{"id":823,"date":"2018-10-27T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=823"},"modified":"2018-10-28T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:58:09","slug":"a-reader-asks-you-still-ride-motorcycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/a-reader-asks-you-still-ride-motorcycles\/","title":{"rendered":"A reader asks: You still ride motorcycles?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reader Geoff Komeya asks (via the Contact link<\/a>)<\/small>:<\/p>\n

Hi Fred: Just wanted to ask whether you still ride motorcycles? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read your blog about your 10,000-mile ride on the ADVrider site. Such a great piece of travel writing. Thanks, Geoff Komeya<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks for the kind words, Goeff! Man, it’d been years<\/em><\/span><\/strong> since I last looked at the write-up about that 10,000 Mile Ride Around North America<\/a>. Some great memories there, living out of my saddlebags for a month. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The purple line shows the route of my month-long, 10,000mi\/16,000km motorcycle ride across the US from New Hampshire, then back across Canada. Spectacular!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alas, some of the picture\/video links have died as various picture-hosting sites have gone away. Sigh. Maybe that can be a winter project this year — resurrecting the old photos. I still have the originals filed away. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

But in answer to you question, no, I don’t ride motorcycles anymore. I live in a densely urban area now with tons of traffic; a heavy touring bike like my old Goldwing is exactly wrong for this environment. (I donated my ‘Wing to my local NPR station several years ago.)<\/p>\n

I still get around on two wheels, but it’s now mostly via an e-bike — a pedal bike that has an as-needed electric-assist. Info here: https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/03\/a-reader-asks-what-e-bike-do-you-have\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks for writing!<\/p>\n

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Permalink: https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-dh<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Reply? Questions? Use the Comment box at the bottom of the page, or click CONTACT<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reader Geoff Komeya asks (via the Contact link): Hi Fred: Just wanted to ask whether you still ride motorcycles? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read your blog about your 10,000-mile ride on the ADVrider site. Such a great piece of travel writing. 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