Just a comment about our local weather. There were a few brave souls out riding last Friday and Saturday even though temperatures struggled in the 30's to almost 40 degrees. I guess I don't have that sort of commitment. Some riders in southern California get depressed over a long bout of constant rain, (wait a minute, what about that song? "It never rains in southern ...") I … [Read more...]

Must be the season for new websites. I mentioned below about Performance Machine introducing their new site and now Kawasaki has done the same. It has a huge amount of info but I think they made a big mistake. If you want to get in and use it, you need Flash and a fairly fast computer. Maybe with all of the fast Kawasakis running around they figure everyone has fast equipment. … [Read more...]

Performance Machine, Inc. has a new website and somebody must have learned how to use Flash because if you load the 1024 X 768 version it gets pretty fancy. Lots of sound effects and graphics. They have always had a lot of neat products but now their website is over the top. … [Read more...]

There's been a lot of mention in the last few days about gas prices spiking upwards in the next week. I've already noticed about 7 or 8 cents in the last week and they are saying we're looking at about a quarter or so. Good reason to be riding, too bad we can't do that up in the northeast just yet. Another good reason for bikes like the Thunder Star 1200 TDI Diesel. 150mpg … [Read more...]