http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:49:41 -0700 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:12:30 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Old-Time-Religion?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner I read with interest the recent post of Jamie Beckett, my fellow Motorcycle Examiner: "In memory of bare bones bikes" (http://www.examiner.com/x-10876-Orlando-Motorcycle-Examiner~y2009m6d8-In-memory-of-bare-bones-bikes). My primary reaction... cruising gear what they think of us my favorite celebrate motorcycling old versus new Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:12:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Old-Time-Religion?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d26-California-Senate-moves-to-smogcheck-twowheelers?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner If Senate Bill 435 becomes law, then beginning in 2012 all California-registered motorcycles made in the year 2000 or later would have to pass substantially the same smog tests that our four-wheel brothers and sisters must now pass, generally every t... cruising tweaking your bike legal stuff using money what they think of us celebrate motorcycling Tue, 26 May 2009 22:35:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d26-California-Senate-moves-to-smogcheck-twowheelers?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Early-Warning-Ride-To-Work-Day?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Post it on your workbench or garage door, my friends: Monday, June 15, 2009 is "Ride To Work" day. The goal is not only to ride to work, but to talk it up among your riding buddies on the shop floor (or management suite) so they also ride t... using what they think of us my favorite gathering celebrate motorcycling Fri, 15 May 2009 12:03:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Early-Warning-Ride-To-Work-Day?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Lane-splitting-in-LA?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner For me, this is half the reason to ride in L.A. Have you ever tried to drive a car thru this traffic? I won't waste space here detailing the problems, frustrations, difficulties, uncertainties, and downright obnoxiousness of four-wheeling around town... cruising legal stuff safety first using traffic what they think of us peak experiences Fri, 15 May 2009 07:06:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Lane-splitting-in-LA?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d6-Wednesday-Night-Ducati-Club-In-Santa-Monica?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Dozens of sharp bikes and their (generally male) riders meet up at Rick's, on Main Street, in Santa Monica, for an evening of swapping lies, telling tall tales, and generally gloating about their Italian "motocicletta". If you ride a Ducati... using gathering Wed, 06 May 2009 21:44:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d6-Wednesday-Night-Ducati-Club-In-Santa-Monica?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Rides-For-Kids-Raise-Big-Bucks-For-Charity?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Bikers are not all bad. Last Sunday, in fact, nearly a thousand of us turned out to the American Honda headquarters in Torrance to raise money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. The event included a group ride along the Pacific Coast and an em... what they think of us charity Tue, 05 May 2009 18:34:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Rides-For-Kids-Raise-Big-Bucks-For-Charity?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d2-Whats-your-optimum-ride?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner (Art by Alan MacDonald, see more at http://www.alanmacdonald.net/) For some reason, Harleys have never appealed to me. I remember riding in my parents' car when I was a pre-teen, and seeing big thick motorcycles riding along on what looked like ... cruising tweaking your bike using peak experiences my favorite Sat, 02 May 2009 13:02:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d2-Whats-your-optimum-ride?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d28-Harleys-Are-Good-For-Splitting-Lanes-On-PCH?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner I was listening to some of my buds talk about Harleys, and I started remembering that summer Sunday that my wife and I rode north on PCH all the way to the Ventura County Line and beyond. It's really very beautiful along that section of the coastline... cruising using traffic daytrips peak experiences Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:17:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d28-Harleys-Are-Good-For-Splitting-Lanes-On-PCH?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d26-How-far-can-you-go?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner I was listening to some of my buds talk about a few of the new motorcycles now coming on the market, and one of them made fun of the new Moto Guzzi Stelvio, which is billed as a "dual sport" machine. As you probably know, those are the kind... cruising using daytrips Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:58:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d26-How-far-can-you-go?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d21-The-Newest-Wild-One?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Shades of July 4th weekend, 1947, when some 4000 motorcyclists from California, Arizona and Oregon who had gathered for the "Gypsy Tour," a three-day program of social activities, races and hill climbing events, instead began getting mean d... cruising safety first what they think of us Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:43:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d21-The-Newest-Wild-One?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Let-The-Computer-Do-It?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Anti-lock bracking and traction control are manifestations of modern technology that are coming to motorcycles around the world. I say, "Let them come." Riding on two wheels is dangerous enough, with all the blind automobile drivers out the... cruising gear emergency safety first Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:27:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Let-The-Computer-Do-It?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d17-Riding-thru-the-current-economic-downturn?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner There are a lot of reasons it's great to ride a motorcycle in L.A., and I hope to cover all of them in the coming weeks and months. But when the nation's economy "hit the wall" last Fall, a couple more good reasons to ride suddenly appeared... cruising traffic daytrips money Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:40:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d17-Riding-thru-the-current-economic-downturn?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Now-theyre-racing--electric-motorcyles-charge-around-the-track?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Further to my post of last Friday, the 10th, now comes word that electric motorcycles will be racing against each other on Britain's Isle of Man, June 12th, 2009!The "carbon free" event is open to electrically powered motorcycles like the Z... gear using racing electric motorcycle Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:01:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Now-theyre-racing--electric-motorcyles-charge-around-the-track?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Jawbone-Canyon-OffHighway-Vehicle-Area?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Some buddies got tired of the metro scene here in L.A. over the weekend and took off for a two-wheeled adventure. They ended up (and up-ended) in Jawbone Canyon, about 20 miles north of Mojave along Highway 14. It's about 7000 acres of high-desert ar... using off-roading daytrips two-wheel camping Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:48:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Jawbone-Canyon-OffHighway-Vehicle-Area?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Zero-emissions-at-60-miles-per-hour?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Zero Motorcycles has begun showing and selling its top of the line electric motorcycle, The Zero S. It's a zero-emission all-electric motorcycle. Building on what the company learned from the Zero X, its smaller off-road offering, the new bike is fit... cruising gear new product Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:39:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d10-Zero-emissions-at-60-miles-per-hour?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Getting-around-in-LA?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The U.S. Federal Highway Administration offers grants to states for them to provide up to date information on weather conditions and construction delays on roads across the U.S. Simply dial 511 and listen. Most states' systems are already active, and... cruising traffic Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:15:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Getting-around-in-LA?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Ride-to-work-on-June-15th?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner It's never too early to plan, although not much planning is required if you own your own motorcycle, or can borrow one. Monday June 15th, 2009, is scheduled as the 19th annual "Ride To Work" day.According to the US Census and the DOT, Ameri... cruising using Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:47:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Ride-to-work-on-June-15th?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d5-What-to-do-after-an-accident?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner There are two types of motorcyclists .... which are you? That's the old saw, of course. For those who've never heard it, the two types are "those that have gone down", and "those that have not yet gone down". Whether you acce... cruising legal stuff emergency safety first Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:46:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d5-What-to-do-after-an-accident?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Weekending-in-the-cold?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Now that Spring is here, many motorcyclists are thinking about climbing aboard and two-wheeling it through some of the outstanding scenery we have here in Los Angeles and Southern California. Most of the landscape is already at comfortable temperatur... cruising cold weather gear tweaking your bike Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:02:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Weekending-in-the-cold?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Keanu-Reeves--Lock-To-Lock-To-LipLock?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is scheduled for 'cagers' (automobile drivers) on April 18, 2009, in Las Vegas. But motorcycling provides a major 'leg up' for one of the drivers. Keanu Reeves has shown himself to be fast in the corners, if not down th... celebrities Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:42:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Keanu-Reeves--Lock-To-Lock-To-LipLock?cid=exrss-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner