Motorcycling Soul Craft
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Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.
My story in American Rider Magazine The specter of pyramids rising from the desert seems more Egyptian than Arizonan, and yet for more than 100 years, three pyramids holding the bones of Arizona leaders, explorers, and visionaries have dotted Arizona’s landscape. I jumped on my Harley Davidson Road King to explore the backstories of…
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Priscilla, America’s Most Famous Bike
She’s in 5 magazines, 4 newspapaers, 2 alumni publications, and several web pages. take a look And here she is, Priscilla, America’s Most Famous Bike, right here: in the November 2024 issue of American Rider Magazine. She is also in stories written for Thunder Press, OM Yoga Magazine, The Taj Mahal Review, and AZ Rider…
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Pyramid Scheme: a date with Arizona’s mysterious pyramid tombs.
American Rider Magazine, the journal of the International Big Twin community, has published Pyramid Scheme: a date with Arizona’s mysterious pyramid tombs Arizona’s three pyramid-tombs, like the people inside, are mysterious, memorable, and majestic. You can find them in Quartzsite, Florence, and Papago Park in Phoenix. You’ll see great stops along the way: Dateland…
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What’s In A Name? Run to the Rez 21
What’s In A Name, Run to the Rez 21 More than just a gathering, the four-day motorcycle rally, ‘Run to the Rez’ is also a mystery. Albert Einstein wrote of mystery, “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He [sic] to whom…
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Two-part Video and Written Review of KEMIMOTO’S Windshield Extender on a Honda Rebel and a Harley-Davidson Road King
(Discount code included) at the end of this post as KEMIMOTO is celebrating their 13th anniversary. Use AFF17 for 17% off no threshold discount on this $79 product. KEMIMOTO’S Windshield Extender is a fantastic buy to reduce the wind blast to their forehead, stop the rain before it gets to your neck and chest, and…
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Check out my Royal Enfield with this day travel bag for motorcycle or bicycle
I’m convinced of a product’s worthiness when I see comparisons between two or more with similar features. I’ve been in the market for a day bag to mount on my Royal Enfield Bullet 500. There are lots of bags out there, but they never appealed to me. I hadn’t found one that met my needs…
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RESPLENDENT PASSAGES: Motorcycling Diaries in Soul Craft
The grand American narrative of the open road is more compelling on a motorcycle. It captures the imagination of wanders and seekers because it looks like a story of independence and freedom. It’s not always true, but there is a universal search playing out in every riders quest for the open road, and that is…
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RIDE this Royal Enfield. Available through Riders Share Motorcycle Rental for Old Skool Riding Adventure
Rent this classic Royal Enfield 500 Bullet from me, a Riders Share Power Owner, through Riders Share, the AirB&B of motorcycle rental. Link at the end of this post. Coupon available with this code. Contact me with the link below to meet “Biggie,” a show-winner in the cruiser category at Superstition Harley Davidson 2021 BYO…
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An Arizona Motorcycle Ride on the Road Less Traveled in Flavor-Flaves of Dirty and Sweet
Motorcycle riders focus on the tangible elements or the things we can plan, see, and do. As creatures of habit, we take the main road, but any road will get us out the door where we may discover that all roads – even the pock-marked and dusty trails that we curse in between the splatter…