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Pre-Ride Motorcycle Inspection

October 12, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, Maintenance, Safety Leave a Comment

It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, the wind is hardly blowing, and you are ready to hit the open road for a day of riding. Before taking off there are a few things you need to do to ensure your motorcycle is as ready as you are to hit the road. Pre-Ride Motorcycle […]

I bought A Harley 5 Years Ago Today!

June 16, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears Leave a Comment

My First Harley I bought A Harley 5 Years Ago Today! My Softail Deluxe and I have seen 14 states, traveled 38,334 miles together and have had an amazing time doing it. I’m so thankful that once I showed an interest in riding Scott taught me to ride! I’m looking forward to many more adventures. […]

The Ride: A Riding Video For Riders and Non-riders

January 13, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, Learning to Ride Leave a Comment

What’s It Like To Ride a Motorcycle? If you ride a motorcycle you know that’s a hard question to answer to non-riders. I remember asking Scott what it was like prior to learning to ride. He did his best to explain it but as we all know you have to get on a motorcycle to […]

Skills Day: March 2015

April 5, 2015 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, motorcycle fellowship, Safety 2 Comments

This was our first skills day of 2015. The morning started of chilly so I wore my face mask for much of the first hour. Despite the chill in the air we did have a pretty good size crowd. We practiced u-turns, cone weave, off-set cone weave, right and left turns and 24′ key hole/circle. […]

How To Pick Up a Fallen Motorcycle

February 17, 2015 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety, Videos 8 Comments

Most of us have witnessed this scenario at least once since getting involved with motorcycles: someone drops his or her motorcycle, and three or four people scramble over to help muscle it upright. In fact I witnessed it just this past weekend. Whenever I see that happen I wonder what the person plans to do […]

My First Solo Ride

November 23, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Around Town, Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Texas 2 Comments

When I bought my bike I had no real desire to ride by myself. Then I came across a blog post where a lady rider was talking about a situation that came up where her husband where they had to pull over and she had to go for help. She described the panic she felt […]

The Bikers Wave

July 26, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety 4 Comments

The wave, I’ll admit it, until I had been riding my Harley for several months I thought it was silly and I didn’t really get it. Go back to before I rode a motorcycle and I made fun of it, sad but true! I use to laugh and tell my husband you don’t see me […]

Skills Day July 2014

July 20, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety 2 Comments

Our HOG chapter holds a monthly skills day almost every month of the year weather permitting. We always try to make it but we have missed the last three or four because of other commitments. After the Blue Ridge parkway trip I knew I wanted to work on my leaning, u-turns and circles. During that trip I […]

Motorcycle Awareness Month

May 3, 2014 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Safety Leave a Comment

May is motorcycle awareness month. Hopefully you have noticed the signs urging you to “share the road” and “look twice for motorcycles”. As the weather warms up and people begin taking vacations the number of motorcycle riders on the road increase. Many serious and fatal crashes occur when motorists turn in front of motorcyclists. Make […]

My First Real Ride on the Road

July 7, 2013 by Margaret Filed Under: Learning to Ride, New Rider Fears, Road Trips 1 Comment

Last weekend I completed the state mandated riding class and obtained my motorcycle riding license. The fourth of July meant we had an extended weekend so we were able to get out in the parking lot a bit more than usual. This helped me feel more comfortable on my Harley but I was still a […]