Posted in Opinion, motorcycle, new york on Aug 15th, 2008
It’s Friday night and all the squids are out, so it’s a good time to get on my little soap box and talk about something kind-of serious. No it’s not life and death, I’m not going to talk about biker safety… But it does have to do with life. In particular, life in [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety, new york on Aug 5th, 2008
Riding on two wheels is about freedom. Not only that, “it’s hot out,” and “I need to be dressed for the meeting” and “it’s a short trip downtown, so I’ll be really careful.” Now when you’re in Rome (or wherever this picture’s from), I say do as the Romans do…you can make airplane [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety, new york on Aug 4th, 2008
There you are ready to go out on a Saturday night on your bike. And what do you see in the distance? Was that lightning? It had rained all morning, and the weather man said there would be intermittent rain all day… So what do you do? Do you take [...]
Posted in how-to, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, new york, riding tips on Jul 2nd, 2008
Riding in and around NY is probably not quite like riding in other motorcycle towns. You don’t have windy roads with scenic outlooks, you have windy cabs with aggressive drivers on cell phones. The apex of a canyon turn never changes, but the proper line between an SUV, a cab and a delivery [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, new york, time waster on Jun 23rd, 2008
[Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Orlando Bloom in their leather jacket glory...]
Okay so here’s the truth about leather motorcycle jackets… And this is directed mainly at the men – women already have a good handle on this… Hey buddy, I know you THINK you look really cool in your motorcycle jacket – or [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, new york on Jun 17th, 2008
From everything we can tell, the NYPD officially does NOT like motorcycles… Around this time last year, the NYPD initiated a crackdown towing hundreds of motorcycles for things such as improper licensing (not having a Motorcycle license) to loud pipes. In their defense there’s no reason NOT to have your paperwork with you, and [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle, new york, sportbikes on Jun 16th, 2008
One thing you’ll notice about Ducati’s new entry level air-cooled Monster is that no one tells you the price up front… Everyone mentions the $70k+ price tag of the Desmo RR and the discount prices of leftover 999’s – but you practically have to grab a reviewer by the ear in order to get [...]
Posted in how-to, misc, moto-shopping, motorcycle, motorcycle safety, new york, sportbikes on Jun 11th, 2008
Hey we’re in the middle of the motorcycle theft season… So if you have a type of bike that’s often stolen (in NY that’s most sportbikes…) then you always want to make it a little more difficult for would-be thieves… My usual practice is…when I park my bike on the street over night I’ll usually [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, new york on May 14th, 2008
Motorcycles have long had a rebel image associated with it – and even scooters in NY are, to some extent, part of a non-establishment counter-culture. Your grandmother wouldn’t like the idea of you riding either… People think of two wheeled vehicles as suitable only for pot smoking daredevils or badass biker boys. [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle, new york, newbie on Apr 23rd, 2008
What would you say if I told you there was a two seater that got around 100mpg in the city, and had the magical property of being able to breeze through the worst Manhattan traffic (at a reasonable 25 mph)… And that you could buy a brand new one for $3,200 out the door? [...]
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