Mission Rides

Mission Rides

From Radio TRO by The Riding Obsession

May 10, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of having a mission for motorcycle rides, along with practical tips on route planning and safety gear.

Radio TRO is brought to you in part by: Twisted Road - Motorcycle Rental in the USA Visit Twisted.TRO.bike to get a FREE riding day! Robin turns fresh MCN bits into sport touring math: smoother UK roads, pump-price pain and smart helmets that might still start a comms compatibility bar fight. A friend's Ducati Hypermotard arrives with tires worn on the sides, not the center, because New Mexico apparently invented trailer-to-twisties tire geometry. He folds family memory, Iron Butt attempts, Kentucky roots and Trip 7's Super Clover fallback into one clean idea: a ride gets better when it has a mission. Brian steers the mission talk from bourbon-adjacent scouting to practical route reality, where pretty map lines can become lake traffic and slow trucks with boat trailers. He brings tire rebate gospel, Road Rubber Watch nudges and the hard truth that Michelin pricing can make wallets file a formal complaint. His best version of the ride plan is simple enough to survive real life (central lodging, cloverleaf routes, seven states and enough wiggle room to dodge chaos). Joanne takes the chest-protection question and refuses the easy armor-catalog shrug. For true street and dual sport…

People in this episode

Host: Robin

Guests: Brian, Joanne

Topics covered

  • motorcycle touring
  • safety gear
  • route planning
  • motorcycle rental
  • tire geometry

Keywords

  • motorcycle rental
  • sport touring
  • tire wear
  • airbag systems
  • route planning

Sponsors

Twisted Road

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ducati Hypermotard, Alpinestars Tech Air, Revit

Places: New Mexico, Kentucky

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