Author: Basher

Last Saturday I was able to get a short ride in, so I decided to go ride a beautiful creek road I hadn't ridden in a long while.  Charette Creek Road which runs north to south between Warrenton and Marthasville, MO. If you're a local...

After getting my Versys setup much better for me, I decided it was time to enjoy this amazing weather and test it out.  To bring the bars closer to me I added 2" Rox risers and while I was at it I installed new ProGrip...

Day 2 of my Swinging Bridges ride was one of the best days of riding here in my home state of Missouri I've had to date.  Camping the night before I spent some time working on my route so I could wake up early, visit...

Join me for a 500 mile ride on my WR250R around central Missouri to visit some early 1900s swinging bridges. Some of these bridges are almost a hundred years old and are historical gems. Day 1 includes some amazing Missouri creek roads, visiting a historic...

Rordog, a fellow Missouri ADVrider inmate posted about him running into this fella that was doing some sort of Ferry crossing ride in a short amount of time and a lot of miles. He posted the link to this guys ferry attempts so I...

I haven't posted on my commuting experience since I've been riding my Versys to work every day it isn't raining.  It's been a great time so far, I'm still getting the bike setup for me so there will be added comfort coming soon. Yesterday, 9.15.10, I...

Last Saturday I rode the Versys out to Gateway BMW to watch Chris "Teach" McNeil perform a stunt show. Teach is a 2-time XDL East Coast Champion as well as the 2008 Stuntwars World Champion. What's pretty unique is Scott does some amazing tricks on...

I just watched this video over at Keep The Rubber Side Down blog and thought how great it would be if all the riders in a group actually did this. Fortunately most of the riders I've rode with in a group ride are good...

Motorcycling has captured me.  Of any hobby I've ever had, this one tops them all.  Growing up, I was the kid that rode his bicycle trying to keep up with the kids that had motors on theirs.  I bought my first dirt bike in 2007,...