D. M. Davison's Page

What sane motorcyclist would knowingly go to 59,000 plus acres of deer, elk and buffalo? Well if you could see the frontier in the wild, chow down on longhorn beef hamburger as big as a pie and finish with a fat piece of cheesecake? Count me in. See stories and photos here.

After years of riding behind RD on our BMW, I wanted to get more riding time in and learn to drive for myself. I wanted to be prepared in case of emergency. The question became, which bike? Of course, I wanted a Ducati Monster. Or a Yamaha. Or a BMW. I knew I wanted it mostly to get around my little town because I'm not ready to give up my photo seat with RD on our cross country tours. So we decided on a Vespa. See the "Lesson."… Continue

Ducati launched its Streetfighter last month. The coming out party in Oklahoma City brought out about 250 folks to the BMW/Ducati/Vespa of OKC dealership. One of the more interesting guests was an Air Force pilot, Van Blaylock, who road races his Ducati for fun on weekends. Check out the slideshow and story plus some pretty cool footage from Ducati promoting their new baby.

I had an amazing visit with Helge Pedersen, who wrote "10 Years on 2 Wheels." During the 80's, Helge rode about 250,000 miles through 77 countries on a BMW G/S. Most of it was on back roads. He lived in a small tent and cooked on a gas stove. Had 2 meals: rice with sardines and sardines with rice. He lived by selling photography and travel articles. Today, he runs a company called GlobeRiders that specializes in long tours to unique… Continue

Our last day on the road left us 897 miles from home. Not usually what you want to hear. We were in Parachute, Colorado, a small town just east of Grand Junction and 224 miles from Denver. At the very least we had about 14 hours of riding in front of us. And a mountain range. Covered in snow. It was 32° in them hills. I layered up.



Not many people understand our style of riding. There are days when I don’t either. Maybe it’s thrill… Continue