Arthur & Pat’s ride
Yesterday, my father-in-law went for a ride from Quincy to Arthur & Pat’s in Marshfield. (see route below, tracked on my Garmin 60CSx.) It had been a while, since late last season, that we had gone on a ride together. He rides a Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider and likes to “meander”. We kept it slow [...]
Social Media Put to the Test – Update I
Last Saturday I posted an experiment on Craigslist. For those of you who would rather not read my previous post about it I will recap: -recap- I have been day dreaming of riding and potentially owning a Triumph Daytona 675. I have never ridden a proper sport bike and the fact that I am interested [...]
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 accessories – part II
Well, it’s taken me longer than I would have liked, and it’s still going on while I wait for my air compressor. However I wanted to provide an update. In part I I was able to wire in a switched +12v line and a -bat line and route it to the front of the bike. [...]
“fuel economy is what you make of it, danny”
the title to this post is a variation of a very memorable quote from an, in my opinion, underrated movie, Last Action Hero. If you compare the advertised gas mileage ratings of the Yamaha FZ1 and any of the Harley-Davidsons the Yamaha comes off as being a gas hog and an ozone killer. At first [...]
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