Air-Cooled vs. Water-Cooled Bikes
Lots of interest in motorcycles now - for practical reasons. They are a way of dealing with the doubling of the price of gas...
Helmet Laws Are Unsafe . . . and Worse
The other night, I went for an evening ride with my girlfriend - neither of us wearing a helmet, which is no longer legal...
Night Riding
Some things are better done in the dark. Riding a motorcycle, for instance.
At night, you do not have the sun in your face. You...
How to Double – Even Triple – Your Gas Mileage
There is not much we can do about the doubling-plus of the price of gas, which is a function of our money buying less...
The Art of the Ride
Why ride a motorcycle?
You are exposed to the elements. It requires concentration, involvement. You cannot text. You may get wet. You are fully in...
Motorcycles Are Next
We live in inverted times.
A “virus” that posed a significant threat to about 1 percent of the population was used as the pretext for...
Dumb – As Seen in the Rearview
We all do dumb things - which we thought at the time we did them were smart things. One of the dumbest things I’ve...
Drop Forged . . .
There’s an old joke you may have heard about tools made in (say it like Trump) . . . China. It says "drop forged"...
Nostalgia, Already . . .
We will sell no wine before it’s time.
So said Gallo pitchman Orson Welles, a long time ago. Nostalgia is like that. It takes time...
2022 BMW R18 Transcontinental
Time machines do exist. They are called motorcycles.
Like this 2022 BMW R18 Transcontinental, for instance. It’s brand-new - but it could be 1932.
Until you...