The 3rd Monday in June is International Ride Your Motorcycle/Scooter to Workday. This year that is the 15th of June for the calendar challenged out there. 😊
Assuming you are allowed to ride, or you have work to actually ride to.
I have been working from home, so my plan is to ride around the neighborhood a few times before I start my day.
Ride on, Ride Safe
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The DawgHouse Motorcycle Radio show opens to big news….. for us! We are now sponsored by MotoAmerica!!
Supercross super short season?
Rossi Rumors – Phil supports his move to Aprilia
Dirt bike motorcycle park! …. well it did not start out that way.
A Puch motorcycle buried in a backyard.
Never Ride Alone is a good rule to live by if you ride motorcycles. As a title of a dirt bike motorcycle film where the guy does just that in some of the most rugged and remote parts of the Peruvian Andes, well it’s weird.
Not only did he ride his dirt bike alone Scott Englund also was the star, director, editor, cameraman, narrator and everything else. For a one man project this film turned out wonderfully. Although I just don’t get the tag line “Because you can’t tell a story with a band-aid”, some of my best stories end with band-aids or worse!
In the film Scott walks us through what brought him to this point in his life. Moving his family to Peru setting up several businesses, including an off-road motorcycle touring company, all to serve the local community. He shows us how he and some of his customers and friends ride the rugged trails including one scene where a guy drops a bike over the hill, there was little left of the motorcycle.
Next, he shows us how he trains to get ready for the big ride, his training is also alone. Riding his motorcycle over even more harsh and severe terrain at high altitudes to get his body and mind ready to ride up and over a 15,000 peak where no one had ridden a motorcycle before.
The final ride up and over the peak was very well filmed. I just can’t imagine riding 30-40 feet stopping and moving the camera’s or breaking out a drone, putting away a drone and riding another 30-40 feet. Put that on top of some of the toughest off-road motorcycling I have seen, wow, props to Scott!
You can find Never Ride Alone on VIMEO or FilmFreeway.
“Never Ride Alone” was a Portland Motorcycle Film Festival Peoples Choice winner in 2019 and a 2018 Official CARE Awards Selection. Now it is also a IJustWant2Ride.com 5-star award winner (which that and $10 might buy you a cup of Star Bucks).
Are you struggling to think of an idea for a gift for your motorcycle riding friends and family? Well here are 9 ideas for you to consider some are classics that I have recommend in the past and some are new for this year.
9) Got a Harley Davidson fan, try a framed set of Harley Patents. Something to spruce up the garage, apartment or basement.
8) A branded hat. Not sure what kind of motorcycle they ride? Peak in the garage and then find a hat that is the same brand.
7) BugSlide all in one cleaner, polish and bug remover. I discovered this stuff about 2 years ago. I think it is awesome sauce between major bike baths.
6) Battery Tender – Over the long winter break batteries tend to die. This motorcycle gift will help your motorcyclist out and make sure the bike is ready to go on the first day of riding season. I don’t have a recommendation for a specific brand, they are almost all good. Just get one that comes with the ends that connect to motorcycle batteries.
5) Helmet – Is your bikers helmet more then 5 years old? If so ask some sneaky questions to find out what they like in a helmet. Full face, modular, open face, there are so many possibilities… maybe a gift certificate for a helmet might be better.
4) New gloves. I seem to wear out riding gloves every 18 months or so. I also go through many because they are not as comfortable after a few hours as I thought. Give a new pair of gloves to your rider, I bet they will like the thought.
3) Kevlar lined pants, shirts or jackets. Can get pricy but, your motorcycle rider will love you for it.
2) Custom Dynamic Motorcycle Lights. They make super bright, eye catching lighting for 
a lot of different types of motorcycle. I have several sets on my bike. Take a look at their ProBeam LED Motorcycle Turn Signals, I can’t recommend this product enough.
1) Membership in the AMA – That is the American Motorcycle Association not he medical association (or the version of the AMA in your area). Membership not only gets you things like emergency towing it gets you a voice in Washington DC. The AMA is the biggest (but not the only) motorcycle lobbyist group trying to protect your right to ride. This is, most likely the most important motorcycle gift idea on the list!
American Motorcycle Association
For those of you in the Washington DC metro area the Timonium Motorcycle Show is an annual mid-winter event. With most motorcycle manufactures represented and lots of motorcycle vendors and travel crews Timonium has been one of my favorites.
However there has been some rumbling about the 2019 show when the long time organizer for the event dropped out. But, fear not the event is still on as Jam On Productions jumped in to setup and run the show. From all appearances the 2019 show will occur and look a lot like the previous years events.
So if you were concerned (or even knew about) the show for 2019 now you know. I will be there walking around with the wife. Just hope that it is above freezing while we are in line to get in LOL.
The Grandsons out on the motorcycles
Well I wrote to soon on my year round motorcycle riding accomplishment. In 2014 I was able to ride in every month of the year. Wellllllll 2015 is already finished for this effort.
While there were a few days that were “reasonable” as far a riding here in Northern Virginia I had other priorities on those days and did not get out on two wheels. For example on January the first I could have rode in a “Polar Bear” ride with the NOVA MC but elected to spend it with my grandsons watching them learn to ride their new mini-bikes. It’s all about the priorities.
Well this is one way to become an artist on your motorcycle!
There are a lot of electric motorcycle concept vehicles out there. Most are by companies you have never heard of and, probably (as soon as the Federal “seed” money is gone) never will. But this one is different.
Husqvarna has been around for a long time and will be around for a long time more. They introduced the “E-Go Concept” bike a while back but I just ran across the bike and thought I would share. Additionally, it looks like they have some form of partnership with BMW Motorcycles on this effort.
It is one of the few electric “dirt bike” concepts and it is really different. The first thing I noticed was that the front suspension is on right side of bike and the rear is on the left. Not sure how that would work in real life for it is interesting.
You can find out more on the bike at BMW Motorcycle Magazine and at TopSpeed.com.
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 