When the Triumph Bonneville was reviewed in 2001 I said it handled well but was overweight and lacked top end which didn’t matter to born-again riders who in any case bought the thing to wallow in nostalgia. Or did it?…
It took me 20 minutes longer than usual to get to work, even though the traffic was lighter than usual. The reason: I was riding a Harley-Davidson FLHTCUI Ultra Classic Electra Glide. Not because it’s slow it’ll do an honest…
Aesthetically, the Scrambler inspires affection. Its spoked wheels, flat seat, small headlight and single speedometer evoke memories of the BSA and James models my father rode in the 1950’s. So do the shiny upswept exhaust pipes, sturdy tubular steel frame…
Life is so much easier when we can put things into easily identifiable categories. In such a simplified perspective, everything is secure within its well defined place . Then something comes along that defies being put in a category. When…
Some people consider a bike-day cruise as the perfect vacation. Other’s might agree, as long as the days are marked by blurred fence posts and dotted lines instead of palm trees and ocean waves. For them, BMW introduces the perfect…
