New Hampshire Meetup
I am a member of the Boston Sport Bike Meetup.com Group. I have only been able to go on two rides so far but they have both been fun. I have been “planning” on doing a New Hampshire trip on my own this summer. I even have the route all mapped out and loaded in [...]
FZ1 Rake and Trail
I want to do a complete suspension set up on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1. I need to get somebody to hold up my bike while I take measurements and make adjustments. I have been feeling like the bike doesn’t quite handle as easily as I would like it to. I started looking into trail and [...]
Motorcycle Brand Complexity
I’ve been thinking about why Harley-Davidson had a significant negative Net Income for the year of 2009. My thinking led me to look at the number of models that H-D has. They seem to have very few engines and very many models per engine. This seemed like a slow moving and high cost product strategy. [...]
motorcycle trip on a yamaha FZ1
This past labor day weekend I spent Friday through Sunday on the back of a 2008 Yamaha FZ1 riding through some of the best motorcycle country in the nation. It was incredible. The trip was practically perfect. The weather was perfect, several of the roads were perfect (all of the roads were good or better), [...]
K1300S demo ride
Let it be said that I am not a sport bike rider. Let it also be said that August 15, 2009 was the day that I rode a wonderful sport bike that cemented my migration away from cruiser motorcycles to their more sportier cousins. I have been thinking about changing to a more standard motorcycle [...]
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