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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...

Courtney Specht
Aug 18, 20203 min read


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,...

Courtney Specht
Aug 3, 20202 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jul 27, 20203 min read


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

Courtney Specht
Jul 20, 20204 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jul 13, 20203 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jul 6, 20202 min read


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.”...

Courtney Specht
Jul 4, 20201 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jun 29, 20204 min read


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....

Courtney Specht
Jun 22, 20202 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jun 18, 20202 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jun 18, 20202 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jun 14, 20202 min read


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...

Courtney Specht
Jun 13, 20201 min read


Let Them In
Today, right now, actually, kids and youngsters around the country are waking up to their dads pre-checking their bikes. The first kicks...

Courtney Specht
Jun 12, 20203 min read


MOTOMOM, THE NEXT GENERATION
Welcome to the birth of MotoMom Media. The next generation of MOTOMOM. She didn't really leave. She just found a new form. Moto Mamas...

Courtney Specht
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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