Decisions often have far reaching effects. When Buell crushed the Blast, it caused a bit of collateral damage to the Mac Motorcycles plan of basing their new bikes on the Buell sourced 500cc single. After retiring to the pub for a "what now?" session, the boys at Mac came up with some alternative ideas and sent over this reworked image of the Spud with an engine from the Yamaha … [Read more...]
Honda NT700V – Lightweight Touring or Well Equipped Commuting – An Everyday Dual Purpose
Honda has something nice for 2010, the NT700V, a 680cc, 52 degree, SOHC 4 valve per cylinder V-twin for everyday use, commute to work during the week and take off for distant locations on the weekends. The fairing with adjustable windscreen offers excellent protection from the weather. Shaft drive gives you ease of maintenance. A very nice set of integrated saddlebags look good … [Read more...]
Is a Good Enough Motorcycle Good Enough?
An interesting article in Wired magazine about the "good enough" revolution got me thinking. Products with fewer features and less than top shelf performance combined with lower price can become very successful because they do everything the majority of the market wants or needs. My weekend was a good example. Over the last few days, I was at a family wedding out of town. As … [Read more...]
Can a Motorcycle Brand Change Countries?
In comments to the recent announcement about Harley Davidson possibly moving their factory from York, PA, some said if they moved outside the U.S. costs might be lower but they might lose a lot of Harley customers. It's interesting that another story appeared a couple of days ago reporting that Kawasaki is planning to move production of medium and large motorcycles from Japan … [Read more...]
Harley Davidson Checking Out New Factory Sites – Updated
Harley Davidson has so far visited 3 of 4 potential locations for a new Harley Davidson factory in anticipation of a possible shutdown of the York, PA facility. The cities in contention are Shelbyville, Ind., Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Shelbyville, Ky. The 4th city has not yet been visited so the name has not been disclosed. (See update below) The York facility is still being … [Read more...]
Moto Guzzi W103 – 3 Cylinder V-Triple Motorcycle Engine
Have you ever noticed how once you start looking for things, they just seem to jump out all over the place, like W configuration engines. After mentioning the Anzani W3 the other day, I came across another one I had never seen before, this one is the Moto Guzzi arrow W103, a 3 cylinder engine in a V-Triple, arrow or "W" configuration. This arrow configuration engine was … [Read more...]
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