10 x 2024 riding season firsts
Even though I’ve ridden about 3,000 kilometres so far and I only rode for a couple of hours this afternoon, it felt as if today was my first REAL…
brilliant loop follows inauspicious start
Kickstand up. Kill switch off. Reach left hand down. Turn key in the ignition to on position. Press start with right thumb. That’s my routine. But on April 10,…
23 motorcycle-related things i’m grateful for this thanksgiving 231007
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 2023. Here are a few things I can think of (off the top of my head) that I’m thankful for with respect to motorcycle riding so…
i may have a problem…
Get up at 8. Check the weather on laptop. Forecast: clear until noon; rain for the rest of the day. Maybe I can get a ride in before the…
weathered
I woke up at 7:30 am to blue skies. But the outlook for Almonte, where I live, was ominous. Thunderstorms would – or rather could – roll in by…
when old new friends meet again…
Annick and I met on either side of a gas pump at the Esso station in Almonte on September 9, 2022. We were both riding Yamahas at the time. We…
are kilometers worth crowing about?
When I #RideTheHighlands, which is frequently, I often pitstop coming or going or sometimes both in Calabogie at The Calabogie Brewing Company, The Redneck Café or the Bogie General Store….
5 reasons to do routes differently
In many ways, I am a creature of habit. I have the same thing every day for breakfast — which I eat at lunchtime — sometimes for months or…
if at first you don’t quite succeed…
Today was YET ANOTHER PERFECT DAY for riding. Almost better than Sunday. As it was such an amazing day, I thought I would again try a loop to Barry’s…
20 reasons to be grateful for my #ridethehighlands 230723
Today was another perfect day for riding. I got up early and was away by 07:30; I got home more than eleven hours later. Of course I didn’t ride…