Tag Archives: Motorcycle Travel

August 08

Gear In Review PT. 3

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Gear In Review PT. 3 – Helmet Lok, Motorcycle Cup, & Face Shield Helmet Lok Review: Love this little thing.  It’s the perfect size, easy to set your code, yet secure enough that you feel safe securing something to your bike with it.  In fact, I bought 3 of them.  I used 1 for my […]

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July 18

Gear in Review Pt. I

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Gear in Review Pt. I – Tank Bag, Grips, Charger Considering that I had never been on a motorcycle ride longer than a few hundred miles, I had to purchase a lot of gear before leaving on our 3,000 mile adventure from Chicago to New Orleans.  Here is a look at some of the items I used […]

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July 15

New Look – ChiRide Motorcycles Website!

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What do you think of our new look? Do you like the photo-forward website or do you prefer the old story-board format?

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July 10

3,000 Miles – 12 States – 8 Days – 10 Things We Learned On Our First Long Distance Ride

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3,000 Miles – 12 States – 8 Days – 10 Things We Learned On Our First Long Distance Ride ChiRide Motorcycles recently completed our first long-distance motorcycle ride.  Here is a look at our trip, the route, and 10 things we learned along the way. The actual list of the lessons learned stretches well beyond the 10 mentioned […]

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July 08

ChiRide The Great River Road: Mission Accomplished!!!!

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Wow!!  What a feeling! We finally completed our trip! A 3,000 Mile Motorcycle Road Trip from Chicago to New Orleans, following the Mississippi River via The Great River Road. What an incredible journey!  I can’t believe it’s come to an end.  We certainly learned a lot and experienced plenty of bumps, bruises, and challenges along […]

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July 06

ChiRide Day’s 4 (Pt2), 5, 6 & 7: Photo Edition

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Hey Everyone – Sorry for the lag in updates. Day 5 in New Orleans was a bit rough. We had a little too much fun in New Orleans the night we arrived (Day 4), so we spent Day 5 on R & R.

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July 03

Don’t forget…

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Head over to our Facebook page for some more “real time” updates. ChiRide Motorcycles Facebook Page

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June 30

ChiRide Day 2: Muscatine, IA to Sikeston, MO

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Day 2 brought us our 1st Reserve. For those of you unfamiliar motorcycles, each motorcycle comes equipped with a separate reserve fuel tank. Jimmy and I both carry a bit more than 4 gallons of gas which usually equals out to around 120-130 miles before needing to refuel.  That being said, there are a lot of […]

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June 29

ChiRide Day 1: Chicago, IL to Muscatine, IA

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And… we’re off!   Day 1 of ChiRide: The Great River Road is officially in the books!

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June 26

Countdown: T-minus 2 Days!

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In just two short days, we’ll be leaving Chicago and heading west to pick up the Mississippi River!  I suddenly have an incredible urge to do the Motorcycle Dance!!! – Michael

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June 25

What City Would You Be Most Excited About Visiting If You Were Taking This Road-Trip?

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We will be visiting 10 States and close to 50 pre-planned points of interest during our 3,000 mile motorcycle ride down the mighty Mississippi River.  If you were taking this journey with us, which city listed below would you be excited to visit the most?

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June 24

10 Questions with “A Motorcycle, a Camera, a Tent – A Photographic Journey Through Ireland” creator, Dennis Ottar Flack

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Every once in a while, our lives cross paths with someone who beats to their own drum. Someone that people flock to when they enter the room. They typically exude confidence and have a defined sense of who they are as a person. They are the type of person who leaves a lasting impression

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June 24

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner…. Well, Close Enough!

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As some of you may have noticed, I’ll occasionally incorporate a few humorous quotes/links/gifs into my posts that are relevant to what I’m going to be writing about.  Usually it’s a reference to an 80’s or 90’s comedy movie, something we can all enjoy.  But today, I have some very important news

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June 24

Vintage Bike Fest

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I wish I could say that I have been to this festival, but I discovered it too late for the first time this year. It’s not just your stylish, hipster cafe-bike fest (I do love cafe racers).  It seems to have a great variety of people and bikes.  

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June 20

Top 10 Things I’ve Learned In My First Year Of Riding A Motorcycle

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A great man once said “You ain’t cool, unless you pee your pants!”  I would be lying if I said there weren’t a few moments in my first year of riding where I was certain that I was about to… well, let’s just say I felt like I might regret not packing an extra pair […]

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June 13

Saddle Up!

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I have to admit, I think it’s absolutely impossible for me to effectively communicate how much I underestimated the process of picking out the appropriate gear for our ride down The Great River Road.  Let me break it down for you…..

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June 12

What’s your Favorite T-Shirt Design? Vote Now!

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What’s your favorite T-Shirt Design?  Vote Now for a chance to Win one for yourself!

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June 09

The Green Machine

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So it’s not the latest Harley Davidson or something you’d see Jax Teller cruisin’ around on in Charming. I’m pretty sure you won’t find any members from the Hell’s Angel, Outlaws, Warlocks, Mongols or any other top 1%er MC’s riding it around either.  It certainly wasn’t featured in any of classic Motorcycle Movies like Easy […]

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June 06

Our First Adventure – 3,000 Miles, Chicago to New Orleans via The Great River Road

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Welcome to Chi-Ride Motorcycles! A Motorcycle Travel Blog dedicated to following Jimmy & Michael on all of our Adventures. We’re two Brother-in-Law’s from Chicago who recently discovered our passion for Motorcycles. After talking about motorcycles and “wouldn’t it be nice” moments at numerous family functions, we decided it was time to put-up or shut-up.

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