Mid-Life Rider

At least it wasn’t actually snowing.  That came later.  But it was damn near that cold and raining too.  Not the ideal day to take delivery of a new motorcycle, but then, who buys new motorcycles in December anyway!

I never really mean to buy these things, which is to say that I’ve thought about it [...]

I got an email from a colleague at Harley Davidson.  Depending on when you read this, it’s actually breaking news (and the photos are not on the HD website).
I wanted to let you in on the excitement at Harley-Davidson regarding the release of the XR1200 in the U.S.!  Inspired by the legendary XR750, the XR1200 [...]

One of the great joys of being all 24/7 about motorcycles is getting to offer my opinion to friends and acquaintances about what bike to buy. In fact, that was the original motivation behind writing up this comparo of sport touring bikes.
The other day someone found this blog and sent me a note asking me [...]

Also known as the ZR750-H3.
Summary: Excellent beginner bike / street rat.
I bought this bike in late 2006 from a lovely Canadian couple for my son to learn to ride on. If you’re not familiar with it, and few people are, it’s a carbureted, four cylinder, two-valve per cylinder, 70 hp, 750cc bike with digital ignition. [...]

This is just the coolest thing. Maxes the “coolest thing on two wheels” scale by a lot.

Here’s what you need to know, courtesy of Hemmigs Auto Blog And no, you can’t buy one . . .
Unfortunately, little seems known about it. It currently resides in the Kubinka, Russia tank museum, and the Russians captured it [...]

Here’s another one for your lust list. Confederate makes love-em-or-leave-em bikes that grace the garages of more than one of the pretty people. Regular people own them as well.

The company has been written about extensively and gained some attention when the factory was wiped out by Katrina. Personally, I think they’re loads of fun to [...]

Motoczysz may or may not be the ultimate bike, but it the entire production has to rate right up there in the “cool things to wish for” category
If you’re not familiar with the tale of the bike and its creator, Mike Czysz, you can read about it here. It’s a great story. You just [...]

Every bike manufacturer needs a service like the Vincent Motors Configurator . . .

It allows you to wile away the hours not only dreaming about the brand-new throwback Vincent you can’t afford, but to dream about it in specific, customized-for-you detail. Brilliant.
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There are plenty of bikes to lust after. Here’s one to add to your list.

Vincent is a storied brand wth an glorious past. You can read all about it at the Vincent Motors website. While you’re there, definitely look at all the very cool bikes.
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