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Facing the Inevitable
by Ken Bingenheimer on February 07, 2010 at 01:28AMThings break. It's a fact of live and we all know it. And it's a fact that does apply to motorcycles. What do you do when a bunch of guys are off on a weeklong trip and someone's bike breaks down? You're not going to abandon your buddy but at the same ...
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Are Motorcycles Greener than Cars?
by Ken Bingenheimer on February 04, 2010 at 02:00AMRiding a motorcycle is fun. Plus, it's nice to know that you're helping the environment when you ride one, instead of driving a car, right? I mean, motorcycles go a lot farther on a gallon of gas, so obviously they're a very green alternative to cars, ...
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The Shining
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 31, 2010 at 03:46AMHave you ever been out on the road and stayed at a really creepy place? I’m not talking about dumps. Heck, we’ve stayed in plenty of those, like the place in Kemmerer, WY, where it turned out the three rooms next to ours didn’t have roofs. You see, ...
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They. Are. Here.
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 26, 2010 at 09:00AMAs hybrid and even full-out electric cars make inroads in the marketplace, electric motorcycles may be nearing their day in the sun as well. In a movement reminiscent of the early days of cars, when hundreds of companies offered their models to the ...
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The Ride Not Taken
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 24, 2010 at 02:46AMWhile it may be true that “A bad day fishing is better than a good day in the office,” the same is only true up to a point when you’re riding a motorcycle. Some rides are better left undone, at least until later.
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See the World...Go on Tour
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 20, 2010 at 10:25AMThe longer you ride, the more you cover the roads within reach of where you live, the more you are going to want to ride your motorcycle – or someone's bike – in new places. Motorcycle tours companies are more than happy to make that a reality for you ...
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Wanting What You Have
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 17, 2010 at 03:39AMOne of the newer members of the OFMC commented a few years ago that a big part of our summer motorcycle trips, for him, is going a really long distance. It seems he liked returning from vacation and wowing the folks at work with how far we'd gone and the ...
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Racing that Bites
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 13, 2010 at 02:02AMStaying upright with only two wheels on a zero-friction surface is a recipe for disaster, so motorcyclists generally avoid ice at all costs. But what if you drill about a thousand screws into your tires to give them some bite? Welcome to the world of ...
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The Insane (or Brilliant) Practice of Lane Splitting
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 10, 2010 at 01:30AMCompared to the rest of the U.S., California is like another country. Like Europe, to be exact. That is to say, California is the only state in the U.S. that allows lane-splitting, something Europeans take for granted.
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The Top 10 Motorcycle Events in 2010
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 06, 2010 at 04:19AMWhen winter weather has your motorcycle trapped in the garage, there’s no better remedy for the biker blues than planning your riding excursions for the year. Here are 10, listed chronologically, that should be on your list of possibilities.
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Road Food
by Ken Bingenheimer on January 03, 2010 at 04:20AMBecause, on a motorcycle, the journey is the destination, it's common practice to look for whatever excuse you can find to ride. Happily, food can be that excuse. There aren't many things better than an eatery with terrific food that also happens to ...
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The Top 5 Mods to Make to Your Bike
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 31, 2009 at 09:35AMResolving to have a cooler, safer, bike in 2010? Here are the top 5 modifications you can make to your bike to make it truly your own. Modifications can make the bike more comfortable, more functional, showier, and even safer. The following are among ...
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Win Some, Lose Some
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 27, 2009 at 01:32AMUsually when we’re planning the route on our summer trips we make sure to include at least one night where they have casinos. All of the guys enjoy a little gambling, although some of us do better than others. Bill is our most consistent winner, having ...
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Baja Dreams
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 23, 2009 at 02:56AM"Some day we're gonna ride the Baja 1000. Some day when we're older." Such was the dream of two dirt-bike riding boyhood buddies, John Lowe and Jason Hill. Then life intervened. Over 20 years they went their separate ways, until a high school reunion ...
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The Breaking Point
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 20, 2009 at 07:00AMThree weeks before the OFMC planned to head out for our yearly trip, the guy in the bike shop guaranteed me he’d have the work done on my Honda CB750 Custom in plenty of time. Long story short, he lied.
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Ride Your Ride (And Other Advice)
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 16, 2009 at 03:54AMMotorcycle riding, like so much else in life, is a matter of learning by doing. The following are a dozen lessons learned through more than 20 years and nearly 100,000 miles on two wheels.
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Against the Wind
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 13, 2009 at 01:40AMThe sudden blast hits you, throwing you and the bike across the lane, perilously close to the edge of the pavement. You struggle to control the bike and curse the wind, moving back across the lane so the next blast won't blow you completely off. Some days ...
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Man Rides with Apes
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 11, 2009 at 03:04AMYou can't believe how they could be comfortable. How in the world can anyone safely maneuver a motorcycle with those things? Lots of bikers wonder the same thing, but others swear by ape hangers, those long handlebars that reach for the sky and, in some ...
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Leading the Way
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 05, 2009 at 10:17PMI was in the lead, out in front of everyone else in the race. Nobody was going to pass me.
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You Don't Know Me
by Ken Bingenheimer on December 04, 2009 at 02:00AMAnyone who rides a motorcycle is by definition a Hell's Angels, biker-gang type of guy, right? That stereotype held sway for many years, but now everyone pretty much now knows that's not the case. Still, misconceptions about so-called "bikers" ...
