Jul
20

I’m back from a 10 Day Motorcycle Ride!

Ride to bodie

I’m back from a ten day motorcycle ride! It was the longest trip I have taken on a motorcycle and I enjoyed every minute of it. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post I was traveling to Bodie, California, an old mining community. From there it was the open road as I wondered through the Yosemite … [Read more...]

Jul
02

Motorcycle Ride to Bodie | Motorcycle Superstore Contest!

Bodie motorcycle ride

Family visit, Bodie and the Open Road! I’m heading out on a ten day motorcycle ride on July 8th to Bodie, California from Portland, Oregon. Along the way I’ll spend some time with my family and later arrive in Bodie. Bodie is an old mining community that boomed in the late1800’s. Today, it … [Read more...]

Jul
01

Chick with the Iron Butt | Part 3-Iron Butt Approval

Iron Butt Approved

Last stretch of  an 18.5 hour/1020 mile Motorcycle Ride Our Iron Butt ride consisted of a little over 500 miles to Bowie, AZ and a little over 500 miles back to Las Vegas, NV.  We had stopped in Bowie, and taken pictures of each other in front of the Post Office since there was no gas station in … [Read more...]

Jun
24

Dogs on Motorcycles | The VFR Dog Walk

dogs on motorcycles

Walking the dog on two wheels Ever since I have started riding motorcycles I have seen many of my fellow riders traveling with their dogs on motorcycles. Whether it was three Labradors in a sidecar, or a 30 pound mix-breed sitting in a mini canoe, on the back of a BMW F-650. Yes; this one … [Read more...]

Jun
17

XQSME | The Art of Motorcycle Photography

track day pics

Motorcycle Photography at it's Finest Ben Arboleda, also known as XQSME photography is a well-known photographer, especially when it comes to motorcycle photography in his home town of Portland Oregon. There he is respected and admired by many. I have to say the first thing that … [Read more...]

Jun
10

The Chick with the Iron Butt | Part-2 Journey to Bowie, AZ

Iron butt vfrchick

Karen, A.K.A.-VFR Chick Shares Her Motorcycle Journey 1000 Miles to Bowie Arizona It was the week before March 19th and the day of our Iron Butt Ride.  The Weather forecast was calling for rain in California and the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan was all over the news.  I was talking to … [Read more...]

Jun
08

Motorcycle Insights Got a Ticket!

jason-motorcycle insights

Motorcycle Insights got his first ticket on a Motorcycle. Yes, I got a ticket and I’m glad it wasn’t for what I was doing 20 minutes earlier, 15 miles away, in the middle of nowhere. A cop was traveling in the opposite direction as I was heading back from my ride to Mt St Helens. As I … [Read more...]