Riding To Eat

My wife and I meet for lunch once a week. During warm weather we ride to meet each other. Proprietors of some of the local eating establishments recognize us and give us the smile of recognition.

Have You Seen "Helmet Or Heels"

I love reading about motorcycles almost as much as I love riding them.  Especially when I'm reading true stories about  motorcycles in the lives of real people.

This is why I like motorcycle blogs like www.helmetorheels.com .  The author is a lady who, like me, entered the world of motorcycles a little later in life.  She just bought a 650 V Strom.

If you've never checked out that blog, you should check it out now for the series "Profile of a Female Motorcyclist" .

You can also follow her on twitter @helmetorheels.  

If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride.

I know plenty of fair weather riders who won't get on the bike if there is rain in the forecast.

 I take a slightly different approach. If I listened to the weather forecasts there would be plenty of good riding days that I would miss. Instead I trust my eyes. If it's raining at my front door . . . and I'm heading to work . . . I won't ride. Otherwise I will.  I'm not worried about the weather after I arrive at work. I'm not worried about getting wet on the way home, since I can easily change to dry clothes once I get there.

Using this philosophy, I have ridden many more days than my fair weather friends, and usually, despite the forecast, I stay dry.  Most of the time the threatened bad weather either doesn't materialize.  If it does rain, usually it's outside the narrow window in which I will be commuting. Either it's over and done with before I ever leave work, or it waits until I'm home to let loose.

 Some days, however, I get wet.