The Backroads Report January 8th 2022 #196

Published: Sat, 01/08/22

The Backroads Report

Motorcycle, Travel & Adventure News

From Around The World

Shira Kamil's

Whatchathinkin'

Respect the Ride

Brian was recently at Hermy’s BMW having some service done on his GS. While there, he spoke with Tim O’Toole, one of our subscribers and a retired military pilot. Their discussion was about learning to fly. Tim spoke about the transition from career piloting to recreational. Rather than paraphrase, these are Tim’s word from a follow-up email:

“I believe pilots who have spent careers in the air and did some of the most challenging flying fail to give small planes the respect they deserve. General Aviation has the highest mishap rates of any category in aviation. Multiple reasons, low time amateur pilots (the Bonanza is known as the doctor killer), older aircraft, poor maintenance but probably the biggest killer is weather.

Whatchathinkin'

Backroads Ecuador!

https://backroadsusa.com/escape-to-ecuador

Andes, Amazon and Pacific!

Winter is here and it's time to plan your escape. What better place than the middle of the earth: Ecuador. And who better to go with than Ecuador Freedom Rentals. Backroads has toured with them twice before and can't wait to go back! Celebrate the Vernal Equinox at the Equator, soak in the sun on the Pacific and climb to new heights in the Andes. Ride some of the most fun paved (and un-) roads while sampling the native cuisine, meeting the lovely locals and finding so much that Ecuador has to offer the motorcycle adventurer. We hope that you can join us for this pre-spring jaunt while we wait for the lilacs to bloom in the northern hemisphere.

Follow the link on the picture for full itinerary and booking information. Click on the link below to take you to Ecuador Freedom's website and contact info.

Backroads Ecuador

Big-Bore Adventure Shootout

Harley-Davidson’s Pan America 1250 Special is a new addition to the big-bore adventuring-touring segment and is looking to knock the BMW R 1250 GS off its throne as king. Ducati has every intention of doing the very same thing with its all-new Multistrada V4 S. This is shaping up to be one serious ADV showdown, indeed.

Cycle World

The Almost-Unbelievable True Story of the Sidewinder Missile

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a35701747/sidewinder-missile-story/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_pop&utm_medium=email&date=123021&utm_campaign=nl26173785&utm_term=AAA%20--%20High%20Minus%20Dormant%20and%2090%20Day%20Non%20Openers

How the first heat-seeking missile

went from an unfunded side project

to a worldwide military phenomenon.
By Alex Hollings

The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union ushered in one of the most dramatic arms races in history. As the two nations jockeyed for global supremacy, they posed such a dire threat to each other that deterring open conflict became a matter of survival. That meant building new and ever more capable weapons and constantly matching or offsetting any technological advantage created by the other side.

Popular Mechanics

This is definitely the most complex chocolate creation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QuU507OtBEk

Amaury Guichon is truly amazing!

If you'd like to learn his techniques and enroll in one of the long term programs you can apply through his website...

Serious Chocolate

Woman Wakes Up to Find Astonishing Icicle

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/big-mine-run-geyser-pa/

Looks Exactly Like a Hummingbird

This is just the sight Michigan’s Tammy Shriver was struck with when she looked outside.

Water had been melting from the rooftop of the hemp farmer’s home onto the tree branches below. As a freeze-thaw-freeze sequence took place amid changing winter temperatures, a natural ice sculpture emerged.

“Oh my gosh,” she remembers saying, “That looks like a bird!’

Hummingbird Icicle

Backroads'

Spring Break 2022!

Spring Break

Bluebird of Bitterness

Song of the Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4agsmOFga8

Roll Me Away

Bob Seger

Not much needs to be said for this one... enjoy!

Bob Seger

Now at Shops!

Best of Backroads 2021!

It is time for our yearly look back at the places we visited, and things we have discovered over the last trip around the sun.

The magazine has arrived at dealers and subscribers' mailboxes!

Happy New Year - LET'S ROLL!!

Backroads

Can You Name These

Historical Figures?

Welcome to the ultimate Historical Figures Quiz featuring a collection of the most impactful leaders throughout history. Do you think you know everything about the most influential people of all time? Try your luck and test your iconic historical figures knowledge to see if you can pass! Click START QUIZ to begin your journey through the people who changed the world with these memorable questions.

Let's Play! It'll be harder than you think...

Historical Quiz

Nolan Helmets presents:

The Escape of the Week

Reading Terminal Market

The Incredible Marketplace In Pennsylvania Every Food Lover Will Simply Adore

Where do you wanna have lunch? I don’t know. Where do you want to go? It’s the never ending argument that we all have at least a few times a month, or maybe even more often, right? Well, a trip to this incredible marketplace in Pennsylvania won’t exactly make your choice easier. It will, however, provide you with plenty of delicious options all in one incredible place.

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