Tagged: Motorcycling

Uma likes rides on motor cycle 0

Back to Basics on an old Bike

I often find something that still doesn’t feel 100% right. These days, it has been the cold start and the choke. After the bike came out of restoration, it had a cold-start problem. The usual solution was to use the choke without throttle, and that mostly worked. During the recent six-month service, I...

Near Bhadra dam 0

Review: ViaTerra’s Wayne Urban Riding Jacket

Table of Contents1 Requirements2 Solution3 Things I like4 Things to think about5 Conclusion I got the basic riding gear, like gloves, a helmet, and riding boots, first. For some reason, it took me a while to get a riding jacket. Probably because I already have too many jackets and pullovers in my life...

Mapping My Motorcycle Ride Through Songs 0

Mapping My Motorcycle Ride Through Songs

Once I finished blogging my recent ride to Kupalli and back, I thought it would be great to map the songs to the location. I was scrobbling my music to ListenBrainz, and any GPS was logged as usual. Using the good old way of using timestamps to match things, I mapped location to...

Mani reservoir on our way to Kavaledurga Fort 2

Ride to Kuvempu’s Kuppalli

I wanted to go on a long ride at least twice a year. I was not even thinking of really long rides, just a decent three or four day ride. Last year, we could ride to Gokarna in WN-05/2024 and to Valparai in WN-40/2024. But this year’s beginning was very painful due to radiculopathy. It was so bad that I...

My Yamaha with my regular riding gear - Helmet and Gloves 0

Review: Scala Viper Gloves – Black Neon

Table of Contents1 Requirements2 Solution3 Things I like4 Things to Improve5 Conclusion I am reviewing this late, but this is the first gear that I bought when I decided to restart motorcycling. I still think that, after you get a decent helmet (in my case, borrowed), you should get a decent pair of...

Near KR Puram, Rope way bridge. 0

Weekend ride to Kurubarahalli

I have not ridden a motorcycle for than a couple of kilometers since my neck pain started. Now, I don’t have pain. But I wanted to take a test ride with a heavier helmet before I go on my planned long ride. Also, I have not taken Yamaha on a long ride. And...