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Author: Mark Barnes

Motorcycle Test Kitchen Skills & Survival 

Keeping Your Cool, Part 4 – Lower Body

13 May 202325 April 2023 Mark Barnes 25 Viewsbase layer, heat, socks

INSERT LINKS TO PREVIOUS PIECES Earlier in this series, we discussed the basics of hot-weather motorcycling and the amazing effectiveness

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Motorcycle Test Kitchen Skills & Survival 

Keeping Your Cool, Part 3: Upper Body

9 May 202325 April 2023 Mark Barnes 17 Viewsbase layer, gear, heat

Previously in this series, we discussed the INSERT LINK basics of hot-weather motorcycling, the critical importance of keeping our brains

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Motorcycle Test Kitchen Skills & Survival 

Keeping Your Cool, Part 2: Neck Wraps

5 May 202325 April 2023 Mark Barnes 31 Viewsheat

DON’T FORGET LINK TO PART 1 In Part One of this series, we discussed the dangers of overheating, how our

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Motorcycle Test Kitchen Skills & Survival 

Keeping Your Cool, Part 1: The Basics

1 May 202325 April 2023 Mark Barnes 31 Viewsbase layer, gear, heat

Last summer’s record-breaking heat provided plenty of impetus to investigate more ways to stay comfortably cool on our motorcycles. Surely

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Contributors Just for You The Ride Inside 

Lighter makes righter

30 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 41 Views

This is the follow-up to my previous column, “Light makes right.” If you missed that one, I described packing my

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Motorcycle Test Kitchen 

Dewhel spark plug coil removal tool

28 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 23 Viewstools

Something doesn’t have to be complicated to be a stroke of genius or extremely useful. Think of all the things

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Contributors Just for You The Ride Inside 

Light makes right

26 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 50 Views

It’s been nearly two decades since I took off for a whole week on a motorcycle, so heading to this

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Just for You Motorcycle Test Kitchen 

Grip Buddies LITE!

25 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 31 Viewsaccessory, grips, handlebar

A while back, I reviewed a popular product called Grip Puppies in my quest to reduce the buzzing at my

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Inside BMW Motorrad Just for You Motorcycle Test Kitchen 

BMW books by Kevin Ash and Ian Falloon

19 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 36 Viewsbooks

As a relatively new recruit to the Order of the Roundel, I wanted to familiarize myself with BMW’s history and

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Contributors The Ride Inside 

Low strung

15 April 202326 April 2023 Mark Barnes 31 Views

I just got a massage, a really good…long…thorough…deep-tissue massage—the kind that leaves you in an altered state of consciousness. I’m

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Lighter makes righter

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This is the follow-up to my previous column, “Light makes right.” If you missed that one, I described packing my

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