The ride that saved me
1 October 2026 No Comments
As a single mom with three kids, selling my soul waitressing tables at my second job, one evening my boyfriend showed up after my shift to take me out for dinner on a Harley.
As a single mom with three kids, selling my soul waitressing tables at my second job, one evening my boyfriend showed up after my shift to take me out for dinner on a Harley.
“Nice motorcycle.” She cranes her neck to get a better look at the BMW parked outside the windows, smiles again, wistfully this time, then pulls the pencil from her hair and goes back to the New York Times crossword lying by her elbow.
Two days at the California Superbike School reveal how better vision, smoother inputs and a systematic approach to cornering can make a rider faster, safer—and leave the experience firmly in the Type 1 Fun category.
At the MOA, we celebrate our members who are veterans and first responders throughout the year, but this special page is to single them out for the heroic and often unsung work they do across their entire careers.
On Groundhog Day, while most fellow Pennsylvanians wait to hear Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast, I look forward to the day for another reason: registration opens for the BMW MOA Grand Coddiwomple Challenge.
Now that the dust has settled and the doors have closed on the 2026 Vermont Vibes National Rally, a few members have submitted video from “the Big Show.” Our thanks to Byron Tucker of Florida and Vince Kelly of Pennsylvania for showing their view of the MOA Rally.
With the upcoming Builders’ Best Custom Show at the National Rally in Essex, Vermont, I needed to see who was currently pushing the envelope. Montreal is a quick 200-mile ride from my front door, making it the perfect weekend scouting mission to identify the trends that may dominate the Vermont show floor.
John Luna’s R nineT shows off his vision for a unique build, one that is at home on the street and on the track as well.
Hear R 90 S racebikes starting! See MOA members leaving for their parade lap at Daytona!
For decades, clubs and meetups were the heartbeat of our community. They were where you saw new machines, met new people, and learned from riders with more experience. Then the internet arrived and rewired the entire motorcycle industry, as it did everywhere else. Honestly, it was not all bad.