The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes

NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Riding in search of rain opens up all sort of possibilities. Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

THE LAST RIDE: Even though we might not welcome it, each of us is able to recognize our own mortality. Are we similarly able to recognize the end of our riding time? Wes Fleming, host of Chasing the Horizon , is back to talk with Mark about preparing for a long trip by motorcycle. (Part 2) Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you...

BRAIN FADE: What's worse when you're riding a motorcycle—being drunk or being tired? Mark explores just how similar these two conditions can be when it comes to your ability to pay attention. Wes Fleming, host of Chasing the Horizon , is back to talk with Mark about preparing for a long trip by motorcycle. (Part 1) Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mar...

GOOD BUDDIES: Choosing a riding partner isn't all that different from choosing a romantic partner. Is there an app for that? Tom Gary is back to finish the discussion about the work the MOA Foundation does to promote rider safety, training and awareness. Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org .

FLYWHEELS: Motorcycles make for excellent metaphors for many things in our lives, from "I'm out of gas" to "running wide open." They help us explain what we're experiencing and through them, we can share our joys and sorrows. Tom Gary joins Mark to talk about the work the MOA Foundation does to promote rider safety, training and awareness. (Part 1) Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmw...

TABULA RASA: Giving instructions is a great responsibility, but then again, so is following them! We need your questions! Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

I GOT THIS: Managing risk is a critical skill for every motorcyclist, bit it's important to understand the line between confidence and overconfidence. We need your questions! Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

SMALL TALK: Talking about motorcycles in polite company can be fraught with frustration and awkwardness, but it doesn't have to be. We need your questions! Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

DINNER BELLS: If "You can't, you won't and you don't stop!" applies to your life as a motorcyclist, you may have a problem. Then again, maybe you don't have a problem with that problem! We need your questions! Send your questions to us via email - podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

KICKING OUR OWN TIRES: Nothing humanizes us more quickly than doing something stupid—and common—in front of an audience. Scott Auld joins Mark and Wes for the Q&A to discuss our own embarrassing motorcycle moments. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR GARAGE—OR NOT! If you've ever felt like it would be easier to move than to organize your garage, Mark might agree with you. Find out how he tackled the problem. Our Q&A responds to a listener's comment about technology possibly alienating us from our motorcycles. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com...

THE FATE OF ROMANCE: Sure, you love your romantic partner, but do you love your motorcycle? Mark examines what it takes to form and break relationships with machines. Our Q&A looks at the concept of bias as it applies to self-selection among motorcycling communities. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

ZEN AND THE R1250RS: When you find the motorcycle you were always meant to ride, it's one of those pivotal moments in your life. Maybe the clouds open and angels sing, but maybe you just find your peace in the saddle. Our Q&A looks at what it is about BMW motorcycles that creates such passionate owners. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS: Our use of motorcycling to maintain psychological equilibrium should be modulated. Overdoing it can be problematic, but so can under doing it. Our Q&A gets into some of the mental and social aspects of group rides. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is on the web at BMWOwnersNews.com .

CHARACTER: The priority of character in any motorcyclist's criteria for ownership winds up being a function of that rider's own personality. This can go in either direction, though, with the motorcycle serving as extension or counterweight. Our Q&A gets into mentally preparing for and recovering from a long motorcycle trip with guest experts Heather Lea and Dave Sears. The Ride Inside with Mark Ba...

FOG LIGHTS: Going through highly routinized maintenance procedures (oil changes, spoke tightening, chain lubing, cleaning and polishing, etc.) can be like playing a favorite oldie on guitar when these serve as much-needed vacations in the land of the highly familiar and relatively mindless. Our Q&A gets into recovering from motorcycle-related trauma. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is on the web...

DEBUT EPISODE! SOME DAY: Trying to quantify the return on investment in motorcycling is a fool's errand. Even for those who regularly ride vast distances, and therefore enjoy a far lower cost-per-mile, most of the benefits of being a motorcyclist evade any objective accounting. Our Q&A gets into knowing how to recognize mental decline and when to stop riding, either for the day or forever. The Rid...