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Jul 18
6 min

MotoParents, Get off the Trapeze

We’ve created a three ring circus for our MotoKids. And it’s all our fault. I recently was saddened to read about the shuttering of long...

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MOTOMOM

May 31
3 min

Florence Grand Prix // 50th Anniversary

A couple months back my pops told me that he was planning to race the Florence Grand Prix event, marking the 50th anniversary of a race...

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MOTOMOM

May 23
3 min

Motocross Racing Doesn't Matter

I’m gonna tell you something that might surprise you, coming from me - that is - if you’ve known me, especially the balls to the wall do...

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MOTOMOM

May 12, 2021
1 min

MotoMother's Day

In the pits, he dresses with care, motorcycles surround us everywhere. Goggles, helmet, knee braces and pants, necessary gear to begin...

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MOTOMOM

Dec 25, 2020
2 min

'Twas a Moto Christmas

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MOTOMOM

Dec 8, 2020
6 min

The MotoDad Type

The following postcard from the pits story is another adaptation of a Robin Crutcher MotoMom original. I’ve been wallowing in my basement...

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MOTOMOM

Sep 7, 2020
3 min

Danger.

Get out. Get the hell out. Now. While you can. While your heart beats and your head is clear. Fill your lungs with the air around you and...

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For Sale: Everything. A Letter to MotoKid

MOTOMOM

Aug 18, 2020
3 min

For Sale: Everything. A Letter to MotoKid

For Sale: Everything. The hauler. The bikes. The parts. The truck. The gear. The kid. The husband. Shit I’ll throw in the dog, too. Just...

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MOTOMOM

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

For The Ones Still At Home

To the kids that didn’t make it to Hurricane Mills; It’s alright. If you didn’t qualify- missing by one or by 30. If you got the ticket,...

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MOTOMOM

Jul 27, 2020
3 min

The First Time Rancher

I first penned this post over two years ago, when a MotoMom in a social media group said they were prepping for their first trip. I’ve...

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MOTOMOM

Jul 20, 2020
4 min

Keeping Score

Adapted from “Motomom Score Card,” by Robin Crutcher, 1997 There is an unidentifiable neural trigger that reacts to the olfactory...

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MOTOMOM

Jul 13, 2020
3 min

Other People's Kids

Lots of sports have those moms that always like to be the head hen. They’re usually the ones in charge of the PTA, the ones that bring...

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MOTOMOM

Jul 6, 2020
2 min

MotoMom-Isms

Adapted from “Moto-Momisms” By Robin Crutcher, in The Best of Motomom Mom-isms are a thing that usually only a mother gets to say, say...

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MOTOMOM

Jul 4, 2020
1 min

The American Dream

If you’re going to post in color, it better be in red, white and blue. “The American Dream does not come to those who fall asleep.”...

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MOTOMOM

Jun 29, 2020
4 min

Mom, Are You Having Fun?

I briefly cried in the shower last night. We were home late from a rough racing weekend. I don’t know if it was exhaustion or defeat of...

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MOTOMOM

Jun 22, 2020
2 min

It's Just Dirt Bikes

Stop. I want you to think really hard about this. Think about the last time your kid was on their bike. This weekend. Yesterday....

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MOTOMOM

Jun 18, 2020
2 min

Dear MotoDad - A Father's Day Tribute

Dear MotoDad, You make so many sacrifices to make this racing thing work. Sometimes it’s a Sunday evening and you’ve loaded the trailer...

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MOTOMOM

Jun 18, 2020
2 min

Through the Woods

The making of a new Harescramble MotoMom. Julia Goes has an understated calm about her, the kind that only the moms of the woods and dirt...

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MOTOMOM

Jun 14, 2020
2 min

Picking Favorites

“What was your favorite part of today?” I ask MotoKid as he climbs into bed. Tonight he turns over his head, his mop of unkempt burnished...

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MOTOMOM

Jun 13, 2020
1 min

MotoBros

There’s a bond forged between motos with the children of the clay and the sand. These friendships, crafted in a language of “Braps” and...

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