Archive for ‘Riding Techniques’

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Jul01

A Modest Proposal

by Rob Campbell on July 1, 2011 at 12:53 am

A recent post at Cyril Huze blog linked an article by Sun Sentinael columnist Hugh Curran that really got some readers fired up.  I read with interest, and agreed with most, if not all, of the points made in comments at Huze Blog, if maybe a bit more m0derately. The dude took a serious amount [...]

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May08

Wet Weather Riding–Part III

by Bobcat on May 8, 2011 at 8:05 pm

Hiya. Bobcat here. This is the third and last installment for the year on wet weather riding. I talked last about checking your equipment/cycle, and being prepared. I wrote about not being alert and not being fatigued. Another point I would like to make is mental preparation! For a long or extended ride it is [...]

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Apr12

Winter Riding–Part 2

by Bobcat on April 12, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Bobcat’s Blog Hi all, Bobcat here again. I hope that any of you out there in cyber land who saw my review of the First Gear cold weather rain suit I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I was incredibly fun to write and look forward to my periodic [...]

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Apr05
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Bobcat’s Blog: Winter Riding–Part I

by Bobcat on April 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Hi all, Bobcat here, I bet you are wondering who in the heck is the Bobcat? Is it a furry feline chasing rabbits and squirrels? No…, this is the California Biker and his friends call him Bobcat because of his name…., Bob+Cat=Bobcat. Ha-ha! This is the first and inaugural blog from the Bobcat with the [...]

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Dec26

Rider Perception Test

by Rob Campbell on December 26, 2010 at 6:25 am

I found this link somewhere on the ‘net this morning and gave it a spin. Truly, you can’t get bike skills on the computer or a video game–you can only get them by getting out on the road after taking an approved rider safety course.  But after over twenty years of riding and a rider [...]

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Aug28

Speedometer, schmedometer…

by Rob Campbell on August 28, 2010 at 7:13 pm

My beloved shovelhead spent the better part of the last four years without its sheet metal, sitting in the garage, gathering dust.  This year I put the parts back on with a new (still blue) paint job, and a new wide glide with dual disk (for most of the over 20 years I’ve had this [...]

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