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Motorcycle Aerodynamics

Motorcycle aerodynamics is a misunderstood subject and often comes with many misconceptions. Unlike cars, motorcycles are inherently awful at slicing through the air, no matter what shape they are....

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Masstige : A Public Service Announcement

BEWARE OF THE MASSTIGE TRAP! A cautionary tale of boutique motorcycle brands that venture downmarket in search of volume, broad public appeal and the mythical ten-fold exit. Warning : The following...

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Deal With It : Motorcycle Dealer Crisis

It used to be that when you wanted to buy a new motorcycle, you did so at a dealer near your home that offered multiple brands in the same store. Those dealers are disappearing, the result of...

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Badge Engineering – Making Up The Numbers

Everyone likes to have choices when buying a new motorcycle. Most consumers have very little idea of what they want before setting off to make that exciting decision. Their choice of dealership, the...

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Motorcycle Design Creeps Out of Control

Back in 2008, after more than a decade working in the motorcycle industry, I finally bought my first brand new bike. Like the kid in the candy store, I wandered through my local motorcycle dealership...

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The Aftermarket Market

Motorcycle culture has always been about customization: the excitement of an aftermarket exhaust, or the prestige of a gold-anodized Öhlins TTX suspension. But many aftermarket performance components...

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Names Named – Designating a Motorcycle

What does the Z in Kawasaki’s ZX-10 mean? Did BMW want us to think of scarves or carving or carving scarves when it called the F650SC the Scarver? And what the hell was Kymco thinking when it unveiled...

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Ride Review – Honda NC750X

On its website, Honda says the NC750X has a “relaxed character”, calls it “pleasant” and declares that it “maximizes purification efficiency”. If this confuses you about what kind of motorcycle this...

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