Nine-Year-Old Clover
Here's the next generation of Clover rising. He reminds me of Parson's brat from 1984. The one who shrieked, "thought criminal!" at Winston while he was trying to unclog the sink...
The Test Ride . . . And How to Get One
One of the weird things about buying a new motorcycle is buying it before you've actually ridden it. This happens a lot with bikes. It almost never happens with a car...
Should New GM Be Liable for The Misdeeds of Old GM?
The unfolding fiasco over GM's apparent shoving-under-the-rug of a potentially life-ending defect with the ignition switches in millions of its vehicles brings up the interesting issue of moral hazard and how...
SC Hero Shoots 70-Year-Old Over Walking Cane
CLOVER, SC — A senior citizen was shot during a traffic stop when a police officer stopped him for expired tags and mistook his walking stick for a gun.
The incident occurred...
New Things to Know About New Cars
You've heard of Moore's Law? Applied to computers, it states that processing power doubles - roughly - every two years.
A similar law - not yet named - arguably applies to new...
Air-Cooled vs. Water-Cooled
Most of us have a preference for one - or the other.
I own - and have owned - numerous examples of both types. There are pros - and cons - either...
We Did OK
Well, we ended the month close to not being in the red. Things did pick up during the last week of Feb., though - so I'm hopeful we'll make up the...
Tortured Traffic Laws
At some point - I think it happened back in the late '80s - a government bureaucrat decided it was "unsafe" to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. Not content...
Retro review: 1983 Honda Nighthawk CB550
What makes a bike memorable?
That it's fast? Maybe - but not necessarily. A buddy of mine owned a first-year Honda Interceptor VFR1000. The whir of gear driven cams - and 125...
The Window’s Closing
2014 is the year we turned a historically significant corner. The self-driving car is officially in the works now; it is no longer speculative fiction.
In a very real way, self-driving cars...