The 2020 Sooner Adventure Ride was held the Sunday before a major ice storm hit central Oklahoma. It began at the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum, and took riders on 150+ miles of dirt roads and optional single-track trails through central Oklahoma.
Dirt Bikes in Colorado
For our summer vacation pandemic-style, Kay and I took another trip to Colorado to explore the back roads, visit friends, and ride our street-legal dirt bikes. We were a bit worried about making sure we had a place to stay and places to eat, but Colorado was pretty well open for the summer tourism season. […]
Exploring northeast Oklahoma on dual sport motorcycles
It doesn’t get much better than meandering down a blacktop road at 40 mph in Osage County on a big single-cylinder thumper, the wind carrying the fragrant aroma of evergreen and honeysuckle, horses grazing in a nearby field, and my wife following me on her own bike, weaving along the twisty roads as if we […]
Building pannier racks for my Suzuki DRZ-400
I recently purchased a set of Wolfman Luggage dirt bike panniers from Ben Dragoo in Norman. These panniers were designed for use with a “rack-less” dirt bike. They drape over the seat, wrap around the rear taillight, and strap to the frame. I have never liked having luggage rub against my bike’s paint or plastic, […]
Hillbilly Dual Sport story for Thunder Roads Magazine
I wrote and photographed this feature story for June 2016 issue of Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma about a dual sport motorcycle ride I took in north central Arkansas near the Buffalo River.