Tag Archives: motorcycle
Follow these stealth motorcycle campers into the Maine woods
These two guys from the Bangor area just posted a Youtube video of their overnight motorcycle stealth camping adventure somewhere in Maine. Judging by the bridge they cross over the Piscataquis River, they started out on the Lagrange Rail Trail. After that? Who knows? They end up taking a path unknown to them and camp next to […]
Mt. Washington’s auto road by motorcycle and the surprising Portland connection
It sounds strange, but without Portland Harbor, there’d be no Mt. Washington Auto Road. I learned this tidbit while riding up the famously steep byway on Thursday with my buddy Johnny Sideburns, a local comedian and fellow sidecar enthusiast. The 7.6 mile-long road sets aside a day or two every year during Laconia’s long-running bike […]
Maine to Moab in seven minutes
(Attention! This post is nothing more than a sweet, sweet video and photo dump. You have been warned.) I spent a week in Moab, Utah, riding motorcycles, at the end of April. I’ve already made one video about my experience and posted it on this blog. Here’s a totally self-indulgent video followup on that report. […]
Winter motorcycle games: sidecar snowball joust and blindfolded beer grab
Best of 2015: Motorcycle adventure
This is day 10 of 12 installments of my best pictures and videos of 2015. Today, it’s all about adventure on two or three wheels. Like last January (watch the video above) when I went camping in temperatures colder than Russia. Take a look below at my best motorcycle adventures of the year. My magical […]
VIDEO: Out near the Canadian border where the leaves are lovely and the agent is friendly
How safety gear saved this rider’s skin in a motorcycle accident
VIDEO: Paul Bunyan is hollow but worth 50 points
VIDEO: If you look down, you’ll go down
I was motoring down Park Avenue in Portland on two wheels today, muttering to myself in my helmet as I turned left on Forest Avenue. “Head up. Squeeze both brakes. Let off. Roll on the throttle,” I chanted. “Look through the curve. You’ll go where you look.” I’ve been doing this for a solid week, […]