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HelmetThoughts™ Column
by MotoSwami
MotoSwami -- a Senior Contributor -- has a unique way of painting pictures with words, gleaned from memories that go as far back as to when Triumph
Bonneville and Harley XLCH battled for top dog status. Here he shares some of what he calls "HelmetThoughts".
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HelmetThoughts™ Rat River
Peter Tamblyn
Just the slightest hint of dawn in the eastern sky heralded another blistering hot day on the training range. Cresting a hill and blind curve on my favorite gravel shortcut, I suddenly confronted a torrent of rats; brazillions of them, leaping over each other like salmon thrashing upstream to the spawning beds. The entire road was awash with . . . keep reading
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HelmetThoughts™ Rescue Dogs and Loose Shoes
Peter B. Tamblyn
"1992 Honda Nighthawk with light cosmetic damage..." the ad had begun, concluding with the telling words, "salvage title." At the time there was a girlfriend who had an affinity for dropping and damaging motorcycles. My plan . . . keep reading
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HelmetThoughts™Daytime Running Lights (DRL) for Cars
Pete Tamblyn
I'm equally frustrated, though, by the wails I hear from protesters within the motorcycle community against the proposal to legislate Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) for automobiles. "We'll lose our unique identity as motorcycles" they lament . . . keep reading
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HelmetThoughts™A Southern Motorcycle Fairy Tale
MotoSwami
When we met I was startled to recognize the motorcycle on the T-shirt she was wearing. I recalled to her that I had met her husband -- the owner and rider of the bike depicted -- once in the pits at Road Atlanta racecourse. Smiling, she confirmed that I was interested in motorcycles . . . keep reading
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HelmetThoughts™Riding in the Remnants of Hurricane Katrina... at Night
MotoSwami
Hurricane Katrina had pummeled New Orleans all weekend. On the Monday evening immediately following this event, I was scheduled to teach at the local tech school, twenty miles away. It was no secret some bigtime rain was headed toward north Georgia.
Since the subject was 'motorcycle cooling systems,' I would need to bring a bike for demo purposes that actually *had* a cooling system . . . keep reading
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