So why do I even need a GPS unit for my motorcycle? I know how to read a paper map. I’ve been doing it for years. Granted, It is a hassle to have to stop your bike to flip over the map, attached to your tankbag, to a new section so that you can continue [...]
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Product Eval: GoPro Hero Video Camera
January 18th, 2012 
VersysRider (Webmaster’s note: This review was written in December of 2009, this is not the HD version of the Go Pro.) My son gave me the original GoPro Motorsports Hero video camera for Christmas last year. It has a 54-degree viewing angle lens. It can be used as a video camera or it can be used [...]
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Tags: AAA, GB Secure Digital Memory Card, GoPro, Memory Card, Video Camera 
No Comments »Product Eval: Power Max GTZ12S Battery
January 17th, 2012 VersysRider The Yuasa brand battery that came with my 2002 Honda CBR1100XX finally began to have difficulty holding a charge. After five years of faithful service it was worn out. So I went shopping for a new battery last March 08. I stopped at my local independent motorcycle repair shop, Rocky Mountain Motor Sports, Loveland, CO [...]
Why Do We Ride?
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider After a spirited ride along the Peak-to-Peak Highway a few weeks ago, I asked the guys I was riding with this simple question: “Why do you ride motorcycles?” The responses were varied. But as each reason was stated, the rest of the group typically chimed in with “me too.” So I began making a list [...]
Book Review: Colorado Rider’s Guide
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider Author: Mario Caruso ISBN-10: 097189731X Retail: $18.00 USD Binding: Paperback, 5.75” x 8.5” Page Count: 176, Spiral Bound Publish Date: 2006 Source: http://aerostich.com/ Allow me to recommend an outstanding book I recently purchased entitled, Colorado Rider’s Guide by Mario Caruso. The old timers that call Colorado home know about this book, but for those of [...]
Stop & Go Pocket Plugger Tubeless Tire Repair Kit
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider I was tipped to this product while visiting my sister and brother-in-law last summer. My bro-in-law, Larry, commutes to downtown Seattle on his motorcycle nearly every day. Riding home one afternoon he felt his rear tire going flat. Pulling off of I-5 he parked his bike and inspected the damage. He found a puncture in [...]
Book Review: Maximum Control
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider Maximum Control – Mastering Your Heavyweight Bike Author: Pat Hahn ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3674-8 Retail: $24.95 USD Binding: Paperback, 8.25” x 10.625” Page Count: 160 Publish Date: January 15, 2010 Publisher: Motorbooks Division of Quayside Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN Recognizing me clearly as an author of certain (ill?) repute, MSTA Honda guru, Texas fried pie fanatic and [...]
“The First Time”
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider Do you remember your first time? You were probably a little uncertain how to proceed, maybe even a bit nervous. But you knew it was going to be fun, people had told you so. They said it could be intense, stimulating, even relaxing – and you were ready to find out for yourself. You were [...]
Product Eval: Wheel Jockey
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider I received the “Wheel Jockey” as a Christmas present and it does come in handy. I own a 1996 Honda Magna 750 that has a wet weight of approximately 500 lbs. It has no center stand, so lubing my chain used to entail rolling my bike forward a bit, spraying the chain, and then repeating [...]
This Fat Lady Can Dance . . .
January 14th, 2012 VersysRider With the untimely demise of the “Silver Slug” (my 2002 BMW R1150RT), due to an electrical failure (the main wiring harness shorted out), and a generous check from Progressive Insurance, my wife and I were in the market for a new motorcycle. Since the Slug had been my primary scooter for officiating bicycle races as [...]
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