THE PATIENT BIKER
by AYDIN Ural A second note from Aydin and a deep one; patience is a virtue rarely praised in these…
Courageous bravery or Brave courage
from Aydin Ural One of the latest entries into the thinkingomm made me think about bravery vs courage… again. I’m…
Riding solo with open heart
(PV note) I just completed a long and fascinating ride in Anatolia revisiting famous historical, artistic and natural locations: for…
Taking Risk or just bravado?
How many times have you heard the admonition “do not take risk”? When the conversation turns to sport (i.e. motorcycling,…
The Search for Meaning
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going…
I Forgot
An essay by Mrs Subjective. (Note from the Editor) We talk often in this blog about self-awareness and the connection…
(RP) Teacher of discipline and a Master of humility
Republished from OMM Bulletin 1998 Several times, after the conversation turned hot on motorcycles, I have been asked why I…
Conscious attention builds awareness (S.2)
To live is easy, to stay alive is hard work The essay by Ken Condon distributed on February 17, 2016…
(RP) A good biker is a mad biker.
Toward the end of the Summer, when the first cold and wet weather makes again its presence felt on the…
UN to Provide Emergency Adjective Supplies to Moto-Journalist Community.
Reprint 2003 by Gabe Ets-Hokin Los Angeles (AP). Disaster relief officials announced here Tuesday that United Nations aid workers would…
Missing Motorcycle Magazines
A recent post from Mr Subjective at the AEROSTICH blog: you can visit and subscribe to the full collection of…
The 4th Sense
Up here in the Northern hemisphere it is Autumn. Now I like Autumn. Others prefer the clear definition of Summer…
Who wants to be a Novice?
Posted by Hakan Erman It was one of those closed-circuit motorcycle training days and I was on duty. Attendees were…
Judicious Speed: safety, restraint and fast lane.
This article is a revision of a piece written for the OMM Bulletin in 2009. What prompted the re-editing is…
The Violence of Gravity
I had to stop: small stones and grit can transform a morning run into an anticipation of purgatory. Take off…
The left behind
In the garage where I park my bike, there are approximately 40-50 motorbikes. I park among 13-15 of them lined…
Speed: our guilty mistress
by Ian Worral Ian Worrall has been my companion of many philosophical, artistic and historical conversations. For decades Ian has…
Death, companion on the road?
Many old riders experienced the loss of friends roads companions, raising questions “why?”, “worth it?” when?” Animals jumping out of…
Nothing is URGENT
Thanks to Andrew “Wookie” Longshaw for his editing contribution. I received a message from my family in Italy: a long…
The sting of the Vespa: scooter in the city…
By Kazim Uzunoglu, companion of many adventures on the road, organiser and guide of many challenging rides, motorcycle guide, above…
Bikers, Agnostics and Flat Earthers.
by Andrew “Wookie” Longshaw. “Note from Paolo Volpara. We had a common history with an old April Caponord and we…
Balancing Act
In the blog “How much do you weight?” published on the first of this month of June, my friend rider…
“Kill a Biker, Go to Jail”
Paolo Volpara’s conversation on bikers rights with A. Goldfine and B. Higdon [Editor]: On the blog “May: Motorcycle Safety Awareness…
From Society to Character to Riding Style
Riding around the word on a motorcycle is a never ending source of lessons and observations: a good way to…
How much do you weight? A conversation.
Sezi Toprakci writes to Paolo Volpara on motorcycle weight and on the role of balance. May 2020 Motorcycles are always…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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,…
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…
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…
“This is it” moments
Posted by Hakan Erman Lately, I don’t resist to the temptation to watch the latest episodes of my favorite You…
Too much information can harm the brain and body
“Good to see that you had a good ride yesterday but I did not like some of your choices in…
When all else fails read the manual…
It has been more than two months now, since the start of this state of staying home. We turned back…
A Prayer to Go Back or the nostalgia of normality
We want our life to go back, now, getting back to “normality” Give back traffic to the cities Give back…
I don’t think I can go back…
From a good friend and companion of rides I received a challenging article of psychotherapist Ms. Claire van den Bosch…
Biking in the “time of corona”
In these challenging times we all rediscover solitude or at least a kind of personal segregation. The Corona virus brings…