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How You Can Help Make the GG Quad Street Legal

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GG Quad North America, importers of the GG Quad, have a problem. As we noted before, the GG Quad is a great looking machine, the problem is you can't drive it on the street. It's already street legal in Europe, Japan, Russia and Dubai but not in the U.S. GG Quad North America has filed a petition with the NHTSA to allow a 4-wheel classification for a motorcycle vehicle license. … [Read more...]

Repair and Restoration – Vespa Scooters

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Last week, when discussing motorcycle repair and restoration, I was primarily referring to repairs you would do yourself on a small scale, something anyone could do in their home garage and workshop. These types of repair and restoration projects do not require a shop full of high tech tools but simply the knowledge of how to do the work and the willingness to provide the … [Read more...]

Chinese Restrict Vehicle Exports

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Beginning next year, the Chinese are going to restrict the number of vehicle makers allowed to export. It seems they've been getting a bad reputation around the world for dumping low quality vehicles in foreign markets. And, wouldn't you know it, motorcycles are what got their attention in the first place: The motorcycle industry provides the clearest example of the … [Read more...]

Higher Speeds – Safer Roads

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After our discussion of motorcycle top speeds the other day it was interesting that this article appeared addressing the issue of higher speed limits. The gist of the article is that as speed limits have increased, highway deaths have gone down, something you never hear from the bureaucrats who want to control your behavior "for your own good." Speed limits were dropped to … [Read more...]

What Are American Motorcycles?

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An interesting article on cars.com lists the top ten American made cars. The determining factor is the percentage of parts by cost in the finished vehicle coming from the U.S. and Canada. The list has many of the usual cars and trucks from Ford and Chevy but also includes the Toyota Camry and Sienna. American cars, from Toyota? I understand their reasoning but does it make … [Read more...]

Production Motorcycle Top Speed Records

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In the last few days there have been a number of stories about the fastest production sedan (Brabus Mercedes, 225.19mph), the fastest production pickup (Holden HSV Maloo R8 Ute, 168.66mph, no, I never heard of it either) and not long ago, the fastest production car (Bugatti Veyron, 253mph). Nothing wrong with touting the abilities of cars and trucks but it seems so politically … [Read more...]