http://www.whybike.com/blog Good question . . . I write about motorcycles and why we ride them. Copyright 2010 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=193 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=193#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:56:39 +0000 Motorcycle http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=193 I have always had a fit problem with motorcycle covers. My Givi topcase is the problem. The "universal" cover that fit my V-Star does not fit my Kawasaki, it barely fits over the tail and leaves my whole tire exposed. Formosa Covers recently offered me a cover to try out ... http://www.whybike.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=193 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=192 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=192#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:00:42 +0000 Motorcycle http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=192 I have a couple potholes on my street. One is particularly bad, a deep, wide gravel hole right in the path of travel when I turn onto my street. The gravel from the hole is spread around the hole making it a sour note on the end of my usually ... http://www.whybike.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=192 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=191 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=191#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:55:00 +0000 Motorcycle http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=191 I was picking up some parts for securing my ignition, parts that only the dealer in Hayward, CA carries. As I was there I was exiting a weird looking bike caught my eye. They had a Blue 2009 Kawasaki Versys on the floor. I have been looking at the bike ... http://www.whybike.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=191 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=190 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=190#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:13:27 +0000 Motorcycle http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=190 Not since I saw Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang have I been this excited about a flying car. A british inventor has cobbled together a dune buggy and a paraglider propelled by a fan powered by a Yamaha R1 engine. The car will travel form London to Timbuktu all under its own power. ... http://www.whybike.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=190 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=189 http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=189#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:08:11 +0000 Motorcycle http://www.whybike.com/blog/index.php?p=189 Before Bikefest in Vegas, I decided I would ride my Kawasaki through Death Valley on the way down. From Oakland, CA I took 580 out to the Central Valley, then 108 over Sonora Pass and the Sierras. 395 then hugged the eastern Sierras past Mono Lake and the east entrance ... http://www.whybike.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=189