m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

My bike, a Honda Shadow 1100, weighs about 550 pounds. While that may sound like a lot, when I’m moving, it’s really not that heavy. The size is nice out on the highway when I’m cruising along. Still, when it’s been a while since I’ve been in the seat or when I’m [...]

While I’m not headed to the Texas Hill Country today (darn!), I am getting some bike action today.
Today’s forecast:
“Abundant sunshine. Warm. High 87F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.” Fabulous.
Later!

Paula and Carmen involved their biker friends in a really nice way. Before the wedding, we lined up our bikes behind the bride and groom and went on a short group ride. Half of the bikers followed Paula and the other half followed Carmen the opposite way around the country block. [...]

I’ve been covering a lot of ground, keeping the shiny side up. Here is a picture of my bike all loaded up for the trip.

When planning the trip, I tried to use Google Maps and the Beta Yahoo Maps, but at present, nothing beats the trip planner at RandMcNally.com. If you click through [...]

I took off for a couple of hours this afternoon on my motorcycle. I found a nice short ride north of Columbia. It’s always a good sign when you pass other bikers on the route and I saw both cruisers and sport bikes along the way.
I took Stadium Dr. north out of Columbia, [...]

via G Zombie, who was almost run over by an oblivious SUV Driver.
A few years ago, I was riding my motorcycle south on 75 towards the DFW metroplex. I wasn’t alone. I was riding with a group of friends. There was probably about 8-10 others riding in staggered formation. I was [...]

The hardest part of the trip began just 50 miles from home.
Before I left Effingham yesterday, I checked all the weather reports. The weather channel showed a line of thunderstorms in a somewhat horrizontal line crossing the state of Missouri. I thought if the line was south of Columbia there was [...]

Riding through St. Louis is such an experience. Three lanes widen to five and then to six and split, but all go the same direction. I had a little problem finding Left Bank Books, but finally found it. As it was about a hour after I had planned to be there, [...]

I’ll be out of town for a few days. I am heading east to Effingham to meet my Mom before classes start and then attend a Hansen family reunion on Saturday before I head back on Sunday.
It’s a short trip on the bike and I am going to try and do my own personal [...]

I got it. Today! Life is good.
It was a beautiful sunny day and so after I took the bike in for service and got it registered and titled here in MO, I took it down the road for just a few miles. I only went to Booneville and back, so it wasn’t [...]