Dug Hill Motorcycles & Outdoor Shenanigans

06/02/2026

UCLA professor, Dr. Don A Vaughan, completed a neuroscience study on motorcycle riding. He and his team of researchers hooked riders up to monitors and compared riding a motorcycle to driving a car and sitting still.

Here’s a link to the study - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33482998/

But to summarize…

• Stress levels dropped by almost 30% after riding

• Focus and alertness increased

• Riders showed signs of being in a “flow state”

• Brain activity looked similar to mindfulness and light exercise combined

The study found that riding forces your brain into the present moment. You’re focused on the road, the curves, the traffic, the sound of the engine, and everything happening around you. There’s not much room left in your head for work stress, bills, or all the other noise life throws at you.

It’s why a long ride can clear your head better than sitting on a couch or in a cage.

05/28/2026

05/26/2026

the Keel Mountain Loop, down the road from us, be like Vroooom braaaap potato-potato WAAAAAHHH rumble-rumble brap-brap BRAAAP dug-dug-dug skrrrt raaaaap pop-pop-pop BWAAAAAH thunk-thunk RATATATATA pffffft VROOM braaaaaaap whiiiiiiine.

05/20/2026

Memorial Day weekend is coming, which means some of y’all are about to point a motorcycle in a random direction and “figure it out later.”

So here’s a map with some solid loops and roads worth burning a tank of gas on. Save it to your phone before your buddy with “great directions” gets everybody lost behind a Dollar General somewhere near Fackler.

05/19/2026

Here’s a quick look back at this year’s Distinguished Gentleman's Ride.

If you missed this one, follow the page now and come ride with us next year.