Monthly Archives: August 2017

Way back in 2007, I wrote a review of the GIVI E36N cases I installed on my 650 V-Strom. I revised it in 2012 and added a little to it, today. To this day, they are one of my favorite … Continue reading →

The Journal Sentinal wrote this wide-eyed “analysis” of HD’s struggles with people who aren’t one foot in the grave, “Harley-Davidson unveils its largest-ever product development project.” As usual, there were bits I particularly liked (as in laughed at). For starters, … Continue reading →

I couldn’t help myself I trolled the shit out of the squidly comments after this article: “Why it should be harder to get a motorcycle license in the United States.” You should too.

Of course, riding naked like this dweeb could incur a whole different set of costs: injury, death, and medical bankruptcy. Not to mention, going broke paying for a $20k piece of garage candy. The “Why We Ride” twits tweeted this … Continue reading →

Doing some research for an MMM Geezer column, I stumbled onto this generally terrific analysis of Minnesota drivers: “Too fast, too slow, too angry: A New Yorker’s treatise on Minnesota drivers.” Talk about hitting the nail on the head, of course … Continue reading →

In the always weird and terrifying Craig’s List world, this might be the weirdest yet, solidly belonging in the WTF? category. https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/6251902580.html

A friend proudly put a picture of his Honda Valkyrie on Facebook the other day. We, in jest (I hope) had a few words about his opinion and mine regarding this chrome-laden hippo bike. When the Valkyrie first came out, … Continue reading →

One of the many ridiculous facts pertaining to our idiotic motorcycle licensing system in the “freedumb” USA is that once you obtain a motorcycle endorsement you can keep the damn thing forever without even riding a motorcycle once you receive … Continue reading →

The stock market gurus, the Motley Fool, had some foolish motorcycle statistics on their website in March. The title is a typically Wall Street puffed-up piece pretending to be a big surprise and delivering a little wisp of new information. … Continue reading →

Here’s where we are in Minnesota, as of the end of July (Some corrections to these numbers will probably surface in August, but it won’t get better. Not all counties and municipalities report crashes quickly.) 2017 Minnesota Rider Deaths Statistics … Continue reading →