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My best friend, Dave (CigarMan) (R.I.P.) rode a Wine coloured Virago 750 for years. I piloted it a couple of times, and aside from the Impossibly Awful aesthetics, and peculiar handling the motor was really quite likeable. It was throaty, lumpy, thrummy, with a dash of snatch. Perfect for a...

I would hate to see Suzuki become a victim of it's own steady, reliable products. When I ran the VW store in Albany, we took on Suzuki, selling many of it's Samurais, making bobbleheads out of hundreds of Suzuki owners. Those cars were bulldog reliable, even if they did wear out a lot of necks...

This looks really bad. I've got friends up that way who have been evacced. No way to know what is happening since this AM. Western wildfires: Evacuations in California and Oregon as destructive fire outbreak engulfs region By Andrew Freedman, Jason Samenow, Kim Bellware and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux...

To many he was known as "Cigar Man" or just plain "Dave" up at The Wall in Berkeley. He worked the LBL, and frequently stopped at the Wall on his way home via Grizzly-Skyline home to Montclair. He made friends with many at the Wall during the 70-80-90s. Quiet, thoughtful, melancholy, he wore...

The parking lot next to City College of SF, formerly the Balboa Reservoir, has been the target of developers for decades. Apparently it is finally going to be re-paved, with a housing development. "What does this have to do with Motorcycles?" you may ask. For many years this lot has been used...

Now that I have a new pair of Road5's on my R12, the Nail Fairy found me in Santa Cruz, and inserted a big framing nail in my rear tire. No biggie, it lost some pressure, but seemed to be holding at 32lbs, despite some leakage. I rode it the 80 miles or so home, and it still had 28lbs when I go...

I was doing a jog around Stern Grove today around noon. At around 19th and Sloat a flotilla of about 100 dirt bikes, atms, sportbikes with an assortment of mostly unhelmeted riders doing various anti-social things like riding on the sidewalk, riding over the divider and straight into oncoming...

I've had a favorite pair of gloves, (Held Steves) for 20 something years now. They are the ones that fit, and feel perfect. Of course in the 20 years I've had them, there have been a number of 2nd bests, like a couple of Helimots that were excellent, and a few others that were good, but...

I've been putting off even thinking about replacing a set of tires, as it is still painful to be reminded of Robbie's passing. I was a KC Engineering customer way back in "the day" , but my last experience at their place was very disappointing, to say the least. I don't want to badmouth them...

I was sitting in front of my cozy fireplace last evening, thinking of the riders making their way home in the intense rainstorm, bravely navigating submerged potholes, ding dong drivers and the inevitable neck drip. It brought back the memories of a few really difficult commutes. 1970s: When...

Just wanted to pitch a bitch about West Marin roads being stuffed with trucks, cars, bicyclists and horse trailers today. It begs the question, "Doesn't anyone have a job to go to anymore?" It seems as though there is a huge leisure class now. People who have nothing better to do than get...

Pea-sized gravel, color-matched to the road bed, from about 1/4 South of San Gregorio, all the way to Pescadero. Hwy One. Also Gazos Creek Road, from Pescadero Road to coast. Signs out, but this will be a mess for some time. Pescadero Road OK.

I recently acquired a 2000 Land Cruiser ("Brutus"), primarily for hauling a driftboat/trailer , camping and navigating some difficult backroads where I like to fish. I'm wondering about getting a bike carrier / hitch-mounted setup to haul a bike, maybe even my R1200R if there isn't any reason...

I did an overnighter to Fort Bragg the other day, taking 101 to 128, then up to Leggett, then back down to Fort Bragg for the night. In the AM I took Hwy One all the way to Stinson Beach then up the Panoramic etc to The City. Anderson Valley road is getting pretty beat up since the last major...

...that think the era of autonomous vehicles, cars in particular, will bring a safer, more predictable environment on highways...for Motorcycle Riders, that is. Cycle World article by Nick Lanatch explains why. https://www.cycleworld.com/replace-distracted-drivers-to-grow-motorcycling/ Even...

It looks like Tioga will be open for business, joining Sonora and Ebetts. Looks like Ebbetts still has some construction going on, though. I can only recall a few times in my life that any of the passes were closed beyond early July. Going to be a banner year for mosquitoes with all that...

7 Massachusetts motorcyclists arrested for riding at twice the posted limit in New Hampshire. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/06/10/motorcycles-125-miles-per-hour-new-hampshire Links to other accounts Not that any of us has ever exceeded posted limits, but you do have to wonder...

I did one of my favorite loops this AM, that includes Stage Road, from San Gregorio to Pescadero. It is definitely Spring time on the coast! Along Stage Road I encountered several Quail "families" with numerous fledged chicks. I slowed way down to allow them to clear the road. Then, the...

Only I-80 and 50 are open over the Sierra Nevada right now. I was thinking, "Hey, I 'll pack my fly rod, flip over Sonora Pass and fish the East Walker River."; but it's not going to happen, yet. Sonora, Ebbets, Tioga, and even Monitor Passes all still closed. I guess the drought is on...

I am sure that if you've ever ridden Pecadero Road from Pescadero to La Honda, you may have been surprised by one or both of the "Hoppy Humps". One of them (Northbound) is on the exit of a pretty luscious corner, an uphill right-hander, and a few months ago it caught me unawares as I was...