Ride log: The morning scooter commute
April 20, 2010 — It’s 7:30 a.m. My garage door groans its way open. Morning light spills into my little one-car garage. It’s about 40º out. It’s gonna be a cold ride this...
NS Demo Ride: 2010 Triumph Thruxton
I'm going to buy a Triumph, dammit. When I attended the Triumph demo event a few weeks ago, I got to ride three brilliant Triumph motorcycles back to back. I was impressed with each of the bikes I rode, but I was impressed with Triumph as a manufacturer even more. When I can afford to, I want to own something from their stable. The tricky part is deciding which bike to have. Each of the three bikes I rode that day were brilliant, but in different ways. In this post, I'm going to focus on the Thruxton, Triumph's cafe racer version of the Bonneville...
Ride log: Scooter tweetup
April 1, 2010 — Social media is still a pretty young phenomena, yet its presence in our culture is already pretty profound. We're now able to connect with people more easily than...
Ride log: TNR!
March 23, 2010 — In a lot of scooter cities, there's a standing, weekly, come-one-come-all ride. In the TC, ride night is on Tuesday and it goes by the illustrious name of TNR —...
Ride log: Letting go
March 22, 2010 — There's something about riding safety that's uniquely personal and divisive. In scooter circles, it's almost like politics or religion. That is, you discuss it at...
Second thoughts on the iPad
Upon its debut, I was summarily unimpressed with Apple's upcoming iPad tablet thingy. I don't hate the thing, I'm simply disappointed by several of its hardware and software omissions. Those gripes...
Ride log: 2010 inaugural ride
March 14, 2010 — With the frost of winter finally dripping its last drips, 55º meant it was time to un-mothball our scooters. The Mrs wants to know how to do her own scooter...