My Journey Into Motorcycling.
Motorcycle activities, accidents, lessons learned, or just fun.
Now that I finally got the motorcycle license plate and temp MC registration for my Boom Vader bike, I took the motorcycle out for its first real ride. This post is my first ride review of my Boom Vader Gen 2 125cc motorcycle, a well known Chinese Grom Clone. I plan for a more detailed … Read more
If you are a “long-time” reader of my motorcycle blog, you know I suffer from analysis paralysis. So finally, deciding on getting a second motorcycle and picking a Chinese Grom Clone was very difficult. I believe some others sweat the small stuff, too, like me, so I decided to keep a log of events to … Read more
Today my daughter and I wanted to make a simple road trip. Time to enjoy the open air, windows down, and watching farmland rolling by. An idea that crossed my mind, head out to Lancaster, Pa. Then the idea started to snowball. Pick a destination in the area and the first place that came to … Read more
Well it finally happened, I overheated the motorcycle engine. I wasn’t sure when, but didn’t suspect I could overheat the TaoTao TBR7 motorcycle’s engine with it only being 83F outside. With it being not hot outside, you might be asking how did I overheat my engine and what were the symptoms? Let me break it … Read more
This TaoTao TBR7 Dual-sport motorcycle was not built in a day, nor was Rome. However, I, too, envision owning an empire of motorcycles. I may have let a few followers down since I thought I could have completed my TaoTao TBR7 assembly in a day. In my last post(“TBR7 Unboxing Event!“), I only unboxed the … Read more
TBR7 Motorcycle Unboxing Warnings! My “Cheap Chinese Dual-Sport Motorcycle,” specifically my new 2021 TBR7, has arrived and sat in my garage till now(The I Got A Chinese Motorcycle In A Box Post). I put aside a few hours to get the motorcycle packing removed. I was warned, the unboxing will take a while if you … Read more
Yes, a student rider had a motorcycle safety course accident. On the last day of my Motorcycle Safety Course, we rode around covering the basics we performed during the first riding day. What was added was emergency-stopping. What Motorcycle Accident, What Happened? We already learned how to make regular turns, but emergency stops were added … Read more