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Everyone Waves - No One Stops

By Kickstart • Apr 27th, 2007 • Category: Kickstart

You may recall me mentioning the Wave in a previous article. It’s not dead, but apparently, it may have suffered a mild stroke, according to the recent experience of one of my riding crew.
My friend shared his experience of taking his spare bike out for a ride and having the famous, ‘minor mechanical malfunction’, [...]



Just a Biker

By Kickstart • Feb 3rd, 2007 • Category: Kickstart

It’s that time of year when the big, bright ball of fire shows up in the sky now and then.  You know the one….It’s been hiding for about eleven months!
It’s also the time when car and other multi-wheeled conveyance operators struggle to remember the fact that there are people out there riding something that weighs [...]



New Year’s Ride - revisited

By Kickstart • Dec 23rd, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

I first posted this last year around this time. I still ride on January first every year and I still wish it was warmer for that ride!
There is something about bikers that demands that traditions be observed. I don’t mean the “national holiday” or “it’s your birthday” kind; I mean the ones we [...]



A Finely Tuned Sense of Humor

By Kickstart • Dec 16th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

I ride a motorcycle, so that means that I have a sense of humor. It kind of goes without saying, but, just this once, I’ll say it. You have to chuckle at some of the things that occur around the whole fraternity of riding.
And, let’s face it; there is no shortage of amusing [...]



Winter Drips

By Kickstart • Dec 9th, 2006 • Category: Kickstart

Winter doesn’t suck. Around here it just drips.
And drips, and drips, and splashes, and oozes. Then, just for fun it drips some more.
Consequently, winter riding drips. I know….I hear you saying it: That’s what rain gear is for, Kick! Yeah, well, I got rain gear. Winter still drips, dammit.
I [...]