Joshua D. Mattie
Joshua D. Mattie
Best Driveway Alarm and Sensor 2024 – For Your Home Security
Most modern homes have some great privacy and as such, they have very long driveways. However, this presents some security challenges, since you cannot see the whole driveway from your window. You will need to take up serious security measures so as to keep intruders away. Driveway alarms are a great solution to this as long […]
Continue readingThe Café Racer: RE Continental GT Review
Royal Enfield has recently introduced the Continental GT café racer as their “lightest, fastest and most powerful model” now in production. Cycle World 2014 Buyer’s Guide considers it “….a cool new café racer with an affordable price …. and has all the right café racer hardware”. So just what is a café racer?Café racer motorcycles evolved […]
Continue readingFirstGear Baja Mesh Gloves Review: How Good Is It?
BASIC PRODUCT INFOMotorcycle GlovesBaja Mesh GlovesBrandFirstgearModelFirstGear Baja Mesh GlovesProduct LineBajaMSRP$39.95Warranty?Has WarrantyIf it’s comfort combined with proven durability that you seek, Baja Mesh Gloves by FirstGear may be just the ticket. Essentially a three-season glove (cold weather riders in Northern climes may need something a bit more substantial) the glove is another example of FirstGear’s history […]
Continue readingErik Buell Racing Is Back In The Game
Erik Buell Racing — the same Erik Buell who had a co-production sport bike deal with Harley-Davidson just a few years a back — has just struck a deal to receive a $20 million cash infusion from the FirstPathway Partners, according to the investment firm. The bottom line is that Erik Buell Racing will expand the […]
Continue readingNew Study: Motorcycle Helmets Decrease Facial Injuries
Motorcycle helmet safety has been a hot button issue as of late, especially in the wake of last month’s federal study conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). While the CDC examination focuses on motorcycle-related fatalities, a new study published on Monday in the Archives of Surgery, centers on an often-overlooked byproduct of motorcycle […]
Continue readingHarley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide
Before there was a Harley-Davidson Dyna family there was the Wide Glide. Introduced in 1980 as the FXWG, the Wide Glide represented the epitome of Harley’s factory custom theme, introduced in 1971 with the Super Glide.Vital StatsManufacturerHarley-DavidsonModelDyna Wide GlideBike ClassCruiserYears1993 – 2008, 2010 – presentConfiguration1690 cc fuel injected air-cooledTwin Cam 103Weight650 lb (dry)Height47.8″Seat Height26.7 mmSeat […]
Continue readingHarley-Davidson Softail Custom
Two research developments came together in 1984 when Harley-Davidson introduced the Softail model family. Work on the Softail frame, which hid the rear suspension to give the bike the look of hard tail choppers of the 60’s and 70’s, began in St. Louis in 1974.Vital StatsManufacturerHarley-DavidsonModelSoftail CustomBike ClassCruiserYears1986 – 1999, 2007 – 2010Configuration1584 cc air-cooled […]
Continue readingHarley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide
The brainchild of Willie G. Davidson, senior vice president and chief styling officer at Harley-Davidson until his retirement on April 30, 2012, the first Super Glide made its debut in 1971. In an effort to appeal to customizers, and offer some competition to aftermarket suppliers, Willie G. took the frame, powertrain and rear suspension of […]
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