Rat Bike Cleanup!
Here's a video of "after"... the result of several days' worth of OCD scrubbing and polishing my poor ol' 1983 Honda GL650 Silverwing.
This is the one bike I've got that I'll...
A Casualty of Revenue Collecting
They say "speed kills." Here is a case-in-point.
A cop driving at very high speed struck and killed a motorcycle rider who had the bad luck to be in the wrong place...
Reader Question: 1980 Harley Starting Problem?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Jon asks: I hope you can point me in the right direction. I saw your video titled 1980 Ironhead starter rant and it...
Cadillac Sedan deVille, 1956-1984
Nowadays, all the really big sedans are foreign-made: Bentleys, Rolls-Royces, Daimler Maybachs. It is a sign of the decline of the once-magnificent American Land Yacht, whose sole surviving exemplar as of...
1975 Kawasaki S1 Saaaaaaafety Ride!
Here's a quick thumb in the eye to Uncle - the government - which demands I wear a helmet for saaaaaaaaaaafety, on the bizarre assumption that my saaaaaaaaaaafety is anyone's business...
Who Misses Oldsmobile?
Does anyone miss Oldsmobile? Not what Oldsmobile was in its heyday back in the '50s, '60s and '70s - the era of the Rocket 88 - but what it had become...
Easy Fixes First
The other day, I decided to go for a ride on one of my motorcycles - my old, reliable, never-let-me-down '83 Honda GL650 Silverwing.
It let me down.
Keyed the ignition to "run."...
Reader Question: New Motorcycles?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Kenny asks: I haven't seen anything much by you about the latest bikes. Have you given up on them?
My reply: It's more like...
Roadrunner with Richmond 6 Speed Transmission
A good friend of my father's has a modified Roadrunner with a 440. For performance and improved gas mileage he has a Richmond six speed (ROD). He has had it for...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . . that's the question!
And there are several answers.
I...