As I sit here and procrastinate in doing my actual work, I decided since I just celebrated my one-year blogoversary I thought it would be cool to look back on the past year and highlight ten of my favorite posts.
10. If she can do it, I can do it
This was one of the first posts I wrote that tackled my internal struggles of “women only”-type things. My favorite quote (still to this day) is a quote from the Suzuki spokesperson who said “we think [what] we know is that women motorcyclists don’t want to be called women motorcyclists. They just want to be motorcyclists. They don’t want a women’s motorcycle.”
9. I’m richer. Well, my motorcycle is anyway.
Last summer I made a lot of modifications to my bike-mainly because I was having airflow issues. Of course it’s a slippery slope when you start doing mods because once you alter one thing a chain reaction of other things needs to happen. But this post details one of my first adventures of tearing my bike down, drilling out the carburator and putting it all back together.
8. Video Tuesday: Laconia Bike Week 2007
My photo slideshow from Laconia NH bike week last year. I had such a great time, the highlight was riding all the way up Mt. Washington with all of the other bikers. What a view from the top!
7. “You ride your OWN?” (and other famous quotes)
I think the title says it all, some funny ones in there.
6. & 5. Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom Day 1 and Anatomy of the Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom
I’m putting these two posts together because they relate to each other. This was a very fun time from last summer cruising around on this motorcycle.
4. October 14: a day I can’t forget
This post chronicles one of the scariest and most trying times in my life. I truly believe this was fate testing us. I hope we passed.
3. Bikers and tattoos
Two great tastes that taste great together.
2. My first motorcycle love
A fantastic guest post written by Mr. Forrest Frazier.
1. Steampunk motorcycles
Perhaps I’m biased and this is too obvious, but because I love the steampunk movement this is my top pick. Also the most popular post on this site to date.
So now I ask you guys: is there a particular post that you really like from the past year and if so, which one is it and what makes it your favorite?
May 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I loved #8 your Laconia video slide show. I want to see more of that type of posts.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Although I didn’t catch them when first posted, I have to say I really like #7 and #10. I am very much driven by women doing anything that is not stereotypically female. Like the whole message behind the movie G.I.Jane. You can probably tell from checking out some of my first posts when hubby and I started blogging:
http://roadcaptainusa.com/2008/02/08/to-ride-bitch-or-to-ride-my-own/
and
http://roadcaptainusa.com/2008/03/18/women%e2%80%99s-biker-fashions/.
I don’t want to be a woman who adorns her man’s bike, I don’t want to ride a “woman’s” motorcycle, I want to be a woman who rides a motorcycle!