Chasing the Cure for MS — Long Haul Paul

LongHaulPaul: A Quick Demo Ride

I put over 200,000 miles on my 2021 Yamaha Tenere 700. I didn’t wear it out, I raffled it off for a Multiple Sclerosis charity. My 2025 Yamaha Tenere 700 barely has 60,000 miles on the clock and still smells new! Because I travel the country full time sharing my story, I always add accessories … Read more

Traveling Man

“Up with the sun, gone with the wind.” Like many people who spend their lives traveling, I live and breathe many of Bob Seger’s lyrics. “Out to the road, out ‘neath the stars  Feeling the breeze, passin’ the cars” I just returned from my biggest motorcycle trip so far this year. I rode 8,300 miles. … Read more

Long Haul Paul — A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss (MS Advocate)

21 years ago, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. At the time, I was a divorced Dad, raising two boys on my own while running a small retail business. I had already sold my motorcycles and had decided my passion for riding and competing in long distance rallies would have to wait until my boys … Read more

Long Haul Paul — What Goes Round, Comes Around

My October column, Canadian Kindness, was about my experiences having a breakdown in Canada and the people who were eager to help me continue on my way. My misfortune turned perfect strangers into heroes and friends who I plan to go out of my way to visit just for fun this year.  In full disclosure, … Read more

Feet Freeze Before Bridges

It was a last minute decision. Every year for the last twenty years, 500 or more hearty motorcyclists converge on the Stagecoach Cafe in Stockton Alabama on December 30th for what is called, The Annual Last Ride of the Year. A loosely organized event billed as a ride-to-eat, where folks from all corners of the … Read more

Winter Fixings

My motorcycle riding season is over for the year. I ending the season with a busy October, logging 9,000 miles towards my goal of a million miles for Multiple Sclerosis. I wasn’t just riding circles around my house in New Hampshire, either! I rode to three big motorcycle rallies as well as spoke at an … Read more

Canadian Kindness: Long Haul Paul & MS Bike Auction

In June, I raffled off my 2021 Yamaha Tenere 700 for the MS charity I support. The motorcycle was my 4th since starting my million mile journey for Multiple Sclerosis. Curechaser IV had an amazing 211,000 miles on the odometer and lived a very tough life on the road. The fundraiser raised $15,000 and I … Read more

My Best Friend — Kona

We had to say goodbye to our dog Kona last week. He was almost 14. Kona came to us at the very start of the covid pandemic, a sort of rescue from my daughter-in-law who was struggling with two animals who couldn’t stand each other and fought continuously. Kona was half French Bulldog with Cattle … Read more

It’s FARKLE Season

In the world of long distance motorcycle riding, we often use the acronym FARKLE. When we get a new motorcycle that we plan to ride for tens of thousands of miles each year, we customize it by adding parts and accessories to help us travel long days comfortably and safely. The first few months of … Read more

Blowing Snow

For the first time since I began writing this bi-monthly column over a decade ago, I have not ridden a motorcycle in the two months since my last story. In fact, it has been three months since I have even started one of my bikes! It’s not that I don’t want to ride, it … Read more

Long Hall Paul – Picturesque Calendar

Changing of the Calendars — Supporting MS Chasing the Cure Winter is upon all of us, but that certainly means different things to different people. To many of us living in the northern states, the transition to Winter means preparing the house and yard for a few months of cold and being ready for the … Read more

Fall Up

It happens every year. My wife and I were enjoying drinks on the outside deck waiting for a table at out favorite restaurant. She chose a French martini and I ordered a Summer Ale. The weather was perfect for sitting outside, no need for a sweatshirt or jacket as long as the sun was still … Read more

Raising Fun with the MS5000

Do you ride a motorcycle? It is that time of year again when I ask my friends, family and followers who ride motorcycles to join me in raising money for the MS charity I support called, MS Views and News. Thirteen years ago, before I started my quest to ride a million miles for Multiple … Read more

50/50 Chance

A 50/50 chance sounds much better when you are at the roulette table than it does when you are on the operating table. Should you carry an umbrella when there is a 50% chance of rain? When I first started using motorcycles to raise awareness and funds for Multiple Sclerosis 12 years ago, I realized … Read more

Diagnosed with Astroids

One year from today, an astroid known as The End III will collide with earth and destroy everything on it. FAKE NEWS of course, but let’s pretend for just a moment that it was true.             How would you react? What would you do if you found out your future was not going to be … Read more

Long Haul Paul — Yamaha Revs My Heart and Helps MS

My last column was about looking forward to getting some MotoMedicine as I headed out in December for my final road trip of 2023. I was invited to attend Yamaha’s media event for the newest version of the bike I am currently riding; the Tenere 700. Yamaha was hosting two small groups of journalists over … Read more

A Few More Miles of MOTOMEDICINE

After a busy summer of traveling weeks at a time, I was enjoying spending time at home with my wife, Elin, and our dog, Kona. My event schedule for most of October through March was empty. With the exception of managing the 10th annual MS5000 motorcycle mileage contest, I was left with raking leaves, fixing … Read more

Inappropriate Medical Advances

I consider myself a fairly simple man with some common sense. Having a life long auto immune disease like Multiple Sclerosis certainly provides me plenty of opportunities to witness dumb and dangerous decisions from our healthcare system. The United States probably has the greatest doctors, medications and treatments in the world. However, rules and regulations … Read more

Rut Roh! Long Haul Paul’s MS (dirt) Path

Riding  a motorcycle across the country certainly offers many opportunities to experience the potholes riddled across our roads and interstates. I often use these asphalt craters as a metaphor of dealing with the often sudden changes living with a disease such as Multiple Sclerosis can bring. Just as hitting a foot deep black hole that … Read more

Long Haul Paul Fighting MS —HELP is Not a Four Letter Word

Helping friends and family is part of everyday life. Helping neighbors in our local communities or people on the other side of the world is what makes most humans, well, humane. Whenever I help out a friend or neighbor it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I believe sharing my story of living … Read more