I’m in Portland this week dropping my daughter off at college. This incident occured just a few miles from where I am staying.
An Oregon State Police motor officer received minor injuries Tuesday morning while responding to a traffic crash when a pickup turned in front of his motorcycle.
At the time of the crash, the OSP [...]

Continue reading...

The latest entry in motorcycle-themed television shows is 2 Wheel Passport. Originally broadcast in Europe, the series is coming to the United States for prinicpal taping in early 2007. The series caters to motorcyclists who want to experience travel to new locales by showing the “must see - must do” in each selected destination.
Each show [...]

Continue reading...

Musings on Summer Riding, Part Tres
Oh, I know….it’s too easy to go for a ride and find all kinds of great places to carve turns and roll on the throttle through a canyon or two, or even enjoy the scenery of a ride along the shore of one of the hundreds of lakes or shorelines.
But [...]

Continue reading...

From The Bellingham Herald:
The future is just around the corner, and its driving an orange bike.
Thats Bellingham resident Ken Trough on the bike - silent, packed with batteries and smoothly zipping down the sidewalk.
Is it a bike? Is it a man riding a battery? Is it a motorcycle?
Its the G2 - an innovative all electrically [...]

Continue reading...

James Nance, 43, of Tacoma was killed late Sunday night by an unknown driver. Nance was riding his motor scooter northbound on South Hosmer Street when he was broadsided at the intersection of South 72nd Street by a truck that ran a red light.
The truck was described as a dark-colored, late 90’s full-size pickup. It [...]

Continue reading...