When you have an idea for a motorcycle design of some sort, how do you get it into a form others can see? Do you grab a pencil or pen and sketch it on paper or are you one of the more talented types who can do it on your computer? There’s the option of [...]
May 2007
With the Piaggio MP3, the T-Rex, the Bombardier Can-Am Spyder and more three wheelers inevitably on the way, state laws will have to work to keep up, figuring out how they want to classify them for licensing and registration. Delaware now has a law pending that will require operators of these vehicles to have a [...]
Some of the guys from Popular Mechanics magazine are over in Japan and one of their stops was Kawasaki headquarters. While checking out the various facilities, they came across this sports touring concept. It has two operating modes, touring and sport: In touring, the handlebars and fairing move up, the the side flaps open for [...]
Back in 1975, Honda introduced the Gold Wing, a flat four cylinder, 999cc motorcycle without all of the fairings, radios, luggage and accessories most folks think of when they hear the words Gold Wing. There is quite a bit of interest in the old Wings and some owners have rather innovative ideas of how they [...]
