Author: Bud Miller
December 8, 2015
The article “Beautiful and Broken” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 11/01/2015. In the Aftermath of a Crash – Kintsukuroi (or kintsugi) may sound like the name of the… (READ MORE)
Author: Henry Yampolsky
August 10, 2014
As I twisted the throttle rounding a particularly exhilarating curve along my favorite twisty road and heard the satisfying exhaust burble of my Teutonic sport tourer, I thought of the first chapter of Bhagavad Gita. Bhagavad Gita is one of… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 20, 2014
The article “Easy Like Monday Morning” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 2/02/2014. Cori and I both started new jobs recently and with that come changes to schedules, new… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
April 2, 2014
The article “Camaraderie” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 1/19/2014. I follow the Dakar Rally every year, partly because it kicks off my riding year as it takes place right after… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
February 13, 2014
The article “Let Me Try” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 12/29/2013. Last month temperatures were predicted to hit the mid-60s and above here in southeastern New Jersey. A… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
February 7, 2014
The article “Riding in the New Year: The Snail and Gazelle” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 1/05/2014. I attempt to get out and ride on every New Year’s… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
January 25, 2014
The article “Watching Louie” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 1/06/2013. Tonight I’m watching an episode of Louie, one of my favorite shows. In a few episodes he can… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
January 13, 2014
The article “Golden Spinning Wheel: An Unexpected Soundtrack” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 12/08/2013. I rode Big Red to the office this week since the weather has been… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
January 6, 2014
The article “The Romance of Riding” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 12/01/2013. A comment on last week’s post (Living Twice) contained a quote that led me to do… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 30, 2013
The article “Reasons To Ride: Living Twice” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 11/24/2013. I took a ride tonight at dusk, just an hour-long dash around new roads in… (READ MORE)
Author: Henry Yampolsky
December 26, 2013
No matter what the weather is like, for the next ninety days I will not be riding my motorcycle. That is by choice. By choice of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation which sternly demanded my license plate due to my… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 16, 2013
The article “Collections: Motorcycles, Gear, and Friendships” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 11/03/2013. I’ll admit it’s been tough to sit down and write lately. After months of focused… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 5, 2013
If you’ve been following us lately you’ve no doubt seen our review of the film The Highest Pass and our interview with the film’s writer and producer Adam Schomer. Zen Motorcyclist is pleased to announce that the film will be… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 2, 2013
The article “Not Just Yet” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 10/20/2013. Big Red’s odometer is ticking close to 70,000 miles and increasingly I find myself considering what will… (READ MORE)
Author: Henry Yampolsky
November 27, 2013
As a boy I had a fascination with time machines. Many a night I would fall asleep to a dream of a time machine transporting me to a mysterious and exotic epoch or place. Little did I know that in… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
November 21, 2013
The article “Time Travel” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 10/06/2013. Today was one of those unseasonably warm October days. I was working from home and had a scheduled… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
November 11, 2013
The article “Sense Memory” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 09/29/2013. I’m a sentimental sort, as anyone who’s read any of my posts is aware. There are a couple… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
August 16, 2013
The article “The Road Often Traveled: Staying Alert on Familiar Ground” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 4/01/2012. My commute is 40-45 miles one way, which is about an hour… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
August 7, 2013
The article “Learning As You Go” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 7/07/2013. Honestly, I’m not sure what to write sometimes. When that happens, I remember what Ernest Hemingway said… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
July 31, 2013
The article “Birds of a Feather” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 6/09/2013. Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit – Khalil Gibran. Cori and… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
July 23, 2013
The article “The Great Bully” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 7/23/2013. “When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
June 12, 2013
The article “Gravel Roads” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 5/12/2013. I’ll bet you thought this post was going to be a technical article about how to handle a motorcycle… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
June 8, 2013
The article “All For One” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 4/14/2013. There’s an African proverb I read recently that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 30, 2013
The article “Terminator” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 4/26/2013. Yesterday, during my morning commute, I was behind a car that was weaving side to side in its lane. I… (READ MORE)