Bummer-Free Zone

I’ve certainly posted my fair share of negativity since summer ended, but I now declare this blog a “bummer-free” zone.  For the next week the rants which have been more like “Rages” will go on hiatus as I reset my emotional state!
I’ll be busy travelin’ around this country looking for sun-block and Sex Wax.  I’ll [...]

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Custer State Park Shooting Postmortem

A wild west style gunfight involving a resident alien.  Then there was a Supreme court appeal, a HBO celebrity and the appointment of a judge pulled from retirement bliss…all to serve up justice on the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC). 
It took over 2 years of South Dakota tax dollars, hundreds of hours of legal resources [...]

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Harley Dealers Shutdown

The sign in the window tells the story.  It’s not something that Harley-Davidson dealers have experienced since the 1980’s, but it’s starting to happen across the U.S. – foreclosure and going out of business sales.
Today it was announced that in Dubuque, Iowa, Wilwert’s Harley-Davidson is being foreclosed after almost 50 years in business.  According KCRG [...]

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They’re Cooked – Harley Turkeys

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, and everyone’s thoughts turning to the big feast, I decided to look at some of Harley-Davidson’s turkeys that made news in 2008–albeit for the wrong reason in my opinion. 
It’s never nice to point out the flaws in plans, products or ad schemes if they are questionable, failed or are in the [...]

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30 Years Later

Every now and then I’ll deviate from a specific motorcycle post and such is the case today.
I remember the time like it was yesterday.  At the time I was living in Alexandria, Virginia and would drive down to visit my grandfather and step-grandmother who was a most religious woman.  They lived on a large well-maintained [...]

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No Angel

There are many ways to talk about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC); as a reporter illuminating the record, as an advocate praising their actions or as an undercover agent providing clear insight into the mind of a biker enterprise.  Sure, not everyone agrees with the mission and tactics of law enforcement just like not [...]

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Stone Dead Presidents

Why does the Federal government discriminate against motorcycles?  National Parks are the biggest offenders. 
A recent example is from a trip to Sturgis to visit the granite monolith of Presidents at Mount Rushmore.  You pull up to the facility entrance and you’ll notice signs of a $10 (Cars, Motorcycles, and RV’s) fee.  Clear thinking people will [...]

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Buell Recall Blues

If you follow any of the recall news you’d think not much is being made correctly these days.  No exception on the motorcycle front as there have been a number of recalls in the past week.  Most notable is Buell recalling 624 units of its ‘08-’09 XB12XT and ‘09 XB12XP motorcycles. The windshields could become [...]

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Lusting After BMW

I’m not talking about exploring your driving passions on a meandering S-curve road with a new BMW motorcycle, rather I’m talking about a come-clean Eliot Spitzer “moment” from Germany’s wealthiest woman. 
It’s a script right out of a movie — a tale of how lovers filmed their hotel trysts and one of the parties demanded millions [...]

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A Rolling Contradiction

This motorcycle has a fuel-injected 1202cc motor, one of the best tach’s, 43mm Showa inverted or “upside-down” cartridge front forks, Nissin 4-opposed-piston caliper brakes, and Harley-Davidsons first cast-alloy swing arm for rear-wheel movement. 
But it weighs more than most Euro cruisers and “shakes so badly at idle that you can’t read street signs!”
That was the opinion [...]

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