I think they should’ve called it something else and the audience would be more forgiving. I like the look of it with its dramatic sweeps and curves, but if your eyes are waiting to feast on a Monster, this will leave them hungry. Read more
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~55 HP. 1996 Geo Metro. Pop the hood and the displacement was stamped in ccs on the engine. Put it in five body shops (teen driver in Alaska) but that thing was well over 200K when it moved to the next family. Unkillable. Read more
Comfort. Ridden as intended this thing should be an all-day bike on some hairy roads. Can it deliver without needing a chiro on pillion? Read more
Compared to the bike it is shooting for, the BMW GS, the Harley is positively svelte. Read more
Boom, purchased. This is a great series; please keep it up! Read more
Huh. Did not know Marquez was a University of Florida grad. Read more
I have an unlimited appetite for the article genre “Mercedes finds cool weird car stuff.” Right up there with ones about David buying sacks of iron with automotive silhouettes. Read more
Whatever the long term outcome H-D is going to be a fascinating case study. The general perception is that if a company shrinks it is failing. Sometimes that’s true! Other times good management sees the only way to survive is to become a smaller company focusing on a narrower range of products or services. With some… Read more
Definitely see where you’re coming from and that’s the conventional (and likely correct) wisdom. But here’s the take you usually don’t see just for devil’s advocate. Nobody tells Porsche to build an entry level family sedan. The new Harley plan isn’t about chasing revenue; if it was (and it was before the management… Read more
Man I’ve got to go to one of these things. Fifteen minute pops of intense racing at a time and the boss is paying attention to the quality of the food vendors. That sounds like a great formula. Read more
That’s a lot of scooter and a competitive price. Unless this thing has tons of bugs it is going to be a hit. Read more
Always be an A+ parker. Equally spaced between lines, never in a compact spot when I’m not compact, etc. Read more
2016 Viper. Put 25K miles on it including blowing one engine, thankfully under warranty. When that warranty ran sold it—the service manager told me it would have been about $30K if it wasn’t under warranty. Loved every drive and met plenty of cool people just in the grocery store parking lot or gas station who wanted… Read more
Yeah they were so bad it made FoMoCo divorce International. Read more