Motorcycle Misadventures

Kawasai Gives Away 820 Vehicles: Here's how to win one

The huge “Good Times's Sales Event” promotion launched by Kawasaki in April has reached the half-way point and the company said that more than 3.2 million game pieces will have been distributed to consumers by the end of July. Following the event’s July 31st conclusion, each of the 820 participating Kawasaki dealers will be giving away a new Kawasaki motorcycle or ATV.

Overland Expo Panel on Choosing a Vehicle for a Big Trip

Excellent, thank you AtlasRider Bill Dwyer for posting this video of the panel I moderated on Choosing a Vehicle: How to Get Going and Keep Going on an overland trip by motorcycle or on four wheels with experts Lorraine Chittock, Lois Pryce, Austin Vince, Christian Pelletier, and Bill Dwyer.

July Women Motorcyclists' Personal Power and Leadership Retreat in Toronto

Women Riders Retreat in Temagami July 14-17, 2011 connects motorcycling experience with personal and professional empowerment. 

Trillium Motorcycle Tours and Events today announced the introduction of a 3-day Women Riders Retreat, July 14-17, 2011 at Smoothwater of Temagami, a wilderness lodge 4.5 hours north of Toronto. 

Designed specifically for riders, the event will pair facilitated group activities and unstructured solitary time with riding.  The synergy that results will heighten self-awareness, awaken inherent strengths and allow participants to apply them towards personal transformation through an unequivocal experience.  The area’s ancient pine forests, lakes, fresh air and easy road access makes it the ideal setting for a motorcycle retreat.   

“Riding a motorcycle proficiently builds confidence, courage, flexibility, an ability to manage risk and a sense of adventure,”  says Liz Jansen, seasoned rider and President of Trillium Motorcycle Tours & Events.  “Often we are oblivious to the role riding has played in developing personal power and leadership skills.  Taking time to step back from the voices and needs of others allows us to realize our strengths and apply them to other areas of our lives.  While the focus is on understanding ourselves better,”  Jansen continues, “we will discover how the relationship with our bikes enhances this.“

According to a 2008 survey by the US Motorcycle Industry Council, the average age of riders is 42 and women comprise 22.7% of operators – a number that has surely grown since then (though data is not yet available for 2009 and 2010).  All of this is happening at a time of major life transition when people are taking stock of their life and searching for meaning.  Since motorcycling itself elicits a meditative, spiritual experience, it is a natural partner for a synergistic retreat experience. 

More info here.

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About Trillium Motorcycle Tours & Events:  Founded in 2003, Trillium Motorcycle Tours & Events creates motorcycle experiences that instill a sense of adventure, freedom and community while traveling the transformative road to personal and professional leadership.  President Liz Jansen also Chairs the Motorcyclists Confederation of Canada Board and is a Canada Safety Council certified Senior Motorcycle Instructor at Humber College in Toronto. 

For more information:  Liz Jansen: 519-943-1131 or liz@trilliumtours.com.  www.trilliumtours.com.