Monthly Archives: June 2015

This is why I don’t like biker parades, too much stupid in one place never comes to a happy ending.

Consumer Reports, that biker-oriented magazine, recently published an article titled “Who Makes the Most Reliable Motorcycle?” Not surprisingly, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, and Kawasaki topped the list with 11-17% 4-year failure rates. Equally no surprise, except to their dedicated fanbase, Can-Am, … Continue reading →

[Thanks Paul] Carmakers need to fear for their lives—and it’s not just about getting electric cars right “When you put the two together, you get urban-dwellers tooling around in shared, autonomous vehicles, and—reckons Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor—buying … Continue reading →

All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day After my 2011 cruise around Lake Superior, my only bitch about the WR250X is the mediocre mileage. At 55mpg, the stock two gallon tank barely gets me past the 100 mile mark … Continue reading →

All Rights Reserved © 2014 Thomas W. Day Pre-Geza Gear, the bicycles, the WR250X, the trailer, and everything attached was covered in slush and ice after 350 miles of miserable west Texas weather. Not much went well for the first … Continue reading →

We’re lucky to have a great local bookstore in Red Wing, Fair Trade Books. Rick, the owner, is heavily invested in the city, culture, and the local arts scene and one aspect of that is an open mic the bookstore … Continue reading →

An April BRC class included a seriously handicapped rider. For testing purposes, she, of course, chose to ride a scooter, although her already-purchased motorcycle was (big surprise) a large Harley with some kind of automatic transmission modification. There are two … Continue reading →

A Washington Post article detailing the results of interviewing an NSA goon regarding the rumor that all “registered motorcycle owners [have been] placed on a classified FBI gang list” discovered the rumor is true. Darren Corina said, “We may not … Continue reading →

I’d prefer you didn’t ask “why,” but I follow a WR250X/R owners Facebook group for laughs. Facebook being what it is, the group is mostly the kind of characters who layer thousands of dollars in aftermarket silliness on their WR’s … Continue reading →