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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Are You Ready?- CMA CORNER April

April 17, 2025

April is here and, if you’re like me, we have spent a great deal of time thinking about the coming season! Are you ready? In the winter months we spend a lot of time resting and doing the things we don’t usually take the time for during riding season, so we do things that prepare…

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A Passion for Motorsports and Photography

April 14, 2025

Reasons to Ride is proud to work with photographers such as Stephen Tripp One of the most important components of a magazine, a website, or even social media is the photography and imagery of the pages or sites.  Visual images allow us to connect and experience – or re-experience in some cases – events, destinations,…

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Group Riding, MSTA Sport-Touring Style 2025

April 12, 2025

Part Three: Norm Goes on a Social Group Ride In previous articles we discussed the Sport Touring riding style- riding a fun, challenging road, at a brisk pace, getting in the “zone” of total concentration on a capable motorcycle, often with a small group of like-minded friends. Most other riders do what I call Social…

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Your Spring Pre-Flight Inspection

April 11, 2025

If there’s an issue, it’s better to discover it in your garage than on the road! 1. Start with a Thorough Inspection Before you even start the engine, take a good look at your bike.  Inspect the frame for any cracks or signs of damage. Straddle the motorcycle and bounce a few times to make…

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OHIO BIKE WEEK 2022

May 27 – June 5, 2022 Sandusky Ohio www.OhioBikeWeek.com After two years off, we are finally returning to the streets of downtown Sandusky for our annual north coast motorcycle rally – OHIO BIKE WEEK, The Largest Motorcycle Event in the Midwest!  And it’s been far, far too long.. Over the past two years, a lot has changed in the world…

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Memorial Day: Honoring LCpl. Kareem Nikoui

“Our flag does not fly because of the wind that moves it.  It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it”.  As Memorial Day approaches, this quote keeps popping into my mind more and more.  May 30, 2022 is the first Memorial Day since we lost the 13 in Kabul  on August 26, 2021.  Every time…

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Expecting the unexpected.

That’s pretty much how we ride isn’t it? You never know what’s in the curve up ahead or what’s just at the tip of the light beam at night. Sometimes it’s that thrill of the unknown that keeps the adrenalin pumping through our veins and pushes us to get on that bike just one more time! I think the Rider’s…

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Finding Good Local People to Ride With

Sport Touring Corner By Norm Kern Every rider has their own list of riding preferences- slow to fast pace, straight or twisty roads, cruising gathering places or seeking quiet country roads, dirt – gravel or smooth paved. The list could go on forever, but one thing is certain- the greater the difference in preferences, the less likely two riders will…

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Morgan’s Raid- A New Adventure/Historical Route

Sport Touring Corner By Norm Kern Every time I post a rides project on Facebook, responses come back from people telling about other routes in the area that might be of interest. This month we will look at a new Adventure route based on Morgan’s Raid of 1863, a Civil War incursion of the Confederate cavalry into Union states Kentucky,…

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NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT

By: Earl Lackie My Fellow Patriots and Riders, Our Highest Court Appointment. While watching the Senate argue the confirmation of Judge Jackson I find it interesting that most Senators are not looking or willing to look at the opposite sides questions and the Judge’s answers. Right and Wrong, President Biden said he would appoint a black female judge and did…

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Morgan’s Raid- A New Adventure/Historical Route

Sport Touring Corner By Norm Kern Every time I post a rides project on Facebook, responses come back from people telling about other routes in the area that might be of interest. This month we will look at a new Adventure route based on Morgan’s Raid of 1863, a Civil War incursion of the Confederate cavalry into Union states Kentucky,…

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VETERAN’S CORNER

Women Veteran’s Month The month of March is one month that stands out now that they recognized the wonderful things that women have contributed to the success of a lot of things in history. The first one I want to acknowledge is Pvt. Cathay Williams, aka William Cathay (1844–1892) Post-Civil War. Born a slave near Jefferson City, Missouri, Cathay Williams…

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PAY ATTENTION

by RICK WYATT Got a big yuck out of a meme I saw the other day, it was a picture of a crotch rocket lying on its side in front of a gas pump with the caption “Motorcycle faints after seeing the price of gasoline!”  It was funny and cute, but unfortunately there was that sliver of truth that is…

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Preparing for 2022 Riding Season

Welcome back, hope you all are doing well, if not, please don’t hesitate to reach out for help. I’m so ready for the riding season here in Michigan, actually I was ready 4 months ago LOL.  I want to remind everyone before they go start up their bike that there are a few things you need to remember to do. …

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