Calm Riding: Managing Emotions and Distractions Effectively
Edited from a conversation afer a long ride in July 2025 Stop and prepare. Gather your thoughts and focus on your task. Halt the wild horses that scatter your mind…
THE PATIENT BIKER
by AYDIN Ural A second note from Aydin and a deep one; patience is a virtue rarely praised in these fast and selfish times: in family, in business, in friendship…
FARKINDALIK KONSANTRASYON VE ODAK GETİRİR
For English version Konsantrasyon (dikkati ortak bir merkeze veya hedefe yönlendirmek veya getirmek) eldeki göreve odaklanma sürecidir. Neler yapabileceğimizin bilgisi ve durumsal farkındalık, motosiklete binmek de dahil olmak üzere iyi…
AWARENESS BRINGS CONCENTRATION & FOCUS
For Turkish version Concentration (to bring or direct toward a common centre or objective) is the process of focusing on the task at hand. Knowledge of what we are capable…
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 to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued;…
I Forgot
An essay by Mrs Subjective. (Note from the Editor) We talk often in this blog about self-awareness and the connection between the sport of motorcycling and the growth of awareness…
(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 spend so much time on two wheels. After all, friends…
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…