Ain't No Pillion

On Sunday, Kay and I rode down to Rhode Island to meet up with some guys from ADVRider.com and do some dirt riding in Arcadia and Pachaug. The idea was to get me some more experience on dirt before the trip, and also to try our heated gear for the first time. (Heated gear held [...]

To take full advantage of yesterday’s extra gratuitous day off for Masukomi, we hit the Trans-Mass Trail. It’s a dirt and small-paved-road path created by a Western Mass. motorcycle rider and posted on ADVRider.com. The route starts in Winsted, CT and ends at the gas station in Greenfield, MA where the Puppy Dog Route through [...]

On August 14, 15 and 16, Masukomi and I did a three-day weekend of riding on the bikes. It was a test trip to acquaint me with being gone on the bikes, motorcycle camping, test our gear and also for the sheer joy of getting away for a weekend on the bikes. This was our [...]

Now that I have the new bike, I’m raring to ride. Got up really early yesterday so I could get some work done and we could go ride. I was shooting to go on the “Ice Cream Ride” in New Hampshire that a local Beemer rider told me about, but couldn’t finish my work/eat breakfast/get [...]

We’ve had two immediate goals for bike rides in the near future – trying out a long day on the road for me, and riding someplace and camping. Unfortunately, by the time we figured out the weather would be good for the weekend of June 26/27, our dig sitter was unavailable, so we were’t able [...]