“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…

my experience buying a motorcycle on eBay

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.…

sporty turns 8

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…

ducati gt1000 vs monster (updated)

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…

a sleeper of a demo ride

click here for an explanation on the title. The other day I received a call from Cape Cod Harley-Davidson informing me that the demo fleet would be there for demo rides. I have passed on several of these demo days in the past, but decided to go to this one. I wanted to ride the…

motorcycle dreaming on such a winter’s day

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…