I was contacted recently by a fellow biker who moved to Maryland from Hawaii. Riding in Maryland is significantly different from Hawaii — the least of which is Hawaii’s tropical weather.
Back here in the Mid-Atlantic, I would not say that summertime riding is “tropical.” More like “seasonal” with intense heat and humidity from mid-May through the end of September. Likewise, in the shoulder riding season (mid-March to mid-May and October through mid-November), riders usually experience pleasant temperatures and lower humidity.
But between mid-November through mid-March in Maryland, we experience riding weather that…
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I dislike having to take a break from writing this blog, but for the next seven days I will be on the left coast of the United States where…
You heard it here before, and I am repeating these words of advice — if you like new boots that are made in Mexico, including some Lucchese, Justin, Old Gringo, Laredo, Tony Lama, Nocona, and hand-made styles from old-world bootmakers in Leon — order those boots now.
My boss was concerned that I had been working long hours, including over the last weekend and holiday. So when he looked at the weather forecast for Wednesday January 25 and saw that it was going to be an exceptional day, he suggested that I …
I received an email asking me questions about leather bar attendance and attire:
Since I live with the world’s #1 recluse, I seldom interact socially. However, yesterday, several buddies saw to it that I would mount my Harley and go for a ride, even if the weather was less than cooperative. 
For those outside the Washington DC area, it is hard to know just how much the divisiveness of U.S. politics has become such a lightning rod for anger (on both sides of politics) that it is in the ether of the local atmosphere where I live. There is no way to avoid hearing about it.
Today, January 20, is a very, very dark day in the U.S. capital, and in my country as a whole. I am…
I wrote in my