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BIKER or HIPSTER?
Here are some visual and cultural cues to help you distinguish a Biker from a Hipster.
By
Jim Downs
08 June 2015
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Positions
The Trouble with Teammates, Part 1
Part 1 of our exploration of the strange system of teammates in motorcycle racing, its risks and benefits, and what might be done about them.
By
Pete Hitzeman
15 January 2015
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Positions
If You Buy a Motorcycle - You Will Not Die, You Will Live
If You Buy a Motorcycle - You Will Not Die, You Will LiveRecently, I read an article on Gawker that really struck a nerve, titled "If You Buy a...
By
Sam Bendall
15 January 2015
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News
Not a Trike, Not a Bike: What is the 2015 Can-Am Spyder F3?
Not a Trike, Not a Bike: What is the 2015 Can-Am Spyder F3?From a language standpoint, it does not fall under the “bike” heading since bi equals two....
By
Bruce Speedman
13 October 2014
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HFL
Watson On: Learning To Ride A Motorcycle
Learning to ride a motorcycle? Tim Watson tells you how he got started: running from cows.
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Tim Watson
29 November 2013
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HFL
Eight Signs You Are A Jaded Motorcycle Expert
Are you a jaded motorcycle expert? If any of these eight signs applies to you, then the answer is yes.
By
HFL Staff
11 November 2013
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HFL
The Importance Of Talking To Yourself
The Importance Of Talking To YourselfI have learned to talk to myself when riding my bike. It’s not that I’m a delusional idiot (although my family...
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Tim Watson
23 July 2013
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HFL
My Friend, The Outlaw Biker
My Friend, The Outlaw BikerI have a friend. He’s not the sort of guy you want to invite round to dinner to meet the family as he looks kind of...
By
Tim Watson
09 July 2013
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HFL
A Future Indian?
A Future Indian?As Moto Sapiens, we have a great pantheon of gods, muses, heroes, and nymphs. Speed, of course, is the chief of our Olympians. ...
By
Carter Edman
08 July 2013
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HFL
Scars, Grease And A Kickstart: Learning To Love Your First Motorcycle
Scars, Grease And A Kickstart: Learning To Love Your First MotorcycleIt’s said that you never ever forget your first love. For me that’s true. My...
By
Tim Watson
03 July 2013
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HFL
23 Things You Never Knew About Motorcycles
23 Things You Never Knew About MotorcyclesThere is it seems some debate as to what was the first ever motorcycle made. Some think it was the...
By
Tim Watson
25 June 2013
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HFL
Dear Car Driver,
Dear Car Driver,Dear Bob, (although you may even be called Sarah, Peter or Trisha), Thank you very much for your concern today and talking to me...
By
Tim Watson
11 June 2013
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HFL
The Thin Chrome Line
The Thin Chrome LineCustomization is central to biker culture. It’s like a moral mandate. Riding a completely stock bike is like walking around...
By
Carter Edman
05 June 2013
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HFL
Motorcycles And A Misspent Youth
Motorcycles And A Misspent YouthThere is apparently a time in your life when, according to a famous 20th Century author, you simply have to “put away...
By
Tim Watson
04 June 2013
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HFL
Shinya Kimura: A Sparrow and A Bare Branch
"I swear I’ve never tried hard to make it look like art," claims custom bike builder Shinya Kimura. Yet, that's exactly what he ends up producing.
By
Carter Edman
29 April 2013
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News
Indian, Beethoven and Seinfeld
Indian, Beethoven and SeinfeldI’m not a cruiser-hater. I had a Springer Softail, and it was magnificent. I felt like a bastard son of Zeus on that...
By
Carter Edman
25 February 2013
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International Motorcycle Shows
Moto Sapiens at the Bike Show
Carter Edman visits the Cleveland round of the International Motorcycle Show armed with a flask of whiskey and a rudimentary knowledge of David Bowie lyrics.
By
Carter Edman
28 January 2013
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News
We are Moto Sapiens
We are Moto SapiensWelcome. We are Moto sapiens. A creature separate and entire, midway between the worm and the angel. We make sacrifices to the...
By
Carter Edman
03 January 2013
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News
A 99 percenter's view of EICMA 2012
A 99 percenter's view of EICMA 2012Each year between October and November, the EICMA motorcycle show takes place in Milan, Italy. It is the literal...
By
Michael Uhlarik
25 November 2012
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Mad Men and Motorcycling
Oh how bubbles burst. We North Americans are used to the popping sound that accompanies the sudden destruction of a previously cherished truth. We understand the consequences of calling bullshit when we see it, like Bostonians did in 1776 when some perky English tax collector tried to justify his work; or when Coca-Cola finally admitted that New Coke was not the revolution it promised, despite wha...
By
Michael Uhlarik
07 September 2012
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News
Motorcycle racing is money wasted
It’s time for the motorcycle industry to have a serious think about its priorities, because they're looking bizarrely skewed right now. The classic mantra tells us that winning on Sunday sells on Monday, but is this really true, or indeed relevant? If ever there was the perfect time to drive up the decimated sales figures of bikes and scooters, this is the time. Fuel is gaspingly expensive and ...
By
Kevin Ash
02 August 2012
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An XS650 love story
Some of the commenters from my last article asked, where's the love? That's a fair enough question. It's great to be cynical and sarcastic, but that's not really why we're here. We're here — on HFL, on the road, in our garages — because of something we love. This is a story about that. Take a look at this picture. That's my brother on the Yamaha, circa 1982. I'm in the background playing catc...
By
Carter Edman
08 July 2012
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News
Danger: BABi on Board
WARNING! There is a menace on the streets, Mr. and Mrs. America! A two-wheeled peril prowling your very neighborhoods. These marauders of menace bring a new meaning to TERROR ON THE TARMAC. What is this new threat? Young hooligans and their high-spirited hijinks? Pistol-packing gangs with a devil-may-care attitude? No, these are the new horror of the highway. These are the BABis: the Born-Again ...
By
Carter Edman
26 June 2012
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News
A continuing discussion on electric motorcycles
Last wednesday, I participated in a discussion in the comments section of HFLʼs last installment of the Life Electric series, something that lead to a very spirited exchange between myself, designer JT Nesbitt and a bunch of regular readers. The crux of the article concluded that electric motorcycles, while interesting and fun, have not arrived to a point of development which makes them practica...
By
Michael Uhlarik
09 May 2012
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