Year: 2010

Shoutout to all the links…

I received a request to take a look at a newer Italian blog called “Remastered Cycle” today (they’re excellent by the way and now in the blog links) and I thought this would be a good time shine some light on all the sites over on the list.  There must be something in the fall air because folks have been blogging up a storm lately.  Take some time and click around over there.  Plenty to see.

… and here’s a shot of an cool bike from the latest addition.  Interesting stuff all over the place.

Reader Ride. Another excellent Triumph Scrambler.

The pictures are a little on the small side but it’s too nice not to post. I’m guessing from the message that came with the pictures that the bike is Italian. 🙂

desert dall’ italia, Saluti Carlo, complimenti per il blog

I don’t often direct link to other blogs but wow!

Go and visit Obiboi right NOW and check out his last 5 or 6 sketches. I’d be wildly encouraged if just one of his ideas were to bear fruit.


Warning: (rant alert) And by the way, Hey Yamaha! If by some fluke you ever see this post. One of my favorite bikes on earth (that I currently own) is my trusty 2001 DR650 Suzuki ( and it’s 15 year old technology!!). As a kid I used to annoy the Yamaha dealer by always oogling the early XT/TT500’s. So if you won’t do the decent thing and build a modern bike like Obiboi’s version how about at least bringing over the 660 Tenere? Not every American want’s to go trail riding on a 1200cc 650 lb BMW GS/Yamaha Super Tenere/KTM990. There are a LOT of us waiting patiently for an updated version of the big DR or KLR and you have it in your lineup but you won’t share it… and to put it bluntly, you suck for it. Hell even the small BMW GS series is dated. You’ve completely surrendered the market to KTM which would be fine if I had a 40 inch inseam. The 650 market is ripe for reasonably priced updated competition. What the F### are you waiting for. I’ll buy one already and I know I’m not alone. (rant off. back to our regularly scheduled posts..)

More workshops that don’t suck…

Willy Gonnason Sends in this very well stocked garage (even if it was only temporary). He writes in:

I love your site! It’s the first one on my daily morning reading list!


Unfortunately I don’t have the finances to maintain a decent garage –
it’s always been way too small and underpopulated…


However, it doesn’t look totally barren all the time. Here’s a couple
of pics with a few bikes (some are friend’s bikes) before one of the AMA
races back in 2005. This was the last AMA race held at Pikes Peak
Raceway before it was closed down, although we didn’t know it at the
time.


There’s Suzuki, Ducati, Yamaha and Honda represented here, and a couple
of classics to boot…


Regards,


Willy G.