The 2017 BMW R NineT Scrambler is here!
I got a text message earlier today… “bring your camera!” it said. I was involved in so many calls and conversations today, it was hard to wait until I could find the time to get to the European...
View ArticleShould I upgrade my 2013 Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak with the DVT model?
Should I upgrade my 2013 Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak with the 2016 Pikes Peak model? That’s the question. I’m not the only one grappling with this question since 2015, when Ducati incorporated many...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovations and the Future of the Motorcycle Industry
Mobile phones rendered landline telephones obsolete. Smartphones are killing the digital consumer cameras which only a few years earlier rendered film cameras obsolete. Uber has disrupted the taxi cab...
View ArticleScrambler Ducati new models: Cafe Racer and Desert Sled
There is no question heritage, classic, retro-looking motorcycles continue to be popular. There is something about that basic motorcycle design where a gas tank looks like a gas tank, the motor is...
View ArticleYamaha T7: An ideal adventure/rally machine one step closer to reality!
Are you ready for this? Yamaha T7 concept Exactly two years ago, at EICMA 2014, Honda delivered a concept motorcycle, the much rumored and anticipated Africa Twin. To many it was the answer for what...
View ArticleThere’s always a motorcycle that will inspire me…
There is always a motorcycle that will inspire me to write or ride. Usually they are adventure or scrambler motorcycles. Every now and then, though, there is a different kind of motorcycle that will...
View ArticleKTM 790 R and Yamaha T7 / 700XTZ Ténéré: Are Hardcore, Adventure-Rally...
Are you ready to acquire, right off the showroom floor, a light weight, twin-cylinder, hardcore adventure motorcycle? Something that you can take on a long adventure ride but which you can also engage...
View ArticleWhat five motorcycles would I like to own in 2019
Very few motorcycles have caught my attention lately. The ones that do call my attention are the ones that are breaking old molds, venturing in new terrain, such as the Indian FTR 1200, inspired on...
View Article2019 One Moto Show Part 1
An annual February trip to Portland, Oregon to visit the One Moto Show has become a fixture in my calendar. This year’s show, its 10th anniversary, was sponsored by Indian Motorcycles and did not...
View ArticleThe 2021 One Moto Show
I was not expecting the One Moto show would happen this year. In February 2020, the 2020 One Moto Show was the last public event I attended in 2020. And now, end of April 2021, the 2021 One Moto Show...
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