The Not-Disposable Bike
Just as there was a sweet spot for cars - a moment in time when they were just modern enough to start perfectly every time, never stall, last almost forever and...
VW May Dump Ducati
Apparently, Volkswagen Group is considering selling off Ducati as the automaker seeks to streamline operations to fund a strategic overhaul after the emissions-cheating scandal, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
VW has...
App Before You Wrench
Back in the day, when your bike wasn’t running right, you had to wrench to figure out why. Now, you can tap an app on your phone.
And know what needs wrenching......
Two Wheeled Red Barchettas . . .
Motorcycles will probably prove to be the real-life Red Barchettas.
You may remember the great Libertarian anthem by the classic rock band, Rush. It depicts a future world in which private cars...
A Slingshot Around Uncle
There is a way out.
Of half a dozen (or more) air bags and seat belt buzzers and back-up cameras and narc-you-out black boxes and automatic braking (soon to be a mandatory...
Hardley Ableson Electric Starter Odyssey
If you've never dealt with an AMF-era Ironhead Sportster electric start problem, perhaps this will help you deal with it - learning from my fumbling around. Here's the scenario:
I agreed to...
The Harley Odyssey
So the bike won't start.
More accurately, the starter won't spin the engine - which is why the bike won't start.
But the starter spins. It just doesn't spin anything else.
So, I know the...
Get An Old Bike… While You Can Still Afford An Old Bike
As new bikes become more and more like new cars - that is, complicated and expensive, both to buy and maintain - the remaining supply of old bikes is going to get...
The Littlest Triple
Weird little bikes are hard to find new. A bleak homogeneity has settled in. Small bikes are safe bikes; conventionally styled, with mild engines. Made, in brief, for beginners. To be...
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...