The truth is that there’s no “right” and “wrong” way to do *anything* related to motorcycle travel. It’s all up to the individual’s travel style, finances and [...]

My Sena SMH-10 Review remains the most popular post or review on my blog, and I get a lot of questions about it, about the device I used to replace it (the Cardo Scala Rider G4) and motorcycle headsets in general. Since I just recently got another email asking about it, now seems like a [...]

This week’s Monday Q&A is about luggage for the BMW F650GS. I get a lot of questions about whether I would recommend the SW-Motech TraX cases, what I like/dislike about them, what kind of luggage I’d recommend for the F650, etc. I’ve been meaning to do a more detailed writeup of TraX versus Happy Trails [...]

This week’s Monday Q&A is regarding helmet speakers in Massachusetts. I got an email from a reader last week saying that he thought it was illegal to have speakers in your helmets in Massachusetts, and asking whether I know something he didn’t know. (I think in regard to the Sena SMH10 Motorcycle Intercom.) I was [...]