Some Thoughts On The New Indian Motorcycles
2014 Indian Motorcycles. Image via Indian Motorcycles The new Indian is out, this time built by Polaris Industries who have also built the Victory Motorcycle line for about fifteen years now. With...
View ArticleLetting It Go
Over at Nigel Benson's blog, A Dented Mind And A Harley-Davidson, he writes about dropping his new-to-him Triumph Sprint. Nigel is recovering from a traumatic head injury and despite his situation and...
View ArticleGoAZ Motorcycles Vintage Bike Event
Last Sunday GoAZ Motorcycles hosted their first, and hopefully annual, vintage bike event. The dealership is a premium location consisting of very nice modern campus with three large, separate show...
View ArticleMore Photos From the GoAZ Motorcycles Vintage Bike Show
A few more from the GoAZ vintage event I wrote about in the last entry. As always, click for the larger view: 1970 Ducati 450 Scrambler. Color shot converted to black and white. A new construction:...
View ArticleCustom Battery Installation
I saw this nifty install of a larger battery in...or on...a Honda Magna the other day. I thought I'd pass it along in case any of you out there didn't want to spend a lot of money on one of those...
View ArticleIndian Motorcycle Demo Day
Over the years I've watched, mostly with sadness, the travails of the Indian marque. To my thinking the last real Indian motorcycle was built somewhere around 1952 or '53. Since then a serious of...
View ArticleThe New Harley 500 and 750
Image courtesy Harley-Davidson Well, everyone else is writing about them so I might as well also. I'm usually out of touch with whatever the buying public likes, the sole exception to that was the...
View ArticleKitt Peak National Observatory
It was just a Sunday putt to get me out of the house, not a grand ride or adventure. I rode down to Kitt Peak National Observatory to pick up a new souvenir t-shirt, my old one from 2005 finally gave...
View ArticleProduct Review: VikingCycle Leather Jacket
I tapped my buddy Dave to model the jacket for the pics. He's a real person, not some GQ cover boy so you get an idea of how the jacket might actually look on a normal rider. Sometime back the folks...
View ArticleExtraordinary Scale Model Motorcycles
I ran across the Italian site Scale Racing Models and was astonished by the detail of the 1/12 scale model racing bikes shown. Long ago I used to own a hobby shop and know something about model...
View ArticleSave The Motorcycles
I look through Craig's List motorcycles section almost every day to see unusual bargains, rare bikes, and so many cool things that I can't afford. There amongst the endless ads for overpriced Harleys,...
View ArticleProgressive International Motorcycle Show in Phoenix
Yamaha MotoGP bike front brake. Well, that was interesting, sort of. The big bike show hasn't been in Phoenix for a few years, poor attendance in the past kept it away according to one manufacturer...
View ArticleTo Ride Or Not To Ride
I've been puttering around a bit on the Gold Wing, riding with Dave and some other riders I've gotten to know through Facebook. All of us from this area are trapped in the same sort of motorcycle...
View ArticleReview: Why We Ride - The Movie
Why We Ride is the first really good general interest bike movie since On Any Sunday came out more than forty years ago. My friend Dave bought the WWR DVD and brought it over to watch on my big...
View ArticleReview: Viking Luggage Seat Bag
The nice folks at Viking Bags contacted me and asked if I'd like to do a review of one of their luggage items. Given that my Gold Wing is bedecked with acres of plastic storage compartment space I...
View ArticleThe Blighty Boys Blog
I rarely recommend other blogs apart from the blog roll down below, there are too many that are equally good. But a couple of smiling Brits have embarked on a long tour around the USA and after I...
View Article30th Annual Vintage Bike Show in Phoenix
This year was the 30th annual, more or less, and I've been going to them since they were a "vintage picnic" at a local park. It's been interesting to see the event grow, get too big and attract the...
View ArticleSome Fun With Old Photos
Above is the old Pinal County Court House, the main image from 1938, the Gold Wing image is my 2002 Gold Wing photographed there about 2008. I've passed the court house countless times now and...
View ArticleThen Came Bronson
A replica of Jim Bronson's bike. It's been pointed out to me by friends that I left an important movie off of my list of Motorcycle Movies You Should See. That movie is Then Came Bronson. Then Came...
View ArticleArt, Individualism, Or Just Stupid?
I spend too much time on-line but at least a lot of it is spent on motorcycle sites. As I look at what's being done in the custom world these days with so-called bobbers, rat bikes, or even cafe...
View ArticleThe 10th Anniversary of 40on2
Gold Wing Sunset Ten years ago today Forty Years On Two Wheels sprung to life from the flotsam and jetsam of motorcycle stories and thoughts rattling around in my head. Something past 400 blog...
View ArticleSilver Smoke Fountain of Youth
1974 BMW R90S in factory style "Silver Smoke" on the road, 1974 You guys that pay attention to my ramblings might recall I bought an R90S new in late '73 when they first came out. House of Yamaha /...
View ArticleClosed For Repairs
Time for some maintenance. The R90S or me? Probably both. We both have high miles and are in need of some rejuvenation.
View Article50 Years On Two Wheels
I stopped updating 40on2 back in 2014, ten years of rambling on here seemed like enough. Never the less, the riding and bikes have continued so I thought I'd do a quick update. The '74 BMW R90S is...
View Article52 Years On Two Wheels
I can't seem to resist updating the blog once a year or so. Motorcycle-wise, the '05 Kawasaki Mean Streak sits in the garage, idle and for sale. It's replacement is a '98 Honda Valkyrie, a truly...
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