Nobody on Kickstand Conversations started out with good gear. Trekkie rode for years in a knockoff waxed jacket. Goofy's first helmet was a $29.99 Pep Boys special from 1989. I started out in a...

There's something going on in the moto content space right now and I think it's worth talking about. I've been watching some of my favorite channels lately and two videos caught my eye back to back....

I've got a confession to make. Right now I'm riding dirty. Both my bikes are overdue for state inspection, and it finally pushed me to sit down and think honestly about Yamaha MT-09 reliability...

The CB750F gas tank repair is finally done. Jeff cut out that big section of rust that had eaten through the bottom of the tank, welded in a new patch, and after way too many weeks of me not being...

The Martin Moto Modern Classic Ride-In is my favorite event of the year. (I don't go to a lot of them, but this one is always circled on the calendar.) The day after the show, Goofy, Trekkie, and I...

I've been doing a ton of maintenance on waltinpa.com lately and honestly it's been a long time coming. The short version is that I spent a couple of weeks noindexing old blog posts that had nothing...