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If You Could Go Back and Have a Talk With Your 18-year-old Self, what would you say?
As I am in, according to statistical data, the last quarter of my life, I often wonder what I would say to myself were it 54 years earlier? It isn’t a simple question to answer if one is honest. When young, we ignore time, we ignore risk and we ignore our health. Finding one’s feet,…
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A Honda Hybrid for 2025?
Quietly, but consistently, Honda has been working behind the scenes on a hybrid motorcycle. First talked about in 2021 when Honda patented a number of new, never before-seen innovations in hybrid technology, and then for a period of years, silent, it seemed that the focus for Honda had shifted to electric motorcycles. It is claimed…
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Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid
First, a caveat. This bike is really targeted to those jurisdictions that have zero emission standards being introduced in the ‘near future’. This essentially means Europe, as in North America, no such plans exist for another decade. I’ve had an interest in hybrid vehicles for awhile, essentially because of global warming and the inevitability of…
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KTM’s New 990
Will Reliability Undermine its Acceptance? The KTM 990 Duke seems to have hit a sweet spot concerning size, power, and appeal. The big question for prospective buyers of KTM is, “Will this bike be reliable?”, quickly followed by a second question, “Will this Chinese-made 947cc engine better than the 890 variant?” MCN or Motorcycle News,…
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Best Video Action Camera for Motorcycling
Motorcycling and photography go hand-in-hand, for many of us. The challenge is in finding the most-usable camera, while at the same time ensuring it doesn’t get destroyed in the process. There are a variety of ‘action cameras’ on the market, but what is essential is that the footage from your camera provides you with a…
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A Rebirth at Norton?
Fifty years ago I watched a friend of mine buy a Norton Commando 750 roadster. I was envious. I was borrowing my friend’s Ducati Monza 250 at the time, and the Norton was fast, and sleek and blew my ride away. I had money down on a BMW R75/5 in 1971, when the dealer went…
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Electric Motorcycles Can Now Compare to ICE Range as well as Refueling or Charge Times in 2024
For as long as electric motorcycles have been on the market, the complaints that one hears are consistently as follows: Well, as of 2024 for some, and likely 2025 for all-electric motorcycle manufacturers, your assumptions would be wrong. Powermag is an industry magazine that tracks the development of electrical batteries, their chemistry, and technological advancements…
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Is the Culture at Harley Davidson the Problem?
Going back twenty years I was a college instructor, part-time, by both distance education and in-class, face-to-face instruction. The programs that I taught centered on the issue that faces Harley Davidson directly today. The three subjects I taught annually were Change Management, Conflict Resolution, and Cross-Cultural Communications. At the same time, I was the Director/Chief…
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Is Hybrid the Future?
It was only a matter of time. While hybrids are now common in cars and have been for several years, translating the technology to motorcycles, notably Kawasaki’s Ninja 7 Hybrid and the Z7 Hybrid, is a remarkable engineering feat. As stated in (MCN) Motor Cycle News on January 22, 2024, a “strong hybrid” means that…