Author: Bud Miller
May 5, 2017
How To Be Smooth On Your Motorcycle My friend Kevin Morris at Ridergroups.com has produced a series of quality training videos every rider should see. It’s all too easy to convince yourself that you’ve ridden enough to be completely competent… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
April 10, 2017
Can You See Me Now? My friend Kevin Morris at Ridergroups.com has produced a series of quality training videos every rider should see. It’s all too easy to convince yourself that you’ve ridden enough to be completely competent and believe… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
April 1, 2017
My friend Kevin Morris at Ridergroups.com has produced a series of quality training videos every rider should see. It’s all too easy to convince yourself that you’ve ridden enough to be completely competent and believe that you need no further… (READ MORE)
Author: Blog Sponsor
January 20, 2017
There’s a lot for new motorcycle riders to be excited about: learning how to ride, choosing a first motorcycle, and finally hitting the road and experiencing one’s surroundings as they can only be experienced from the back of a bike…. (READ MORE)
Author: Henry Yampolsky
September 26, 2013
A few weeks ago, Bud Miller, the founder of this site, and I went for a motorcycle ride. Bud introduced me to some beautiful, nearly deserted back roads, which were literally minutes from my home. Under his watchful eye I… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
October 2, 2012
The article “The Road Often Traveled: Tips & Tricks – Part 3” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/18/2012. I posted Tips & Tricks Part 1 two weeks ago and… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
September 25, 2012
The article “The Road Often Traveled: Tips & Tricks – Part 2” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 05/16/2012. Last Week, I wrote a post called Tips & Tricks Part… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
June 6, 2012
I’ve seen this video a few places now and thinks it’s something every rider should see so I’m re-posting it here. It’s the pilot of a series of videos on accident avoidance from the rider’s perspective. This one deals with… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
May 2, 2012
This is a fantastic video, a collaboration between Motojournalism and Traction off-road E-rag, about off-road riders Paul Rodden and Larry Murray, both former enduro champions who are still going strong into their 5th decade of riding and racing. These guys… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
April 16, 2012
RoadRUNNER Magazine named Maggie Valley, North Carolina as the location for its 7th Annual Touring Weekend and Memorial Ride. Each year, the team at RoadRUNNER hosts this event in honor of the magazine’s founder, Christian Neuhauser. For the past six… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
January 31, 2012
Check out this trials riding demonstration. Trials riders have always amazed me. Trials motorcycles are extremely lightweight, have no seat and have comparatively short suspension travel. It seems to me like a mix of motocross and gymnastics. This video features:
Author: Bud Miller
January 13, 2012
I’ve been involved in a discussion on LinkedIn regarding licensing and whether or not motorcycle safety courses should be mandatory for obtaining a motorcycle license. Here in Pennsylvania if you have an automobile license all you need to do is… (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 4, 2011
It’s November here in Pennsylvania which means fairly soon we’ll be setting the clocks back and will lose an hour of daylight. In addition the days are shorter and the weather is turning colder. We’ve already had a large snowstorm… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
September 12, 2011
Many studies show that over 90% of motorcyclists who are involved in accidents are either untrained or trained by someone they know. Knowing how to operate the controls of a motorcycle is simple enough and can be taught quickly; however,… (READ MORE)
Author: Bud Miller
September 4, 2011
I am pleased to announce that rider training/coaching is available upon request: Please see the training page for details.
Author: Bud Miller
August 29, 2011
Try the rider perception test. It’s not as easy as it seems…
Author: Bud Miller
August 15, 2011
There’s only one way to steer a motorcycle: countersteering. We all learned it in the safety course. “Push left go left, push right go right.” The physics are simple enough, to initiate a turn you must initially steer in the… (READ MORE)