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Welcome to Ramblings

My name is Carl Ribaudo I am an adventure motorcycle rider,  consultant, writer and speaker and the President of SMG Consulting,  a tourism and recreation consulting firm located in South Lake Tahoe. I got my start riding on a Honda 50 Mini Trail and later raced the Southern California moto cross circuit until school beckoned. Motorcycles slipped away as I built a successful consulting practice helping tourism destinations and recreation providers throughout the west. Motorcycles worked their way back into my life after I saw the Long Way Around  “I literarily bought the movie on a Friday and the following week was buying a motorcycle and once I threw my leg over the bike I know I was where I was supposed to be”.  I wasted no time solo touring on my BMW 1200GS exploring the two lane highways of the west.

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Writings

February 2015

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My View: Notes from the Front Row ™ Local Musings As many of you have read this column know I have written about mental health here in South Shore. It’s a topic I feel strongly about and will continue to write about. There seems to be some progress at least in talking about the issue […]

January 2015

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Local Musings If you had not heard within the next twelve months there will be new non-stop air service into Reno Tahoe International Airport. The new service from Guadalajara Mexico, London England and New York are welcome additions. People having working on this air service for over a decade. The lesson learned is work together. […]

December

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My View: Notes from the Front Row ™ Local Musings While some may look at December as a great way to look back and wrap up the year, yours truly will look forward and give you a couple of my hoped for New Year’s resolutions. Mental health in my opinion is the number one issue […]

Favorite Movie of all Time- Hoosiers

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Picking a favorite movie is a tough one there are so many good ones and I enjoy films a lot. But if I had to pick one favorite one that if it was I would always watch it I would have to say Hoosiers. Now many see this move as a sports story in which […]

Understanding the Impact of the 1974 Honda Elsinore 125

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Overview The Honda CR125M Elsinore was designed and manufactured by Honda and released in 1973. This bike was intended for use solely as a motocross bike. Its introduction was a major disruption to the existing available technology in the 125cc motocross motorcycle market. The purpose of this paper is to better understand how the Elsinore forever changed the […]

On the road to find Jack Wilson

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Thirty-five years ago , as a high school senior in my last semester before graduation, I decided to take a sociology class on Native American Indians. When I signed up I thought I was taking an easy class to get to graduation. Without realizing it, I had signed up for a pretty challenging course—one that would stick with me for years to come. […]

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