Motorcycles Are Next
Why are some people into motorcycles?
The answer, of course, is because motorcycles are fun - and affordable fun. And why are they affordable fun? To a great extent, because motorcycles...
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...
Thinking About a Motorcycle or Scooter?
Cars are expensive - to buy and to operate. But bikes (and scooters) are inexpensive to buy and keep up. Most of them get much better gas mileage (50-plus MPGs) than...
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...
Baker OD6 Transmission Install
I’ve had my ‘96 Harley Davidson Electra Glide for over three years now. It came with a mild cam, S&S Super E carburetor and Screaming Eagle ignition....
Motorcycles in the Saaaaaafety Crosshairs
Motorcycles are the last vehicles still largely free from Uncle’s asphyxiating grasp. That is about to change.
The unelected regulatory apparat known as the National Highway Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is...
Seasonal Coverage? Nah… That’d Be Reasonable!
Seasonal riding is a fact of life for many motorcyclists. Come fall - and cold weather - many riders hang up their leathers and park their bikes for the duration. It...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over to let traffic get by and go...
Little Stinker Emerges!
Yesterday was one of the first warm/dry days we've had up here in The Woods of southwest Virginia, so I decided to step away from the keyboard and unshroud Little Stinker...
Spring Cleaning…
Some of my bikes are more than 40 years old now - which is a long time in human and machine terms.
And yet, they all still function as new.
Unlike me.
Well, with...