Author: Bud Miller
August 20, 2012
The article “Target Fixation” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/15/2012. Target fixation is a term I’m sure everyone is familiar with. It originated in Word War II as a… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
August 14, 2012
The article “Night Rides” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/08/2012. “There’s a whisper on the night-wind, there’s a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
August 8, 2012
The article “Self Reliance” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 06/20/2012. I’m holed up in a Dunkin Donuts sipping coffee; I got caught in a sudden downpour on my way… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
August 2, 2012
The article “The Lotus” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 06/27/2012. I’ve always admired the symbolism of the Lotus flower in many of the world’s religions. The Lotus grows in… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
July 23, 2012
The article “Paying It Forward” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 04/18/2012. When I was 25 I worked as a Land Surveyor. I started out in the field as an… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
July 9, 2012
The article “Bikes and Brothers” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 03/04/2012. My brother taught me to ride my first motorcycle. Dave had ridden for many years and we had… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
July 5, 2012
The article “Motorcycles Are Dangerous” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 06/05/2012. I can’t possibly count the number of times I have heard this from people who overhear that I… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
June 27, 2012
The article “Today I Ride” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 05/27/2012. I ride along a perfect ribbon of pavement as a myriad of shades of green appear in the… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
June 11, 2012
The article “Living In The Moment” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 05/09/2012. Personally, one of the best things about motorcycling is that it necessitates living in the moment. No… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 30, 2012
The article “Long May You Run” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 04/24/2012. The title is from a Neil Young song, a favorite of mine which begins: “We’ve been through… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 24, 2012
Author, speaker and motorcycle touring business owner Liz Jansen has written an inspirational book entitled: Women Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment, 50 Inspiring Stories of Adventure and Self-Discovery Interspersed with the author’s own personal story of triumph, growth, discovery… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 22, 2012
The article “When It All Clicks” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 04/15/2012. I sometimes listen to music when I ride alone. Everything and anything from the classic rock I… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 14, 2012
The article “To Feel Strong” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 03/28/2012. I am a huge fan of mountain climber and author Jon Krakauer. He is the author of Eiger… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 9, 2012
Today is day 1 of Liz Jansen’s virtual book tour to promote her book Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment. Today’s host is Eldonna Lewis Fernandez. If you’re ready for a change, have had change come to meet you,… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 8, 2012
The article “The Road Often Traveled: Forever Young ” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 03/18/2012. To paraphrase the magnificent Bob Dylan song Forever Young: “May you always be courageous,… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
April 29, 2012
“The Highest Pass is within us. This journey is to realize that.” -Anand, Sattva Yoga Guru Soon after Adam Schomer meets a modern yogi and guru, Anand Mehrotra, they plan an expedition through the highest passes of the Himalayas in… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
March 16, 2012
This short film is about dreams, life and motorcycles and refusing to sit still when no one would blame you if you did. It’s very funny, moving, poetic and the music is fantastic. It was made by Ogilvy Taiwan advertising… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
February 14, 2012
In a span of 10 months in 1997-1998 Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist for the Canadian band Rush, lost his only child to a tragic car accident and his wife of 22 years to cancer. In trying to cope with… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
February 3, 2012
A few years ago I read Rush drummer Neil Peart’s book Ghost Rider (not to be confused with the comic book adapted movie of the same name). It was one of those books I kept in my saddlebags for those… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
January 1, 2012
I happened to see this amazing video by Benedict Campbell on Helmet Hair, a terrific blog you should check out. I debated about whether or not to re-post it but I thought it was just too good not to share…. (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 30, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close I thought I’d post about some of the memorable, and tragic, events that shaped the past year in the world of motorcycling. Marc Coma opened the year by winning the 32nd running of the… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
December 6, 2011
This morning my girlfriend Cori read to me from The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra. Cori reads one of the Laws from the book each morning (one of many things I admire about her). The idea being… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
November 28, 2011
“Push left go left, push right go right”. Those of us who’ve taken the MSF safety courses are familiar with the term and I’ve written about it here before. As a practical example I noticed an easy way to demonstrate… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
November 27, 2011
It’s become an annual tradition of mine to ride from my home in Hellertown, Pa. to my mother’s home in Wind Gap, Pa. It’s not a long ride (only about 90 minutes) but the traffic is usually light and the… (READ MORE)