Great Bikes, great rides
“Some bikes are great to ride, and some are just great. These machines are both”… posted two weeks ago the blog died in absolute silence: no comments, no reactions. Just…
iHogs for everyone?
I received this essay from a person working in the motorcycle industry. I like the content, it reflects my considerations to the now famous FortNine video and it moves ahead…
Safer and faster on country roads
Rupert Paul (Riding Skills 11 June 2009) interviews Jon Taylor Jon Taylor has been a racer (he’s a former double Bemsee club champion), bike cop and long-time Nürburgring instructor. He’s…
Ride with a reason: A.C.19 will not be the same.
Two schools of thinking about the “after-pandemic” and both agree on a bleak economic period ahead: for States, for Companies and for Individuals. Both schools of thought push for a…
May: Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
From Mr. Subjective AKA Mr. Andy Goldfine, I received a message that, among other subjects, was calling my attention to a post issued by him on May 13 and related…
Common mistakes in riding
P. Volpara editing from M. Wheeler and Jon Taylor lessons. First published in OMM Bulletin 2009. I selected to republish without any modifications a 2009 article following the posting of…
Bert, the nodding donkey
I was attracted by the strange title of Simon Matthews piece : what a nodding donkey has to do with motorcycling? Quite different from the serious articles coming out of…
Riding in Syntony, Synergy and Joy
Wife (Tugce) and I moved to Cracow a few months ago and biking, in this period, has been limited to test various second-hand motorcycles, to find the ideal one to…
Braking: the best tool in your bag.
by Jon Taylor (August 2002 – revised November 201 Of all the skills needed whilst riding a motorcycle, when all else fails and the unexpected happens, your ability to get…
Be like a Fish….not like an Ant
Paolo Volpara notes from Mike Wheeler MC training lessons. Edited from OMM Bulletin April 2000 and September 2008 Mick Wheeler, excellent trainer and founder of A.R.T. (Advanced Riding Techniques UK)…
Envy me and I will envy you…
Not often but it happens: crossing lanes with old friends, husband and wife, people not seen for too many years: a riding couple from the past. Motorcycle community is for…
The teacher and the killer of joy
Allan Bloom in his controversial book “Closing of the American Mind” wrote: “The teacher …. is guided by the awareness, or the divination, that there is human nature, and that…
Reinventing the wheel or the discovery of hot water
The rules of convivence imposed by governments to fight the pandemic COVID make a large part of the population discovering the limit of self-gratification and the joy of communal life.…
Relax and Dance: parallel ride
Considerations on the lightness of life and the balance on biking with contribution from Andy Goldfine Parallel rides: lateral thinking comparing the way we ride a motorcycle with the way…