Category Archives: motorcyclists

Getting A License in 1992

Posted on January 28, 2024 by T.W. Day

After I left California in late 1991, I spent exactly one month in Indiana working for the dumbest company I’ve experienced in my long life. After I’d given up that experiment as a loss-leader, I flew a bunch of resumes … Continue reading →

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#54 Panic Reactions

Posted on September 6, 2023 by T.W. Day

All Rights Reserved © 2005 Thomas W. Day [I’ve written almost 150 of these things since I started the Geezer column in 1999. This is one of my personal favorites.] I occasionally teach MSF Basic Rider classes. I used to … Continue reading →

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Geezers on Beemers

Posted on July 25, 2022 by T.W. Day

(AKA: Steamboat Springs 1997) July 2022: Turns out, this might have been the first article I wrote for MMM in late 1997, published in issue #13. If that’s true, I don’t know what happened to the letter that I intended … Continue reading →

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Being Stereotyped

Posted on July 22, 2022 by T.W. Day

Originally Published April 3, 2013 One of the downsides of being a motorcyclist is that when people find out that I ride a motorcycle they immediately start stereotyping me. My 12 year relationship with Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly started out when … Continue reading →

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