2002 Honda VFR800

Honda VFR800R: What should be

Riding any bike in the California mountains will make that bike feel like a million bucks. It seems that it doesn’t much matter which bike it is, those roads make up for any short comings in the vehicle by engulfing you in the majestical beauty that is the Sierra Mountains. Enough with the waxing poetic……

MotoGP and ME

I have not watched much motorcycle racing outside of the Isle of Man TT and I haven’t even watched that much. I have been trying to get more into it this year but have found it difficult. I am sure part of the problem is I live in the USA. I have several motorcycle websites…

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.…