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I ride for fun, not necessity. When its not fun to ride I take my car. And for me, fun stops when I either get too cold or have to bundle up to the point that I lose the experience of being on the bike as opposed to being in a car. So mostly, I stop when it is below about 55 or 60 degrees. I'm not r...

Riding on gravel is something only done when there is no way to avoid it. I ride for pleasure, and gravel, sand, ice, mud, snow riding do not bring me pleasure.

Comprehensive insurance is usually pretty inexpensive, not like collision. I carry it primarily to protect myself against theft of my bike.

I love my Triumph America, but I would have liked a bunch of changes, including: 6th gear, ABS, cruise control, better stock seat, fork lock that actually works, better stock suspension, better exhausts for nicer sound, louder horn, locking side cases, gear indicator. Many of things are fixable and ...

I subscribe to a whole lot of motorcycle mags; they really help pass the long winter months when riding is not feasible. In order of preference, I like Rider, Cruiser, Road Bike, Motorcyclist, Motorcycle Consumer News, Cycle World, Roadrunner, and American Motorcyclist (the AMA mag). If I had to cut...

Seriously, this is why using a helmet cam is risky. Thinking about the video you are recording takes your focus away from what is happening. I think even using a GPS on a motorcycle, which I do, is risky since when glancing down at the screen it distracts your attention. Since the speed on the GPS i...

About a month ago I bought a Garmin Zumo 220. I wanted a motorcycle specific GPS device but didn't want to spend the big bucks for the top models with all the bells and whistles. The 220 works very well as a GPS navigator, the screen handles glare well (much better than my auto Garmin that I also tr...

Riding with my new GPS device has given me the confidence to turn onto smaller roads that I have never ridden before, knowing that even if I get really lost I can always hit the "Go Home" button and find my way back. But it has also led me to end up on some really squirrely gravel roads. I...

My Zumo 220 arrived and so far it just seems like my older GPS for my car, other than it is thicker and a bit heavier (I guess this is due to being waterproof and vibration resistant). I haven't yet seen how it handles glare, and I am hoping it does better than the auto GPS unit does in this regard....

I ordered the Zumo 220 but apparently will have to wait 4-6 weeks for delivery. Its not cheap at $400, but still a lot less than the other Zumos. I tried using my car Nuvi but found the volume of the spoken directions was too low to hear while riding, and the glare on the screen made it almost usele...