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Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Episode 68 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is sponsored by FLY Racing. Host Greg Drevenstedt talks with his friend Kevin Duke, a longtime motojournalist who is editor-in-chief of American Rider, about new/updated 2024 motorcycles, the popularity of adventure bikes, the rise of high-tech bikes, new small-displacement bikes, dirtbikes from Triumph and Ducati, and more.
LINKS: FLYracing.com, @flyracingUSA on Instagram
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Our guest on Episode 67 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Ellie Cooper, who got trapped in India during the Covid lockdown and spent more than 2 years living there and exploring the country by motorcycle. The July 2022 issue of Rider included Cooper’s feature “Himalayan Cliffhanger,” a gripping story about her riding India’s death road 2,000 feet above the Chenab River. The November 2023 issue included “India from Head to Toe,” about riding her Royal Enfield 4,500 miles from the high Himalayan passes to the southernmost tip of India. Check out Cooper’s book “Waiting for Mango Season,” available on Amazon, to read more about her adventures in India.
LINKS: Waiting for Mango Season on Amazon, Ellie Cooper on Instagram
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Our guests on Episode 66 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast are Jonas Zahn and Brenda Kuhl, who are competing in the 2023 Motorcycle Cannonball as Team 36 on a 1928 Moto Guzzi Sport 14 sidecar rig named “Renata.” The Motorcycle Cannonball is a coast-to-coast endurance rally for pre-1933 motorcycles that runs Sept. 7-24 and covers more than 3,800 miles. Zahn and Kuhl tell us about their backstory and preparations for the event. Team 36 is supported by Klim, Powersports Company, Beauboy Menswear, Ooga Brewing, Great Harvest Bakery, Stilettos on Steel, and the Partners at Axley Brynelson, LLP. Follow Pegleg Speed Shop on social media for daily updates.
LINKS: PeglegSpeedShop, @peglegspeedshop on Instagram, @peglegspeedshop on Facebook, @peglegspeedshop on YouTube
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Our guest on Episode 65 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Tom Medema, co-founder of Rally for Rangers, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to protect the world’s special places by empowering rangers around the world with new motorcycles and equipment.” Rally for Rangers has provided 160 motorcycles to rangers in 16 parks in Mongolia, Argentina, Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, and Namibia. Visit the website to learn more about the first U.S. event in the Black Hills of South Dakota in September and the sweepstakes fundraiser for an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2024 Mongolia event.
LINKS: RallyForRangers.org, @rallyforrangers on Instagram, rallyforrangers on Facebook
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Our guest on Episode 64 of the Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is Quinn Redeker, who is the BMW Authority Brand Ambassador for North America. Redeker spent nearly two decades in law enforcement and has competed in over 100 police motorcycle competitions, taking top honors in most. He’s an instructor with Total Control Training and owns PoliceMotorTraining.com. Rider magazine published a profile of Redeker in 2016, and two videos of him on Rider’s YouTube channel have a combined 16.8 million views. The September 2023 issue of Rider kicks off a new skills column called “Motor School with Quinn Redeker.”
LINKS: PoliceMotorTraining.com, Profile of Quinn Redeker in Rider, Quinn Redeker on YouTube
About the Host
The Rider Magazine Insider Podcast is hosted by Greg Drevenstedt, editor-in-chief at Rider magazine. Join us for entertaining, behind-the-scenes interviews with motorcycle travelers, industry icons, movers, shakers, and assorted ne’er-do-wells. Our informal, unfiltered conversations bring you “Motorcycling at its Best.”