CMA Corner: It’s beyond me how time flies by so quickly…

July 22, 2025

Do you remember when you were a kid, and you thought time was never going to hurry up? Like waiting for summer break or Christmas seemed to be an eternity. Now the days and weeks just fly by like a breath of air and Christmas came and went, summer is rushing through and before we…

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Reaching ALL Veterans in Need.

July 17, 2025

Chaplain Otto Ministries has established the first ever American Legion Post inside an Ohio Prison. In 2024, John “Otto” Guthmann established a ministry focused on a segment of the Veterans community that many had forgotten or written off – those incarcerated within our prison system.  Chaplain Otto believes that even behind bars, Vets deserve healing,…

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Armed and Riding: A Guide to Carrying a Handgun on a Motorcycle

July 17, 2025

Motorcycles and firearms both symbolize freedom—but combining the two requires careful planning, legal awareness, and the right gear. Whether you’re cruising cross-country or commuting to work, here’s what you need to know about carrying a handgun on two wheels. Legal Considerations Carry Methods That Work According to GunBroker’s guide, here are some of the most…

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My Riding Adventure

July 3, 2025

By Mary Blackard, Reasons to Ride Contributor Sixty years ago, my love affair with motorcycles began. I rode every chance I got with whomever would take me. Life in the mid-sixties was certainly a safer time AND God kept His eyes on me! After many years of cycle envy, I bought a new 1978 orange…

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CMA: Jumpin’ into June!

June 30, 2025

My goodness we are just rolling along! It’s June already and quite the month for celebrations and ceremonies! Graduations, weddings, birthday and anniversary parties and even more Bike Blessings!! I thought May was jammed packed with stuff but as I look at June…well hang on honey…we have a lot of roads to travel! Ever wonder…

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Sport Touring Corner: MSTA Ozark Escape Rally

June 26, 2025

By Norm Kern The Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MSTA) Ozark Escape rally is held annually the first weekend of May in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It’s one of the few MSTA rallies I have not attended, mostly because it’s 690 miles away from my home in Dayton, Ohio. There were four of us going from Ohio-…

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Carrying While Riding A Motorcycle

June 19, 2025

By Deryck Poole, PersonalDefenseNetwork.com The reasons why we ride are as varied as the number of different makes, models, and styles of motorcycles on the road. I fall into the “way of life” category and log in the neighborhood of 10,000 miles per year. My yearly riding profile consists of daily commuting, errands, rallies, and…

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Sport Touring Corner: Downsizing My Dual Sport Bike By Norm Kern

June 5, 2025

As my regular readers know, I have been downsizing my bikes to postpone aging out. The process began in 2020 when I added a 650 Suzuki V Strom XT to my stable and learned I could live with a much lighter chain drive bike.  Last September I purchased a Triumph Tiger 900 ADV Rally Pro…

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Gun Raffles and Responsible Gun Storage

May 29, 2025

More and more grassroots non-profits and charity events are turning to gun raffles as an effective means of raising funds to support their causes.  These raffles are conducted through a licensed broker or shop and offer participants (purchasing raffle tickets) the opportunity to win a firearm for just the price of a ticket – often…

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CMA: 50 Years Of Ministry

May 22, 2025

CMA members are a special group of people who have a heart to change the world one heart at a time and the mission and vision of this ministry hasn’t changed in 50 years. We were the very first ministry in the motorcycling community starting in 1975 and we have made many relationships with all…

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Reasons To Ride Blogs ///

Reasons to Ride is your one stop for all reasons to ride, from flat track racing to articles from industry leaders. Enjoy blogs from Reasons To Ride Contributors!

Thunder On The Strip -Thunder Zone

Greetings! We are excited to announce the return of the Geneva-on-the-Lake Thunder Zone at the Landing Festival Marketplace.  This year’s rally opens on Thursday September 8th and runs through Sunday, September 11th. After ten years of hosting the Thunder Zone down the road, we moved to this new location in 2019 – and it’s turned out to be an AMAZING SUCCESS and BETTER than…

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Bike of the Nights!

As part of a new initiative, the TRM / RtR crew will be out and about hitting various Bike Nights, Rides, and Rallies over the next few months.  At select events, our team will recognize one or two bikes as “BIKE OF THE NIGHT”. The owners of these motorcycles will receive a special trophy and invitation to participate in an…

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PISTON POWER SHOW 2023 DATES ANNOUNCED!

I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama to feature RtR.com Championship Showcase! The nation’s largest indoor custom vehicle show will return to the Cleveland I-X Center March 31 – April 2nd, 2023.  With over 1,000,000 of exhibit space, this has long been the nation’s largest indoor celebration of horsepower, speed, and custom builds.    The show includes cars, trucks, military vehicles, off-road vehicles, even…

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Bike of the Nights!

As part of a new initiative, the TRO / RtR crew will be out and about hitting various Bike Nights, Rides, and Rallies over the next few months.  At select events, our team will recognize one or two bikes as “BIKE OF THE NIGHT”. The owners of these motorcycles will receive a special trophy and invitation to participate in an…

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CMA AUGUST 2022

“So, I looked up and saw the flashes of lightning shoot across the sky. The fascinating fingers of electricity caught my eye every few seconds it seemed. The brighter they flashed, the harder I hit the throttle because I knew there wasn’t time to waste, I had to beat that storm or be a drenched rat by the time I…

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MSTA National Sport Touring Rendezvous (STAR) 2022

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, June 18-23 By guest author Jerry James, Moto Adrenaline Tours This year’s MSTA national STAR rally headed to the shore of the Mississippi river in Cape Girardeau. Due to hot weather in the forecast, Jeff Dolence and I trailered the 460 miles to the event on Friday, June 17. On the way we encountered wind and thunderstorms…

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The Price of Going Green – Part 2

The Price of Going Green…with Four WheelsBig surprise here, the price of gas and diesel fuel has not been coming down at all. Last month wechatted on these pages about the price of going green in reference to our favorite two wheeled types oftransportation. This month we are going to follow that up with some information about the fourwheeled electric…

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The Price of Going Green – Part 1

The Price of Going GreenWith the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel spiking higher than ever recorded due to policies of thecurrent administration, we have seen a ton of banter about the agenda behind the policies. Manybelieve that the administration is purposefully pushing the fuel prices higher to make electric and hybridtypes of vehicles more appealing. We all have seen…

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BULLET POINTS

I DONE DONE IT RICK WYATT                 A couple of months ago I mentioned that I wanted to replace my trusty Glock 43 with a Sig P365 before I made my trip to Deadwood in July.  Not so long ago, a friend decided to sell his P365xl and made me a real good deal on it.  Taking possession, I went…

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Not Politically Correct

By: Earl Lackie My Fellow Patriots and Riders, Well I did it; I will be on the Ballot in August running for Michigan House in the new 99th District. My biggest opponent is a State Trooper, of course he has a perfect record and he was on all the committee’s and there’s nothing wrong with that. He also has a…

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