Author: Richard Swim

February 25, 2022 The 2022 Defective Gene Pool gathering was hosted over the weekend by Cliff Wall and Bill Thweatt in Allen, TX.  Crappy winter weather with glaze ice prevented the majority of the...

October 21, 2021 The weather was nice.  It was time for another ride.  The Butt Lite Grand Tour and America’s Ultimate Long Distance Rider gave some incentives for stops along the way to my...

September 23, 2021 The Motorcycle Cannonball was making an overnight stop in Nacogdoches on Saturday.  Lonnie Isam, Jr envisioned recreating the journeys of motorcyclists on early-1900’s motos.  The inaugural run was from from Kitty...

The Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas kicked off on March 15th.  This event is hosted by David Canada with stops all around the state of Texas to entice one to ride and explore.  It...

The Iron Butt Rally started the previous Monday in Provo, Utah.  I had not planned on making the ride up to the finish until I started reading the daily ride reports.  Then, the bug...

The inaugural 6-day Underdog Rally was based out of Springfield, MO.  A checkpoint in Laramie, Wyoming brings the riders back together for a short rest.  I’m traveling to the start and finish of the...

May 27, 2021 The grand tours I am doing this year lured me out for a quick run to the Louisiana border.  I did a fairly straight ride away from home for a day...

April 14, 2021 I had been wanting to ride Pinto Canyon Road for years.  It is a slightly-bad back country road, and the sport touring bikes I had been riding would not be a...