http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:38:14 -0700 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:09 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d15-On-the-Turqouise-Trail-to-Madrid?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Local artwork displayed outside of Jezebel. c Madrid, NM lies halfway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque on NM-14 AKA Turquoise Trail. It is an unlikely destination to be featured in this column because of its highly touristy nature. Howev... Travel Places to Ride Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d15-On-the-Turqouise-Trail-to-Madrid?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d26-A-motorcycle-ride-to-Pecos-NM-along-the-Old-Las-Vegas-Highway-proves-interesting-but-disappointing?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Street vendors along Old Las Vegas Highway Having never lived in a place where there was such a thing as a "riding season" it has been somewhat disconcerting to watch and feel the temperature get lower and lower each day here in the f... Travel Places to Ride Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:39:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d26-A-motorcycle-ride-to-Pecos-NM-along-the-Old-Las-Vegas-Highway-proves-interesting-but-disappointing?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Sunday-craft-fair-at-the-Railyard-in-Santa-Fe?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Approaching the plain steel building a haunting refrain of violin music wafts through the large open doors of the Pavilion at the Farmers Market at the Rail Yard in Santa Fe. It is an intriguing sound drawing one into the cavernous metal building.... Travel Places to Ride Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Sunday-craft-fair-at-the-Railyard-in-Santa-Fe?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d15-200-Miles-before-breakfast-a-visit-to-the-VLA?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Rio Salado Sand Dune rest area. Let's face it, some days on those glorious, free weekend mornings you just wake up and know things will not be right with the world unless you put in a couple of hundred miles before breakfast. Should that be th... Travel Places to Ride Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:42:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d15-200-Miles-before-breakfast-a-visit-to-the-VLA?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Los-Cerillos-a-dual-sport-adventure?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The What Not Shop is one of the main attractions in Los Cerrillos, NM The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ghost town as, "a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource.&... Travel Places to Ride Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:42:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Los-Cerillos-a-dual-sport-adventure?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Finding-the-Real-Santa-FeIntroduction?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Long standing zoning laws give Santa Fe a consistent appearance Santa Fe has, without and doubt, a unique charm and almost magnetic draw, it's name legendary with those both wealthy and those earthy and all stripes in between. What gives this ... Travel Places to Ride Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:10:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Finding-the-Real-Santa-FeIntroduction?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d29-New-Horizons?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner An Examiner graduates from MMI As an ex-teacher of history it will be interesting to see how history regards the last year we have lived through. Many pundits have already started calling it the Great Recession and it will be interesting to se... Travel Technical Education Moving Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:08:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d29-New-Horizons?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Bonding-plastic-part-two?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Much used and often abused trunk box/pillion back restThe back box or "trunk" of the Road Show Beemer has been the subject of this column before, but the fun continues. The "trunk" box, and bracket that it mounts to, is actually m... How-to Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:11:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Bonding-plastic-part-two?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Hail-lightning-and-hot-pocketsmore-tales-of-fun-on-the-high-desert?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Road Show Beemer poses above Salt River Canyon: AKA "Little Grand Canyon." It started off accidentally, almost. I had been contemplating riding out to Springerville, AZ and catch a little ride down AZ 191 which is reportedly some of the be... Travel Places to Ride Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:52:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Hail-lightning-and-hot-pocketsmore-tales-of-fun-on-the-high-desert?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Race-Mechanic-Manny-Macias?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Manny Macias in his classroom at MMI The super bike comes in after its third crash during the race weekend. This time around the wreckage seems like a total loss. There are only 26 minutes before the restart of the race. AMA officials and safety ins... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:56:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Race-Mechanic-Manny-Macias?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Prescott-AZ?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Mixed company on Whiskey Row. Prescott is, in this writers opinion, is an "old-west" town which has retained a modicum of authenticity. It is a destination amenable to taking a guest as it is a nice ride and an interesting place... Travel Places to Ride Sun, 31 May 2009 21:34:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Prescott-AZ?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d24-Salt-River-Canyon?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Looking west through the Queen Creek Tunnel. This article really is just a preliminary report, but should be useful to other riders not having been through Salt River Canyon from the west side. As I wrote about in a previous article we got sign... Travel Places to Ride Sun, 24 May 2009 20:28:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d24-Salt-River-Canyon?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d20-The-worlds-most-dangerous-motorcycles?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The unassuming entrance to Top of the World Cafe. We came across the most dangerous motorcycles in the world quite by accident. We were on our way from Phoenix to Springerville. Passing through the little town of Miami, AZ. just off to the side o... Travel Places to Ride Wed, 20 May 2009 23:20:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d20-The-worlds-most-dangerous-motorcycles?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Phoenix-to-Tucson-the-back-way?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The Wrench Wench looks over one of the smaller mines on AZ 177 Greeting from "The Old Pueblo" as Tucson is sometime referred to. Arguably the oldest continuously inhabited city in the U.S. Tucson was probably first visited by Paleo-Indians... Travel Places to Ride Fri, 15 May 2009 00:10:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Phoenix-to-Tucson-the-back-way?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Clutch-cable-maitenance?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Proper cable care is critical to the health of your machine Along with the 360 degree workaround, it is a good idea to inspect cables regularly. Two clutch cables of my recent acquittance have brought this point home to me rather bluntly. T... How-to Wed, 13 May 2009 07:56:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Clutch-cable-maitenance?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d10-Kitt-Peak-national-observatory?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The 20 story tall 4 meter telescope dominates the local skyline.Observatories have always been extremely exciting to my partner and I and we both felt a sense of wonder as we walked on the grounds, and began to get a sense of the scale and gran... Travel Places to Ride Sun, 10 May 2009 20:36:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d10-Kitt-Peak-national-observatory?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Phoenix-south-mountain-park?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Nice curves and Phoenix's dominant antenna farm. If you are looking to get away for a couple of hours or maybe load up the moto for an impromptu power bar and Gatorade picnic, Phoenix South Mountain Park can be an interesting diversion. ... Travel Places to Ride Thu, 07 May 2009 20:25:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d7-Phoenix-south-mountain-park?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d2-Repairing-Motorcycle-Plastics?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here All motorcyclist know that horrifying sound of expensive plastic breaking. Replacements for fairings, painted body parts, boxes, etc. are extremely high. Thanks to my partners brief career working in a Hollyw... How-to Sat, 02 May 2009 20:43:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d2-Repairing-Motorcycle-Plastics?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d1-MMI-Motorcycle-Mechanics-Institute?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner Of the many residential groups who are temporary transplants to Phoenix, some of the most interesting are the MMI students. I happen to  currently be a student, so it is also the group that I know best. Since there are only two places in the U.S... Travel Technical Education Fri, 01 May 2009 20:47:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m5d1-MMI-Motorcycle-Mechanics-Institute?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d28-22-Miles-in-first-gear?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner The Salt River as seen from Apache Trail, AZ88.   The Apache Circle Loop, is a popular destination among Phoenician motorcyclists. Located approximately 20 miles east of Mesa, AZ it is the home of such popular destinations as Tortilla ... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:36:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner~y2009m4d28-22-Miles-in-first-gear?cid=exrss-Santa-Fe-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner