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.
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Episodes
167 episodes
Riding is Life: Ahmed Wagih, Harley Davidson and a Global Community
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 raise...
Overcoming Fear - Bad Flights and Good Motorcycle Rides
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...
Motorcycle Relief Project with Mike Bobbitt
Some weeks don’t just feel good. They change the trajectory of a life.https://www.motorelief.org/We’re joined by Mike Bobbitt, military veteran and president of Motorcycle Relief Project,...
The Sound of Riding a Motorcycle: Analog Experiences in a Digital World
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 sim...
The Secret to Mountain Motorcycling: Finding Your Zen and Losing the Crowds
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 Roc...
Your Dog's Perspective on Motorcycle Mindfulness
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 ...
What’s Your Story? The Art of Listening to Strangers on the Road
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 ...
Going Out to Play? Why Motorcycles Are the Ultimate Adult Playtime
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...
Two Days and 3 Divides: A Mindful Colorado Motorcycle Journey
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. Fro...
Motorcycle Mindfulness: Fresh Ideas For Your Next Ride
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...
River Meditations: Mindfulness and the Magic of the Solo Ride
Want to support the show? Check out the Show Descriptions for options. Thank you!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...
Motorcycle Travel Wisdom: The Art of Riding The Gap
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 land...
Are Electric Motorcycles a Lifeline for Today's Kids?
Buy yourself a mug and sticker!!! Visit the Peace Love Moto Store!Today, we take a hard look at what might be underneath the rise of lightweight electric motorcycles an...
Motorcycle Camping: Finding Perspective Under the Stars
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 c...
Cycle 5 To Survive: Changing the world with PL & Kristen Meindertsma
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...
Riding Into The May Snow - A Moving Medication in the Rocky Mountains
Three feet of snow in early May and we still point the bikes toward Rocky Mountain National Park. With my buddy Jake, we leave Estes Park and climb Bear Lake Road toward 9,500 feet, watching temperatures, scanning shadowed corners, and keeping ...
The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride - Dapper Riders For Men's Health
Suits, tweed, bow ties, polished boots and thousands of motorcycles rumbling through city streets might look like a Gatsby themed parade, but The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) is built for something much bigger. I’m digging into why this...
Rocky Mountain Ride Reset - A Mindful Approach to Motorcycling
Snow-capped peaks in mid-summer aren't just a view—they’re a challenge. In this episode of the Peace Love Moto podcast, we’re diving into the unique reality of motorcycling in Colorado during the spring transition. From my home ba...
Space and Zen: Lessons from Artemis II for the Modern Motorcyclist
Four humans loop the far side of the Moon, splash down in the Pacific, and then say something that stops me cold: the most overwhelming part wasn’t the Moon. It was Earth. After Artemis II, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jerem...
Paul Kraus - How Vintage Motorcycles Teach Mindfulness
A vintage motorcycle can be more than a machine. It can be a mirror, a mentor, and sometimes the only quiet place left in a loud week. Paul Kraus joins me for a conversation that starts with a family-restored 1947 Wizard motorbike and expands i...
Colorado Destinations - Burt Rashbaum and the Carousel of Happiness
A motorcycle road can take you somewhere beautiful, but every so often it takes you somewhere Truly Amazing. We point our ride toward Nederland, Colorado, tucked along the Peak to Peak Highway, to visit a place I can’t stop talking about:...
Feeling Lucky? Miracles and Motorcycles
A normal coffee run in downtown Loveland flips a switch in my head. At one table, I’m trying to write and think, and a young man paces near the door, locked into a world I can’t enter. Behind me, six teens with Down syndrome laugh with a kind o...
A Mindful Approach to All The Gear - All The Time
The easiest way to change a ride isn’t a new exhaust or a faster route. It’s the quiet minute before the engine starts, when you pull on your jacket, slide into your gloves, and hear that helmet strap click into place. We’ve all heard ATGATT as...
The Voice in His Helmet: John Gorley shares a Father-Daughter Story
John is "The Voice in My Helmet" on Instagram, but there is so much more to this story. What if a single ride could reset your sense of time, place, and what truly matters? We sit down with John Gorley from eastern New Mexico—yes, ...
Ride With Confidence: Derek Hildreth solves your "Is My Bike Ready?" anxiety
Most of us don't ride to get somewhere. We ride to get back to ourselves. But there's one thing that has a quiet way of stealing that feeling before you even throw a leg over the bike: the nagging question in the back of your mind. Did I ta...
