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 »Victoria Merideth Making It Happen
Let’s face it, the sport, the lifestyle, and the industry are all in need of more women. We’ve said it time and again, when women get involved in power sports, we take our little niche to the mainstream. Our voices double, we get heard, and we open up our favorite pass time, and our favorite lifestyle to families, and couples. When women get involved in power sports, everyone wins. Victoria Merideth's career in the motorcycle industry is just getting started.
Read More »Feeling the Road
During the summer when I was a kid we would take long car trips up the East cost. We’d pass store fronts and parking lots, empty fields peppered with debris, endless stretches of cow fields. We would drive through 8 ...
Read More »Women in Vintage Motorcycle Photography
According to Wikipedia, one of the earliest mentiosn of "Girl Power" was in 1987. These photos beg to differ.
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 »Oil Change Day at YouMotorcycle HQ
Today became an impromptu Oil Change Day at YouMotorcycle HQ in Toronto, Canada. The original idea was to get my buddy’s motorcycle running, see if we could take it out for a ride, and call it a day. After changing the ...
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 »Here’s Looking At You, Miss
Just got an email from the person with the most cojones that I know. Her name is Madeleine. She’s about to ride to Alaska because, well, because she can. By now Madeleine MISSRIDER Velazquez should need no introduction. We did two interviews with ...
Read More »How to Remove Warning Sticker From Your Motorcycle
There it is, your beautiful, shiny, brand new motorcycle. It cost you a pretty penny, but it looks gorgeous in the sun light. You admire it with a smile from ear to ear, while your friends are green with envy. ...
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 ...
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