It was only a matter of time I’d get into motorcycling. After all, if you cross a bicycle with a sports car, you get a motorcycle. My current ride is a 500cc Buell naked sport bike.
One thing I always look forward to when visiting foreign countries is checking out the different vehicles. Roads in the U.S. crumble under the weight of minivans and SUVs; Italians favor small, sporty runabouts in addition to their scooters and motorcycles; and in China the only automobiles dicing it up with the bicycles and buses are four-door sedans. What is Vietnam like? Sort of a combination of all three, but dominated by scooters and step-thrus. Continue reading »
This year I had the pleasure of finishing two books (which I highly recommend!) entitled Leanings
It was fortuitous, then, that after his stories had peaked my interest in these two-wheeled motorized creations that I’d have an opportunity to visit Sturgis, the “motorcycle capital of the world.” Continue reading »
&title=168 mpg, in 1964 "The 50cc Honda C100 Super Cub. (Photo: Honda Motorcycles)")
Along with daily chaos in the Middle East and $50 fill-ups for SUVs has come renewed interest in energy conservation. Despite modern technologies in the form of gas-electric powertrains, variable valve timing, cylinder-deactivation and other schemes, in this day and age, if your vehicle gets over 30 mpg, you are considered to be doing pretty well.
Can you believe, then, that in 1964, there was a popular mode of individual transport that could achieve over 160 miles per gallon? Continue reading »
