By: Steve Larsen Half a dozen years ago, or more, I acquired a PrepPen, although I’ve no idea how or why. It sat around untouched for a few months. One day when replacing the batteries on a rarely-used flashlight, I grabbed it to see if the PrepPen could remove the… Continue reading
A visit to the Ducati factory and museum followed by a ride on a favorite route of Ducati employees and testers. Continue reading
My feature story on the Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile appears in the current issue of The Overland Journal. Some diligent friends have found the magazine at Barnes & Noble and at airport news stands. But many have told me they can’t find it anywhere. Not unexpected, this is… Continue reading
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By Steve Larsen You don’t have to be a committed motorcyclist for long before you begin to notice that motorcycle helmets tend to multiply in rough proportion to riding socks disappearing. This article will not explore the many reasons behind this phenomenon (e.g. breeding in dark garages), but if you… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
By Steve Larsen When MCN Editor-in-Chief Dave Searle called to check my interest on attending the Saxon Motorcycles 2006 launch event, I first wondered how many other writers had passed on the opportunity before he’d thought of calling me. My second thought was to wonder if he knew of my… Continue reading
Category: Motorcycle Blog December 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 January 2006 issue of Rider Magazine arrived… Continue reading
…in which I take the Phoenix Police Officers Training course. Part 1 (1.7mb, May 2005) | Part 2 (2.0mb, June 2005) | Part 3 (2.5mb, July 2005)