by Bill (Kickstand) Preininger As the years add up I’ve have made it a practice to take in a riding class or a track day each year to sharpen riding skills & hopefully suspend the threat of that dreaded street crash. For anyone who has invested time in the Keith Code Superbike School (www.superbikeschool.com) you [...]
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Nicky Hayden for a Day
February 7th, 2012 
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Posted in Michigan, Reviews, Ride Reports 
Tags: Keith Code, Keith Code Superbike School Wwwsuperbikeschoolcom, KTM, Mid-Ohio, Ohio, Track Day 
1 Comment »STAR ’11
January 15th, 2012 VersysRider June 26-29, 2011 | Johnson City, TN photos | reflections | highlights | etc. Cheese, Crackers, and a Good Old Whine By Russ Weik I arrived at STAR’11 too late Monday to connect with friends for a community ride. However, Tom Bartel was making a last minute repair to his bike in the parking lot [...]
Jim’s Big Adventure 2011
December 9th, 2011 VersysRider Jim’s Big Adventure (JBA) is an MSTA “just-for-fun” mini-rally held recently in Woodland Park, Colorado, at the Woodland Country Lodge. Initially established by MSTA Texas veteran Jim Poulos several years ago as a special trip to ride and enjoy Colorado roads during the peak riding season and escape the Texas heat, JBA has evolved over [...]
Posted in Colorado - Wyoming, Ride Reports Tags: 1st Street Café, Bucksnort Inn, Canon City, Colorado, Colorado Roads, Colorado Springs, CR42, CR9, Fiesta Mexicana, Golden Burro, Guffey, HSTA, Jim Poulos, Jim’s Big Adventure, Jo-Mama’s, Leadville, Mangia-Mangia, motorcycle event, Motorcycle Rally, Msta, Pikes Peak, Pine, Salida, Sport Touring, Texas, US-24, Ute Pass, Woodland Country Lodge, Woodland Park, Woodland Park Colorado No Comments »MSTA Aotearoa Adventure
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider The YO Ranch, host hotel for the Texas Hill Country rally, is a mecca for riding ideas. A collection of old time MSTA’rs and our poor guest, now a member, Ron Andrews were hanging out in the Gilliland suite with gin and tonics flowing freely when Steve Rosenblatt asked, where’s our next ride? The silence [...]
Posted in Ride Reports Tags: Aoraki, Arthur Range, Auckland, Bluff, BSA, Catlins Forest Park, Chile, Christchurch, Cloudy Bay, Clyde dam, Coromandel peninsula, Cromwell, Cromwell Gorge, Crown Range Road, Devil’s Punchbowl, Doubtful Sound, Dunedin, Fiordland National Park, Fox Glacier, Gisborne, Hangi, Harley Davidson, Hawae, Hawkes Bay, Hooker glacier, Hooker Valley, HSTA, Hwy 6, Invercargill, Lake Manapouri, Lake Pukaki, Lake Wakatipu, Lindis Pass, Marlborough Wine Region, Matai Maori village, Milford Sound, Misty Peaks, Moto Guzzi, motorcycle enthusiast, Msta, Mt. Cook, Mt. Cook National Park, Nelson, New Zealand, Omarama, Otago peninsula, Otematata, Pacific Coast, Palmerston, pancake rocks, Paparoa National Park, Picton, Polynesian Maori, Prince’s Gate Hotel, Punakaiki, Queen Charlotte Drive, Queenstown, Queenstown Birdlife Park, Raukumara Mountain, Richmond Range, Rotorua, Ruahine Range, Southern Alps, Southern Cross, Sport Touring, ST1300, Stirling Point, Taiaroa Head, Tasman Glacier, Tasman Sea, Te Anau, Te Anua, Te Tautea O Hinekakai, Te Waipounamu, Te Waipounamu Motorcycle Tours, Texas, Texas Hill Country, The Remarkables, TSS Earnslaw, Victoria Range, Walter Peak Sheep Station, Wanaka, Wellington, West Land National Park, Wilmot Pass, Wobbly Kea, YO Ranch No Comments »River Run
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Laughlin, Nevada’s 29th Anniversary River Run By Nicky Zarras, Feature Editor/NV It seems that since 2007 we hear of city after city scraping by to make ends meet. They use revenue from various taxes and fines and are always looking for new ways to generate income. Laughlin, which is on the Nevada/Arizona border across from [...]
Posted in Articles, Ride Reports Tags: Base MSRP, Colorado Belle Casino Resort, Feature EditorLaughlin, FZ, Motorcycle, Nicky Zarras No Comments »Wild Weather and Wonderful Surprises
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider Erik Buell Racing visits TWiSTAR 2011 By Darcy Holter/Editor at Large Sleek and sexy, the 1190RS, dripping with carbon fiber, caused quite a stir in the crowd. Erik Buell Racing noticed our group of TWiSTAR motorbike enthusiasts at the Round Barn Resort while returning from a top-secret testing site. They very generously stopped by to [...]
Autumn Rides
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider by Doug McPeek Great weather has lingered well into November, and for those willing to endure an early chill there have been some very nice riding days. I was lucky to get out with a group of central Ohio MSTA’s usual suspects for some great roads and sunny afternoons. Bill Thalgott led the final Lunch [...]
Posted in Ride Reports Tags: Boondocks, Bryan Dunlap, Doug McPeekGreat, Howard Krisher, Usual Suspects, Weather No Comments »Dinner Ride?
November 25th, 2011 VersysRider by Phil Eramo Some of the best riding weather of the season comes in autumn, and this year was no exception. A big high pressure system in the last week of September and continuing into the first week of October was overpowering—we had to ride. What started out as a dinner ride to a little [...]
Posted in Ride Reports Tags: Cole Younger, Dinner, Jesse James, Kansas, Phil EramoSome, Richard Sanell No Comments »Riding with my Brothers
November 21st, 2011 VersysRider By Moose Parish This is not a story about an ordinary ride with my brothers. It’s a story about a Honda VT1100, kinship that binds family and getting your chain yanked from the great beyond. My parents, Vern & Jean Parish, were blessed with three boys. Me, aka, Moose, David, aka, Dave and finally Bruce, [...]
Saturday. Oct 22nd, 2011 “Ojai Loop”
November 20th, 2011 VersysRider By Brian Wood: Wow! Another perfect California day with excellent weather. It always amazes me when more riders don’t show up for these rides! Anyway, joining Kellie and I on our ST1300, we had Lon & Pam Larsen on their ST1300, and Jon Chaitt on his FZ6. We met up at the Cycle Gear in [...]
Posted in Ride Reports Tags: Highway, Jon Chaitt, Ojai, Pam Lon Kellie, Pine Mountain Roadhouse, Santa PaulaFrom Santa Paula No Comments »
