What kind of bike do you ride and how did you choose it? I always promised my parents I would never get on the back of a motorcycle. Then I met my husband, an avid motorcyclist. It turns out, I don’t belong on the back of a motorcycle, as he tells me I can’t sit still enough. On my birthday a few years ago, he surprised me with a Ural motorcycle. It is a Russian bike [when … [Read more...] about Have sidecar, will litigate: A Q&A with motorcyclist, Barbara J. Bowers, attorney at law
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Not if but when: The case for ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time)
Just as we began to descend around a blind right-hand corner, a sizable bear lumbered down out of the woods from my right, directly into my path. The bike stopped as if hitting a furry wall from about 35 mph. I distinctly remember saying, “Oh shit,” out loud an instant before impact. On the week of the summer solstice this year, my 17-year-old son and I decided to motorcycle … [Read more...] about Not if but when: The case for ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time)
Coming back from the crash
Eons ago, in a different lifetime before motorcycles, I attended a film festival. One of the films was a documentary that still standouts in my mind to do this day. The subject was base jumping—a risky sport where dauntless people jump, with a parachute, not out of a plane but from mountain sides or buildings. During an interview one of the women base jumpers, when explaining … [Read more...] about Coming back from the crash
