My friend cocked her head sideways and stared at me from across the table. “Everything you just said was a contradiction.” She said. I love it when an intelligent and attractive woman calls me out on my shit, so I smiled ...
Read More »How to Build a Champagne Bottle Lamp
POP! The raucous sound of the cork bursting out of your champagne bottle as smiling eyes look at you. FIZZ! The champagne begins working its way up the neck of the bottle and you hear it over the celebrations around you. GLUG-GLUG-GLUG! You ...
Read More »A Box Full of Darkness
My father hit me once, but he only ever hit me once. What I learned from that single open handed hit was discipline, love, grace, humility, respect, and trust. The strike itself taught me the first lesson (discipline). I had been ...
Read More »Dear Ex
Here’s an open letter I wrote for my ex. Why share it publicly? I refuse to live in a world where speaking your mind takes courage, where lovers are categorized and labeled, and where mature adults hide from discourse that ...
Read More »What Single Parenthood Can Look Like… for Motorcyclists
From the November 28 Globe and Mail article titled The Inequality We Don’t Talk About, by Margaret Wente: Two things happened in the 1970s. Family income began to stagnate and family structures began to change radically. Divorce rates soared and marriage ...
Read More »Honda Gold Wing F6B Review
After a week spent on the new Honda Gold Wing F6B, it’s time to review this bagger and share what we learned. Once upon a time, anything with a set of saddlebags thrown over it was called a Bagger. It ...
Read More »The Best Street Sign There Ever Will Be – Why I Still Watch Wrestling
This story started over twenty years ago. Life was simpler then. A 24″ television was a big deal. 40 channels of cable was a big deal. Monday night wrestling was a big deal. If you were a really good kid, you got ...
Read More »San Francisco
If you had asked me a few days earlier I would’ve told you that I had no intention of flying to San Francisco. There I was, sitting in first class, despite having spent only $300 for round trip tickets, enjoying ...
Read More »Mondo Lulu’s Life On 2 at the CONTACT Photography Festival
Mondo Lulu is the Toronto motorcycle scene’s photography supplier. He’s a photographer, but he’s one of us. We sat down with our buddy for a talk about Life On 2, Lulu’s upcoming exhibit at the CONTACT photography festival. YouMotorcycle: How ...
Read More »Bikini Bike Washes: Attraction or Deterrent?
We’ve been following Liz Keener on Twitter for some time now – not that she’s ever followed us back, but hey, you can – and came upon this article that she wrote two days ago about bikini bike washes. In ...
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