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About the Peace of Mind we find from the seat of a motorcycle. Explore the backroads of Colorado and the American West spreading kindness and doing Random Acts of Kindness along the way. The podcast is hosted by Ron Francis and inspired by his experience as a Tour Guide in Rocky Mountain National Park. Contact: Ron@PeaceLoveMoto.com
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The best path through life is the open road on a motorcycle and even better if it’s on gravel. Gravel Travel is organic podcast about everyday motorcycle riders, a journey through their lives as we travel with them sharing their experiences, tips and hardships. Awe inspiring, motivating and a educational journey. My own personal adventure did not start on gravel but it certainly gained momentum after completing a Cape to Cairo trip. I’ve always wanted to see and experience more and feel that ...
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No matter what kind of tires or wheels your bike has, they all rely on one thing - wheel alignment. If that goes "out of whack," you can expect big problems. But what causes wheel alignment to go "out of whack," so to speak? And what is wheel alignment, and why does it matter so much? Tune in to discover: A simple explanation of what wheel alignmen…
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I hear it often, even from motorcycle riders traveling on vacation. I often hear it as I meet vacationers in the National Park. If people tell me that they are leaving for home the next day, they often say “We have to go back to reality”. Maybe, they’ve got it all wrong. Maybe they have it backwards. Perhaps they have been in reality all along. Sup…
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My brother-in-law and I got ski-high together. No, not a chemical high through whatever means, but he on his Triumph and me on my BMW, no hallucinations going on here at all. This is real. Climbing so high on mountain roads, temperatures dropping over by 30 degrees. Seeing for miles and miles in every direction, it gives you a new perspective. Mayb…
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I’ll never forget our group ride here in Colorado and the smile on my friend's face. He rented his dream motorcycle from EagleRider, a business that is led by a motorcycle rider who also cares about people. My friend's smile means mission accomplished. I'm excited to visit today with the CEO of EagleRider, Sebastian Schoepe! Learn more about EagleR…
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I’m excited to share with you an unedited conversation with my friend Andreas Metzger. Andreas and his wife Lisa joined me for a long Saturday ride through arguably the most beautiful spaces on Earth here in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming. I gave Andreas no prep time. I just handed him a clip-on microphone and told him “OK buddy, let’s talk…
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It's a small part of your bike - so small you might not even see it that much. But despite its small size, a fork seal leak can cause HUGE issues - both for your bike and certainly for you. Tune in to discover: What a "fork seal" does Why a "fork seal leak" is such a huge issue 3 nasty side effects of a fork seal leak Resources: What Is a Fork Seal…
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60% of motorcycles are chain-driven - but whether it's a 65cc dirt bike or a huge 1000+cc crotch rocket, one thing remains: "The chain is only as strong as its weakest link." Some things can go wrong with the chain regardless of the size or the type of motorcycle you've got. Tune in to discover: 5 common issues with chain drive - and why they happe…
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Are you looking for a community? A sense of belonging? Well, you already have your membership card. It’s the motorcycle you ride! It’s the jacket you’re wearing. It’s the helmet you carry into the coffee shop. You’re in! You are a part of a growing community of motorcycling riders. How great is that? Support the show…
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While preparing every Episode for this podcast, I make an effort to refresh my memory on how I feel when I’m out on my bike. Since I had determined that I would call this episode, Riding in the Rain, well then, I needed to ride in the rain! So this afternoon the timing was perfect. Here in Colorado, most afternoons or evenings, a rainstorm will lik…
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About 50 miles northwest from my home in Loveland, Colorado are two places where I ride my motorcycle quite often. Following Highway 287 in vast, wide open spaces, just before the Colorado Wyoming border we arrive in a place called Virginia Dale. Here are two very different places of worship. Each with it's own methods for a common goal. A great pl…
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Some lessons can't be told through books - only through a real-life experience. Even if that experience wasn't exactly a smashing success - failure can sometimes be the best teacher of them all. Case in point - the very first time I attempted anything mechanical (and which didn't require something more than a screwdriver). Even though it was an eas…
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My hope for this short episode is that you can ride your motorcycle to your own place of Serenity, such as Serenity Coffee in Riverside, Wyoming. To stop, relax, take in the scenery, and know that, at least for that moment, you are the luckiest guy or gal in the world, and all is well with your world. Serenity Coffee, Riverside, Wyoming Music by: G…
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It was two days after my motorcycle broke down in the Nevada Desert that I made the recording. It’s actually a video where I described how everything was going great, until it wasn’t going so great. Most importantly, I shared my feelings at that moment. Not a feeling of despair, or disappointment that my motorcycle journey had ended so abruptly. In…
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A trip of a lifetime. How often have you experienced that? Today, we travel to New England and visit with Pat, Greg and Scott from Moto-Cyco Touring Adventures. I so enjoyed talking with these guys about the amazing motorcycle tours that they offer. Now I have an addition to my personal touring bucket list. You may too! https://www.moto-cyco.com/ r…
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The Sheriffs Officer said that her name is Laura and that he would try to keep an eye on her. But unless she broke the law or got hurt, I think there was little he could do. My intent for today’s episode was to celebrate the great success of this past Sunday’s Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. It was fabulous, but if it’s OK, I feel the need to share…
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On Sunday, May 19th, 2024, I’ll see love in this world. I’ll feel it. And so will over 100,000 motorcycle riders. On Sunday morning, literally around the world, there will be a Global hug. An expression of love for those we know and also a love for total strangers. Maybe you’ll even feel it from wherever you are. A warmth from human connections. He…
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“Windows of Opportunity”. We assume that there'll always be time for this or that. Until there is no time left. Whether it’s planning our next motorcycle journeys or sharing a coffee with an old friend, in today’s episode, let’s share some ideas for making every Window of Opportunity count. Today we feature the wisdom of Ben Giese from Vahna Magazi…
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Miguel Oliveira is amazing and so is MotoGP in which he competes. Today I share my experience attending the 2024 MotoGP races at the Circuit of the Americas with my longtime friend, Kent. We talk about the bikes, the riders, their families and our own. Support the showKirjoittanut Ron Francis
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Jeff Johnson said "I’m drawn to open country. It’s where everything becomes clear. It’s where the world makes the most sense. When I put myself out there, I always return with something new. The best journeys are those that answer questions that in the beginning, you never thought to ask". (2010 - 180 Degrees South) Whether it’s imagining yourself …
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Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass: it’s about learning how to ride in the rain! We have to ride with some degree of confidence that all will go ok in the end. If we are in fear all the time, well, we’d should probably sell the bike and switch to pickleball. Nothing against pickleball, but as for quitting? We won’t do that. We love mo…
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Courageous people. People who step out when others won’t. Those are people that we call heros. I had heard about such a person. And when I learned that she also has a passion for motorcycling, well that’s someone I really wanted to talk with. Kirsten Midura is a change agent in the environmental and social good spaces. Professionally, Kirsten is a …
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The"Biker Wave" with the left hand comes in several forms ya know, but to me it means just one thing. It means that you care. And that is what the Peace Love Moto podcast is all about. It’s about spreading the good news that riders do care for that total stranger who’s also out on two wheels. You may be out on a solo ride, in the middle of nowhere,…
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Some folks say that you can never go back in time. But I think we can. As a child on my first motorcycle, I was moving through the air with a motor and two wheels under me. Wandering from place to place with just the sound of the bike and the open road ahead of me. You and I can do that now! Why not go back in your mind to a wonderful place and tim…
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I had to learn to be quiet. Because that’s when Mother Nature can speak to you. In today's episode, we talk about riding East to the plains of Nebraska, meeting a rancher with an amazing story, and then experiences with quoting from James Taylor in Rocky Mountain National Park. Motorcycles are a perfect transport into a conversation with your mothe…
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I could hear those motorcycles coming my direction. They had to be going fast! Echoing down through the canyon on that steep dirt road. There’s no guard rails up there! Slide off the road and you're a goner. Coming my way. Coming really fast! Those engines screaming. Two KTM’s roared up and parked near my bike, right next to the outdoor table where…
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We’ve just got to slow down sometimes, now more than ever. No, I’m not warning against riding fast, I’m referring to the speeds that our brains and emotions are built for. With 24*7 news cycle, constant social media updates, work stress. Now we’ve got Artificial Intelligence creating more and more content out there to absorb, like Youtube videos th…
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What music do you hear in your head when you ride? The Doobie Brothers? Pearl Jam? John Denver? The Mormon Tabernacle Choir? For me, it’s any one of those music styles, playing over and over in my head as I ride, but for yesterday’s ride, about a 300 miler, the song in my head changed multiple times. I didn’t have a plan for this ride, but I felt c…
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My grandmother was Nettie Mae. That’s a beautiful name, isn’t it. A little lady, full of spirit. I remember when I was a kid, 10 or 11 years old, going fishing with her way out in the country near Blue Ridge, Texas. She drove my cousin and I in an old pickup truck out to the fields where our grandfather was working, usually driving a tractor. I did…
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Are you planning a motorcycle trip to Colorado? Maybe visiting the Rocky Mountain National Park region? Oh, we need to talk. Ha ha. This is my 25th year of living and motorcycling all around Northern Colorado. This is a great place to ride! As a tour guide in the National Park, spending a lot of time up in the mountains, I have gotten to know of th…
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Late November and that means it’s Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. Hard to believe that 2023 is beginning to reach its close. It’s been snowing the past couple of days here in Loveland, Colorado. Time to browse through our motorcycling magazine and plan for rides on those nice days coming up. Yeah we do have a lot to be thankful don’t we. This …
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Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go. That's good. I get it. Henry David Thoreau talked it way back in the 1860s, this idea of wandering. As motorcycle riders, we have the freedom to wander aimlessly, and nobody’s going to question us about it. Some of us feel compelled to do that as we ride. We don't always ha…
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There are lots and lots of things we love about motorcycling and for me, an overarching thing that I most appreciate. Motorcycling is real. There’s no Virtual Reality. There’s no AI. Nothing Artificial going on here. For those of us lucky enough to have a motorcycle in the garage and the ability to ride it, …. Wow, we are just so fortunate! I think…
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It was there, boarding our motorcycles onto the ferry, that the fellow next to me pulled off his jacket to reveal a t-shirt that not only caught me by surprise, but made me laugh. We struck up a conversation right away. His black t-shirt had a simple slogan on it that said “Go Fast, Don’t Die”. Oh, now that’s genius! I get it! I’m sure that stateme…
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I had stopped for lunch in a tiny mountain town here in Colorado when he rode up on this unbelievable motorcycle. I know that my first word to Charlie was “Wow”, followed by “What kind of motorcycle is that”? He briefly described how this bike was handcrafted in Indiana with some of the fabrication done by the local Amish community. Yes, you heard …
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Do you know what I love about riding motorcycles with friends? Everything! As the old Christmas carol goes, “Oh what fun it is to ride” and so it was just this morning, riding with two great friends through the twisty mountain roads here in Colorado, reaching our destination which was the Howling Cow Cafe at the Morning Fresh Dairy in Bellview, Col…
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As I have described in previous episodes, a large credit for the idea for this podcast, Peace Love Moto, is due to the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, an international fundraiser for men’s health issues focused on prostate cancer research and suicide prevention. I described how this event is attended by men and women, all dressed up in dapper outfi…
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Melissa and Brett Wilson described how it’s about gratitude, it’s about appreciation for our ability to ride because of how much you love it! Today, we continue with Part 2 of our conversation with Brett and Melissa as we find ourselves amazed by the parallels between motorcycling and horseback riding. Both transport us physically, yes, but also em…
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