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The free motorcycle equation
It’s hard to explain the appeal of motorcycling to non-initiates. Doubly hard if those non-riders are also math geeks. This equation, created by HFL reader Ben Kester combines fuel economy, gas prices, and the price of a new motorcycle to tell you how many miles it’d take before that bike will pay for itself over your car. If you buy a CCW Hooligun, that pay off could come as soon as 24,375 mi...
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Could this summer’s high gas prices jumpstart motorcycle sales?
Average gas prices are expected to top $5 a gallon this summer, around a $2 increase from their current level. That price exceeds June, 2008’s record $4.12 average. Back then, pre-Financiapocalypse, that expensive gasoline caused scooter sales to spike 66 percent and temporarily propped up flagging motorcycle sales. Could even higher prices bring about a similar renaissance in sales this year, w...
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Why Motor Trend and Rush Limbaugh are both wrong about the Chevy Volt
The car world is abuzz with controversy. In the run up to going on-sale next month, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt is being evaluated by the press and heaped with various plaudits and awards. Right-wing pundits who haven’t even driven the Volt are also weighing in, criticizing both the government for partially funding the vehicle’s development and the publications for reviewing it positively. M...
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