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An Officer and a Gentleman

Posted by on December 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm

I got a chance to catch up with one of Eugene’s motorcycle police officers at a local coffee shop last week. Officer Chris Kilkullen was nice enough to have a little chat with me about what its like to live your life on the saddle of a motorcycle 10 hours a day, four days a [...]

Go Pro Gets Fuzzy

Posted by on December 1, 2010 at 8:00 am

I got a Go Pro recently (look for videos on this blog!) and I happened upon our friend FuzzyGalore’s recent post about Go Pro just around the time I bought the camera. For any of you who’ve owned or used a camera for recording rides, this post should tickle you. FuzzyGalore: Is this thing on? [...]

The Nomad Ténéré Expedition Tent: It’s what you want for Christmas….

Posted by on November 30, 2010 at 5:00 pm

The last gift you want to receive under the old Noble Fir this year is another bottle of Old Spice, no matter how good your lady thinks it makes you smell. Instead, demand she splurge on a gift that will last a lifetime, keep you both cozy, and give each of you ample room to [...]

Chowder… er, Pizza Run

Posted by on November 29, 2010 at 5:45 pm

We aimed to leave Sunday for a nice ride over the coastal range for some chowder in Florence. Unfortunately, I received a call from Tom, Sales Manager at European Motorcycles, that a friend who lived in Noti had called him to let him know that the roads were so icy in the foothills that cars [...]

Reader Submission: It Might Be…

Posted by on November 29, 2010 at 8:00 am

Submitted by Bruce H. of Florence, Ore. It might be that summer is gone however a couple of weeks ago we had a sixty eight degree day, YES! After work Dietmar and I went for a ride stopping along the rocky shore in Yachats and then onward south to Heceta Head. There was a marine [...]

MOTOREGON is moving

Posted by on November 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm

We are currently in the process of moving our blog to a self-hosted domain and in the meantime we’d like to let you know that any technical difficulty you have viewing this blog in the next few days will be resolved and the new site can eventually be viewed at www.motoregon.net Thanks for reading, we [...]

Chowder Run Destination Change

Posted by on November 28, 2010 at 10:02 am

We’ve received word that there is ice outside of Noti on HWY126 and therefore have decided to change the destination of the Chowder Run from Florence to American Dream Pizza in Corvallis. The address for that location is 214 Southwest 2nd Street. We are still meeting at 10:30AM and leaving at 11AM. We all want [...]

Sunday Best

Posted by on November 28, 2010 at 8:00 am

This one is lacking some street cred. Tweet

Chowder Run Sunday Morning

Posted by on November 27, 2010 at 5:52 pm

Just wanted to remind everyone of the Chowder Run starting leaving at 11AM from European Motorcycles (2891 W 11th) in Eugene. Here’s the details: We’re going to head out of Eugene and make our way to Florence, Oregon and the Firehouse Restaurant (1263 Bay Street, Florence, OR) for some delicious chowder. In previous years EMCWOR [...]

BMW S1000RR on Ice

Posted by on November 27, 2010 at 8:00 am

The best and worst idea ever. Thanks to our friend Rob on FB for the heads up. Tweet