By Jeff Pamer I have two old bikes and one new bike. Old bikes have their setbacks to be sure. I mean, one of mine still doesn’t run quite right, and I work on it all the time. I’m no stranger to the challenges. Here’s the thing though, they both have these little compartments Read more…
by Jeff Pamer In 2007, I was 26 years old. I just started working at a restaurant in downtown Vancouver after a spectacular career failure. I had previously been the sous chef at a restaurant that was near if not at the top of the Vancouver food scene at the time. I was Read more…
By Jeff Pamer This post isn’t going to be sifted through and edited. In the moment. Like the events of Thursday night. I was so excited. I was going to be helping host my first Moto Social in Phoenix. Before I hopped on my bike to head down, I looked Read more…
By Jeff Pamer Living in Arizona to some may seem like a year-round riding eutopia, but staying cool and finding lighter riding gear is the only way to get the most out of May through October. It gets hot. The heat comes from all directions. Sun beating down forces the temp up to Read more…
By Jeff Pamer A few years ago, I wrote a piece for Bike-urious about my love of the movie Top Gun and argued that it recruited me into motorcycles at an early age. You can still find it at posted here. It’s a good read if I do say so, Read more…
By Jeff Pamer As I sit here, my left hand a bit sore from a clutch pull that makes me curse any red light I hit 30 minutes into any ride, and a to fix list longer than my pocketbook feels like is reasonable, I wonder why I insist on Read more…
By Jeff Pamer I think everyone has a lifeline of riding. The line begins with the seed that was planted in you to want to ride. Maybe a family member rode, maybe it was your Dad’s friend that had a bike in their garage, and maybe it was just that every time Read more…