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Watson On: Near Misses
Tim Watson dives into the data behind near misses of riders on the roads. Can they avoid a nearly unavoidable situation? Who's to blame in the end?
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Tim Watson
10 February 2014
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5 Reasons You Aren’t An AMA Member
You’re not a middle-aged white dude? Here are five reasons you are not an American Motorcyclist Association member, but should be. Let me explain...
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Heather McCoy
10 January 2014
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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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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.
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HFL Staff
11 November 2013
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On Riding In Rome
On Riding In RomeA few years ago I packed up my worldly possessions, put them all in a shipping container and left America. I was heading to Rome,...
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Tim Watson
30 July 2013
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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. ...
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Carter Edman
08 July 2013
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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...
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Tim Watson
25 June 2013
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Why This Harley Will Be My Last
I love my Harley-Davidson. But, thanks to poor customer service and an attitude problem at every dealer I've visited, it'll be my last. Here's why.
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Tim Watson
18 June 2013
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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...
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Tim Watson
11 June 2013
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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...
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Carter Edman
05 June 2013
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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...
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Tim Watson
04 June 2013
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Why I Ride A Slow, Uncomfortable, Unreliable, Noisy Motorcycle
Why I ride a Harley-Davidson with 17-inch ape hanger handlebars, a massive sissy bar that has the technical sophistication of a very large lawn mower?
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Tim Watson
28 May 2013
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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.
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Carter Edman
29 April 2013
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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...
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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.
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Carter Edman
28 January 2013
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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...
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Carter Edman
03 January 2013
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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...
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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...
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Michael Uhlarik
07 September 2012
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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 ...
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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...
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Carter Edman
08 July 2012
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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 ...
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Carter Edman
26 June 2012
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An Open Letter To Every Person I Meet Who Finds Out I Ride a Motorcycle
I already know that motorcycles are "dangerous." This is an open letter to everyone who finds out I ride a motorcycle.
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Carter Edman
06 June 2012
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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...
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Michael Uhlarik
09 May 2012
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Michael Czysz on MotoGP: it's lost
500 > 990 > 800 > 1000 > CRT > ? In an era where it is more important then ever for companies to innovate and differentiate themselves from the competition, the race track, for a motorcycle company, should be as central to their operation as the boardroom. If companies no longer deem racing essential, it is because the formula is no longer relevant. Worse, if racing classifications are not clear...
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Michael Czysz
02 April 2012
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