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Motorcycle Blog: Forty Years On Two Wheels

Published on 22 March, 2006 in bike blog and biker culture. 0 Comments Tags: , .

It is a pity that Blogspot is blocked by the Great Firewall. There are many motorcycle blogs on blogspot.

Today I am visiting Forty Years On Two Wheels.

Imagine that, 40 years on 2 wheels (he started at 12)! I’m barely 20% there. You?

When I get a chance I will ask how many years my father-in-law (to-be) had been riding his motorcycle.

All riders have something to tell right after dismounting from their first ride. So when you had been riding for 4 decades, you have lots to tell.

Take a page from a yester-year magazine or turn up some motorcycle art.

Ride over and say “hi”, you might just dig up a piece of relic from his blog.

40 on 2

Motorcycle Blog: Helmet Hair

Published on 21 March, 2006 in bike blog and biker culture. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

Recently I was invited to join a group of motorcycle bloggers from around the world. Until now I had not have the chance to visit each biker’s blog.

Today, I’m start with a visit to Helmet Hair.

Helmet Hair

“Wearing a motorcycle helmet tends to mess up one’s hair. Removing the helmet usually leaves hair sticking out in all directions. This is called helmet hair … “

Reading that most bikers will chuckle and identify readily with shared experience.

Having being in Copenhagen for a while, my impression is motobikers there are a passionate lot. Big bikes dominates, no one is interested in anything below 500cc.

Why? There, not many people buy a motorcycle for transportation reason alone. For that they could buy a bicycle, take public transport or buy a car. But buying a motorcycle means something else. Very unlike countries where motorcycle is a means of transport. ( I should expand on this topic in future.)

Jesper, do you do test ride for living? Look at the number of test ride he did. In my 8 years I had only ridden a fraction of that.

Before we go, here’s an interesting maintenance tip from Jesper.

So, ride over to Helmet Hair.

Riding a Motorcycle and Knowledge Management

Published on 8 March, 2006 in biker culture and motorcycle thoughts. 1 Comment Tags: , .

What does riding motorcycle has in common with knowledge management?

A lot, enough to fill an article about the difference between tacit and explicit knowledge, the power of relationships and how knowledge is transferred in a community environment.

In summary,

  • Access to information is not enough
    Knowing how to ride is not enough, you have to ride it.
  • Structures that accelerate learning
    You are not alone, learn from fellow riders, we all like to share
  • Personal and organizational application of communities of practice
    Motorcycle riders are friendly people that intrinsically love to help fellow riders. This is the biker culture.
  • Personal and collective results
    You are reponsible for yourself but your action affects the image of bikers collective.

Ride on Ken!

Really about Motorcycle Maintenance

Published on 24 February, 2006 in about and biker culture. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Unlike the book whose name inspired this site, this site is really about motorcycle maintenance.

When I rode my first bike like 8 years ago, one of the problem I faced was finding information about motorcycle maintenance. There wasn’t any book on the topic, not at least for the cheaper bike. Not for Japanese bike.

What was available was fancy information about custom bikes, fancy bikes, prototypes, fastest bike, latest model, test rides. Nothing along the line of helping the new biker who just brought a second hand bike for a few hundred dollars.
Motorcyclist like to trade stories, tell fellow riders what they had done before. When I park my bike at the parking lot, I talk to people, look at their bike. I never come across a car driver doing that.

Quoting a line from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

I had had the nerve to propose repair of his new eighteen-hundred dollar BMW, the pride of a half-century of German mechanical finesse, with a piece of old beer can!

It is story like this I like to collect and share. Not necessary my own.

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