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I've been involved in automotive-related jobs for my whole working career, which has included a stint as an auto insurance accident investigator specializing in property damage. In 2005, my career path took me into the fueling industry, where he currently performs...

Line Selection—A Guide for Choosing Wisely
One of the biggest causes of rider crashes is going wide in a turn. A large part of that problem has to do with poor line selection. In our Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics, we like to say that Arc = Speed. That means that the larger the arc, the faster you can...

Life After a Near Death Experience
It is not very often that you meet someone who you would buy a beer for within a 30-second conversation. I got to talk and interview Ed Hinchey, a police officer who was shot three times in the line of duty. Ed was a police officer for Forest Hills Police Department...

Antelope Valley Motorcycle Off-Roading
Once you travel west, east, or north of Lancaster and Palmdale, you will find lots of dirt roads and trails that you can spend all day and all night discovering. As you travel into the Antelope Valley on the 14 Freeway, it looks like it's just a big town full of...

Espinoza’s Leather
For years I had been hearing the name “Espinoza’s Leather”. Even before I lived in America, the name would pop up - being tied to brands I knew about, or riders in my community. I assumed the company was just another motorcycle jacket brand. When the crew at Russ...

Penny Osiecki is being naughty and doing good with Hogs & Heifers
Penny Osiecki is the Events Director for the infamous Hogs & Heifers in Las Vegas, NV. Her story with owner Michelle starts in 2012 and 2013, but then she was eventually brought on to the diverse and naughty-do-gooders Hogs & Heifers team in 2016 to help run...

40 years of Motorcycle Journalism with Michael Lichter
Photographer Michael Lichter is one of the motorcycle industry's most accomplished photographers. He has over 4-decades of experience shooting motorcycles and biker culture and has published work in dozens of magazines over the years. Chiefly, he is known for having a...
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