by Frances Sayre | Aug 26, 2020 | Events, Racing
Arroyo Seco Raceway in Deming New Mexico put on their annual “All Girls Track Day” August 8th. Frances and Adah – the only female members of Kraut Racing – took this seriously and left the men behind. Women can go do a track day and help each...
by Frances Sayre | Aug 26, 2020 | Racing
After waiting all year, Sandia Speedway opened up and the club SMRI put on a track/race weekend with a Race School on Friday the 14th of August, Track Day the 15th and the Law Tigers 1st Round Championship on Sunday the 16th. In July the club put on a...
by Frances Sayre | Jul 16, 2020 | Lifestyle, Motorcycles
At the beginning, I had to ride alone. In my mid-forties and under the spell of a quixotic impulse, I bought a new red 1991 BMW K75S. But I was unprepared to ride. I couldn’t test ride the Beemer or ride it home, because I didn’t have a motorcycle license. Besides, I...
by Frances Sayre | May 22, 2020 | Motorcycles
“Non-riding friends may seek altered states of consciousness through yoga, meditation, jogging, bicycling or other engrossing hobbies, not to mention alcohol or drugs. But none of these have as the essential component of moving briskly through space on an...
by Frances Sayre | Apr 6, 2020 | In the News
Stuart Kirk began riding at 19, but then abandoned motorcycling for 25 years. As he describes in his recent book, Revved! Obsessions of a Midlife Motorcyclist (available from Amazon and from OCD), he resumed riding with a passion, averaging 20,000 miles a year, from...
