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In this video Jerry “The Motorman” Palladino takes his staff to the legendary Deals Gap aka the Tail Of The Dragon. There are 318 curves in this 11 mile stretch of road in North Carolina & Tennessee. Have you wondered if you could handle the Dragon? I know I have. This video will show you the techniques you need to ride a large cruiser on the Dragon or any piece of challenging tarmac with twisties, switch backs and blind turns. Bring it on! Excellent crash footage of fools on rocket bikes riding over their skill level included for your pleasure. Filmed mostly by Yellow Wolf Videos. Click here to see the trailer at YouTube.

I liked watching this DVD, but I recommend it as a companion to Ride Like A Pro. This is like a bonus chapter. If you learn the skills and go out and apply them in the twisties then this DVD really doesn’t teach you more but it does illustrate how to use the techniques in real life. If you are susceptable to motion sickness do not watch this.

If you want to get your hands on anything you can that will make you a better rider then get this DVD. What won’t kill you will make you stronger. Since Jerry dropped the jokes in this video, it won’t kill you!

Click here for more information on this and other Ride Like A Pro DVD’s.

Tags: Books, Movies & Music by Jay Green
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Maybe good motorcycle boots are not motorcycle boots; or do I mean that good motorcycle boots are not good motorcycle boots? I’m not sure what I mean. Read on… 

Harley Davidson Brake Light Boots 

Part# D91680

Retails for $119

I have met some real bikers that like these boots. I don’t like them, the boots I mean. I have owned a pair of these longer than I have owned my motorcycles. For me… these are my “wanna-be” boots. They have a really good lug sole! It grips the road really well, even in the rain. Probably the same rugged sole used on every pair of Harley Davidson motorcycle boots. The boots say “Harley Davidson” on them in twenty places on each boot. It’s stamped on each rivet. They look real “bad ass” and I wore them on many a body guard job. If I were gonna shove a size 10 up someones back side, this would be the boot!

They have a decorative rope with a metal knob at each end that does absolutely nothing. There are no laces. Just two zippers. Nothing to snug them up for a firm fit. Just a loose fit. Maybe this is the same fit that engineer boots have. Maybe most people like this loose fit. They are terribly uncomfortable for walking because the sole is stiff. A full day adventure in these and I can’t wait to get them off.

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Tags: Product Reviews by Jay Green
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Although many of you on the Internet know me as Road Captain, I am not yet officially a HOG Road Captain. As the Activities Officer for First State HOG I have been put in the position of leading some of of the rides I have planned. Leading members of my own club that I ride with often is OK with me. Today was different. Today I had to lead a group of strangers who I have never met through a poker run course in southern Delaware. I don’t know the backroads of southern Delaware that well. I have been through the course 3 times, but still I worried that I might miss a turn with 20 bikers following me. Those backroads are too tight to pull a U-Turn on with a group that big. The pressure was on! Here are some of the questions and situations I experienced: [Read more →]

Tags: Road Captain Stuff by Jay Green
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Friday in The First State was the first absolutely gorgeous day of the spring.  It seemed we practically jumped straight from winter to summer.  Just the day before I was scraping frost off my windows for the commute in to work in the morning, and here it is pushing 82 degrees!

Spring was in the air and you could feel it.  All I could think about for the whole day at work was how great a day it would be to be riding.  Road Captain came home at lunchtime and swapped out his car for The Transformer which has been stripped down naked all winter.  He only has a 5-10 minute trek, but still I couldn’t help but be jealous.

He arrived home from work a few minutes after me, and we quickly discovered that we hadn’t taken anything out for dinner.  So we decided to hop on the bike and head out to Jake’s Hamburgers…but not before snapping on the detachable backrest so my chiropractor doesn’t kill me next week! [Read more →]

Tags: Mrs Road Captain by Diana Green
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After blogging for 3 months about motorcycling I have met the criteria to join the esteemed organization of motorcycle bloggers known as Motorcycle Bloggers International. MBI acts as a group of motorcyclists and scooter riders around the globe who vote on annual awards for motorcycle manufacturers. The idea is to influence the industry and be heard. By joining together and utilizing our publishing power we can get our oppinions taken seriously.

MBI has become more than an awards program. It has become the hub of the highest quality motorcycle blogs. Most of the really good motorcycle blogs are listed with MBI. If you’re not a member and you have been blogging about motorcycles for at least 3 months, I encourage you to apply for membership.

Tags: News & Announcements by Jay Green
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Not all motorcyclists like to wear patches and pins on their jacket - gasp! What do you do with all these neat HOG patches and poker run pins if you don’t want to permanently adhere them to your favorite leather jacket? I understand Steve Johnson’s point when he says that bikers should wear what they normally wear. I don’t normally wear patches and pins. I don’t normally wear vests either. I had the poker run pins on my denim jacket for a while. I thought they looked a little funny so I recently took them out. With the pins in my denim jacket it looked like something Jeanie Bueller would wear.

Here’s a thought: lets put these patches and pins in a cool shadow box! Go to AC Moore or any other craft supply store and buy a shadow box. Buy a piece of colored foam core to mount the patches and pins to. I got a red piece. You will need some glue and a pair of pliers that have a built in wire snipper.

1. Cut the foam core so it fits into the frame.

2. Glue the patches on the foam core.

3. Clip a little bit of the prongs off of the pins so they don’t go all the way through the foam core.

4. Stick the pins into the foam core with a little glue on the back of them.

5. Put a weight on the patches and wait for the glue to dry

6. Clean the glass for the shadow box

7. Attach any hanging hardware to the shadow box frame if needed

8. Assemble!

9. Hang it on the wall!

Still plenty of room to add pins and patches to for a few more seasons.

Tags: Technical Stuff by Jay Green
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