Cycle Therapy
There are sound, practical reasons for owning a motorcycle that transcend fantastic gas mileage and low buy-in cost. I speak of the therapeutic aspects of motorcycle ownership. Knowing you have one; that it’s out in the garage ready to go whenever you are. Just looking at it is therapeutic even if you can’t ride it […]
The Night Rider: 7 Essential Tips to Ride Safely at Night
When the road is less crowded, riding at night exhilarates the senses, and can even be relaxing with the solitude of the bike. Riding a motorcycle at night, though, is completely different than riding during the daytime. A rider should take extra precautions and keep learning how to ride at night with consistent practice. Here […]
Lane Splitting for Bikers May Soon Be Legal in Connecticut
From Peter Bowman, a personal injury attorney of Billings, Barrett, and Bowman Motorcyclists can rejoice as lane splitting may soon be allowed in Connecticut! Lane splitting refers to a motorcyclist that rides their bike between two lanes of traffic. This behavior has been against the law for years throughout the state due to some legislators […]
An Eye on Recent Motorist Rights Court Cases, Part 2: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #530
Many motorist rights court cases have made news in the past three months. Last week, we presented the first part of this update that focused on federal court decisions, and a few from the US Supreme Court. This week, we are diving into key motorist-related cases in state supreme or appellate courts. Our hope is […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #523
In NMA E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, Jim Walker, Gary Biller, and Steve Carrellas provided their thoughts — limited by the NMA to less than 300 words — on the significant challenges that motorists and the NMA will face over the next decade. We asked readers to chime in with their thoughts and published […]
Rat Bike Cleanup
Here’s a picture of “after”… the result of several days’ worth of OCD scrubbing and polishing my poor ol’ 1983 Honda GL650 Silverwing. This is the one bike I’ve got that I’ll ride in the rain — or at least risk riding in the rain. The others are garage queens that only go out when […]