Owning a vintage bike is great – but there’s a catch. Many dealers won’t work on a bike that’s more than about ten years old (let alone 20 or 30) and even if they do, there’s no guarantee they’ll do a better job than you could. But there’s a 100 percent guarantee they’ll charge...
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Most of the country can only think about riding right now, but the days are getting longer and the snow and cold can’t last forever – even if it feels like it will. Here’s some soup for the soul in the form of a first look at some of the new bikes on deck...
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Instead of watching “the game,” I went for a ride this past Sunday. My friend Graves owns several antique bikes, including a very nice – and road ready – ’67 Honda Dream. Many of you know about this bike – it’s the one Honda used to both establish itself in the U.S. market and...
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If gas prices hold at their current $3 or so per gallon, most of us will be paying an extra $240 or so per year for fuel vs. what we were paying last year. Here’s how it breaks down: Regular unleaded is about 30 cents per gallon more today than it was around Thanksgiving....
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There are two bear traps waiting to snap shut on your leg when buying a bike online. The first, of course, is buying the bike itself. If you’re going by an ad and pictures – and placing trust in your fellow man – you’re buying a pig in a poke. God only knows what’s...
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Ho ho ho. Your Christmas present from Ben Bernanke – $3 per gallon gas – is coming a couple of weeks early. “Qualitative Easing” – printing money, lots and lots of it – is beginning to show itself in the form of less buying power for the money you’ve got right now. Gas hasn’t...
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I’ve owned a 2000 Kawasaki KL250 Super Sherpa for about six years now. Here’s some history, facts – and opinion based on personal experience – about this 250 cc dual sport motorcycle: First, the facts: The KL250 came out – in the Japanese home market – in 1997 and in the United States in...
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Seasonal riding is a fact of life for many motorcyclists. Come fall – and cold weather – many riders hang up their leathers and park their bikes for the duration. It might be three or even four months before it’s time to throw a leg over again. But we’re required to carry year-round insurance,...
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Interested in acquiring a motorcycle that’s also a veteran? An option you might consider – one that’s not well-known outside of the collector bike hobby – is to shop for an ex-police/former military bike. Examples include the famous Kz1000p – the bikes Ponch and Jon rode in the ’70s TV show, CHiPs – and...
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You never who you are dealing with during a traffic stop. That goes for the person being pulled as much as it does for the cop doing the pulling-over. Motorcyclist Michael McCloskey, Jr. found that out earlier this month when he was shot in the back by Ottowa Hills, Ohio police officer Thomas White...
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