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Do these socks make my feet stink?
Posted by Steve Larsen in Motorcycles, Publishing on April 28th, 2009
Last year at the Motorcycle Show in Northern California, Mansoor Shafi of Roadgear asked me to try a pair of his new riding socks. He promised I could wear them ten days in a row, never wash them, and they won’t stink. I thought this was incredible and began thinking about how to test them. In true Motorcycle Consumer News tradition, I found a way to put them to the test and the article is here.
The hardest part was convincing friends to test them with me. First, to not only wear these socks for seven days without washing them, but then to participate in blind sniff tests each night. What we don’t do for readers.
You should meet Annette Birkmann
Posted by Steve Larsen in Motorcycles, Publishing on April 22nd, 2009
Last spring Kari Prager, co-owner of the BMW/Triumph dealership in Mountain View, CA sent me an email saying a rider traveling from the southern tip of South America to New York would be stopping at his shop and did I want to meet her? I would and I did. Her name is Annette Birkmann and she may be the only person to ever abandon a legal career in Denmark to become a motorcycle mechanic in Argentina. She is likely to be one of the few women to ride solo though from the South American continent.
I wrote about her adventures for Motorcycle Consumer News. A copy of the article is here. You may find her “Top Ten Mistakes: Either in life or motorcycle adventures,” very interesting. Let me know what you think.
Read them in Russian
Posted by Steve Larsen in Publishing on June 28th, 2007
Some time back I began selling some of my motorcycle articles into the Russian market. They translate the stories from English and do new layouts.
Here are two that feature a number of the folks I frequently ride with:
Northern California http://motopress.ru/index.php?d=magazine/7/241&page=1
Italy on Ducati http://motopress.ru/magazine/6/173
Here are several others that may interest others. Anybody read Russian?
Brazil: http://motopress.ru/magazine/12/387
Keith Code Training: http://motopress.ru/magazine/6/176
MotoVentures Training: http://motopress.ru/magazine/12/368
GPS Reviews: http://motopress.ru/magazine/11/379
New Zealand: http://motopress.ru/magazine/20/604
Of course, if you prefer to read them in English, see my Published Motorcycle Articles.
Blogs versus Magazine Articles
Posted by Slarsen in Publishing on December 16th, 2005
Category: Motorcycle Blog
Decmber 16, 2005
What’s got me thinking today is the amount of time between some of my motorcycle experiences and when they’re seen in print. Versus what happens in the blogging world. For instance, a couple of weeks ago the Jaunary 2006 issue of Rider Magazine arrived on newstands with my article “Northern California Fantasy: Sharing the best in the Golden State.” You can find a PDF of the article at the American Flyers Web Site . This is the group with which I made this particular trip. Anyway, we took that trip in October. Of 2004. Fiftteen months ago. Now, I’ll admit, this wasn’t typical in that the first target for my piece decided to pass, but that delay only accounts for a few weeks. Fifteen months! But the blogosphere is so fast it amazes me. Sheesh. And since you’ll need to wait many months to finally see my Turkey article in print, here’s a pointer to Philip Richter (longride@neinstein.net) very fine journal of the trip and please don’t read anything into the “buttercup,” bit.