Friday, December 28, 2012

Triumph Bonneville cafe racer


Another really cool Triumph.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

1974 Norton 850 Commando- Staff Stuff with Mark Hoyer – Cycle World


I rode a 1971 750 Commando that looked just like this one with the gold lettering and striping. It was brand new, I was 14, and the owner said I could take it for a ride. I dropped it. He didn't kill me.

(The reason I dropped it was because the foot shifter and brake were reversed from what I was used to...crazy Brits!)
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BMW Liquid-Cools Best-Selling Boxer-Twin- Tech Preview – Cycle World


A liquid cooled boxer engine? Maybe our universe did end on Dec 21st and we're now living an alternate one!

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Best Adventure Motorcycle 2012: Triumph Tiger Explorer - Motorcycle USA


I'm not sure I agree, but then again, I've never ridden a Tiger. I would like to see one with the modern body work but with the older, "tiger" paint scheme.



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Friday, December 21, 2012

World ends tomorrow--ride your motorcycle today

Oh yeah, I almost forgot that today is the last day. Let's call this 'Ride on the Last Day' day.

TomTom the GPS maker tries to make a viral video

It's probably true that they should stick to making GPS units. But the video is kinda funny.

Here's the text from their YouTube posting:
To promote our new competition at http://www.tomtom.com/more, we really, really tried to make a great video. But because we spent our entire advertising budget on thousands of great prizes and presents for you, this "viral" might not be as impressive as we would have liked. Sorry.

Monday, December 17, 2012

1971 Velocette Thruxton motorcycle - Jay Leno's Garage

Hmmmm....
In 1971 I bought (well...mom & dad bought) a Kawasaki KE100 100-cc trail bike (see my motorcycle buying history here). This motorcycle, the Velocette Thruxton, would have been a better buy... :)

 

Jay Leno's Garage: Royal Enfield Motorcycle Sidecar

Even Jay thinks this motorcycle rig is cool.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Honda Goldwing FB6 purchase...my plan is not working...


I'm clearly doing something wrong.

In the last 30 days, my Goldwing FB6 post from a month ago is the most popular post on my blog by a factor of 2. On that page, I've got a Paypal Donate™ button (there's another one below) and was sincerely hoping 20,000 kind, considerate, loving persons would donate $1.00 for a good cause*.

How much have I collected so far? 
$0.00, zero, nada, zip, zilch, 
صفر, 
零, 
נול, 
zewo, 
제로, 
нуль, 
μηδέν, 
ສູນ.
I guess marketing is not in my skill set...I've got to work on this...seriously.




*The "cause" being the only way I can figure out how to become an owner of a 2013 FB6 and replacing the photo above with one of me.