Give Your Motorcycle a New Look with Plasti-Dip
Alright guys, I’ve got a little idea for some of you. As we start to look at putting our bikes up for the winter, a lot of us start thinking about go-fast goodies and bolt-ons to increase performance and add a little custom flair. Some of us will be thinking…
Dirt Road Detours – Handling Off Pavement Motorcycle Rides
Well, here we are again. Autumn is almost officially here, or will be probably the day you read this, and while we’ve had some great weather to ride down in the Deep South, my local road department has taken it upon themselves to re-pave the road that runs in front…
Care and Feeding of Your Motorcycle Motor
In the last two weeks, I’ve had a couple of chances to buy some old bike parts and in all three of the situations, what would have been a great engine was ruined by doing the wrong thing. Simply put, the owners didn’t think about how to store an engine…
Where Were You? 15th Anniversary of 9/11
Hard to believe that 15 years ago our lives here in the Western world were changed forever by a few extremists and a misguided view of our freedoms. September 11, 2001, everything changed. Like Kennedy’s assassination a generation before, we will all remember where we were on that day. In…
The Milwaukee Eight’s First Victims
A couple of posts ago, I wrote about the new Harley Milwaukee Eight engine and how it was a “clean sheet” engine that Mother Davidson was going to be rolling out in their big bikes in 2017. It’s not without a little irony that on the heels of that announcement,…
Labor Day Doldrums – End of Riding Season Draws Near
Well, as I’m writing this, the remains of Hurricane Hermine are rolling across South Georgia and my game plan for a speedy escape this evening and a couple days on the bike are somewhat stymied. Not to worry, though, I’ll be on it by Labor Day at the latest –…
The Other News You Won’t Hear From Milwaukee…
Earlier this week we talked about the new engines that Harley-Davidson will be dropping into their touring bikes and a few CVO chassis’, and with the unrest in Milwaukee over the police, another, quieter story came slipping out. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, one of those pesky watchdog groups…
I Coulda Had a Big Eight
Sorry for the bad pun from 1970’s advertising, but just last week, Harley Davidson finally owned up to the worst-kept secret in company history. They’ve got a new engine. Not to worry, it’s still a V-Twin, but the new “Big Eight” or “Milwaukee Eight” has taken a step in a…
Riding to Sturgis Diary 2016 – Part 6 – 7mm Socket
It was bound to happen, and it did. Riding down some forgotten two lane blacktop in south Nebraska, I came up on a fellow Harley rider broke down. Barfly was his name, and like me, he’d been riding for the better part of his life. He’d gone a lot of…
Riding to Sturgis Diary 2016 – Part 5
Well, Sturgis is in the books for another year. I had a helluva good time, met some old friends that I hadn’t seen in years, made some new ones that I probably won’t see for a few more, and now am taking the scenic route back from South Dakota to…
Riding to Sturgis Diary 2016 – Part 4 – Sturgis To-Do’s
Alright, I’ve been in town for two days and it is insane. One thing is for sure, rallies like this will make you fat! I swear, every time I turn around, somebody has a breakfast, a concession stand, or an excuse to get something to snack on. Maybe that’s why…
Riding to Sturgis Diary 2016 – Part 3 – Prius Punk Payback
You know, I’ve been keeping a little diary of this road trip from South Georgia to South Dakota and trying to share a little bit of the journey and, with the exception of the heat and the traffic in Atlanta, Georgia and a suicidal bluejay in Missouri, it’s been a…
