Peace Love Moto - Where Motorcycling meets Mindfulness
Explore the art of riding with purpose. Hosted by a professional Colorado Rocky Mountain tour guide, Peace Love Moto is your weekly guide to Mindful Motorcycling and finding your Zen on two wheels. 🏍️ Want to support the show? Become a Member: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126578/supporters/new Buy Ron a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/peacelovemoto Gear Up at the Shop: https://peacelovemotostore.com 📬 Get in Touch Contact: Ron@PeaceLoveMoto.com
Episodes
Time doesn’t crawl on a motorcycle the way it does behind a desk. One minute you’re carrying the noise of the world in your helmet, and the next you’re 50 miles out with a quiet mind and a clock that makes no sense. That “time stands still” moment is real for many riders, and I wanted to understand why it shows up so reliably on long rides.
We unpack the psychology behind it, inc...
Wind therapy sounds gentle until you are leaned over in a hard crosswind, peeling your fingers off the grips at the next coffee stop and realizing you just spent 75 miles getting punched sideways by air. That is where this ride begins: Mark rolls up on his Triumph Rocket 3, I’m on my BMW R1250GS Adventure, and a simple plan turns into a 300-mile loop into Wyoming where the wind and rain decide to make the rule...
Route 66 turns 100, and that milestone pulls me back to the ride that quietly rewired my outlook on people. I’m Ron Francis in Loveland, Colorado, and I’m retracing a moment from a solo motorcycle trip that started as a simple plan: follow the towns from “Get Your Kicks On Route 66” and enjoy the open road. What I didn’t plan for was a morning in Gallup, New Mexico that hit harder than ...
A big adventure bike can take you somewhere wild, but it can also take you somewhere quieter: back into your body, your attention, and the part of your mind that finally stops racing. That is where Chris Woodard lives as an adventure motorcycle instructor, and it is why his approach to ADV riding feels like more than drills and cone patterns. He calls it wind therapy, and he makes a strong case that the real payoff ...
My thanks to the good folks at Go Fast Don’t Die for inspiring this episode. Someday you might be sitting still, watching life through a window, and the only “ride” you get is the distant sound of motorcycles passing by. That’s where we start today, with a vivid porch-side daydream that turns into a simple, urgent question: when the next chance to ride shows up, do you take it?
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The fastest way to remember the world is full of good people might be as simple as taking a ride and talking to whoever pulls up next to you. I’m Ron Francis, and on Peace Love Moto I sit down with Ahmed Wagih, a Harley-Davidson Super Fan raised in Egypt and now living in Vietnam whose videos radiate the kind of joy you can’t fake. From the first minutes, we’re on the same wavelength: motorcycles c...
Turbulence can make you feel helpless, nauseated, and sure you’re about to die, yet that same wild, bouncy motion can feel like freedom when you’re standing on the pegs of a motorcycle. That’s the tension we unpack as we explore what I call the turbulence paradox: why fear spikes when we lose agency, and why calm shows up when we become an active participant in the chaos.
I tell the true sto...
Some weeks don’t just feel good. They change the trajectory of a life.
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We’re joined by Mike Bobbitt, military veteran and president of Motorcycle Relief Project, a nonprofit that takes veterans and first responders dealing with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other invisible injuries on five-day adventure motorcycle relief rides. The bikes and the Rocky Mountain and Arizo...
In this episode, we reflect on the power of real, uncompressed sound—from great seats at the New York Philharmonic to the distant rumble of mountain thunder while on a solo ride. In a world dominated by compressed digital streams and screen simulation, riding a motorcycle offers an unfiltered, high-fidelity connection to reality. Unplug the headphones, step away from the digital noise, and discover why two whe...
You can ride the Rocky Mountains and still feel strangely rushed, like you brought the whole world with you to 12,000 feet. I’m Ron Francis, and from my home base in Loveland, Colorado, I want to share what I’ve learned after decades around Rocky Mountain National Park and thousands of guided tours: the “secret” to mountain motorcycling isn’t a hidden route, it’s the subtle shifts...
Your dog has already mastered the skill most of us spend years chasing: being fully here. Picture that head-out-the-window grin, eyes forward, ears back, nose buried in the wind like it’s the best story ever written. That’s not just cute. It’s a blueprint for motorcycle mindfulness, stress relief, and a calmer mind in a loud world.
I connect the rush of riding to what dogs do naturally, from...
A new granddaughter, a long drive to Ohio, and an unexpected gift along the way: strangers who actually listen. After a family trip from Loveland, Colorado, we keep thinking about the small moments at rest stops and gas stations where a simple question turns into a real exchange. When someone slows down enough to hear your story, it changes the whole day, and it reminds you that the world is not as cold as your feed...
Originally aired in 2023, we return to have some fun. To play. Remember the rush of being 10 years old and hearing a friend ask, “Can you come out to play?” That question used to be effortless, and somewhere between bills, jobs, and the daily grind, many of us lost it. I’m Ron Francis, and I’m bringing it back through the lens of motorcycling, because a ride can be more than trans...
A motorcycle can cover distance fast, but that’s not the point of this ride. We’re chasing something quieter: a clear head, a lighter heart, and the kind of focus you only find when the road starts twisting and the mountains start towering. From Loveland, Colorado, I take you on a two-day, 350-mile Colorado Rockies loop designed for riders who love traffic-free roads, remote valleys, and the feeling of b...
Your brain isn’t broken, it’s overloaded. When the news cycle never ends, notifications pile up, and work and family pressure hit at once, stress squeezes your attention down to survival mode. That narrow, defensive mindset keeps you productive in the shortest term, but it also crushes the one thing that matters more and more in the AI era: creativity. We talk about why knowledge work is shifting away fr...
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Big trips look amazing in photos, but the rides that change us are often the small ones: a solo coffee run at dawn, a last-minute loop when life feels loud, a familiar canyon road ridden with no plan at all. We’re chasing that quieter kind of adventure today, the kind you can actually fit into a normal week and still c...
In this powerful episode of the Peace Love Moto podcast, we dive into the profound psychology of motorcycle travel and the transformative concept of "mindful motorcycling." Inspired by a solo moto-camping trip through the striking landscapes of Southern Colorado and a serendipitous discovery at the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, this episode explores the beauty of riding without a rigid itinerary. By inte...
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Today, we take a hard look at what might be underneath the rise of lightweight electric motorcycles and electric dirt bikes with middle school riders.
Kids are coming of age in a hyper-connected world of nonstop news, social media pressure, and algorithm-driven anxiety where reality can feel shaky and attention is constantly monetized. Fro...
Looking for a mental reset? Join us for a scenic motorcycle journey through the high deserts of Utah and the rugged mountains of Colorado. In this episode, we explore the intersection of adventure riding, nature, and mindfulness. Discover the calming power of a solo campout under a massive canopy of stars, a timeless piece of advice from a movie star's Dad, and why hitting the open road on a motorcycle is the perfec...
Every once in a while we meet people who inspire us. People who understand that life holds a deeper purpose than merely passing the time. People who recognize something in themselves and in the world, and then decide to do something about it.
Today, we sit down with PL and Kristen Meindertsma of Cycle 5 to Survive to talk about leaving the hustle mindset behind and building a five-continent cycling missi...
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