Every year around March 1st, I grow tired of Winter. I’m ready to embrace Spring. Sit out by the lake by the fire, ride into the woods, go camping, have all of the windows open at the house and let in the fresh air (of pollen). Since this yearly winter-mental-breakdown repeats itself, I’ve adopted a …

The BMW K-Bike of the 80s and 90s, aka the Flying Brick is a classic. Developed in desperation by BMW to keep up with an industry moving to liquid cooled, fuel injected bikes with anti-lock braking systems. BMW’s Boxer motor, still air-cooled (and would remain air-cooled OR oil-cooled until 2013) was not keeping up with …

Housekeeping: This post is going to be missing some specific financial figures and mostly work in round numbers adjusted to the nearest hundred dollars. The location of the crash is also going to remain private Not going to name anyone or any company specifically In case I forget to mention, I suffered no injuries or …

Updated April 15th, 2019 July 14th 2018. I brought home the Beta 500 RR-S. Since May, I’ve been shopping around for a motorcycle I can take nearly anywhere. I was initially set on a KTM 500 EXC or 350. Then i started leaning toward a lower cost Honda / Kawasaki. At Dirt Daze, I finally …