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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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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Reasons To Ride – Volume 13 Issue 7

The July 2023 edition of Reasons to Ride is here, packed with all the inspiration and resources you need to make this summer unforgettable. From patriotic rides to mid-summer maintenance tips, this issue is your ultimate companion for enjoying the peak of the riding season. What’s Inside This Month’s Issue? Why Read the July Issue? July is the heart of…

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Drive Weather App

Sport Touring Corner By Norm Kern If you are doing day rides or multi-day trips, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app on your phone that lets you put in a route, then shows you what the weather will be at points along the way when you reach them? For years I used a web site called get-there-dry.com. It…

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What price Freedom….

“What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.14 From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.15 He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do.16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.17 Don’t count on your warhorse…

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MSTA FlyBy Week 2023

By Norm Kern Motorcycle Sport Touring Association’s largest regional rally returns to Marietta, Ohio, Monday, August 21 – Sunday, August 27, offering outstanding sport touring routes, scenery, fine dining, and social time in a location that is easy to get to  from any direction. Lasting a full week, attendees are free to come as early or late as they wish,…

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Reasons To Ride – Volume 13 Issue 6

The June 2023 edition of Reasons to Ride is here, and it’s your ultimate guide to launching a summer full of adventure. With longer days and warmer weather, June is the perfect time to hit the road and explore new destinations. This issue is packed with tips, events, and inspiration to make your summer riding season unforgettable. What’s Inside This…

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Jumpin’ June-ipers…

We are heading into our favorite season of the year, and it just keeps getting better and better! I will say the first half of the year went quickly and we’ve already had so many wonderful moments with all of you out there in the wind and we look forward to many more! You know one of my favorite things…

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When A Good Friend Goes Missing
By Norm Kern

Back in late March, good friend and fellow MSTA member Kirk Wintersteen, of Cumming, GA, went missing on his motorcycle. He had been at Two Wheels of Suches, GA, about 50 miles from home, hanging out with friends, having brought a key lime pie to share. He left his friends in mid afternoon to go home on his Suzuki 650…

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Reasons To Ride – Volume 13 Issue 5

The May 2023 edition of Reasons to Ride is here, just in time to fuel your spring riding spirit! With warmer weather and blooming landscapes, May is the perfect month to hit the open road and celebrate the season. This issue is packed with everything from scenic routes to holiday events and essential tips for your spring adventures. What’s Inside…

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RTR CHAMPIONSHIP BIKE SHOW SERIES  MAY 2023 REPORT

All makes, models, and years are truly welcome at the RTR Bike Shows.  We have over 15 distinct classes for bikes, and we are constantly adding more as the shows evolve.  We group bikes by style and origin, and try to balance things out as much as possible.  Categories include designations for Imported and Domestic, Touring, Trikes, Vintage, Racing, and…

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BOAR FEST!  NEW SHOW!

Hosted by Crazy Boar Customs, Ravenna OH – July 1st The RtR Crew will bring the Bike Show sheninigans to this downtown blockparty in Ravenna Ohio.  The Crazy Boar crew is all about going big, and this one day rally is no exception.  Look for Jasmine Cain to headline the live entertainment and our friends from Bikers for Boobs will…

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