safety Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:24:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Yellow and the Rider’s Life https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/yellow-and-the-riders-life/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/yellow-and-the-riders-life/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:05:59 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7226 Danger Will Robinson! Yellow.  It’s the color of danger.  It’s the color of warning.  It’s the color I often reach for first.  And it’s one I pay attention to closely.  On this particular morning I was hyperfocused on the road surface.  The day before the snow began to melt and there was a lot of […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/yellow-and-the-riders-life/feed/ 25 7226 Uncertain Rider https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/12/uncertain-rider/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/12/uncertain-rider/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:43:55 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5671 As much as I love to ride there are days that I don’t. The reasons vary from sloth to injury with a myriad of rationalizations, excuses and justifications in between. Over time I’ve learned nothing is as simple as it appears and whatever is going on in my head is always worth inspecting even if […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/12/uncertain-rider/feed/ 20 5671 Morning Fall: a video reminder of the risk of riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/04/morning-fall-video-reminder-of-risk-of/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/04/morning-fall-video-reminder-of-risk-of/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:28:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=149 Morning Fallby Edward McGinty The riding season approaches and with it a kind of tradition I’ve been building of presenting the Morning Fall video as part of a reminder to myself and other riders, beginners and experienced, of the risks we face and accept when we take to the road.  I don’t believe we can […]

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