If You’re Shopping Bikes…
One of the virtues of motorcycles is they're cheap transportation compared to a car - they cost much less to buy and they're (mostly) a lot easier on gas. But some...
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 to develop. We are not usually nostalgic...
Helmets, Again . . .
I've tried several times to make clear my point of view regarding helmets, on both practical as well as philosophical grounds. Do they "work"? Well, let's define what "works" means before...
Saw The Weirdest Thing …
Sunday evening, the wife and I went for a walk along the Blue Ridge Parkway. As we were leaving, a guy on a newish Harley rolled into the overlook parking lot....
Pork Products
There but for the grace of Mike Valentine go I, I thought.
Yesterday was the first nice day we've had out here in The Woods in almost a week. So I took my...
Waiting for Spring
When the priests sealed the door on King Tut's tomb, the Pharaoh was left to sleep for the next 3,000 years. Spring often feels that far away in late December, as...
1975 Kawasaki S1 Rebuild: Installment Eleven
I almost have a motorcycle again - vs. a pile of unsightly parts!
My rebuilt crank (fresh seals, new rod bearings - the works) arrived about two weeks ago all the...
Reader Question: The Grom?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Zane asks: Wondering what you think of the Honda Grom/Monkey? Its been a decade, and tons of new toys are out there, even...
1975 Kawasaki S1 Rebuild: Installment Four
Rebuilding this bike - which had been sitting for probably 20 years before I got it - required more than just a clean-up and refreshing of the mechanical parts.
The frame, for...
Hardly Able
People who ride motorcycles still care about motorcycles - as opposed to all-too-many-drivers, who view cars as appliances. Who have been conditioned to view them as such.
Evidence of this disparity in...