Continental Divide Ride
I recently traveled to Oregon for the BMW MOA rally in Redmond. Afterwards I was invited to join Jim Hyde and the Rawhyde crew on their Continental Divide off-road motorcycle ride. I had not planned for this but decided to jump at the opportunity anyway. Jim hosts a week long ride for his customers. The [...]
2009 Rawhyde Adventure Rider Challenge
At the urging of friend and writer Bill Dragoo, I attended the third annual Rawhyde Adventure Rider Challenge last May held in Castaic, California. The day before leaving for the competition I traded my 2008 Honda GL1800 Goldwing for a 2009 BMW R1200GS Adventure – my dream bike and by far the best bike I [...]
Adventure Rider
My photo of a contestant at the BMW GS Trophy Challenge competition in Spartanburg, South Carolina made the cover of the September 2009 issue of Adventure Rider Magazine. I rode my Honda Goldwing to Spartanburg for the competition. It was wet and foggy the day of the contest, and the participants were forced to work [...]