Category: Motorcycle Safety
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Safe Navigation
One of my biggest complaints in relation to Motorcycle Navigation using a cell phone has been that in order to interact with the phone, its really necessary to stop. On-screen touch buttons are diminutive and gloves only make the issue worse, even with the touch patch. Verbal commands and interactions with a bluetooth communication device…
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Motorcycle Travel to the United States.
Are you covered for medical and medevac? One thing you need to be certain about is having emergency medical coverage that includes Life Flight Medical Evacuation back to your home and province of origin. If you don’t have it and you are involved in a life threatening accident across the border, you will likely be…
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Motorcycling and Diving: An Analogy
When Diving or Riding Becomes Deadly This article is about knowing your environment, including the people you ride with, and to some extent, that you may have to depend on at some point. Both motorcycling and diving can be hazardous. It pays to ensure that you have planned for the contingencies you think the particular…
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Tornado!
Five years ago, in late June I decided to return from Vancouver to Winnipeg by taking a route through the United States. I had checked the weather, which unsurprisingly forecast rain, before my leaving. There was to be an atmospheric river coming to Southern British Columbia within a few hours, and I decided that it…
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Brake Free
I had been following a product that attached to your helmet for about a year, before its production. Brake Free is a brake light that illuminates whenever it detects that your motorcycle is decelerated. An accelerometer detects your motorcycle’s deceleration, and in turn, illuminates the brake light mounted on your helmet. In 2019, I barely…
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Consensus and a Plan
Today, my surgeon and I reached a consensus on what needs to happen going forward concerning my leg. I need to have surgery again to remove the steel appliance and the screws in my right leg. He wants me to have the surgery in the fall, as this gives me the best prognosis and outcome.…
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To Be Better, Or Be Whole
April 17th, 2023 is a day that is burned in my brain. On that day, I almost lost my life, inches from decapitation. An hour and a half later, I was out of the wreck, on my way to hospital. A whole range of emotions have worked through my psyche these last nine months. Not…
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I’m Alive, that’s good…
This article is going to be about something very close to me, physically and mentally. It was originally going to be about motorcycle helmets, their technology and how important that can be to your survival. There are a number of reasons why I’m enamoured with the subject, not the least of which is that I’ve…
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My Favourite Riding App
A lot of us like to tour using riding apps, for a variety of reasons, but for me, Rever is the best of the bunch. Well, that is, if you travel in the US. One of the biggest features, offroad planning, is not available in Canada. Having said that, Rever still has much to offer.…
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Beginners Guide to Motorcycling – Part 1.
I remember my earliest foray into the world of motorcycling and both the anticipation and trepidation I felt in equal doses. In order to swing the pendulum towards anticipation and enjoyment it’s essential that the newby motorcyclist know some basic truisms about motocycling and the importance of using intelligence over testosterone when reaching conclusions. First,…