By Talya Adams This weekend I found myself out at Venice Beach, as I often do during the summer season. I headed to the coast at a later time than usual, and it did not disappoint as far as heavy traffic and temperamental drivers go; both were present. However, what did surprise me was
Los Angeles, CA – Eugene Laverty is joining the RiderzLaw Racing team for the USA Round of the Super Bike World Championship. Round 9 of the Series will take place at the world-famous Weather-Tech Raceway Laguna Seca. Laverty, a former MotoGP rider, has had a lot of success at Laguna Seca, having placed third at
By Kurt Sunderbruch Part 3: As the days until the Centopassi counted down, I was busy getting ready, and figuring out what I would wear and how I would manage luggage. The organizers had a luggage truck for participants, but I would have to arrange to carry my luggage with me before and after
The RiderzLaw Racing team has been a big contributor to the MotoAmerica paddock for the past several years – from sponsoring entire events and big-named riders to supporting local club wild card racers. In addition to supporting its own race team, RiderzLaw Racing is working with BrotoGP to do something special to help out the
Who can resist motorcycle fail videos on Youtube? After watching motorcyclists running into stuff, falling over, failing spectacularly at popping wheelies, etc, I realized a few things that many of these fails have in common: The majority of accidents were motorcycles running into the back of cars. External video shows these riders focusing on the
By Talya Adams I’ve recently been doing a lot of daily riding on my motorcycle as I’ve taken on more work. After long rides, I tend to have aches and pains well into the following day. Whether it’s my hands or my lower back, usually something is sore once I get done with a
By Talya Adams Given it’s a new year, and I’d like to buy new things that I don’t necessarily need, but want, and I’ve started working as a courier on the side. I know what you’re thinking, big deal, almost everyone works in delivery now days. True, but does everyone do it on a
By Jason Mueller If you’ve ever had to travel long distances, you already understand how terrifying the thought of shipping your motorcycle is. While it’s not an impossible task, it can be a difficult one if you don’t properly prepare for it. If you do not transport your motorcycle correctly, you can quickly run
By Talya Adams I’ve often regarded Koreatown, LA as a headache. There’s usually traffic, bad decision making at play, confusing parking limitations, and general adrenaline spiking vibes all around. However, recently I’ve started to look at Koreatown with a slight affection as a motorcyclist. So much so that I think Koreatown might actually be a
Motorcycle theft is absolutely a real risk. More than 45,000 motorcycles are stolen each year in the United States. Most are never found, because they are parted out or rebuilt to obscure their true (stolen) identities. If you have a bike you love, protect it with these motorcycle theft prevention tips. And if you’ve already
By Tayla Adams A few days ago I was at work, and a younger guy noticed my helmet on the desk. Naturally, he struck up a conversation about wanting to get a motorcycle. He asked the usual questions about learning to ride and what type of bike to start with. Everything we discussed was pretty
By Bill Harr We got up and had breakfast and thanked our Air B&B hosts. It was raining lightly as we left. The weather looked questionable, but we are going to try our ride over to St Moritz. If we hit heavy snow we will turn around and forget it. We may have to
By AJ Jacobsen The 2017 season proved to be a steep learning curve for me, in a variety of areas. In Part 1 of this post, I ended with discussing my need to respring the bike, finally recognizing that it was way too stiff for me and my riding. Hindsight being what it is, I
Recently, a good friend of mine had his tricked out Yamaha R6 stolen from his apartment. Immediately, I wanted to know how this happened. My friend’s apartment building comes with secured, underground, gated garage. In order to enter, someone needs to have a remote to trigger the gate to open in the first place. Plus,
Well, here we are again, coming up fast on summer, and lots of riding opportunities. Presumably, the bikes are tuned up and checked out, ready to ride, as are the riders. But among the riding population, there are a number of people over sixty. And out of that demographic, you are going to find a
Unfortunately I was too injured to race this weekend at round 4 of AFM at Thunderhill raceway. I wouldn’t miss it though; so I worked in tech inspection, provided moral support to some of my racer friends, wrote commentaries on some of the races, and partied with my AFM friends on Saturday night because that’s
MotoAmerica has two 600 and two 1000cc classes. It’s a bit confusing since they race at the same time, but there’s a superstock version of each and they’re each scored separately. There’s Superbike and Superstock 1000, and then there’s Supersport and Superstock 600. The two 1000 classes are pretty close but there’s a much bigger
I’m going to talk a little bit about racer mentality and some of the methods to our madness. Not long ago there were a few racer boys sitting encircled in the pits in between practice sessions at a supermoto event. Fictional names will be used so as not to embarrass the other racers involved. Trevor
Two riders died in solo crashes in the San Francisco Bay Area this past Monday, June 12, 2017. The first incident, involving 51-year-old Macshell McIlvenna, occurred on Highway 101 just north of Ninth Street on a curve of the freeway where she lost control of her bike. The incident occurred around noon. The second incident
CORONA MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAWYER REPORT: The motorcycle accident attorneys at Riderz Law have a tragic accident to report from Corona. On March 27, 2017 at approximately 10:10am, San Bernardino resident, Rudy Villarreal, Jr was riding his motorcycle on the 1200 block of West Sixth St in Corona. It is reported that the driver of a
By Devon In this new era of scary news and fake news, let us talk about something real. Gas prices. Right now they are at about $2.70 for regular gas where I’m at. They always seem to get higher when we use it more, and less when we don’t. For years the news stations would
San Diego MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAWYER REPORT: The motorcycle accident attorneys at Riderz Law have an accident to report from San Diego. A 22-year-old rider was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle riding southbound on Camino Santa Fe in the #1 lane. A Jeep pulled into the intersection to make a left turn, pulling in front of the
Let it go – You have heard this before. “Just let it go. It’s not that big of a deal, all things considered. Don’t let it ruin your day.” Of course it’s easy for them to say. They don’t know how frustrating it is when some knob pulls a no-look lane change almost taking you
It’s that time of year again. The time when I find myself walking out into the night air and watching my breath as it crystallizes in the air. As I’ve stated many times before, I dislike cold weather. However, living in California forces you to accept the inevitable, which is when night falls, so does
SANTA ROSA: The Santa Rosa motorcycle accident lawyers at Riderz Law are sorry to report a motorcycle accident that happened in the Sonoma County area. According to California Highway Patrol, Royce Waltrip, a 49-year-old rider was travelling on Highway 121 behind a Toyota . When traffic suddenly stopped, Waltrip tried to stop but lost control of his
Vallejo MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT LAWYER REPORT: The motorcycle accident attorneys at Riderz Law have a tragic accident to report from Vallejo. On Thursday, September 29, 2016, a rider was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Westbound I-80 near the Redwood Street exit. 53-year-old William Zink, a police officer for San Pablo, was travelling westbound between a Nissan
A few weeks ago, I finally managed to regain the remainder of my garage space after the previous roommate got the last of their stuff. This meant that I now had the room and freedom to set things up the way I wanted. I had a few things in mind that had been goals when
This past weekend I went on a big group ride, and for the first time in years, this group ride relied on pedal power rather than horsepower. My partner, daughter, and I strapped on our bike helmets and joined over one hundred other bicyclists of all ages on a short group bicycle ride around town
The newest BrotoGP episode is up! The BrotoGP boys take on Rossi’s second win of the season, the end(?) of bad blood between he and Marquez, HRC’s mechanical shortcomings, Vinales’ growth as a rider, Marquez overcoming adversity and Lorenzo’s failure to do so. Oh, and speaking of whom, let’s not forget Iannone’s little run-in with with his future replacement … All
I wouldn’t say I’m all-in during Halloween. Not like some people I know that plan and find their costumes six months in advance. I didn’t actually start dressing up for Halloween up until these past few years, and usually it’s because I’m throwing a Halloween party with family. You can’t effectively host a party if
The 2015 Ducati Multistrada DVT is a lot of bike—you might even say a lot of bikes—in one sleek, agile, state-of-the-art package. The goodness starts with the Multistrada’s new Ducati Variable Timing (DVT) engine, which delivers optimized performance in every power range and all conditions. (With an eight percent improvement in fuel efficiency, yet!) We’re
Excuse me young lady, I don’t mean to trouble you, but you’re lookin’ real fly atop that BMW… I think whom you quote says a lot about you. I try to quote Pushkin from time to time, but since I don’t speak Russian, it falls…flattish, even if the translations are good. But the above quote
Well, I’d better like it: my friends all think of themselves as cafe racer guys, and have scrimped and saved for a Belstaff jacket and a half-shell helmet of appropriate provenance. And I do like it; I have a had a Triumph Thruxton, a cafe’d-out classic BMW R75/5, and an old Trimuph Bonneville with clubman
After trying the bike for a day of commuting, I wanted to give it a try as soon as I could where the roads don’t just go straight. So as soon as I had the weekend and time, I rode it forty miles south to the Saratoga hills. My plan was to take Highway 9
I was on my Honda Hawk GT. I don’t normally ride to a bike I’m interested in buying since I’m a firm believer of showing any seller sincere interest by showing up in my truck with the ramp, wheel chock, and tie-downs in the truck bed. Whether or not I actually buy a bike, at
There was something else I took away from that little moto-art project I just finished. That what I had been so passionate about when I was a younger man has collided with what I am now as passionate about as an adult: Art and motorcycles. I touched up on my interest in art previously, citing
Just like any other fair-weather riding day, I was moseying on down the super slab with a few of my riding buddies. The traffic was pretty heavy on the multi-lane highway and we kept in close staggered formation so we wouldn’t get separated as we played follow the leader. What happened next could have quickly
In America’s most congested city, commuting is a necessary evil. We all have jobs, appointments and a myriad of life events we must attend, all while navigating options of travel. Trains, buses and taxis are legitimate options but trains and buses require effort to reach boarding locations and run on a schedule often inconvenient to
I don’t know if anyone out there has ever experienced this but I got a big surprise this week when I dropped my bike off at the shop. I’ve had my current bike for seven years and I have taken very good care of the clutch; I’ve spent myriad hours at the track, I’ve ridden
We don't think about gravity much. It sticks us to the road. Its friend, centripetal force, pins us in the twisties. And it will make your bike hit the pavement when you forget to put the kickstand down. And you know you will, if you haven't already. So, I was capering about to Flogging Molly
On Good Friday, I went for a ride with a couple of guys. We went east, around Lake Morena and then up to Julian. The morning run was a bit chilly. I had to dig out some warmer layers and make a note to find my woolen glove liners. Last Saturday, I took a ride
At the time of writing this, multiple Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, is fighting for his life after sustaining brain injuries from a skiing accident. Yet another reminder of how fate's finger can be so fickle. As a motorcyclist, news like the above serves to remind me of the choices that I make in
California's Lost Coast received its name after the population vanished, not mysteriously just coincidentally, in the 1930s. The area is mostly undeveloped because of the coastline terrain. Had it been developed it would have a similar look to Big Sur; however, fortunately for us adventurous folks it would be a project that never was. The
Sarra Hansen (AKA Minnesota) is a beautiful rider, (and model, to boot!) who resides between San Diego and Los Angeles. She also frequently visits her home state of Minnesota, hence her nickname. Commuting is no problem for her when she is on her 2004 CBR600RR or 2000 CBR600F4 on the traffic- filled highways of southern
Dirt, Gravel, Pot Holes, Patches, Chip Seal, Wildlife, and on-coming traffic are all aspects of a Goat Trail. You can Google or Wikipedia "Goat Trail" as long as your heart desires, and you will not come up with a clear explanation. What is a Goat Trail? A Goat Trail is typically a one-lane road consisting
Johnny Denzel Davis, 35, of El Cajon, passed away on July 2nd from injuries sustained in a single- vehicle motorcycle crash on old Highway 94 on June 30th. He suffered head trauma and blunt force injuries to the torso and was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital where he remained comatose. Denzel left behind so many
No matter where you live in southern California, there are great places to ride. Whether you want the ocean, mountains, desert, or twisty roads, canyons, or straight and relaxing highways, SoCal has it all. For this blog, I will be focusing on San Diego county roads and highways since that is what I know best.
Friends, I’d like to introduce another female rider this week, Jennifer and her 2012 Harley Davidson Sportster SuperLow. This is no ordinary SuperLow though, she has had it custom painted to one of her favorite colors, pink. It is a light pink, very gentle and relaxing on the eyes with a white stripe down the
To ride a motorcycle is to instantly gain entry into an exclusive club. You could be a fulltime professional superbike racer, but if you're caging it on the road no one will look twice at you. On the flipside if you're riding for the first time on a brand new to you motorcycle you'll immediately
All my readers will likely soon find me to be a broken record. I'm always looking at the next bike I want to buy. Well, here we go again. Just a year or so after buying my 1998 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide, I am already looking for something new. Here is the basic problem