British Motorcycle Gear

Back In The Day

Firecrackers and Fall Colors

When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey (a very rural New Jersey in those days), it was…

3 years ago

The 2021 Rubber Chicken Ride

If you had asked me a week ago what the Rubber Chicken Ride is about I would have replied, “I…

3 years ago

18 Reasons Why You Should Buy A Used Sportster

This blog started out as a snarky collaboration between dos Joes (Gresh and me) as a followup to the recent…

3 years ago

Yamaha RD350 Part 6: Rubber Match

One day many years ago, when I was around 12 or 13 years old, I took my metallic blue Honda…

3 years ago

Later, Gator

I had a tough time choosing a title for this blog.  I went with what you see above because it…

3 years ago

How about a 30mm big bore rifle?

When I worked at Aerojet Ordnance, we made 30mm GAU-8/A ammo for the A-10 Warthog. The government originally planned to…

4 years ago

ExNotes Product Comparo: Mitsubishi Mirage versus the Milwaukee Eight

Have we finally lost our marbles?  A Mitsubishi Mirage?  I'm comparing it to a Harley Big Twin? No way! One…

4 years ago

Memorial Day

Today is a special day.   Memorial Day is an official American holiday, always falling on the last Monday in May. …

4 years ago

BMW’s R 18: The UberCycle

A colossal motorcycle, and I generally don't like colossal motorcycles, but the BMW R 18 is somehow strangely appealing to…

4 years ago

My 1st International Motorcycle Adventure, Eh?

Everybody has their preferred riding schtick and for me it's international motorcycle travel.  Anyone can ride their cruiser to a…

4 years ago