My Most Popular Blog Post Ever

Guess what my popular blog post of all time is?

Are you an ATGATT Rat?
How to trailer your bike
New Bike, Anniversary Present

No, none of the above.

For all my motorcycle safety content, ATGATT evangelism content, how-to-fix-your-own-bike content, the most popular post every week, according to Google Analytics, is Test Driving The Harley Davidson V-Rod Muscle.

I don't know why this should surprise me.  Harley Davidsons are immensely popular bikes.  And I surely see more of them on the road than I do riders wearing ATGATT. 

But somehow this statistic depresses me.  That my message is not reaching the audience I want it to.  That the primary purpose of this blog is subverted.

However, on the other hand, maybe the Harley Davidson V-Rod review will lure Harley riders in and expose them to the message of ATGATT.  Perhaps just one in one hundred will click on another page on the blog, see something about ATGATT, and change their evil ways.

Let's hope. 

Upcoming Ohio River Scenic Byway Travel Posts

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I'm looking forward to posts from Ruckus Scooter Love about the Ohio Scenic Byway.

Didn't think I'd find much in common with the rider of a 110cc scooter, but I was wrong. I love roads like this!

A road I've never been...

After a very rough year last year, with hardly any saddle time, I'm happy to report that my motorcycle is getting plenty of use this year.

Mostly my saddle time is commute time.  I enjoy riding to work and find it turns a mundane task into an enjoyable one -- in many ways the highlight of my day.

But the same commute on the same route every day -- even on a motorcycle -- can get a little boring.

So I've tried something different this week -- I'm trying to find a different route home every night.

Mine is a suburban commute, and on my way to work I'm focused on arriving on time and safely.  But on my way home, I can take a more relaxed approach.  I can afford to take a wrong turn and backtrack in order to find my way again.

I'm rediscovering routes that I took years ago and had somehow forgotten.  I'm trying to find new passageways that take me through interesting neighborhoods, and along interesting roads.

I'd rather follow a winding road through a tree-lined subdivision than race from stoplight to stoplight on a four-laned major thoroughfare.  I'd rather take River Road than 96th street.

You win some and you lose some.  Tonight I found some new routes, but ended sitting on a four-laned thoroughfare, in 90 degree heat, with road construction and little forward motion.  That's the worst! 

They can't all be winners. 

Tomorrow, I'll choose a different way.