When most people hear the name Suzuki, images of motorcycles pop up in their heads, around The Kneeslider for sure, but even elsewhere, the name Suzuki just doesn't have an automotive ring to it. Since Suzuki does sell cars and SUVs, the marketing folks have decided to use a little of their motorcycle mojo to get people interested in their automotive side. Suzuki has come up … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson just announced it set a record for quarterly revenue and earnings which means it's doing pretty darn good and it's always nice to see that. If you read the press release you find retail sales up in the U.S. by 6.9% but it's the international sales where things really happen: Retail sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles grew 18.7 percent in international … [Read more...]

Suzuki recently announced the long awaited B-King would be going into production as a 2007 model. As with so many recent announcements, it had the qualifier "not for the U.S." added to the news release. With that in mind, I just decided to ignore the whole thing, it's a story that gets old and reporting on bikes for everyone but us is frustrating. This bike, if you're not … [Read more...]

The Kawasaki Concours has a couple of things in common with the Yamaha Vmax, it's been around essentially unchanged almost forever (introduced in 1986) and it has a very dedicated following of owners who absolutely love it. This year, though, Kawasaki finally decided to bring the bike into the 21st century and they are introducing the Concours 14 and Concours 14 ABS as 2008 … [Read more...]