Motorcycle Brands
General Aviation vs. Motorcycles
In the US it varies from state to state. In Texas, where I learned to ride, they had a mandatory helmet law until it was changed. Now you can ride without a helmet provided you have have sufficient medical insurance coverage (and can prove it to the cop who pulls you over). In Oklahoma, there [...]
Checking motorcycle mileage
Is there anyway to check a motorcycles mileage other than a visual appreciation of the motorcycle and the current mileage. I was wondering if there was an auto check company that can verify a cycles mileage going back over past registrations or warrants of fitness tests. I’m looking at buying a US imported 1978 Triumph [...]
Motorcycles while cruising?
Motorcyles small enough to carry on a boat (and they still weigh about 70# or more) are dangerous on the road and very limited in their effective range. Motorcycles large enough to more or less safe on a road weigh in starting about 250 pounds and work their way to over 700 pounds, with 350 [...]
Global Warming + High Fuel Prices = More Motorcycles
In today’s Chicago Sun-Times, they printed an article about a sharp rise in motorcycle deaths. The rise in motorcycle deaths coincides with a sharp rise in motorcycle use, no surprise. They merely had a slow news day. But they cite two reasons for at least psrt of the increase. They are higher fuel prices getting [...]
Motorcycle Rental
MOTORCYCLES DNEPR MT-14.9 ESCORT
The history of two-wheeled motorcycles more than 650 cube cm. began on ëíZ factory in 1956 when the Kiev motorcycles have begun to be used for escorting Kremlin government delegations. Kiev engineers began to perfect these escort motorcycles in 1976. And in 1978 the first 25 special escort motorcycles were made for the Kremlin. High [...]
Indian motorcycles
The information I have, and the reason I started this thread, is that the CA company who went bankrupt about 10 years ago has now been revived and is indeed starting to sell a line of motorcycles bearing the name and logo “Indian.” According to a friend who is a vintage and custom motorcycle [...]
BMW Motorcycles
My car has been in the shop since the middle of last week. I told the mechanic when I brought it in that I had alternate transportation, so I didn’t expect back the same day. He said, “Oh, we should have it back today”. That was Wednesday of last week. It’s been waiting for [...]
recumbent marketing and motorcycles
When I was young for a brief time I rode a motorcycle that was set up as a club racer, what today would be referred to as a “crotch rocket”. At the age of 19 it was great fun to blast around at high speeds on it, but I found it almost impossible to ride [...]
Custom Motorcycle Parts
Motorhomes & Motorcycles
Last summer we crossed the country with a 24′ Class A pulling a utility trailer with 2 motorcycles. It worked very well. We were on the economy plan, so it was an 80 Allegro with the Dodge 440 gas engine. The trailer was an inexpensive deal that we mounted a couple of those front wheel [...]
New EPA standards for motorcycles, mopeds and scooters
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday set the first new emission standards for highway motorcycles in 25 years, and the first standards for small scooters and mopeds. EPA said it would reduce pollution from motorcycles, which produce more harmful exhaust per mile than cars or large SUVs, by about 54,000 tons of hydrocarbons and nitrogen [...]
How dangerous are motorcycles?
Motorcycles are as dangerous as you let them be. If you have a good head on your shoulders you should be able to understand and manage all the danger that is involved every time you throw your leg over the bike, start it, and go. Lincolns and old ladies are everywhere so danger is everywhere. [...]
Cruising motorcycles
I think an open genre for discussion of cruisers is definetly in need. Almost every motorcycle MFG in the world makes a “cruiser” style motorcycle. Although, currently all my street bikes are Harley’s I have owned a wide variety of cruisers over the years, including Hondas, Yamahas, and Suzukis. I remember going into the [...]
