Panniers and Pegs

When I purchased the Happy Trails panniers over the holidays, I got the lockable lids. They were not ready at the time, and I took […]

Who Framed Norton?

Norton is in stiff competition with Indian for the brand that has died and been resuscitated most often. While they are both back among the […]

The $800 CV Boot

The project started innocently enough. One of the CV boots on the Porsche 911T was torn and had sent grease all over the heat exchanger […]

Happy 10K GS

You couldn’t ask for a more perfect day to celebrate 10,000 miles on the GS odometer. I know that this is barely broken in for […]

Hermy’s Demo Days

Hermy’s BMW in Port Clinton, PA is one of those throwback motorcycle dealerships that you love to visit and just hangout. It is not new, […]

Discovering Mars

On a recent visit to the Solvang Motorcycle Museum, the machine that was the most impressive, in a field of very impressive motorcycles, was a […]

Gear is Good

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that gear, for lack of a better word, is good. Gear is right, gear works. And gear, you mark […]

Solvang and the Octopi

Solvang California is a strange and delightful little town. It is seemingly pretty remote being inland and up in the hills well north and east […]

Motor Music

There was one last piece of progress needed before being ready to start the bike on a lovely weather weekend. The day dawned sunny with […]

A Beefier Beak

When you have a winter which leads you to measure snow in yards rather than feet, the call of the catalog is hard to resist. […]