J.D. Power and Associates Releases Motorcycle Study – From Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine: December 16, 2010 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 16 December 2010 Managing owner expectations through proactive communication and providing personal service has a considerable positive impact on overall satisfaction with the motorcycle ownership experience, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Motorcycle Competitive [...]
Norton Motorcycles Returns to the USA
December 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Norton Motorcycles Returns to the USA Monday, 13 December 2010 To call Norton Motorcycles an icon in motorcycling is similar to calling George Lucas an icon of science-fiction films – it’s a no brainer and anyone who knows anything about either industry will know the name and much of the story. Norton [...]
How to Make a Motorcycle Helmet
November 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
How to Make a Motorcycle Helmet – webBikeWorld: ” How to Make a Motorcycle Helmet Background When CIMA International, the U.S. importer and service center for Nolan Helmets in the U.S.A., asked if I’d like a personal tour of the Nolan helmet factory while I was in Milano for the EICMA show, I naturally jumped [...]
A Link To Ethanol Free Gas Stations In The US
October 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia If you want to know where you can gas up without ethanol, follow this link. http://pure-gas.org/ Related articles How to Test Gasoline for Ethanol (brighthub.com)
Ride to Live – Topix
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ride to Live – Topix: ” The riders that did this have my blessing! 3 hrs ago | Posted by: roboblogger Ride to Live Full story: Neptunus Lex And drown out inbred morons : A group of motorcyclists staged a counter-demonstration Monday at the Arlington National Cemetery burial of a local Navy SEAL, parking motorcycles [...]
Motorcycle Sales for 2010-So Far
August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The first six months of motorcycle sales are still down compared to the same reporting period in 2009, according to various sources. Here are the YTD motorcycle sales figures for Q1 and Q2 (combined) 2010 and a comparison to 2009: Q1-Q2 2010 Q1-Q2 2009 Change % Change Dual Sport 14,045 15,700 -1,655 -10.5% Off Road [...]
2010 V-Strom 650 Xpedition
August 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Not for US consumption, only available in Europe, the 2010 Suzuki Xpedition is being launched in England this month. It comes equipped with ABS, Black Aluminum Panniers, engine and hand guards, a center stand, and, an aluminum sump guard. Don’t get excited. The next V-Stroms we will see will be 2011 models, but nothing [...]
Vintage Motorcycle-1917 Traub
July 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This 1917 Traub motorcycle is the rarest vintage motorcycle ever found, and the only one in existence. This one was found embedded inside a brick wall. At one time, it belonged to Steve McQueens stunt man. This rare vintage motorcycle can be seen live, at the Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley, North [...]
Motorcycles That Run on Air
July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Researchers at the SMS Institute of Technology in India, have designed a motorcycle engine that can run on compressed air and could be available within a year, for those interested. I don’t think many of us are going to be trading our horses for one of these since the top speed is only 50 mph [...]
