Peace Love Moto - Where Motorcycling meets Mindfulness
Peace Love Moto is a weekly podcast dedicated to the pure joy of riding a motorcycle and the quiet mindfulness found along the way. Hosted by a professional Colorado Rocky Mountain tour guide, each episode explores how the open road clears your head, sharpens your senses, and brings true presence to every journey.
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Episodes
178 episodes
Motorcycling While You Still Can - Windows of Opportunity Not to be Missed
“Windows of Opportunity”. We assume that there'll always be time for this or that. Until there is no time left. Whether it’s planning our next motorcycle journeys or sharing a coffee with an old friend, in today’s episode, let...
MotoGP Live - The Sound of a Motorcycling Community
Miguel Oliveira is amazing and so is MotoGP in which he competes. Today I share my experience attending the 2024 MotoGP races at the Circuit of the Americas with my longtime friend, Kent. We talk about the bikes, the riders, their f...
Motorcycling the Cowboy Way
Jeff Johnson said "I’m drawn to open country. It’s where everything becomes clear. It’s where the world makes the most sense. When I put myself out there, I always return with something new. The best journeys are those t...
Losing Control and Finding Rainbows
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass: it’s about learning how to ride in the rain! We have to ride with some degree of confidence that all will go ok in the end. If we are in fear all the time, well, we’d should probably sell ...
Kirsten Midura - Changemaker and Motorcyclists
Courageous people. People who step out when others won’t. Those are people that we call heros. I had heard about such a person. And when I learned that she also has a passion for motorcycling, well that’s someone I reall...
Why Motorcycle Riders Do the Biker Wave - You've Got a Friend!
The"Biker Wave" with the left hand comes in several forms ya know, but to me it means just one thing. It means that you care. And that is what the Peace Love Moto podcast is all about. It’s about spreading the good news that r...
The Basics of Motorcycling - Ain’t Nobody Feelin’ No Pain
Some folks say that you can never go back in time. But I think we can. As a child on my first motorcycle, I was moving through the air with a motor and two wheels under me. Wandering from place to place with just the sound of ...
Motorcycling while Helpless and Speechless and Breathless
I had to learn to be quiet. Because that’s when Mother Nature can speak to you. In today's episode, we talk about riding East to the plains of Nebraska, meeting a rancher with an amazing story, and then experiences with quoting ...
Motorcycling to Glen Echo, Colorado and Other Amazing Things!
I could hear those motorcycles coming my direction. They had to be going fast! Echoing down through the canyon on that steep dirt road. There’s no guard rails up there! Slide off the road and you're a goner. Coming...
The Art of Slow Motorcycling - As in Life
We’ve just got to slow down sometimes, now more than ever. No, I’m not warning against riding fast, I’m referring to the speeds that our brains and emotions are built for. With 24*7 news cycle, constant social media updates, work st...
Motorcycling Songs and the Road Ahead
What music do you hear in your head when you ride? The Doobie Brothers? Pearl Jam? John Denver? The Mormon Tabernacle Choir?For me, it’s any one of those music styles, playing over and over in my head as I ride, but fo...
Motorcycling with a Purpose - Creating Picture Perfect Moments
My grandmother was Nettie Mae. That’s a beautiful name, isn’t it. A little lady, full of spirit. I remember when I was a kid, 10 or 11 years old, going fishing with her way out in the country near Blue Ridge, Texas. She ...
Motorcycling in Colorado - Hidden Cafes, Porches, Coffee Shops and More!
Are you planning a motorcycle trip to Colorado? Maybe visiting the Rocky Mountain National Park region? Oh, we need to talk. Ha ha. This is my 25th year of living and motorcycling all around Northern Colorado. This is a ...
Summary of Episodes 21-39 - The Roads We've Traveled
Late November and that means it’s Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. Hard to believe that 2023 is beginning to reach its close. It’s been snowing the past couple of days here in Loveland, Colorado. Time to browse through our...
Motorcycles and the Art of Wandering
Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go. That's good. I get it.Henry David Thoreau talked it way back in the 1860s, this idea of wandering. As motorcycle riders, we have the freedom t...
Motorcycling: A Pure and Simple Return to Reality
There are lots and lots of things we love about motorcycling and for me, an overarching thing that I most appreciate. Motorcycling is real. There’s no Virtual Reality. There’s no AI. Nothing Artificial going on here.&nbs...
Staying Healthy and Thinking like a Hippie: Motorcycling may be what you need.
It was there, boarding our motorcycles onto the ferry, that the fellow next to me pulled off his jacket to reveal a t-shirt that not only caught me by surprise, but made me laugh. We struck up a conversation right away. His black t-...
Wow! Charlie at Janus Motorcycle hears that a lot. An interview with Charlie Hansen-Reed.
I had stopped for lunch in a tiny mountain town here in Colorado when he rode up on this unbelievable motorcycle. I know that my first word to Charlie was “Wow”, followed by “What kind of motorcycle is that”? He briefly desc...
Doug Logston: Part 2: The Motorcycle Sport Touring Association and More!
Do you know what I love about riding motorcycles with friends? Everything! As the old Christmas carol goes, “Oh what fun it is to ride” and so it was just this morning, riding with two great friends through the twisty mountain roads...
Meet Doug Logston: Part 1: The Motorcycle Sport Touring Association and More!
As I have described in previous episodes, a large credit for the idea for this podcast, Peace Love Moto, is due to the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, an international fundraiser for men’s health issues focused on prostate cancer research an...
Views from the Saddle Part 2: An interview with Brett and Melissa Wilson. Comparing horseback riding with motorcycling.
Melissa and Brett Wilson described how it’s about gratitude, it’s about appreciation for our ability to ride because of how much you love it! Today, we continue with Part 2 of our conversation with Brett and Melissa as we find ourselves a...
Views from the Saddle Part 1: An interview with Brett and Melissa Wilson. Comparing horseback riding with motorcycling.
Ya know, when someone asks me to describe what the Peace Love Moto podcast is all about, I simply say that it’s about the peace of mind that all of us seek, and some of us find, from the saddle of a motorcycle. Well today, you’ll hear a s...
Motorcycling with Your Eyes Closed. I didn't know she was asking for help.
I call this episode “Motorcycling with Your Eyes Closed - Don’t let this happen to you”. Of course we ride with our eyes open! What a silly thought. We motorcycle riders are hyper aware of everything going on around us. ...
Think like your dog. Motorcycling in North Park, Colorado with no distractions.
My dog, Sally, doesn’t know that it’s Wednesday. She has no plans for tomorrow. She doesn’t even have plans for today. She’s just in the moment. Right here beside me, right now, life is good. And to her, tha...
How To Be a More Kind Motorcyclist.
I think I know you. Yep, I'm pretty sure that I know you. You’ll talk to a stranger. You’ll ask someone parked on the side of a lonely road if they need help. When you see a little kid looking through the car window at y...
