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Spam Magnet
I admit, I don’t know what the purpose of spam attached to blog comments could be. Call me “stupid,” I’m used to it, but one rant I’ve written rises above all others as a spam magnet, “Start Seeing Corners and … Continue reading
The End of . . . ?
With this sudden and unexpected (by the subscribers I know) announcement, Motorcycle Consumer News produced it’s last issue in January of 2020. MCN has been around in its reader-sponsored format since 1982, So, 38 years of hard-hitting, unbiased reporting on … Continue reading
It’s Big or Nothing
All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day My two days on the Yamaha Super Ténéré were eye-opening. There is an incredible amount of technology in that bike, just like the list of technology inside Yamaha’s R1/R6/FZ1/FZ6 bikes or Honda’s … Continue reading
#119 Being Stupid Is Not the Same Thing as Having an Adventure
All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day “An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.” G. K. Chesterton “Adventures are what you have when you screw up.” Virgil Flowers (John Sanford, Shock Wave) On the way through Montana a … Continue reading
#69 Legislation vs. Freedom of Choice
All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day The AMA (the motorcycle AMA, not the medical AMA) and ABATE have taken on an interesting job. They appear to be motorcycling’s watchdogs, protecting the rest of us from helmet laws and … Continue reading
Bodies in Motion
by Steven L. Thompson, 2008 All Rights Reserved © 2011 Thomas W. Day This academic look at motorcycles and motorcycling might be the first and only publication issued by Aero Design and Manufacturing (aka Aerostich). Andy Goldfine wrote the forward … Continue reading
Motorcycle Review: 2012 BMW R1200GS
Adventure Touring’s Founding Father All Rights Reserved © 2012 Thomas W. Day I have no idea where this building was. I stumbled on it while wandering around the Minnesota River Valley. BMW was the first manufacturer to take the whole … Continue reading
It’s All the Same
On my way to pick up a friend at the airport last night, I was passed by two motorcyclists who, I imagine, imagine themselves to be polar opposite sorts of riders. One guy was the traditional fat guy on a … Continue reading
What is "Dual Sport?"
The next issue of MMM is going to be focused on “dual sport” motorcycles. Turns out, I have no idea what that designation means any more. Among the bikes the editor considers “dual sport” are: BMW F 800 GS/Adventure BMW … Continue reading
The World’s Fastest Indian
I’d read a review, in a local news rag that I’ll leave unnamed (bullshit, it was City Pages), that really panned this film and had almost convinced me to take a pass on it. The reviewer said that Sir Anthony … Continue reading
