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…
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…
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.…
For a little while now I have been interested in the Ducati GT1000 as a possible for my next motorcycle. Since I am a little obsessive about certain things, motorcycles is one of these things. I researched by looking at the specs and reading as many reviews as possible. I also researched the GT’s cousin,…
Why I did it: Since the the two bikes are so similar on the spec sheet it is difficult to see the differences in ride and comfort. How I did it: I downloaded photos of the GT1000 and the monster from ducati.com and lined them up in photoshop. I used an approximation for wheelbase in…
I need your help. There appears to be a famous motorcycle road somewhere in Europe and I want to know where it is. Here are the pictures from BMW and Ducati both taken at almost exactly the same spot. Update: This is roughly where this photo was taken: View Larger Map
While trapped inside for so many hours my mind can’t help but wander to open roads on powerful two wheeled machines. What would any motorcycle enthusiast do but dream about what his next bike is going to be and rank them in order of preference. I took a more realistic approach at least and also…