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Reader Story: An Experienced Rider Takes to the Back Seat

Categories: Couples, Families and Motorcycling, Passenger Page, Your Stories

While I was growing up in suburban New Jersey, no one in my family rode motorcycles or had any desire to know about them. My father was interested in aircraft, so he got his pilot’s license. My family was fortunate enough to be whisked away many weekends to travel somewhere in our plane: Canada for Canadian bacon, Block Island (off the coast of Rhode Island), Amish country in Pennsylvania, and many other fantastic places.

Reader Story: An Experienced Rider Takes to the Back Seat

New Butt-Friendly Motorcycle Saddles

Categories: Apparel & Product Reviews, Seat Reviews

Not long ago Ultimate Seats founder Des Hockley was just like all his customers: a biker with a back ache. He was on intimate terms with “butt burn,” a common problem that is caused by flat or forward-angled seats. The design causes the rider to slip forward. As a result, riders constantly feel the need to pull themselves back into the saddle, and this puts pressure on muscles and skin.

New Butt-Friendly Motorcycle Saddles

How To Ride With A Sidecar

Categories: Apparel & Product Reviews, Books and DVDs Reviews, Trike and Three Wheeler Reviews

One of these days you might get the itch to learn something about motorcycle/sidecar combinations. Maybe youve got children youd like to bring on the ride, but you refuse to risk their safety on the back of a two-wheeler. Maybe your vintage legs are getting a little wobbly and youre thinking about the stability of a three-wheeled motorcycle that doesnt fall down.

How To Ride With A Sidecar

WRN Reviews The Vulcan 1700 Family of Motorcycles

Categories: Uncategorized

Kawasaki has stepped it up a notch with its all new addition to the popular Vulcan line, the 1700. There are four variations of this large-sized cruiser from the stripped down Classic to the luxury touring Voyager. WRN contributor Carla King breaks it all down for us by explaining the virtues of each of the four new Vulcans, which also include the Classic LT and the Nomad.

WRN Reviews The Vulcan 1700 Family of Motorcycles

MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 V-Twin Cruisers

Categories: Cruiser Reviews, Kawasaki Motorcycle Reviews, Motorcycle Reviews

Kawasaki unveiled its all-new, completely redesigned-for-2009 Vulcan 1700 family in sunny Mill Valley, California, which includes the Classic and the Classic LT (for long touring). The routes were among Bay Area riders favorites: backroads through golden hills and the redwood groves to the Pacific Coast Highway. But the chaparral-lined twisties from Stinson Beach to the top of Mount Tamalpias provided a demonstration of the Vulcans surprising grace and maneuverability.

MOTORCYCLE REVIEW: Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 V-Twin Cruisers

The Ultimate in Head and Neckwear

Categories: Apparel & Product Reviews, Headwear Reviews

If youve spent any time on a motorcycle which you probaby have if youre reading this you can appreciate the functionality of a product that has many uses. The Buff is a bandana, a beanie, a hair scrunchy, a headband, a face mask, and its even a tube top. Buff has even teamed up with National Geographic to support conservation, research, and educational programs, as well as the Cancer Survivor society helping to fund research for a cure.

The Ultimate in Head and Neckwear

Customizing a Harley-Davidson Street Glide

Categories: Exhaust Systems Reviews, Feature Articles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Reviews, Motorcycle Accessories Reviews, Motorcycle Gadget Reviews, Saddlebags / Luggage / Racks Reviews, Seat Reviews, Windshield Reviews

Baggers, dressers, touring motorcycles—whatever you call these hard-saddlebag-wearing, rear-tour-pack-packing powerful machines, they are often the last motorcycle a rider will end up owning. Why? Because as solo riders, most of us dont choose a bike that has all that storage space and protection before we know we need it.

Customizing a Harley-Davidson Street Glide

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