Posted in biking, motorcycle, newbie on Feb 26th, 2010
One practice I recommend to riders in need of seat time is to put together a quick route around their neighborhood. It could be anywhere from 2 miles to 20 miles and take 30-60 minutes (around NY). Mix in some local roads and some highway or parkway. Stopping and starting is fine, just make sure [...]
Posted in motorcycle on Feb 17th, 2010
Moto Guzzi…? No MV Agusta. Think of it as the Italian inline-4 that Bruce Wayne would ride…albeit with a very Honda-ish sounding name. A few years ago they came out with a version of the F4 that put it on top of the list of most expensive motorcycles by using precious metals instead [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle on Jan 22nd, 2010
[Here's a great way to work on throttle control during the winter riding months]
In order to corner well, control traction, get an unruly bike to behave, you only need one finely tuned skill: throttle control.
In order to stabilize a bike while leaned all the way over in a corner, you need a small amount of [...]
Posted in motorcycle, time waster on Oct 15th, 2009
There are lots of great motorcycle sites these days like MCN and Motorcyclist along with pro blogs like WebBikeWorld and many others. But also there are also loads of great individual bloggers out there writing about life and their motorcycle stuff – so here’s a quick shout out to you bloggers: For all you guys [...]
Posted in motorcycle, time waster on Oct 5th, 2009
American motorcycle companies can be woefully backward-looking. Look at the newest rebirth of the Indian label: still trying to pump out premium priced Model-T’s. Victory is a little more “modern” by being Art Deco… Whereas Harley seems a little confused at the moment having failed (somewhat) with their more modern inventions… But I digress. Some [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle on Sep 29th, 2009
This is the time of year (in the Northeast anyway) where there are many more people interested in selling their bikes – after a summer of fun – than there are people looking to buy. For anyone planning on trading up to a bigger bike in the spring, it’s not worth it to pay for [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle on Jul 29th, 2009
The beauty of the Ipod was that it was simpler than the other mp3 players that came before it, it did what it was made to do…well, with simplicity and style. The Flip video recorder took the same idea and applied it to a flash memory based video camera. When will someone do this [...]
Posted in motorcycle on Jul 29th, 2009
Question: Do you need to change front and rear tires as a set? Is it okay to mix and match brands? Yes and yes. Don’t just take my word for it, go ask your any tech who’s not trying to reach his quota of tire sales. Even on race bikes, riders habitually mix and match [...]
Posted in motorcycle on Jul 22nd, 2009
Most people think that the best bike is either the fastest bike, or the slickest looking bike (Ducati cough cough), or the one with the most “character” (whatever that happens to mean to a person)… But I propose that the BEST bike (for you) is the one you actually want to ride, all the time. [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle on Jul 15th, 2009
[The heir to the British throne on his trusty steed]
Part of the fun of driving anything (cars or bikes) is being able to do something really technical smoothly, and get it right every time. Driving a car you know the real drivers from the poseurs by how smoothly they can heel-toe (a technique for braking [...]
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