Reflections: Motorcycling

by H. James Williams

Learning to Ride Late, but Learning No Less It all started when I took my godson to a motorcycle bike show at a downtown convention center. The bikes on display were glorious in their allure. Street bikes, dual-pur...read more

by Brad Bowen

Fun, Fun, Fun For guys like me who developed a real passion for motorcycling somewhat later in life, there is almost nothing that compares to motoring along a smooth stretch of curvy back road devoid of cars, pedestrian...read more

by Dawn Hawkins

There is nothing like riding on a motorcycle to wipe out all your worries. I can honestly say that it's one of the most relaxing past times there is. I enjoyed my tenure as a "motorcycle mama". Motorcycling isn't for e...read more

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by Ralph Arbitelle

At the age of seventy five and still riding I find my thoughts quite often returning to the "old" days. Last July I decided to do something a bit different. Many members of my family were struck down by cancer through ...read more

by Dennis Raynor

I called her Moonbeam and my sweet baby is leaving me for another man; it's difficult to think about but we both knew it would likely happen sooner or later because nothing lasts forever. Don't blame her, if you must pl...read more

by Cean Burgeson

About 14 years ago, I was blissfully unaware of how a motorcycle would change my life forever. Single and working my first job as a legislative aide at the state capitol, I had few cares in the world. The rent on my ti...read more

by Bill Scherer

It was a pretty cozy setting for a guy like me. I was sitting, Indian style, on the floor of my office, surrounded by motorcycle magazines, bass magazines, guitar magazines, car magazines, a primer on slide guitar, several...read more

by Chuck Edwards

The Brotherhood of Bikers I have always been in search of something. Who I am? What will I do in my life? What is my purpose on earth? The list is endless. My little brain churns thought much in the same way a grist...read more

by L.K. Mcculloch

Several years ago, my boyfriend of two weeks smoothed the classifieds on the coffee table and began circling ads for motorcycles. He had a perfectly good Kawasaki propped up on a stand in his unfurnished kitchen. I could...read more

by Karon Brandt

I met my husband 20 years ago. He had been riding motorcycles since he was 16, about 18 years before we met. He couldn't give it up so, in my 40's, I learned to ride. The saying, "I will follow you anywhere" is never t...read more

by BJWilson

It was just a small ad, hidden somewhere between reconditioned washing machines and local call centre opportunities. He read it again. And again. After a day entrenched in bureaucracy, the dream was allowed to float thr...read more

by Dennis Turco

A Motorcycle Life My paper route afforded me most of the $175.00 it took to buy my first "real motorcycle". Dad made up the difference in the way of my first "real loan". It was 1968. Next to the Kenmore washers and dry...read more

by P.J. Francis

HELMET WEARING I have never understood the reluctance of so many motorcyclists to wear a helmet. I have heard all the arguments and remain unconvinced. Helmet wearing is an infringement on one's personal freedom. All...read more

by Edward Flynn

Why I Ride a Motorcycle I write this article as the rider of a naked 1980 Honda GL1100 and as a clergyman. A motorcycle often arouses interest and stimulates conversation with all kinds of people, and I have noticed th...read more

by Domestic Avalanche

Motorcycling has been getting a bad rap for a while. The two images that pop culture has attributed to motorcycling had been that of Hell's Angels on a trip terrorizing small towns or of a guy who is pushing 40s and is not...read more

by Frank Oquin

Why a Biker I have been asked many times why did you become a biker? Was it because your father was a biker? No. Was it because of some traumatic event in your childhood? No. Did you start hanging out with the wrong ...read more

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by Happy Dan

Reflections: Motorcycling Motorcycling can be better than sex. After all you can go for a ride and then ride some more and ride some more until you reach the end of the road. Then you can turn back and ride some more. ...read more

by Donald Courtney

Motorcycle Racing Mishap: If you have never watched a motorcycle race on a quarter mile race track you have missed an exciting time in your life. The quarter mile is raced with a dirt or trail bike which is a small- to ...read more

by William Remski

I never had a motorcycle until one day I was helping a friend clean out his garage. "Does this thing still run?" I asked as we pushed the Honda 350 out of the garage and onto the driveway in the backyard. "Sure it run...read more

by Lazlo

Last Sunday some of us got together at a friend's house and for a few brief moments sat around the table with some of the girls and the pregnant wives. We started to recount the old days, the times we spent together before...read more