Take a Seat

Riding around on a beautiful autumn day will put you in touch with, and in sight of, many different riders. As the movie says, on any Sunday you are bound to pass and be passed by motorcyclists from all walks of life. With the warm weather in the northeast waning, we’re ‘getting in as much riding as we can.

On such a day, while meandering here and there, I starting to thinking about the different styles of motorcycles and their riders. 

Tourers, cruisers, sport bikes, on and off-road and everything that may fall outside those bounds. But I wasn’t thinking so much about the machines as I was about the passengers on them.
 

It just came into the world and it is already read to explore it. The new Stelvio is here, the contemporary adventure tourer by Moto Guzzi, ready to accompany you everywhere with its unique style and state-of-the-art technology made to improve your driving experience. The iconic name is borrowed from the Alpine pass, Italy's highest and most extensive mountain range, and one of the places that best embodies the myth of this motorcycle legend. With its 48 sharp turns, the road that winds through it has become an enduring symbol for motorcyclists, evoking notions of enjoyment, exploration and triumph. 

Blame it on Latin

The word “pounds” does not have the letter L in it. Nor does it have a B. Yet if you see the three letters “lbs” written out, you almost certainly read it as “pounds.” Where did this seemingly random abbreviation come from?

Well, it has to do with where the word “pounds,” itself, comes from. “Pounds” derives from the name of an ancient Roman unit of measurement, Libra pondo. This Latin phrase translates to “a pound by weight.” Our word “pound” comes from pondo, and its seemingly unrelated abbreviation, “lb,” comes from the libra part. If you’re asking, “Libra like the Zodiac sign?” the answer is actually yes…sort of.  !

Bridget McCutchen has returned home to Ashland after traveling across the world on her motorcycle.

Her journey began in August 2022 and since then she’s traveled 50,000 miles through 45 countries and four continents.
Her path took her to the southern tip of South America, north to Scandinavia, through the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and more.
On Saturday McCutchen arrived in Duluth where she said just in the last day she traveled almost 1,000 miles.
Her reasoning for the journey changed as she did it, but the ability to experience different cultures played a big part.
”I felt like I was missing a lot, and the chance to be able to see the world firsthand was pretty incredible. And to be perfectly honest the world is a lot different than most people think it is,” said McCuthchen.
The journey was an attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for being the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle.

 

The new benchmark for road Supermotards

In the fifth episode of the Ducati World Première web series 2024, Ducati revealed to the public the new Hypermotard 698 Mono (link to watch the episode here), the first Ducati single-cylinder Supermotard.
The Hypermotard 698 Mono was created with the sole objective of thrilling through the curves, between the kerbs of the tracks but also in the city, transforming every move into the most fun moment of the day. An objective achieved by applying technical solutions derived from the world of the Panigale for the engine, electronics, and chassis to a new segment for Ducati, creating a motorcycle capable of unforgettable riding emotions.
 

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Boomers grew up learning things that millennials simply do not need to know. Typing classes, secretarial school, balancing a checkbook, reading a map – all of these skills that boomers spent their precious youth mastering are now simply obsolete…and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

These kids are boring...