Riding in on my way to work this morning, the question danced across my mind: Have I finally found the bike within my bike? That bike that is smooth, predicable, and ride-able? Perhaps I have. I first rode my step-father’s 2008 Yamaha FZ1 and loved it. It was the sportiest bike I had ever ridden…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
I have owned three motorcycles to date. The first I purchased through a work associated classified ad, the second through craigslist. Both of those purchase experiences have been unique but as good as I could expect. The first bike, a Kawasaki Vulcan 500, turned out to be a great learning bike but a maintenance fiasco.…
Today my ’06 sporty will turn 8…..thousand. I thought it might be a good day to have a little retrospective. Queue the music… I first laid eyes on you in Leominster, MA. You were so shiny and new. Just 2100 miles on you. I took you for a ride and you felt nimble and quick…