Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Louder the Bike the Worse the Rider

Posted on May 31, 2021 by toomuchexperience

On GeezerwithAGrudge.com, I just revived an old column from my MMM days. “#61 What Loud Pipes Say.” I was on a roll back then and that column rolled up more dumbasses per word than anything I’d written in the previous … Continue reading →

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#61 What Loud Pipes Say

Posted on May 20, 2021 by toomuchexperience

05/20/2021 This is an old one, as you can see from the copyright date below. It is also one of my favorites from the old MMM column. This one essay received more idiotic hate mail than everything I’d written in … Continue reading →

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None of Us Are Too Smart

Posted on May 14, 2021 by toomuchexperience

One of my favorite books and podcasts is You Are Not So Smart (YANSS). In episode 1 of the podcast, “The Invisible Gorilla,” at about 9 minutes, Daniel Simmons discusses the “inattentional blindness” issue and directly relates it to why … Continue reading →

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Socially Acceptable Ways to Get F****d-Up

Posted on May 10, 2021 by toomuchexperience

Now that I am occasionally back on a motorcycle, I am getting the regular reminders from friends and acquaintances of how dangerous motorcycling is and v Always, these brilliant and insightful comments come from people who either have never ridden … Continue reading →

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Back from the Dead

Posted on May 5, 2021 by toomuchexperience

In early 2017, I first experienced ocular symptoms of myasthenia gravis and by the end of that summer I felt that not only my motorcycling days were over but my driving days might be too. Double-vision is a show-stopper and … Continue reading →

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Customization and Me

Posted on May 3, 2021 by toomuchexperience

It was pretty close to a year ago when I sold my Yamaha WR250X, my last motorcycle. The WR might not be my “last motorcycle,” depending on health and eyesight, but when it left I no longer had a motorcycle … Continue reading →

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