{"id":9949,"date":"2026-02-24T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?post_type=moa_podcasts&#038;p=9949"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:28:52","slug":"john-butrus-solo-motorcyclist-rits","status":"publish","type":"moa_podcasts","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/moa_podcasts\/john-butrus-solo-motorcyclist-rits\/","title":{"rendered":"John Butrus: Solo Motorcyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p>Some motorcyclists love the camaraderie of a group ride. But others prefer the flexibility and solitude of solo riding. John Butrus is so passionate about riding alone that he formed a Facebook group called Solo Motorcyclist, and it\u2019s attracted 44,000 members around the world. John discusses the appeal \u2013 and some of the drawbacks \u2013 of riding solo.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Embed Player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40086815\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/f06823\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/000000\" height=\"192\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JohnButrusRITS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JohnButrusRITS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Riding Into The Sunset<\/em>\u00a0is brought to you by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwownersnews.com\/\">BMW Motorcycle Owners of America<\/a>\u00a0and hosted by journalist &amp; author Ed Housewright. Reach us by email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:podcast@bmwmoa.org?subject=RITS\">podcast@bmwmoa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some motorcyclists love the camaraderie of a group ride. But others prefer the flexibility and solitude of solo riding. John Butrus is so passionate about riding alone that he formed a Facebook group called Solo Motorcyclist, and it\u2019s attracted 44,000 members around the world. John discusses the appeal \u2013 and some of the drawbacks \u2013 of riding solo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9950,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"podcast":[78],"class_list":["post-9949","moa_podcasts","type-moa_podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast-riding-into-the-sunset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts\/9949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/moa_podcasts"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts\/9949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9952,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moa_podcasts\/9949\/revisions\/9952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"podcast","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast?post=9949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}