Category: ROGUE ZULU Chronicles
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5 Reasons Ambiverts Make Excellent Bikers
What is an ambivert? The short answer, particularly in my case, is an extraverted introvert. Ambiverts have lots of great traits. They’re able to be flexible in a variety of situations, often knowing when to talk and when to listen. These skills can prove really valuable in different social interactions (Goldman, 2025). Signs of an…
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Clocking Miles
Stop telling people: “miles is miles.” It does matter where you clock your miles if you want to live this facet of your life to its full potential. If all you want to do is post up at your local Fat Burger joint or biker bar every weekend and stare at the same faces all…
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Biker Authenticity
As my mama used to say: “Show em’ better than you can tell em’.” It’s right there in boldfaced, oversized font for you to read and hear. I do my own thing and I’m unashamed to do so—I vibrate that high. I live my life according to my own tastes and my own interests regardless…
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Phantom Bobber
In 3 years and 57,000 miles I’ve beaten the absolute hell out of this motorcycle. It’s been dropped multiple times, rear-ended twice, and sideswiped. I’ve worn out 2 different sets of extended foot pegs with the 3rd pair having seen better days. For over the first year and a half of ownership my 2013 Honda…
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Born Free 2022
Currently, there are 43,000 miles on my Phantom’s odometer and she definitely looks the part. Earlier this year I thought about cleaning up my bike’s appearance. The tank is beat up on both sides and the paint is faded from multiple spills at the gas pump. It’s been dropped multiple times for various reasons. Except…
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Fifth Gear Foodie
“It’s a motorcycle blog!” I chuckled at this message from an online friend. I gave my blog page another scan—Yep. After seeing title after title of motorcycle adventures I could see how someone could assume that my blog is only about riding motorcycles. The headline pic of Jay and me 2-up on an Indian Roadmaster…
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Rogue Zulu Cross Country
Though I have a YouTube channel called: “Fifth Gear Foodie” I go by numerous road names. Some call me Romulus while others call me The Bandit. All nicknames earned. Nevertheless, and for the purposes of this blog I am Rogue Zulu. The name Fifth Gear Foodie came about because I want to eventually develop my…
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Rogue Motorcycle Camping Vol IV
You can’t get any better than this. Even though it was over 106 degrees the excitement of going full fledge solo motorcycle camping was so exhilarating I hardly noticed. Plus it was a dry heat, which feels much better than sweating your soul away in the humid heat of Alabama. This would have been the…
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Rogue Motorcycle Camping Vol III
I’ve been riding for decades and outside of South Florida I’ve never seen the size and depth of the storm systems like what I’ve seen on this trip across the United States. After analyzing the path of the biggest of the storms on my weather radar app it looked like I could avoid the heaviest…