9 Steps to Safe Group Riding

9 Steps to Safe Group Riding

Most of motorcycle riding is solo, but group riding can also be an important part of motorcycling— lending to community, safety in numbers and an altogether different riding experience. But it’s definitely not intuitive. Even if you’ve been riding for years, group...

Avoiding Back Aches

In using the controls for their intended purpose (cornering), we love the body position they dictate. Namely, the more aggressive pose of feet back and arms forward. The hate factor can be seen on any freeway, any day, where the rider is resting one arm on the tank to...

9 Things to Appraise in a Used Motorcycle

What should you look for in a used bike? Few are perfect, but here’s what to look at to pick a winner. OVERALL CONDITION Eyes wide open here—look at several models in the same year if you can, to get a feel for what’s out there. MILEAGE Lower is...

5 Tips on Cornering on a Cruiser

You’ve committed to a corner, your big V-twin cruiser is leaned over and all of a sudden you hit a bit of a dip in the road surface. Plush suspension, bumps in the road surface, luggage weight and riding style can substantially affect the dynamic lean angle,...