Ride aware all the time! Just this morning I almost met a Dodge Neon head on. The cell phone wielding bimbette at the controls never saw me coming as she cut the corner well into my lane. Hard braking and horn application on my side and we missed by inches. Was I wearing a helmet and leathers? Well, no, you see I was in my Ford F150 pickup at the time with headlights on. If … [Read more...]
Trickle down tech
MotoGP 4 strokes are a wonderful thing because the technology is slowly moving onto the street (What a surprise!). Ducati unveiled their V4 DESMOSEDICI/RR engine at World Ducati Week which will be placed in some ultra expensive ($60,000+) limited production street machine. The race version made 250HP, you have to wonder what the civilian version will do. Now there are whispers … [Read more...]
World Biker Build Off
Watched the World Biker Build Off last night on Discovery and I was fascinated by the Australian team from Scotty's Choppers that actually hand built the entire bike instead of simply assembling parts they ordered. They created body panels to cover the steel frame by hammering aluminum over wooden forms and then welded and polished without any filler! Wow! Of course the Daytona … [Read more...]
You’ll hurt yourself
What do you do with time, a workshop and a jet engine? Let's see, airplane? No, lots of those. Car? Nope. Motorcycle? Been done. Wait, I know! … [Read more...]
Mini size it
Have you seen the new hot thing? Custom mini choppers are wildly popular along with pocket bikes. These mini sized motorcycles are selling like crazy all over the country but think about this. The most popular big engine for mini choppers is the Briggs and Stratton Vanguard which displaces 570cc. It hasn't been very long since that was larger than the majority of motorcycle … [Read more...]