I did not take the bike to work today. I took the cage for two reasons, namely it was a bit cold (32F) and the road was coated in white. I would like to say this white coat the road wore was snow. In which case it would melt away eventually and the road would…
Today could bring both the first snow and potentially the first salting of the roads.
This is a big step in the direction of putting my bike away for winter storage. Can you say “boring”?
I have been thinking about upgrading my suspension on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1 which led me to wonder how much I weighed all suited up.
With the temperature approaching 40 degrees and with the soft sun shining, it was warm enough to not wear long-johns today.
Today, even though it reached 45 degrees around 1 o’clock when I left work at 6:30 there was a thick layer of frost on all surfaces of my bike.
I love me some three-cylinder engine for the street. Four-cylinder engines are very top-end biased, leaving the rider wanting in the low-mid range so useful for so much of civilian riding, and two-cylinder engines are usually low-end biased leaving the rider without the fun of wringing it out coming out of a turn onto a…
I go to the motorcycle.alltop.com website more of less every day, so imaging my surprise when my post was one of the top stories of the morning.
You should really thank your local motorcycle commuter (and any non-motorized commuter really). As a motorcycle commuter I: Save the planet, by emitting less CO2 through increased fuel economy (mpg) Reduce traffic, by taking up less space in the road and being able to cut through some traffic helping to alleviate slowness (which also helps others emit…