Category: Safety
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I Think He Just Blew Up! – Part 1
I had just about turned twenty-two in 1974 and had been fortunate enough to be accepted into the Fire Department’s Training Academy for my city. There had been seven hundred qualified applications for what turned out to be nine positions that year, so I felt satisfied that I had succeeded when I was selected. When…
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Reflections
I wrote this a few years ago, reflecting on how at one point it my life, I was both the protagonist and antagonist of this poem. It could have gone either way. I often wonder how many others stood on that bridge and made the alternate choice. This is for them, and the men I’ve…
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Living with Pain
One Perspective That May Offer Some Useful Answers We’ve all lived with pain. If you’ve lived a challenging or adventurous life, you might have lived with more than many. Where the difference comes, is when pain becomes your constant companion. Constant pain that is endemic affects all aspects of your life, but most importantly your…
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Under-glow Lighting for Motorcycles
How Can We Make Our Motorcycle More Visible? In 2023, I narrowly avoided a head-on collision with a vehicle that turned in front of me at an intersection. That was the second or third time that this had occurred. On one previous occasion, I was forced to drop my bike to avoid striking the vehicle…
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Risk Aversion and Motorcycling
Are Younger People Today More Risk Averse, and what are the factors that will enhance their purchase and use of motorcycles in the future? Today, seeing a young person riding a motorcycle is almost a surprise. While I’ve been aware for a while that the motorcycling community seems to be aging, the argument was, for…
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Twelve Camping Technology Musts for Motorcycle Camping
When traveling by motorcycle and camping at my age of (72), shortly, there are a few technologically more advanced items that I require, particularly if I’m heading into the wilderness, which I plan to do. These aren’t your typical mainstream must-haves. You have the basics. A tent, sleeping bag, water, food, utensils, cooking heat source,…
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Life Safety
For those of you who venture into the outback, which as far as I’m concerned is anywhere where help will be unavailable to you, whether in the mountains, a desert, on the ocean, or the tundra. You must think through the ‘worst case scenario’. Planning will only take you so far. If you have never…
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Adventure Anyone?
Today I came across a blog by Thomas W. Day that was published in 2014 in Reader’s Digest December edition, entitled Being Stupid is Not the Same Thing as Having an Adventure. His writing and his irreverence reminded me, of me. I had been thinking of an article that I was going to entitle, Adventures…
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M.A.D. or Motorcycle Affective Disorder
Winter can be hard for a number of reasons, especially if you’re a northerner where riding can be much shorter depending on your location. Sometimes, we all feel a bit down and not quite ourselves. When life gets to a point where you’re concerned about your state of mind, you need to do something about…
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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…