In today’s LA Times, Susan Carpenter provides a review of Triumph’s new, 2007 Tiger 1050. You can find the entire article here.
Among the many changes for the 2007 Tiger, which Carpenter says could be called a Cheetah, is losing 38 pounds, an upgraded frame and an electrical control unit with more memory to make [...]
There is an interesting article in the Saturday, February 24, 2007 edition of the Denton Record Chronicle. It seems that the President of a local motorcycle ministry group, Sons of Thunder Motorcycle Ministries, has been cited by the Denton Fire Marshall for allowing a dozen homeless people to stay at a downtown location after [...]
Some things go together nicely, like peanut butter and jelly. Or mashed potatoes and gravy. Even motorcycle and haiku.
What!@#*$ you say?
Well that is what I would have said as well. That is, before I found the Motorcycle Haiku Index via the About: Motorcycles site. You can find it here.
There [...]
Harley-Davidson has released a beta version of Great Roads Explorer on their web site. You can find the Explorer here.
This beta version currently has detailed maps of 53 ‘Great Roads’ along with places to stay on the route, things to see and items of interest. And if you’ve ridden the road, [...]
Out of necessity, I believe most bikers to be light travel packers. Due, primarily, to the fact that there are only so many places on a bike to strap some luggage down to. But surely, we can all use a few pointers to get a little more space in our luggage so we [...]
Over at the Cyril Huze Blog comes a report that the vintage Davida brand of helmets from England are back. They have a cool, retro look that should go well with choppers and bobbers. And I would think there would be some scooter riders out there that like them also.
Vintage Davida [...]
HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND YORK UNION REACH AGREEMENT
Motorcycle Production to Resume Tonight
York, Pa., Feb. 22, 2007 — Harley-Davidson Motor Company reported that motorcycle production will resume with the third shift this evening at the Company’s final assembly operations in York, following today’s ratification of a new labor agreement by its unionized employees. The new three-year agreement between [...]
Are you a Harley guru? Or when you meet up with your buddies in a bar, are you more like ‘Cliff Clavin’ in the TV show ‘Cheers’? You’ll remember Cliff as the postal worker who was well known as a storehouse of useless trivia, often of dubious veracity.
To test your knowledge, take a [...]
From Beach over at Custom Motorcycle Talk comes news that Strokers Dallas has broken ground on an expansion project that should be completed ‘pretty soon’. The showroom, bar/restaurant, the shop, basically, the whole place, will see an increase in square footage.
My first trip to Stokers was last November after a long (did I say [...]
The March 2007 edition of Ride Texas magazine is now on the newsstands. The magazine’s annual “Best In Texas’ issue, this is an invaluable resource not only for the many riders in Texas but also for anyone who may be considering a trip to the Lone Star state.
Categories include:
TOP 67 Roads
TOP 76 Stops
TOP 92 [...]
