Fitness is an integral part of motorcycling. Being in shape helps your stamina on long rides, allows you to more easily flick your bike through corners, and keeps you alert and awake on the road.
Don’t just take my word for it, though. From Lee Park’s Total Control:
By getting yourself in shape…you can experience longer, safer, and more enjoyable rides for a moderate expenditure of time and effort. A happy by-product is that you will probably live a longer and healthier life because your heart will be less likely to give out early, and you will be better able to avoid the accidents that those riders impaired by fatigue, slow reflexes, and sub-par vision may not.
just starting out?
- I’m a very busy person and have no interest in weightlifting past its benefit to motorcycling. I want to read the quick ‘n’ dirty summary.
- I have a more general interest in weightlifting, or am looking for a way to pass the time at work. I want to read the full article on starting out.
- For a more in-depth read, check out Krista’s “starting out” page.
Hi Bluepoof.
I thought I would write to you from this site, I think you have a better chance of noticing it than commenting to you on Youtube. Just wanted to ask if you ever thought of putting a camera in your helmet and making V-logs and posting them on Youtube. There are a lot of bikers that do and I think you would fit right in.
I have been reading your adventures on here for over four years now. I learned a lot about first starting to ride a motorcycle from you. Also wanted to say that I love your photography. Always great pictures of the places you have traveled.
I did subscribe to your Youtube page. I hope to see something from you in the future…
Eric
Hi Eric! Oh my, I’m way too lazy to do video blogs. I barely have time to post-process and upload my photos, plus do the content on this site, and I love photography and writing. There’s no way I’d find the time to do video editing too.
But I’ll keep it in mind if I do wind up with time. 