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Pre-Ride Motorcycle Inspection

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

A pre-ride inspection should not take more than a few minutes. If it is done before every ride, it can help you identify potential issues before they become a larger problem or safety hazard. 

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 […]

How to Choose the Best Motorcycle Gloves, Video Included

July 18, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Gearing Up, Safety Leave a Comment

How to Choose the Best Motorcycle Gloves

  Finding the right glove can seem a bit confusing. I mean does it really matter what type of gloves you wear? Do they need to be specifically for riding a motorcycle? Do you even need to wear them? First off, yes, you do need to wear them. If you’re not sure why head on […]

How To Lubricate Steering Head Bearings on a Motorcycle

July 6, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Maintenance, Safety Leave a Comment

How To Lubricate Steering Head Bearings on a Motorcycle

This is an updated post from the original one I did back in July 2014. This was actually one of the first maintenance tasks I completed as a video for this site. At the time our camera was pretty cheap and our lighting was pretty bad! Thankfully you all stuck with us and we’ve upgraded our equipment […]

The Importance of Wearing Motorcycle Gloves

June 28, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Gearing Up, Safety 2 Comments

The Importance of Wearing Motorcycle Gloves

Why You Should Wear Motorcycle Gloves The Importance of Wearing Motorcycle Gloves. I know gear can be a controversial topic. If you don’t believe in wearing gloves that’s your choice. The purpose of this post and video is to simply share why I wear them. Comfort Wearing motorcycle gloves increases your level of comfort while riding. […]

Viking Cycle Ironborn Women’s Textile Motorcycle Jacket

June 8, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: Gearing Up, Safety Leave a Comment

Viking Cycle Ironborn Women's Textile Motorcycle Jacket

This is my first textile riding jacket and I have to say I really do like it! I’ve always either worn leather when it’s really, really cold or a hoodie when it’s cold but not cold enough for my leather jacket. I’ve been looking for something else whenever Scott and I went to events or […]

How To Replace The Visor On A Motorcycle Helmet

May 16, 2018 by Margaret Filed Under: DIY Projects, Gearing Up, Safety 1 Comment

How To Replace The Visor On A Motorcycle Helmet

How To Replace The Visor On A Motorcycle Helmet In this short video, I’ll show you how to quickly change the visor or shield on a motorcycle helmet. This is handy if you wish to switch from a tinted visor to the clear option. Given that different manufacturers of helmets make their visor or shield releases in […]

Why You Should Not Buy A Used Motorcycle Helmet

October 22, 2017 by Margaret Filed Under: Gearing Up, Safety Leave a Comment

Find out why you should never buy a used motorcycle helmet

A motorcycle helmet is one of those essentials that will help save your life should you have an accident while riding your bike. This will protect your head from a damaging and even potentially fatal head injury. Motorcycle helmets are so important that in many states state lawmakers have even included a directive in the […]

First On The Scene Of A Motorcycle Accident

April 9, 2017 by Margaret Filed Under: Day Rides, New Rider Fears, Safety Leave a Comment

First On The Scene Of A Motorcycle Accident: How To Help

First On The Scene Of A Motorcycle Accident: How To Help Two weeks ago today while out riding Scott and I found out first hand how very important the Accident Scene Management class took was. We attended the 2-day class several years ago and learned a lot. You never want to think that you may have to use […]

How to Change the Oil on a Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe

August 4, 2015 by Margaret Filed Under: DIY Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Videos 5 Comments

How To change the oil on a Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe

I can’t believe I am sharing a post on how to change the oil on a motorcycle! I love helping Scott work on the bikes but I don’t typically do much of the actual wrenching. I usually keep him company, pass tools to him and throw stuff away. The thing is the more I watched him work on […]

Skills Day: March 2015

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

Fort Worth HOG Skills Day March 2015

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. […]

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