ACCIDENT or MISTAKE?
(a reprint)04 June 2025 In recent conversation about motorcycle crashes, often referred to as accidents, a competent rider posed an intriguing question: “Kazanın en önemli sebebi aklın doğru konumlanmamasi olabilir…
PERMANENT LEARNING: RIDE TO LEARN, LEARN TO LIVE
We were riding from Igoumenitza (Greece) to Istanbul (Turkey) in a continuous ride of more than one thousand kilometres: the Egnatia motorway was merely a concept in the minds of…
The magic number for excellence
We hear the word “expert” excessively these days; it seems that everyone’s an expert on something. In fact, that word became so banal that they even came up with a…
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 not a linguistic expert but there is a profound difference…
Isn’t The Thief at all Guilty?
For Turkish version. Even if you were sure that the thief would be caught and punished, would you fall asleep with peace of mind without locking your door? Consider that…
Hırsızın Hiç mi Suçu Yok?
For English version Hırsızın yakalanacağından ve hak ettiği cezayı alacağından emin olsanız bile, kapınızı kilitlemeden gönül rahatlığıyla uykuya dalar mıydınız? Evinizin taşrada değil, komşularınızı bile tanımadığınız büyükşehirde olduğunu da düşünün..…
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;…
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 and recently re-published in this Blog has been selected as…
Fatigue: it comes to all but in different ways.
”The more practiced and proficient one becomes in a given task and the more complex the task, the greater is the resistance to fatigue” (PV note) Don Arthur wrote time…
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…
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…