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We share Road Dirt Editor-At-Large Ted Edwards' recent tale of moto woe, a motorcycle breakdown far from home.

When you've owned the bike as long as Ted has, and accumulated as many miles and memories as he has with it, the feeling is akin to betrayal.

We think many of you will be able to relate. Let us know if you've been there yourself!

Ted's story with photos-

https://roaddirt.tv/red-light-blues/

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Road Dirt's Ryan Nolan helped crew Jasmine Nichols' Team Panda Racing during the recent MotoAmerica races at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The two racers sat down for a candid conversation about the racing season so far, the legendary track at Road America, and some thoughts on the season still ahead.

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We spent a few days in Goshen, Indiana with Richard Worsham and the good folks at Janus Motorcycles. Richard founded the company in 2011, and they specialize in building small displacement, vintage-looking single cylinder motorbikes, with modern components. These 100-year old looking motorcycles are built by hand, one at a time, using a 100-year old model of direct customer input, machining most of their own parts, and building relationships with their "Janus Family" customers.

We love their small motorcycles, and we think you will too.

For our full writeup with photos and footage, click here:

Janus Motorcycles: The Past Meets The Present

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We spent a weekend riding and chatting with Neale Bayly, noted motorcycle journalist, adventure traveler, philanthropist, and now Road Dirt crew!

Neale has traveled the world on motorbikes, and has contributed to over 100 publications worldwide. But his heart is for children in need, and he has established a foundation, Wellspring International Outreach, that supports children's homes in Peru, Uganda, South Africa, and now a children's hospital in Lviv, Ukraine.

We hope you enjoy this conversation with an Englishman now living in Charlotte, North Carolina! We certainly did, and can say truthfully, it won't be our last.

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Wellspring Outreach

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We chat "across the pond" with England's Vanessa Ruck, an inspiring young woman with a passion for motorcycles and a compelling story of overcoming adversity.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

For her full story with photos, check it out here:

https://roaddirt.tv/vanessa-ruck-the-girl-on-a-bike-and-a-mission/

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https://thegirlonabike.com/

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We had the opportunity to talk with MotoAmerica Junior Cup motorcycle racer Jasmine Nichols, of Panda Racing. We discuss her rather late entrance into motorcycle racing, and how she's worked her way up through the ranks to now race at the premier national level.

This is the audio recording of the video interview we had with her, which can be found at the end of our race report on the MotoAmerica opening round at historic Road Atlanta. The audio gets somewhat rough when we move outside by her bike, with ambient paddock and racing sounds in the background.

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https://roaddirt.tv/burning-bikes-bmw-and-the-beaubier-brothers/

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We recently had the opportunity to ride and review, across several days, three midsize motorcycles- the 2023 Harley-Davidson Nightster Special, Indian Scout Rogue, and Honda Rebel 1100T. Road Dirt senior editor Rob Brooks was joined by editor-at-large Ted Edwards and guest tester Dave Wensveen, and after riding in numerous settings and conditions, the three of them sat down over coffee to discuss their impressions and observations.

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Special thanks to Honda Powersports USA, Indian Motorcycle/The Brand Amp, and Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

Shout out to the sponsor of this podcast, Chuck Watwood and the good folks at Law Bike.

We share a sort of "Moto Noir" tale penned by our resident veteran motorcycle rider and writer Joshua Placa. We think you'll enjoy this dark story of hard rain, dark and dangerous city streets, and unrequited love, astride a massive beast of a motorcycle.

Let us know what you think in the comments!

For Joshua's story with mood-fitting photos, click here:

https://roaddirt.tv/midnight-in-metropolis/

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We had about a month with Zero Motorcycle's DSR/X sport adventure bike, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Electric is growing on us. Give a listen why.

For our main site article with photos and video footage, click here:

https://roaddirt.tv/electric-adventure/

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https://www.zeromotorcycles.com/

A few years ago, I had the privilege to meet and interview one of the most interesting people I've ever met- world motorcycle traveler and proud New Zealander Helen Upson. We caught up with Helen as she was touring the United States on her custom 2009 Yamaha V-Max, and she recounted her decades long love affair with motorcycling, her far and wide travels on two wheels, and some of her other interests and achievements. Helen passed away suddenly in her native New Zealand back in January, so we decided it was time to pay tribute to a truly remarkable human being.

For her story with photos, click here:

https://roaddirt.tv/helen-upson-a-kiwi-roams-america/

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