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Solo Moto: Dead Body Collectors

Posted by Neale Bayly | Oct 6, 2026 | Ride Life | 3

An Englishman In Ukraine, Part 2

Posted by Neale Bayly | Oct 21, 2022 | Ride Life | 4

Solo Moto: Dead Body Collectors

by Neale Bayly | Oct 6, 2026 | Ride Life | 3

Why? Why are they killing us? These sudden outbursts of anger, frustration and despair cause her to stare into the half-light, physically vibrating from the hatred inside that is unable to escape. The swirling maelstrom of vitriol becoming a supernatural demon that is possessing this sweet, bright and energetic young lady. Then it’s over, and she is back, in the way I’ve seen soldiers wounded in battle leave the moment and return during similar conversations.

Solo Moto- Facing Down the Giants

by Neale Bayly | Aug 6, 2026 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 2

Then he heard them, otherworldly giants in the distance screaming their haunting battle cry, filling the silent night air with their spine-chilling roar. Behind the concrete blocks, the fear swept over him as he felt these murderous creatures growing closer, hidden for now by the dark. Fierce, inhuman beings invading his land, destroying everyone and everything in their path, and he alone, with one automatic rifle, the last line of defense before children would be snatched from their beds and families destroyed as these grotesque abominations took over this village.

Solo Moto- A Superhuman in Lviv

by Neale Bayly | Jul 9, 2026 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 7

“I’m going to walk into the center of town for coffee and a smoke with my friends, then my girlfriend is going to have sex with a Superhuman.” I can’t help but laugh, Nazar laughs, and in this special moment I’m lifted by his incredible happiness. He is going home a hero, and for the first time since a Russian artillery shell took his leg and after undergoing 17 surgeries, he will be without his wheelchair.

Solo Moto

by Neale Bayly | Jun 23, 2026 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 4

What am I doing here? Out in the wide-open farmland between Dnipro City and Kharkiv, as I realize I haven’t seen a house, a car or a person for what feels like too long, the voices are winning. The voices that, on the surface at least, are gnawing at my psyche as they repeatedly question my purpose in Ukraine. The more rational part of my brain argues it is just stress and fear finding a way out, as my ego won’t admit to being afraid. That the constant air alerts, blown up buildings, and at times explosions on the horizon are not bothering me. I had come face to face with my fear the previous year I thought so surely, I was beyond that now?

An Englishman In Ukraine, Part 3

by Neale Bayly | Dec 16, 2022 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 2

Trapped in the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine as the air-strike warnings howled across the city, we made the decision to move to a nearby park. Out in the open we hoped that we would be as far from any buildings as we could if they got hit. And, if they hit the park we’d be gone quickly.