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Fall ride along Hood Canal and through the old neighborhood

The weather is getting colder, and the days shorter. I decide to go for a motorcycle ride to clear my head before a week that promises to be full of challenges. My excuse to go is a benefit barbecue for an injured rider.

My first time working a race corner won’t be the last

Have you ever seen high-speed motorcycle racing, the kind where it looks like the riders seem to be touching their knee or elbow to the ground as they rocket around corners? Wouldn’t it be interesting to see that kind of racing up close, like 35 feet away? I got that chance last weekend, and took … Continue reading »

My daughters think I’m in a gang

I ride a motorcycle.  It’s sold as a scooter, but the size of the engine would have been considered good sized back in the 1970s.  I think of it as a step-through motorcycle. One group I participate in is PNWriders.  Members go for rides, get together for dinner or other events, and generally just share … Continue reading »

In indoor karting, there is no handicap like in golf

“Bike night” was at Apex Karting in Tumwater.  What is bike night?  It is an informal get together at a restaurant or other venue, loosely organized, occurring sometimes weekly and sometimes not. Participants are local motorcyclists of all ages, drawn from the ranks of PNWriders, a regional motorcycling club of sorts. Apex Karting is “an … Continue reading »

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