What's it like to ride a motorcycle in LA? Susan Carpenter says, "life affirming"

Update: 2022-11-04

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This piece from the vast Off-Ramp archive is from the very first Off-Ramp - August 5, 2006 - and it's still one of my favorites because it answers a very simple question. What's it like to ride a motorcycle in LA?

The obvious person to answer that question was Susan Carpenter, then the motorcycle columnist for the LA Times (now at Spectrum News 1), who put a little microphone into her helmet and then took off down the streets, roads, and freeways of LA.

Support for this podcast comes from Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

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What's it like to ride a motorcycle in LA? Susan Carpenter says, "life affirming"

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What's it like to ride a motorcycle in LA? Susan Carpenter says, "life affirming"