Little Stinker Emerges!
Yesterday was one of the first warm/dry days we've had up here in The Woods of southwest Virginia, so I decided to step away from the keyboard and unshroud Little Stinker...
Reader Question: Some Bike Advice?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Sam writes: On Wednesday I saw a guy riding a green and white Kawasaki Super Sherpa - decked out with a rack and...
Zero . . .
Naming an electric scooter a Zero is at least editorially honest.
Of course, Zero - the manufacturer of electric scooters - likes to pretend that it's selling motorcycles. And the scooters it...
Anyone Remember. . . ?
Time passes - things change. Here's a quick look at some of those things, for instance:
Once upon a time, you had two car keys - one to unlock the doors,...
Good Car Names Gone Wrong…
The good thing about a bad car name is you've got no expectations; nothing to live up to - and so, little to disappoint you. But wasting a good name on...
AMC Matador, 1971-1978
By the mid-1970s, American automakers were under the gun to reduce both the size and the fuel consumption of their offerings. Gas shortages, price spikes - and the growing presence of...
Do You Miss Steering Wheels?
Modern cars have their (many) good point, but don't you miss - just as an example - the different steering wheels cars used to have?
I don't just mean model to model,...
Buick Invicta, 1959–1963
One of Buick's greatest early Dreadnoughts was the short-lived but extremely memorable Invicta series, which made its debut in 1959 as the replacement for the Century.
The unusual name derives from the...
Thinning The Herd
When you haven't got time anymore, it's time to let some of them go.
So - with lots of sadness - I recently sold one of my five bikes. The dual sport...
Chevy Monte Carlo, 1970-1988
There is a species of American land shark that once prowled the highways and byways of the United States in great fleets, but which have become as extinct as Megaladon -...